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Calico Center

Calico's mission is to achive justice and healing for abused children.

$1.6M
Granted FY2022
41
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Human Services$1.3MCrime & Legal$1.3MHealth$716kPublic Safety & Disaster$166kYouth Development$77kPublic Benefit$74kEducation$54kHousing & Shelter$45kOther$0
02FY2022 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $763k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $778k
$41,257
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TAPESTRY FAMILY SERVICES$75,000
FELTON INSTITUTE$75,000
CALIFORNIA PARENTING INSTITUTE$75,000
CASA OF MONTEREY CITY$75,000
UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT$74,979
MISSSEY$52,905
CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR CAREGIVERS$50,000
CASA SANTA BARBARA CITY$50,000
EAST BAY CHILDREN'S LAW OFFICES INC$50,000
SAN BERNARDINO SEXUAL ASSAULT SVC$50,000
FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM$50,000
CHILD ADVOCATES SILICON VALLEY$50,000
POSITIVE RESULTS CENTER$50,000
NAPA-SOLANO SANESART$49,242
ALAMEDA CITY FAMILY JUSTICE CTR$48,577
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $602k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CALIFORNIA PARENTING INSTITUTE: $75k → 9%CHILDREN'S FUND: $9k → 14%SAVING ALL CHILDREN: $32k → 19%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP-MADERA CNTY: $9k → 22%THE HEART MATTERS FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY: $31k → 14%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $49k → 14%TAPESTRY FAMILY SERVICES: $75k → 18%FAMILY HEALING CENTER: $13k → 19%UPLIFT FAMILY SERVICES: $75k → 8%THE HEART MATTERS FOSTER FAMILY AGE: $10k → 14%FAMILY HEALING CENTER: $10k → 19%SAVING ALL CHILDREN: $9k → 19%FAMILY BUILDERS BY ADOPTION: $6k → 10%NAPA-SOLANO SANESART: $49k → 10%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN INC: $40k → 14%FORGOTTEN CHILDREN INC: $35k → 14%UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT: $75k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 21 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
45

Total granted

$1.6M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+34%

Still filing today

86%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’20’21’22
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $125k · revenue +9%
  • EB
    EAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $123k · revenue +4%
  • CL
    CHILDREN'S LEGACY CENTER
    3× · 2020–2022 · $99k · revenue +239%

Funded once

  • YC
    YOLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFIC
    one grant, 2021 · $83k
  • PC
    PACIFIC CLINICSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +193%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES CENTER - ALCOHOL & DRUG
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
2
The Childrens House

To reduce trauma to children who have experienced abuse as well as their families by providing a safe and supportive environment through a collaboration of community agencies.

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3
Casa of Solano County

Advocates for abused, neglected and other identified children within the court system, with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Civil Rights
4
Guadalupe County Children's Advocacy Center

To advocate for and provide services to children and families when there are allegations of abuse and neglect throughout the investigation,prosecution, treatment, and prevention of child abuse, and to reduce the trauma to childrent with…

Crime & Legal
5
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
6
Family Care Network Inc

The mission of the Family Care Network is to enhance the wellbeing of children, adults, and families in partnership with our community.

—
7
Family Services of Tulare County Inc

The mission of Family Services is to help children, adults, and families throughout Tulare County heal from violence and thrive in healthy relationships. Family Services will accomplish this mission through direct services, advocacy,…

Human Services
8
Casa de Esperanza

Casa is a refuge, providing protection and education for people caught in the cylces of domestic violence, sexual assault and child assault. Casa is a healing community where women and children can receive the nurturing and support…

Human Services
9
Dependency Advocacy Center

Dependency advocacy center (dac) provides zealous legal representation to indigent clients in the juvenile dependency system to promote timely reunification and preservation of families in a safe, healthy environment. dac believes that…

Crime & Legal
10
Child & Family Service of Saginaw

Child and Family Service of Saginaw County is a social work agency dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in our community by fostering personal growth, emotional development, recovery from trauma, self- reliance, and healthy…

Human Services
11
Ark Homes Foster Family Agency

Ark Homes Foster Family Agency is committed to creating a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment for children by matching each child's needs with an appropriate family-based placement and services that promote stability, healing, and…

Human Services
12
Mountain Child Advocacy Center Inc

The mission of the Mountain Child Advocacy Center is to prevent harm, protect children and heal families through best practice programs and community collaboration.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Luis Obispo County Child Abuse Prevention Council Dba Cfsslo; the most unlike its peers is University of Southern California. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 91 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
42/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT: $130,347 · OtherCITY OF OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENTYOLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFIC: $82,747 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherFelton Institute: $75,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES CENTER - ALCOHOL & DRUG: $75,000 · OtherMLK HEALTH & WELLNESS CDC: $75,000 · OtherCASA OF MONTEREY CITY: $75,000 · OtherHUMAN SER DEPT COUNTY OF SONOMA: $67,432 · Other+42 more: $1,041,561 · Other+42 moreCalifornia Alliance of Caregivers: $124,790 · HealthCalifornia Alliance…PALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,911 · HealthPALOMAR HEALTH FOUN…RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO: $84,000 · HealthRADY CHILDREN'S HOS…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $74,587 · HealthChildren's Hospital…Family Paths Inc: $73,754 · HealthFamily Paths IncRape Counseling Services of Fresno: $58,549 · HealthRape Counseling Ser…The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower: $56,583 · HealthThe Barbara Sinatra…Community Violence Solutions: $55,510 · HealthCommunity Violence …LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: $27,228 · Health+1 more: $3,648 · HealthTAPESTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesTAPESTRY FAMILY SE…FORGOTTEN CHILDREN INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesFORGOTTEN CHILDREN…PACIFIC CLINICS: $75,000 · Human ServicesPACIFIC CLINICSCalifornia Parenting Institute: $75,000 · Human ServicesCalifornia Parenti…UNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT INC: $74,979 · Human ServicesUNITED AMERICAN IN…SAVING ALL CHILDREN DBA FAMILY HEALING CENTER: $64,374 · Human ServicesSAVING ALL CHILDRE…NAPA SOLANO SANESART: $49,242 · Human ServicesNAPA SOLANO SANESA…KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $48,664 · Human ServicesKOREAN AMERICAN FA…Human Options Inc: $43,802 · Human ServicesHuman Options IncTHE HEART MATTERS FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY: $40,800 · Human ServicesTHE HEART MATTERS …+3 more: $23,815 · Human ServicesEAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC: $122,807 · Crime & LegalEAST BAY CHILDR…CALM INC: $87,000 · Crime & LegalCALM INCEMPOWER TEHAMA: $65,760 · Crime & LegalEMPOWER TEHAMAMOTIVATING INSPIRING SUPPORTING AND SERVING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH: $52,905 · Crime & LegalMOTIVATING INSP…KidsFirst Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County: $50,000 · Crime & LegalKidsFirst Child…POSITIVE RESULTS CENTER: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPOSITIVE RESULT…Helpline Youth Counseling Inc: $48,582 · Crime & LegalHelpline Youth …ORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $28,689 · Crime & Legal+4 more: $40,500 · Crime & Legal+4 moreCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $124,998 · Civil RightsJUSTICE AT LAST INC: $50,000 · Civil RightsCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $26,755 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S LEGACY CENTER: $98,646 · Youth DevelopmentLAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $27,976 · Education
Other$1,697,087Health$659,560Human Services$645,676Crime & Legal$546,243Civil Rights$201,753Youth Development$133,646Education$27,976

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILD ADVOCATES OF SILICON VALLEY INC: $124,998 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCalifornia Alliance of Caregivers: $124,790 over 2y, 27% of budgetEAST BAY CHILDRENS LAW OFFICES INC: $122,807 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,911 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEGACY CENTER: $98,646 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCALM INC: $87,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO: $84,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTAPESTRY FAMILY SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN CHILDREN INC: $75,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetPACIFIC CLINICS: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFelton Institute: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia Parenting Institute: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED AMERICAN INDIAN INVOLVEMENT INC: $74,979 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $74,587 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Paths Inc: $73,754 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEMPOWER TEHAMA: $65,760 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSAVING ALL CHILDREN DBA FAMILY HEALING CENTER: $64,374 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetRape Counseling Services of Fresno: $58,549 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetThe Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower: $56,583 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCommunity Violence Solutions: $55,510 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMOTIVATING INSPIRING SUPPORTING AND SERVING SEXUALLY EXPLOITED YOUTH: $52,905 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKidsFirst Child Abuse Prevention Council of Placer County: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFamily Assistance Program: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPartners Against Violence Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCitrus Counseling Services Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJUSTICE AT LAST INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetShasta County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPOSITIVE RESULTS CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetNAPA SOLANO SANESART: $49,242 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $48,664 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHelpline Youth Counseling Inc: $48,582 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVERITY-COMPASSION SAFETY SUPPORT A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: $46,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTime For Change Foundation: $44,736 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHuman Options Inc: $43,802 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HEART MATTERS FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY: $40,800 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $35,683 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAVENDER YOUTH RECREATION & INFORMATION CENTER INC LYRIC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAPA FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES: $31,137 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $28,689 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $27,976 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER: $27,228 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $26,755 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION COUNCIL DBA CFSSLO: $13,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PRIORITY CENTER ENDING THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Advocacy Center For Child Abuse Assessment and Treatment: $9,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCALICO CENTER: $9,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF MADERA COUNTY INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S FUND INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Kaiser Foundation Hos…In-N-Out Burgers Foun…ValorusPublic Health Institu…Weingart FoundationNational Children's A…East Bay Community Fo…California Physicians…Foundation for Califo…California Foundation…The California Endowm…California Fire Safe …
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCA51.5× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · In-N-Out Burgers Foundation · Valorus · Public Health Institute · Weingart Foundation · National Children's Alliance Inc · East Bay Community Foundation · California Physicians' Service Fdn Dba Blue Shield of California Fdn · Foundation for California Community Colleges · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · The California Endowment · California Fire Safe Council Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Calico Center funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Calico Center. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Calico Center?

    Find your warmest path to Calico Center through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 91 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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