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· Public charity

California Homebuilding Foundation

To promote the homebuilding industry through scholarship, research, education and professional recognition.

$320k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$140kCommunity Improvement$87kHousing & Shelter$62kEmployment$25kEnvironment$15kSocial Science$15kHuman Services$9k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $30,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $320,297 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $290,297 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
San Diego State University$15,000
Univ Foundation Sac State$15,000
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 (FY23–23, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%Bay Area Council Foundation: $30k → 10%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 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
The American Institute of Architects California

The AIA California, in collaboration with local components, is the voice of the architectural profession.

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2
California Chamber of Commerce

Represent members and cal employers to members of cal legislature and other agencies of state government through in-house legislative analysts, lobbying staff, and contract lobbyists. cal chamber publishes books and software related to…

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3
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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4
California State University Alumni Association

Connect, engage and celebrate alumni, students and friends of sacramento state while building lifelong relationships that support the future of our university.

Education
5
Building Industry Association of San Diego

The mission of the building industry association of san diego is to proactively promote a positive business environment for the land development, home building and commercial development industry throughout san diego county.

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6
Construction Industry Force Account Council

Cifac is a non-profit 501(c)(6) membership organization that supports the coalition of concerned construction industry associations, contractors and labor unions that work to ensure state and local governments' compliance with the public…

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7
California Business Properties Association

To inform california legislators and regulators of concerns to commercial property owners and to inform its members of legislative and regulatory actions.

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8
California Apartment Association

The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…

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9
California Association of Councils of Governments

To provide a forum for study, discussion, and action on statewide problems of mutual interest to cities, counties, and councils of governments.

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10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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11
California Energy Alliance

The California Energy Alliance (CEA) unites representatives of a broad range of organizations concerned about energy and the build environment. As a member-based organization, CEA works to improve California's energy future and migration…

Public Safety & Disaster
12
County Supervisors Association of Calif

The mission of the organization is to serve california counties by: developing and equipping county leaders to better serve their communities; effectively advocating and partnering with state and federal governments for appropriate…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Forward; 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY: $67,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITYCALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $37,784 · OtherCALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONNORTH STATE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · OtherNORTH STATE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 · OtherASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF CALIFORNIA INCBUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF THE GREATER VALLEY: $23,850 · OtherBUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF THE GREATER VALLEYPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA: $15,000 · OtherPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIANorth Orange County ROP: $9,086 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $8,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHE…THE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AT SACRAMENTO STATE: $15,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY FOUND…COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $31,950 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY …BAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesBAY AREA …CALIFORNIA FORWARD: $15,000 · Public Benefit
Other$210,720Education$65,000Community Improvement$31,950Human Services$30,000Public Benefit$15,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $37,784 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $31,950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAY AREA COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH STATE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBUILDING INDUSTRY ASSN OF THE GREATER VALLEY: $23,850 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AT SACRAMENTO STATE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA FORWARD: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

The Sobrato Family Fo…Silicon Valley Commun…Fidelity Investments …
The Sobrato Family FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Sobrato Family Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Homebuilding Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from California Homebuilding Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 13 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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