Galeria Studio 24
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Galeria's mission is to foster public awareness and appreciation of Chicano/Latino art. Galeria sees itself as a laboratory where emerging and established artists explore contemporary issues in Latino art, culture and civic society. Galeria's programs and activities include visual art exhibitions and multi-disciplinary public events; ReGeneration, a mentorship program for emerging artists.
- Income
- $1.8 million
- Spending
- $1.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 85%
- Reserves
- 17.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 79%
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 48
- Highest pay
- $180,000, executive dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 17.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 5% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 32% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1585% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 73 out of 100. Higher than 23% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $1.1 million spent. Audiences More than 16,000 people attend our annual programs: at least 50% are under 35 years of age and approximately two-thirds are Latinos.VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITIONS:Galera organizes a series of 5 or 6 exhibitions annually presenting local, national and international Latino artists. Number served: 14,000 The Visual Arts project focuses equally on presenting emerging, mid-career and establised Latino artists. Galeria's large-scale multidiciplinary exhibitions reflect the organization's willingness to take artistic risks. These exhibits present Latino visual artists employing a balance of various media to address a specific issue. Their works are contextualized through a series of performances, film screenings, lectures and artists panels.THE REGENERATION PROJECT: The ReGeneration Project is a constantly-evolving Galera program involving young Latino artists (ages 18-35). The Project negotiates a strongly reciprocal relationship between the Galera and young artists, offering numerous career development opportunities for the artists, while continuously re-juvenating the organization with the energy and fresh ideas of youth. Number served: 350 LA LUNADA: This is the Bay Area's only Latino literary lounge, which takes place every month on the night of the full moon. Each event features 2 or 3 guest poets and an open-mic.Number served: 1400COLLECTIONS: Galera la Raza's organizational records are archived by the Department of Special Collections of the Davidson Library as a discrete collection named Galera la Raza Archives. The collection consists of records such as slides, photographs, audio, digital, video and film documentation of the Galera de la Raza, exhibition and programming files, Galera publications, graphic prints and posters, correspondence and business files. The archives are part of Proyecto Caridad, a project of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives of the Library at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The primary focus of Proyecto Caridad is to collect, organize, duplicate, and catalog the many slides of paintings, posters, murals, sculptures and other activities of Chicano artists represented in the archival collections of four of the major Chicano cultural art centers in California. The resulting slide library is being made available for study and research at the UC Santa Barbara Library. Number served: n/a
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1978.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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