California · Public charity
California YIMBY
To empower Californians with the knowledge and tools to advocate for more housing and make our state affordable and accessible for everyone.
- $60k
- Granted FY2020
- 2
- Grants FY2020
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations California YIMBY funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 2 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $105k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $50k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abundant Housing LA Education Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| California Housing Defense Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 36% |
| California Community Builders Inc | $27,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Schools and Communities First | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charitable Ventures of Orange County | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| LeSar Development Consultants | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harborlight Community Partners Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenbelt Alliancepeople for Open Space | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
California YIMBY supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About California YIMBY
- How much does California YIMBY give?
- California YIMBY reported 2 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does California YIMBY fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (45%), Civil Rights (34%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are California YIMBY's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Abundant Housing LA Education Fund ($50k), California Housing Defense Fund ($50k), California Community Builders Inc ($28k).
- Does California YIMBY fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California YIMBY?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is California YIMBY based?
- California YIMBY is based in CA.
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