Sunday Jump

What Sunday Jump does

Sunday Jump is a grassroots community arts organization founded in 2012 in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, by co-founders Eddy M. Gana, Stephanie Sajor, and Janice Sapigao. It operates a portfolio of free, recurring programs anchored by a monthly open mic series held the first Sunday of each month from May through November at the Pilipino Workers Center (153 Glendale Blvd), complemented by the Diwa Yoga workshop series, quarterly Kanto Corner festivals at Unidad Park, the annual Katipunan Poetry Slam, chapbook publishing, and special events such as Litfest and mental health panels. The organization serves the Filipino-American and broader AAPI community, providing a structured safe space guided by the principles 'Express Not Impress' and 'Free Speech Not Hate Speech,' with accessibility accommodations including wheelchair access, gender-neutral bathrooms, ASL interpreters on request, and scent-free policies. Each open mic selects 9 lottery performers plus on-call acts and features curated artists alongside food and merchandise vendors and community spotlights.

The organization is structured as a fiscally sponsored project of the nonprofit Pilipino Workers Center, which provides tax-deductible donation handling and access to immigrant Pilipinx community networks; it has no separate legal entity disclosed. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, leveraging grassroots word-of-mouth, social media (@thesundayjump across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok), an email mailing list, and partnerships with regional media (KPCC/LAist, LA Times) and civic organizations (KmB Pro-People Youth, LA Neighborhood Land Trust). Revenue is generated primarily through individual donations routed through the Pilipino Workers Center donation portal and ancillary sales of physical and digital chapbooks plus merchandise via a BigCartel storefront; events are free to attend. There is no proprietary technology platform, and the operating model is personnel-and-venue-intensive, with a team of 11–50 including two co-directors and a broad volunteer/production bench across sound, video, outreach, development, and editorial functions.

Name

Sunday Jump

Legal name

Sunday Jump

Website

https://sundayjump.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sunday Jump is a grassroots community arts organization in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, founded in 2012, that runs a monthly open mic series, workshops, poetry slams, and festivals serving the Filipino-American and broader AAPI community, funded by donations and merchandise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts Programming

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Leadership, Oratory & Civic Speaking Programs (EDAMAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Speech & Debate Competition Preparation (Events, Extemp, Impromptu) (EDAMAOAF), Speech & Debate Camps, Intensives & Bootcamps (EDAMAOAN)

Keywords

• Community arts programming
• Open mic events
• Poetry slam series
• Chapbook publishing
• Community festivals

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations & Fiscal Sponsorship: Sunday Jump is a grassroots organization fiscally sponsored by the nonprofit Pilipino Workers Center, which organizes low-wage and immigrant Pilipinx communities in the United States. The organization accepts donations through the Pilipino Workers Center's donation portal. No formal revenue model is disclosed; donations appear to be the primary funding mechanism.
2. Store & Merchandise Sales: The organization operates a BigCartel storefront selling chapbooks and merchandise. Revenue from product sales of published chapbooks (physical and digital) and merchandise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sunday Jump is a community arts organization that produces a monthly open mic series (May–November) at the Pilipino Workers Center in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, providing a free, guideline-structured platform for Filipino-American and AAPI community members to perform spoken word, poetry, music, and storytelling. It complements the open mic with Diwa Yoga workshops, physical and digital chapbook publishing, the annual Katipunan Poetry Slam (since 2014), quarterly Kanto Corner community festivals at Unidad Park, and special collaborative events (e.g., Unheard LA, LA Times mental health panel). It is fiscally sponsored by Pilipino Workers Center and funded by donations alongside modest chapbook and merchandise sales.

Product overview

Sunday Jump is a community arts organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs centered on open mic events, workshops, publishing, and special events. The core offering is a monthly Open Mic series (May-November), complemented by the Diwa Yoga workshop series and publishing of chapbooks. Annual and quarterly special events like the Katipunan Poetry Slam and Kanto Corner festival expand the organization's reach. All programs operate as community-driven initiatives under fiscal sponsorship of Pilipino Workers Center, rather than commercial products or software.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Mic Series Free, in-person monthly open mic providing a guideline-structured ("Express Not Impress; Free Speech Not Hate Speech") platform for community members to share spoken word, poetry, music, and storytelling, with food vendors, merch vendors, and community spotlights.
• Diwa Yoga Workshop Series Monthly community-centered workshop combining gentle vinyasa yoga with rotating offerings (tea rituals, poetry, sound healing, community garden stewardship); free to attend.
• Chapbook Publishing Physical and digital chapbooks featuring multidisciplinary community art, self-published by Sunday Jump and sold through its BigCartel storefront.
• Katipunan Poetry Slam Annual competitive poetry slam for Filipino and Filipino-American voices, organized by Sunday Jump each year since 2014.
• Kanto Corner Community Festival Quarterly free community festivals at Unidad Park in Historic Filipinotown celebrating neighborhood culture, organized with KmB Pro-People Youth and LA Neighborhood Land Trust.
• Special Collaborative Events One-off and recurring collaborative community arts initiatives including Unheard LA special editions, LA Times panels on Filipino mental health, Litfest, and DARE TO STRUGGLE special events.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10+ years of continuous monthly programming (May–November, annually since 2012)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered notable and core.

• LA TimesnotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022In November 2022, Sunday Jump collaborated with the LA Times to host a panel at Pilipino Workers Center on Filipino mental health, followed by a karaoke competition between Asian American mental health organizations. The event was part of the LA Times' Filipino mental health editorial series.
• KPCC In Person / Unheard LAnotableGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019In August 2019, Sunday Jump partnered with KPCC In Person's Unheard LA storytelling series to present a Special Edition of Sunday Jump at the Crawford Family Forum in Pasadena. Sunday Jump curated an all-star lineup of performers representing the Sunday Jump community.
• Pilipino Workers CentercoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2012Sunday Jump is fiscally sponsored by the nonprofit Pilipino Workers Center, which organizes low-wage and immigrant Pilipinx communities in the United States. The Pilipino Workers Center provides organizational infrastructure, tax-deductible donation handling, and community network access, enabling Sunday Jump to operate as a grassroots arts organization within a broader community organizing framework.
• KmB Pro-People YouthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunday Jump collaborates with KmB Pro-People Youth (formerly KmB / Pro-People Youth) to co-organize the quarterly Kanto Corner festival at Unidad Park in Historic Filipinotown. KmB is a youth-led Filipino-American community organization. Co-Director Stephanie Sajor previously served as Chairperson and Vice Chair of KmB.
• LA Neighborhood Land TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSunday Jump partners with LA Neighborhood Land Trust to co-organize the quarterly Kanto Corner festival at Unidad Park, a community land trust space in Historic Filipinotown. The partnership supports the festival's mission to celebrate and uplift the neighborhood community.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Get Lit: Los Angeles-based spoken word and poetry organization running youth poetry programs, slams, and curriculum — directly comparable spoken word / poetry slam programming targeting LA youth.
• Greenway Arts Alliance: LA-based community arts organization operating the Greenway Court Theater in Historic Filipinotown, producing spoken word, theater, and youth programming for the same neighborhood and overlapping artist base as Sunday Jump.
• Kollaboration: National AAPI arts organization producing performance showcases, talent competitions, and artist development — comparable AAPI-focused community arts presenting model.
• FilAm Arts: Los Angeles-based Filipino-American arts presenting organization that produces cultural performances, festivals, and community arts programming for the same Fil-Am diaspora audience Sunday Jump serves.
• Visual Communications: LA-based Asian American media arts nonprofit that develops and supports AAPI filmmakers, artists, and storytellers — overlapping mission of platforming Asian American creative voices in the same city.
• Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA): Historic Filipinotown-based Filipino-American community organization serving the same Fil-Am population as Sunday Jump through cultural programming, youth services, and community organizing — the closest peer in both geography and mission.
• EastSide Arts Alliance: Oakland-based community arts and cultural organization serving low-income communities of color through performance, organizing, and cultural programming — directly comparable grassroots/community-arts operating model.
• Youth Speaks: Bay Area-based spoken word and literary arts organization that produces the Brave New Voices youth poetry slam — directly comparable spoken word/poetry slam model serving young voices.
• Asian American Writers' Workshop: AAPI literary and arts organization that supports Asian American writers through readings, workshops, and publishing — closely comparable mission of centering marginalized AAPI voices through literary and performance arts.

Broad incumbents

• Center for Asian American Media (CAAM): Established Bay Area-based AAPI media arts organization producing film festivals, fellowships, and media programming — a larger incumbent operating in adjacent AAPI arts space with overlapping audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thesundayjump
• Instagraminstagram.com/thesundayjump
• TikToktiktok.com/@thesundayjump
• Xx.com/thesundayjump

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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