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California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central

The mission of california communications access foundation (ccaf) is to serve as an educator, convener and resource that works collaboratively to ensure communications and information access in service of individuals who are deaf or disabled.

$793k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
62%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$72,614
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$54M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 62% of the organizations California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $652k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationCivil RightsFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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
FY2025still arriving12$821k33%
FY202413$1.0M62%
FY202314$1.1M29%
FY202217$1.2M24%
FY202126$905k35%
FY202018$1.2M50%
FY201914$952k71%
FY201815$1.1M67%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$4.8MEducation$1.6MHuman Services$1.1MCivil Rights$590kYouth Development$345kEmployment$341kPublic Safety & Disaster$175kCrime & Legal$169kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$445,00069%
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare$440,72040%
The Bridge School$426,00047%
The University Corporation San Francisco State$399,12041%
Exceptional Parents Unlimited Inc$379,90042%
Disability Voices United$362,263534%
Beneficent Technology Inc$360,00041%
Society for the Blind Inc$299,39562%
Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency$278,00032%
Disability Rights California$270,10030%
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All grantees of California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$445,00069%
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare$440,72040%
The Bridge School$426,00047%
The University Corporation San Francisco State$399,12041%
Exceptional Parents Unlimited Inc$379,90042%
Disability Voices United$362,263534%
Beneficent Technology Inc$360,00041%
Society for the Blind Inc$299,39562%
Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency$278,00032%
Disability Rights California$270,10030%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$233,40031%
Goodwill Industries of Orange County California$220,50040%
Parents Helping Parents Inc$210,29045%
Regents Univ of California$200,0002n/a
Ignite Collective Inc$188,41456%
Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California$186,71533%
World Institute on Disability$183,24123%
San Francisco State University$174,5052n/a
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities$171,93622%
International Society for Arts Science and Technology DBA LeonardoISAST$170,00027%
Center for Innovation and Resources Inc$169,000211%
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area$168,00033%
California Lutheran University$157,18420%
Center for Independent Living$145,00023%
Supported Life Institute$130,10029%
Autism Society Inland Empire Inc$130,00028%
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc$121,60021%
Project Miracle$120,000211%
Noah Homes Inc$115,00031%
Team of Advocates for Special Kids$112,09133%
ALS Network$100,00011%
Institute for Exceptional Care$100,00013%
San Francisco State University Foundation$100,00011%
University of California San Francisco$100,0001n/a
Norcal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing$100,00012%
The University Corporation$99,00010%
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute$98,5901n/a
Rady Children's Health$98,06810%
Painted Brain$94,00014%
San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Inc$90,00012%
Resource for Education Advocacy Communication and Housing$87,8002n/a
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project$85,200113%
Hope Services$82,79430%
Mychals Learning Place$80,00012%
Community Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsula$75,000118%
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc$75,00012%
Hearts for Sight Foundation$69,100222%
Oparc$67,50011%
Center for Early Intervention on Deafness$66,3001n/a
California Policy Center for I$62,6561n/a
TERI Inc$50,00010%
Rancho Los Amigos Foundation Inc$44,75013%
Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$41,17121%
Disability Action Center$40,00013%
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Sacramento Inc$37,20010%
Bright Funds Foundation$36,24920%
The Black Deaf Project$34,290125%
Parents & Friends Inc$33,70010%
Innovative Health Care Services Dba the Peg Taylor Center$29,1571n/a
Pacific Hearing Connection$26,5001n/a
California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central$26,00510%
The Arc of Ventura County Inc$24,00010%
Community Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired$20,00013%
Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County$19,20013%
Collabria Care$16,88410%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$16,5001n/a
Peerbots$15,000186%
Tash Inc$10,30511%
USA Dance Inc$9,72512%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$1,42510%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$45010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$42510%
Central California Food Bank$4001n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$40010%
Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino Counties$35010%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$35010%
Dignity Health Connected Living$20010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International: $445,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetCasa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare: $440,720 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bridge School: $426,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetThe University Corporation San Francisco State: $399,120 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetExceptional Parents Unlimited Inc: $379,900 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetDisability Voices United: $362,263 over 5y, 34% of budgetBeneficent Technology Inc: $360,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSociety for the Blind Inc: $299,395 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetDeaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency: $278,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetDisability Rights California: $270,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $233,400 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Orange County California: $220,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetParents Helping Parents Inc: $210,290 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetIgnite Collective Inc: $188,414 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetHearing and Speech Center of Northern California: $186,715 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetWorld Institute on Disability: $183,241 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSupport for Families of Children with Disabilities: $171,936 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetInternational Society for Arts Science and Technology DBA LeonardoISAST: $170,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetCenter for Innovation and Resources Inc: $169,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetDown Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area: $168,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCalifornia Lutheran University: $157,184 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Independent Living: $145,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSupported Life Institute: $130,100 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetAutism Society Inland Empire Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetCalifonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc: $121,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetProject Miracle: $120,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetNoah Homes Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTeam of Advocates for Special Kids: $112,091 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetALS Network: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetInstitute for Exceptional Care: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSan Francisco State University Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNorcal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe University Corporation: $99,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRady Children's Health: $98,068 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPainted Brain: $94,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSan Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetQueer Women of Color Media Arts Project: $85,200 over 1y, 13% of budgetHope Services: $82,794 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMychals Learning Place: $80,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCommunity Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsula: $75,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetDisability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHearts for Sight Foundation: $69,100 over 2y, 22% of budgetOparc: $67,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTERI Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRancho Los Amigos Foundation Inc: $44,750 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetVista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $41,171 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDisability Action Center: $40,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Sacramento Inc: $37,200 over 1y, 0.2% 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 66.

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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.

Kaiser Foundation Hos…Frank Nigro Columbian…With FoundationCalifornia Foundation…California Community …Silicon Valley Commun…San Jose Mercury News…The San Francisco Fou…Horizons FoundationCalifornia Foundation…Dignity HealthPublic Health Institu…
Kaiser Foundation HospitalsCA26.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Frank Nigro Columbian Foundation Supporting People With Intellectual Disabi · With Foundation · California Foundation for Independent Living Centers · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · San Jose Mercury News Wish Book Fund Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Horizons Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Dignity Health · Public Health Institute

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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About California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central

How much does California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central give?
California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central reported 12 grants totaling $793,267 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (50%), Education (17%), Human Services (11%).
Who are California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International ($445k), Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare ($441k), The Bridge School ($426k).
Does California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Frank Nigro Columbian Foundation Supporting People With Intellectual Disabi, With Foundation.
Where is California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central based?
California Communications Access Foundation Dba Ability Central 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 81 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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