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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 FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$164k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.2M
$66,973
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIDES ADVOCACY$164,210
DOLORES HUERTA FOUNDATION$123,832
LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY (LAANE)$109,222
ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY$105,702
CHIRLA ACTION FUND$95,782
CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY$85,006
ALLIANCE SAN DIEGO$81,145
SILICON VALLEY RISING ACTION$71,838
SOMOS FAMILIA VALLE$69,575
CALIFORNIA BLACK POWER NETWORK$66,973
COMMUNITY COALITION (COCO)$65,873
INNER CITY STRUGGLE$59,470
OAKLAND RISING CO CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND (OR)$56,792
KIWA ACTION$53,290
JAKARA MOVEMENT$47,203
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 (FY17–24, $186k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JAKARA MOVEMENT: $47k → 19%INNER CITY STRUGGLE: $59k → 14%INNER CITY STRUGGLE: $14k → 14%INNER CITY STRUGGLE: $7k → 14%INNER CITY STRUGGLE: $59k → 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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 15 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +60% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
9

Total granted

$3.0M
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+60%

Still filing today

93%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $851k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementHealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TA
    TIDES ADVOCACY
    4× · 2018–2024 · $280k · revenue +130%
  • DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2024 · $221k · revenue +198%
  • MV
    MILLION VOTERS PROJECT ACTION FUND FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRST
    2× · 2018–2020 · $207k · revenue +252%

Funded once

  • LA
    LUCHA ACTION FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $41k
  • Working Partnerships USA
    one grant, 2021 · $38k · revenue -49%
  • CD
    CANGRESS DBA LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue +53%
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
California Center for Movement Legal Services

The California Center for Movement Legal Services (Movement Legal) provides legal services in the pursuit of improving the lives of California's traditionally underserved residents, carrying out legal work that fosters community led policy…

Crime & Legal
2
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
3
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
4
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action

The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action is a grassroots, member-led, statewide community organization working with more than 16,000 members in six counties across California, dedicated to raising the voices of…

Human Services
5
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
6
Pico California Action Fund

The PICO Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that works with multi-racial faith-based community organizations to build power and impact systemic change. We work at the state and local level to build capacity for civic…

Civil Rights
7
Aclu California Action

See schedule oaclu california action advocates for the defense and advancement of civil liberties and civil rights in the california state capitol. we work to secure greater equality, equity, justice, and freedom for all californians. our…

Civil Rights
8
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
9
Statewide California Coalition

The New California Coalition (NCC) is a forward-thinking organization with a bold mission: to identify and implement solutions that will pave the way for enduring, generational change in Sacramento and across the entire state of California.

Public Benefit
10
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
11
California Arts Advocates

California Arts Advocates is a comprehensive lobbying organization for the arts, culture and creative industries and workforce.

Arts & Culture
12
California Black Power Network Action Fund

Promote social welfare thru political policy

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action; the most unlike its peers is Kiwa Action. 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

36 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. 36 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
20/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRST: $1,327,375 · Civil RightsSCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRSTMILLION VOTERS PROJECT ACTION FUND FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRST: $206,684 · Civil RightsMILLION VOTERS PROJECT ACTION FUND FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES F…COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $95,782 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND: $91,590 · Civil RightsEQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO: $87,981 · Civil RightsALLIANCE SAN DIEGO MOBILIZATION FUND: $85,170 · Civil Rights+9 more: $433,982 · Civil Rights+9 moreDOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION: $221,098 · Community ImprovementDOLORES C HUERT…ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $105,702 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR A …Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy: $85,006 · Community ImprovementCentral Coast A…COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $60,039 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY COALI…CAUSE ACTION FUND: $45,187 · Community ImprovementCAUSE ACTION FU…CANGRESS DBA LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $35,000 · Community ImprovementCANGRESS DBA LO…+1 more: $12,417 · Community ImprovementTIDES ADVOCACY: $279,861 · OtherTIDES ADVOCACYSilicon Valley Rising Action: $112,978 · OtherSilicon Valley …CONGREGATIONS ORGANIZED FOR PROPHETIC: $54,005 · OtherCONGREGATIONS O…LUCHA ACTION FUND: $41,203 · OtherLUCHA ACTION FU…THE LAANE ACTION FUND: $33,348 · OtherTHE LAANE ACTIO…POMONA ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $25,653 · OtherSTARTING OVER INC: $25,653 · OtherLOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR A NEW ECONOMY: $109,222 · HealthCOMMUNITY COALITION ACTION FUND: $97,968 · HealthWorking Partnerships USA: $37,938 · HealthA NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT: $35,000 · HealthINNERCITY STRUGGLE: $139,264 · Human ServicesJAKARA MOVEMENT: $47,203 · Human ServicesCommunities for A New California: $84,986 · Public BenefitPICO California: $12,410 · Public BenefitCOMMUNITY COALITION: $65,873 · Philanthropy
Civil Rights$2,328,564Community Improvement$564,449Other$572,701Health$280,128Human Services$186,467Public Benefit$97,396Philanthropy$65,873

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 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 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.

    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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