Public Charity

Center for the Art of Translation

Center for the Art of Translation is a Public Charity headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.9M revenue, $2.8M expenses, $11.6M total assets. 30 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $13.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 912037187 San Francisco, CA Cultural & Ethnic Awareness NTEE: A23 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.9M
Total Expenses$2.8M
Total Assets$11.6M
Grant Records30
Funding Total$13.0M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Bay Area community and increases access to literature locally and globally. The Centers publications, events, and educational programming build audiences for literature in translation, enrich the library of vital literary works, nurture and promote the work of translators, and honor the incredible linguistic and cultural diversity of our schools and our world.

Where $100 goes at Center for the Art of Translation

How Center for the Art of Translation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$61 Programs the work itself
$29 Management running the organization
$10 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $61 for programs

$31
ProgramsTwo Lines Press publishes outstanding literature in translation, specializing in exceptional new writing and classics that have not previously been translated into English
50% of program spending
$30
Literature in the Bay Area and beyond through in-person and online events, seminars, and hosted discussions
About 50% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 10,000 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
FOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
$2,040,241
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$112,750
$10,000
2024
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$5,200
2023
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. FOR THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
$1,415,046

Showing up to 5 of 30 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Vice President Barbara Paschke
Treasurer Caroline West
Editorial Director Christopher Evans
Adv Director Dan Lau
Dev Director Erin Branagan
Program Director Mark Hauber

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$9,227,310 24 grants
Arts & Culture
$3,526,465 3 grants
Health & Medicine
$175,000 1 grant
Education
$50,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$50,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.9M $2.8M $11.6M
2024 $2.6M $2.5M $10.5M
2023 $6.5M $2.2M $10.4M
2022 $7.3M $1.6M $6.2M
2021 $1.6M $1.4M $271K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.6M to $3.9M (+149%), with total assets most recently reported at $11.6M.

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