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Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties

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$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$190k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.5MHousing & Shelter$2.0MHuman Services$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.1MCivil Rights$917kFood & Nutrition$721kHealth$522kEnvironment$512kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 38 grants below total $1,087,314, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,173,316 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $86,002 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $370k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $685k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Refugee Assistance Center$190,000
Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest$190,000
ElderHelp of San Diego$100,000
Jewish Family Service of San Diego$100,000
Women of Color ROAR Media$55,000
Collective Freedom$50,000
Global Policy Leadership Academy$35,000
Regional Task Force on Homelessness$25,000
Lived Experience Advisors$25,000
Latina Giving Circle of San Diego$20,000
Harvey Family Foundation$20,000
Jackie Robinson Family YMCA$20,000
New Path$20,000
Latina Giving Circle of San Diego$17,014
Regional Task Force on Homelessness$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%People Assisting the Homeless (PATH): $50k → 14%People Assisting the Homeless (PATH): $50k → 14%Calipatria Police Activities League INC (41424529): $142k → 21%Chicano Federation of San Diego County Inc: $15k → 11%Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego: $70k → 11%Chicano Federation of San Diego County Inc: $10k → 11%Jewish Family Service of San Diego: $184k → 11%Regional Task Force on the Homeless: $128k → 11%Jewish Family Service of San Diego: $100k → 11%ElderHelp of San Diego: $100k → 11%CPI San Diego: $110k → 11%Regional Task Force on Homelessness: $25k → 11%Regional Task Force on Homelessness: $25k → 11%Regional Task Force on Homelessness: $15k → 11%Jewish Family Service of San Diego: $10k → 11%Jewish Family Service of San Diego: $10k → 11%Union of Pan Asian Communities: $188k → 11%Union of Pan Asian Communities: $20k → 11%Al Otro Lado Inc: $325k → 11%Jackie Robinson Family YMCA: $20k → 11%Casa Familiar Inc: $110k → 11%San Diego Center For Children: $15k → 11%Casa Familiar Inc: $95k → 11%San Diego Center For Children: $15k → 11%Pillars of the Community: $57k → 11%Pillars of the Community: $54k → 11%Pillars of the Community: $45k → 11%Pillars of the Community: $40k → 11%Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center: $25k → 11%Somali Bantu Association of America: $38k → 11%Pillars of the Community: $35k → 11%San Diego Youth Services: $75k → 11%Crisis House: $49k → 11%Crisis House: $20k → 11%Crisis House: $20k → 11%Casa de Amparo: $13k → 11%Casa de Amparo: $13k → 11%Refugee Assistance Center: $190k → 11%Haitian Bridge Alliance: $91k → 11%Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans: $75k → 11%Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans: $73k → 11%Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans: $70k → 11%Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans: $58k → 11%Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans: $35k → 11%Somali Bantu Association of America: $30k → 11%Somali Family Service of San Diego: $13k → 11%Lived Experience Advisors: $25k → 11%Mission Edge for San Diego Regional Arts: $175k → 11%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 96%.

Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Countieslessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.5% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.3M · 44 repeat orgs$5.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
74

Total granted

$6.3M
$5.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+40%

Still filing today

89%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $755k 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 ServicesArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PW
    PILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN
    6× · 2019–2024 · $331k · revenue +29%
  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $325k · revenue +122%
  • ME
    MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO
    3× · 2020–2023 · $320k · revenue +200%

Funded once

  • AO
    AL OTRO LADOgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $325k · revenue +95%
  • IC
    IMPERIAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $285k · revenue +40% · 70% of their budget
  • CASA FAMILIAR INC
    one grant, 2023 · $205k · revenue +16%
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
Mid-City Community Advocacy Network

Mid-city community advocacy network works to build a safe, productive, and healthy community for the residents of city heights and greater san diego through collaboration, advocacy, and organizing.

Community Improvement
2
Urban League of San Diego County

Assist African Americans and other underserved people in San Diego County to acheive social and economic equality through advocacy, bridge building, program services and research.

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3
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council Afl-Cio

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

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4
Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno

Building Indigenous power through collective action to achieve economic, social and cultural development.

International
5
San Diego Community Housing Corporation

To increase, preserve and improve quality affordable housing opportunities for working families.

Housing & Shelter
6
Southern California Immigration Project

Southern California Immigration Project is a public interest nonprofit organization dedicated to providing pro bono legal services to survivors of human and civil rights violations.

International
7
San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation

To support and cultivate sustainable employment opportunities for San Diego County residents contributing to a prosperous local economy.

Community Improvement
8
Herencia Hispana San Diego

Unite all latino americans

Membership Benefit
9
Center for Community Solutions

The mission is to end relationship and sexual violence by being a catalyst for caring communities and social justice. the vision is for all people to live full, free, expressive, and empowered lives in a safe, healthy, vibrant, and…

Health
10
Institute for Public Strategies

Institute of Public Strategies (IPS) is a nonprofit corporation that receives its funding from local and federal governmental agencies and private foundations, through long-term grants or contracts to provide community-level services…

Health
11
Tierras Indigenas Community Land Trust

Tierras Indigenas Community Land Trust is a non-profit comprised of residents and organizers working together to purchase land in Historic Barrios in order to keep it in the hands of the community to fight displacement and gentrification.

Housing & Shelter
12
Dreams for Change Inc

Dreams for Change's mission is to respond to the needs of San Diegans by creating innovative and cost-effective programs to empower and stabilize the lives of under-served families and individuals.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Youth Services; the most unlike its peers is San Diego Breastfeeding Center Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

117 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. 117 of the 144 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.

13
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
114/117
Grantees still filing
84/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $325,335 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT…AL OTRO LADO: $325,276 · Human ServicesAL OTRO LADOMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $319,799 · Human ServicesMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGOJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $304,488 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DI…PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $251,126 · Human ServicesPILLARS OF THE COMMUNITYUNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $207,500 · Human ServicesUNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIESCASA FAMILIAR INC: $205,000 · Human ServicesCASA FAMILIAR INCREGIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE HOMELESS: $192,500 · Human ServicesREGIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE HOME…REFUGEE ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $190,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE ASSISTANCE CENTER INCBEST STEP FORWARD: $142,261 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $117,500 · Human Services+17 more: $808,914 · Human Services+17 moreUNION BETHEL A M E CHURCH: $667,958 · OtherUNION BETHEL A M E CHURCHIMPERIAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $284,522 · OtherIMPERIAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYLABORS TRAINING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $245,693 · OtherEnvironmental Health Coalition: $277,261 · OtherEnvironmental Health CoalitionTOWNSPEOPLE: $200,000 · Other+70 more: $3,290,595 · Other+70 moreVIA INTERNATIONAL: $147,261 · Arts & CultureVIA INTERNAT…VOICES OF OUR CITY CHOIR INC: $146,250 · Arts & CultureVOICES OF OU…Disco Riot: $142,261 · Arts & CultureDisco RiotMEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO: $142,261 · Arts & CultureMEDIA ARTS C…Playwrights Project: $142,261 · Arts & CulturePlaywrights …ASIAN CULTURE AND MEDIA ALLIANCE INC: $142,261 · Arts & CultureASIAN CULTUR…San Diego Urban Warriors: $142,261 · Arts & CultureSan Diego Ur…MARAYA PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE: $142,261 · Arts & CultureMARAYA PERFO…A Reason To Survive: $95,000 · Arts & CultureA Reason To …PACIFIC ARTS MOVEMENT: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $60,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $297,261 · EducationSAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION: $213,750 · EducationKumeyaay Community College Inc: $142,261 · EducationUNIVERSIDAD POPULAR: $109,057 · EducationCounty of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation: $45,636 · EducationMANA DE SAN DIEGO: $36,400 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $35,200 · Education+4 more: $55,000 · EducationPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $331,225 · Community ImprovementTHE URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DBA URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT: $142,261 · Community ImprovementRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego: $105,000 · Community ImprovementHomes for San Diegans: $70,000 · Community ImprovementSAN DIEGO ORGANIZING PROJECT: $40,000 · Community ImprovementLOGAN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $34,775 · Community Improvement+2 more: $40,000 · Community ImprovementPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $190,000 · HealthCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $175,000 · HealthTHE SAN DIEGO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $56,000 · HealthNew PATH: $20,000 · Health+2 more: $15,000 · HealthPROJECT NEW VILLAGE: $310,693 · Food & NutritionSAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $85,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $50,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$3,389,699Other$4,966,029Arts & Culture$1,362,077Education$934,565Community Improvement$763,261Health$456,000Food & Nutrition$445,693

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $331,225 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS: $325,335 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetAL OTRO LADO: $325,276 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetMISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $319,799 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetPROJECT NEW VILLAGE: $310,693 over 5y, 43% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $304,488 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $297,261 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIMPERIAL COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $284,522 over 1y, 70% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $277,261 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetPILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY: $251,126 over 5y, 17% of budgetLABORS TRAINING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE: $245,693 over 4y, 15% of budgetSAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION: $213,750 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetUNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $207,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCASA FAMILIAR INC: $205,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTOWNSPEOPLE: $200,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetREGIONAL TASK FORCE ON THE HOMELESS: $192,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetREFUGEE ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $190,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $190,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $164,050 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVIA INTERNATIONAL: $147,261 over 2y, 20% of budgetVOICES OF OUR CITY CHOIR INC: $146,250 over 2y, 32% of budgetNorth County LGBTQ Resource Center: $143,850 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetDisco Riot: $142,261 over 1y, 67% of budgetOUTSIDE THE LENS: $142,261 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetMEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO: $142,261 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetPlaywrights Project: $142,261 over 1y, 17% of budgetASIAN CULTURE AND MEDIA ALLIANCE INC: $142,261 over 1y, 77% of budgetBEST STEP FORWARD: $142,261 over 1y, 28% of budgetTHE URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DBA URBAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT: $142,261 over 1y, 31% of budgetMARAYA PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE: $142,261 over 1y, 59% of budgetLos Amigos De La Comunidad Inc: $142,261 over 1y, 75% of budgetCIRCLE OF LIFE CONNECTION: $135,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetCOMITE CIVICO DEL VALLE INC: $130,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $117,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCENTER ON POLICY INITIATIVES: $109,799 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetUNIVERSIDAD POPULAR: $109,057 over 1y, 85% of budgetRISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego: $105,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetPATH: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO: $95,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetIMPERIAL VALLEY FOOD BANK: $95,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetA Reason To Survive: $95,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetHAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE: $90,947 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCRISIS HOUSE: $89,268 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $85,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO YOUTH SERVICES: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 San Diego Foundat…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Alliance Healthcare F…Price Philanthropies …The Parker FoundationJewish Community Foun…The California Endowm…United Way of San Die…Sempra FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…The San Diego Women's…The Cushman Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA102.4× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The California Endowment · United Way of San Diego County · Sempra Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · The San Diego Women's Foundation · The Cushman 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 Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 144 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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