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California Calls Action Fund

An alliance of community based organizations to engage, educate and motivate california's electorate.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2021
33%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2024
$66,973
Largest grant, FY2024
$164,210
Organizations funded a year
1 to 16
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 33% of the organizations California Calls Action Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitHealthEnvironmentEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$1.4M74%
FY20216$223k33%
FY202016$750k31%
FY20191$242k0%
FY201813$1.3M62%
FY20179$231kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Civil Rights$1.9MPublic Benefit$1.5MPhilanthropy$190kCommunity Improvement$157kHealth$155kHuman Services$107kEmployment$26k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schools and Communities First$1,327,37533%
Tides Advocacy$279,86140%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$221,09832%
Million Voters Project Action Fund for Schools and Communities First$206,68428%
Innercity Struggle$139,26441%
Silicon Valley Rising Action$112,978442%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$109,22212%
Alliance for a Better Community$105,70215%
Community Coalition Action Fund$97,9682100%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$95,78210%
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All grantees of California Calls Action Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schools and Communities First$1,327,37533%
Tides Advocacy$279,86140%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation$221,09832%
Million Voters Project Action Fund for Schools and Communities First$206,68428%
Innercity Struggle$139,26441%
Silicon Valley Rising Action$112,978442%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$109,22212%
Alliance for a Better Community$105,70215%
Community Coalition Action Fund$97,9682100%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$95,78210%
California Calls Education Fund$91,59021%
Equality Alliance of San Diego$87,98123%
Alliance San Diego Mobilization Fund$85,170313%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy$85,00612%
Communities for A New California$84,98627%
Center for Empowered Politics$76,81521%
Somos Familia Valle$69,5751n/a
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$69,20210%
California Black Power Network$66,97314%
Community Coalition$65,873125%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$60,03930%
Congregations Organized for Prophetic$54,0053n/a
Kiwa Action$53,290182%
Jakara Movement$47,20311%
Cause Action Fund$45,187226%
Lucha Action Fund$41,2031n/a
Chinese for Affirmative Action$39,97510%
Working Partnerships USA$37,93810%
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network$35,00012%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$35,00011%
The Laane Action Fund$33,3481n/a
Movement Strategy Center Action Fund$27,177117%
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center$25,65312%
Starting Over Inc$25,65312%
Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action$17,97511%
La Voice Action$13,00016%
Movement Strategy Center$12,41710%
PICO California$12,41010%

Where it is load-bearing

California Calls Action Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSchools and Communities First: $1,327,375 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTides Advocacy: $279,861 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDolores C Huerta Foundation: $221,098 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMillion Voters Project Action Fund for Schools and Communities First: $206,684 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetInnercity Struggle: $139,264 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSilicon Valley Rising Action: $112,978 over 4y, 42% of budgetLos Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: $109,222 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAlliance for a Better Community: $105,702 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCommunity Coalition Action Fund: $97,968 over 2y, 100% of budgetCoalition for Humane Immigrant Rights: $95,782 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Calls Education Fund: $91,590 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetEquality Alliance of San Diego: $87,981 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAlliance San Diego Mobilization Fund: $85,170 over 3y, 13% of budgetCentral Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy: $85,006 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCommunities for A New California: $84,986 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCenter for Empowered Politics: $76,815 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCenter for Empowered Politics Education Fund: $69,202 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Black Power Network: $66,973 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCommunity Coalition: $65,873 over 1y, 25% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: $60,039 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKiwa Action: $53,290 over 1y, 82% of budgetJakara Movement: $47,203 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCause Action Fund: $45,187 over 2y, 26% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $39,975 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $37,938 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network: $35,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetA New Way of Life Reentry Project: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMovement Strategy Center Action Fund: $27,177 over 1y, 17% of budgetPomona Economic Opportunity Center: $25,653 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetStarting Over Inc: $25,653 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPowerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action: $17,975 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLa Voice Action: $13,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $12,417 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPICO California: $12,410 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

California Calls Educ…Liberty Hill Foundati…The San Francisco Fou…The California Wellne…The California Endowm…California Community …Power CaliforniaWeingart FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…Tides AdvocacyEast Bay Community Fo…Tides Foundation
California Calls Education FundCA45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Calls Education Fund · Liberty Hill Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · California Community Foundation · Power California · Weingart Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Tides Advocacy · East Bay Community Foundation · Tides Foundation

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.

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How do I get to California Calls Action Fund?

Find your warmest path to California Calls Action Fund 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.

About California Calls Action Fund

How much does California Calls Action Fund give?
California Calls Action Fund reported 20 grants totaling $1,351,683 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does California Calls Action Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (47%), Public Benefit (37%), Philanthropy (5%).
Who are California Calls Action Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Schools and Communities First ($1.3M), Tides Advocacy ($280k), Dolores C Huerta Foundation ($221k).
Does California Calls Action Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as California Calls Action Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Calls Education Fund, Liberty Hill Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is California Calls Action Fund based?
California Calls Action Fund is based in CA.

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 38 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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