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Ccf Community Initiatives Fund

Supporting organization of california community foundation. Charitable grant making.

$11M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
93
Itemized grants FY2024
78
Organizations funded FY2023
63%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$10M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,233,114
Organizations funded a year
44 to 91
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$56M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Ccf Community Initiatives Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2024still arriving89$9.6M39%
FY202378$6.0M63%
FY202260$4.7M63%
FY202155$4.1M56%
FY202065$15M66%
FY201945$3.7M76%
FY201844$8.0M77%
FY201791$3.0Mn/a
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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$22MEnvironment$9.6MPhilanthropy$7.0MArts & Culture$4.5MHousing & Shelter$4.3MPublic Benefit$3.0MHuman Services$2.5MHealth$2.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Los Angeles Unified School District$10,829,9275n/a
Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation$6,346,803213%
Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation$3,400,7102n/a
Southern California Grantmakers$1,746,06654%
Destination Crenshaw$1,331,1274100%
City of Merced$1,330,0001n/a
Partners for Children South La$1,305,367142%
Butterflys Haven Formerly Known as Treehouse Impact Group$1,200,0001n/a
Diversity Uplifts Inc$1,135,00059%
California Black Power Network$1,060,000261%
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All grantees of Ccf Community Initiatives Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Los Angeles Unified School District$10,829,9275n/a
Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation$6,346,803213%
Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation$3,400,7102n/a
Southern California Grantmakers$1,746,06654%
Destination Crenshaw$1,331,1274100%
City of Merced$1,330,0001n/a
Partners for Children South La$1,305,367142%
Butterflys Haven Formerly Known as Treehouse Impact Group$1,200,0001n/a
Diversity Uplifts Inc$1,135,00059%
California Black Power Network$1,060,000261%
Harness Community$951,715120%
St John's Community Health$819,61931%
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes$723,81178%
Seventh Generation Advisors$621,404154%
Child Care Resource Center Inc$518,75530%
Community Partners$502,00060%
The Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation$500,000226%
Project Joy$463,877570%
Southern California Public Radio$435,00031%
Institute for Maximum Human Potential$425,0003n/a
Catalyst California$394,75322%
Los Angeles Universal Preschool$391,73531%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$381,25022%
Fii - National$370,00010%
African American Leadership Organization$330,500362%
California Black Womens Health Project$312,85054%
Merced Rescue Mission$290,910310%
Raising Malawi Inc$274,8851n/a
Empowerthem Collective$264,675153%
La-Mas Inc$250,000128%
Child Care Law Center$250,000215%
Eco Hero Kids Foundation$243,900499%
YWCA of San Gabriel Valley$234,00031%
Public Media Group of Southern California$220,21011%
Unite-La Inc$210,00032%
Casa 0101 Inc$207,50067%
Los Angeles Times$200,0001n/a
The University Corporation$200,00010%
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation$200,00015%
New Village Charter School Inc$195,00028%
Crystal Stairs Inc$186,70030%
Altamed Health Services Corporation$182,00020%
Realize Impact$176,00021%
Sierra Saving Grace Homeless Project$160,000120%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment$151,85041%
PLUS Fund Paid Leave for the United States$150,00024%
Children Now$150,00021%
The Therapeutic Play Foundation Inc$143,30036%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science$136,00010%
Open Paths Counseling Center$130,00025%
Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches$124,00027%
Restore Merced$120,000258%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$120,00030%
Ohana Center$119,150317%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles$115,00030%
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc$113,00010%
Children's Institute Inc$102,60030%
Men Taking Over Reforming Society Inc$102,00031%
California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc$100,00010%
Access Books$100,000115%
The Merced County Food Bank$100,00011%
Proyecto Pastoral$100,00022%
Grameen America Inc$100,00010%
California State University Dominguez Hills Toro Auxiliary Partners$100,00011%
Storied Nation$100,0001n/a
LA Stage Alliance$100,0001n/a
University of California Merced Foundation$100,00012%
Homeboy Industries$98,00030%
Self Help Graphics & Art Inc$95,00034%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$95,00010%
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes Foundation$95,0001n/a
Youth Leadership Coalition$93,5002n/a
Mighty Little Giants Inc$93,000217%
La Promise Fund$90,00021%
Sobrato Early Academic Language Program$90,00020%
The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles$86,00025%
MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD aka MERCED COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$85,00011%
Saving Innocence Inc$85,00024%
California Hospital Medical Center Foundation$85,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme$80,40031%
East Los Angeles Women's Center$80,00011%
Ready to Succeed$80,00012%
A Place Called Home$80,00011%
G Irl$78,630313%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$75,00010%
Inclusive Action for the City$75,00011%
Alexandria House$75,00011%
Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles$75,00011%
Families in Schools$75,00012%
Bridge Builders Foundation Inc$75,00014%
New Horizons - Serving Individuals With Special Needs$71,00010%
Pathways LA$70,32520%
La Family Housing Corporation$70,00010%
Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles$70,00011%
East la Society of Film & Arts$69,182494%
Plaza de la Raza Inc$68,50051%
Realtors Relief Foundation$68,00032%
Symple Equazion$66,000136%
Soul Food for Your Baby Inc$64,5002n/a
Grupo de Teatro Sinergia-Siner$62,500411%
Youth With a Purpose$62,000315%
Compassion Creates Change$60,000139%
From The Heart Productions$57,50021%
Oceanic Preservation Society$57,50016%
The Ulmer Institute$57,0002n/a
Empowher Institute Inc$55,00014%
World Monuments Fund Inc$55,0001n/a
Guild of Future Architects Foundation$54,5002n/a
A Sense of Home$53,00012%
Turnaround Arts California$52,983115%
P5 Strategies$51,25021%
Palm Springs Art Museum$50,00011%
The Ohio State University$50,0001n/a
Latino Theater Company$50,00020%
Art Share Los Angeles$50,00023%
Young Storytellers$50,00013%
California State University Northridge Foundation$50,00010%
Loyola Marymount University$50,00010%
Connections for Children$50,00010%
Economic Security Project Inc$50,00020%
Piece by Piece$50,00017%
Special Service for Groups Inc$50,00020%
Lake Avenue Foundation Inc Dba Stars Illuminate Educate Advocate$50,00014%
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles$50,0001n/a
Community Initiatives$50,00010%
Child Trends Inc$50,00010%
Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association$50,00026%
Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole$50,0001n/a
Los Angeles Conservancy$50,00012%
Koreatown Youth and Community Center$50,00010%
All Peoples Community Center$50,00011%
Pomona College$50,00010%
Allies for Every Child Inc$50,00010%
Alliance for a Better Community$50,00022%
Innercity Struggle$50,00021%
LA Forward Institute$50,000216%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$47,00010%
Mundo Maya Foundation$45,000223%
Boys & Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley$45,00020%
La Voice$45,00022%
Kids in the Spotlight Inc$45,00022%
Beit T'Shuvah$45,00020%
Jmj Maternity Homes$44,575136%
Access Nonprofit Center$43,220320%
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network$40,00021%
Global Heritage Fund$40,00012%
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center for Dev Disabled Persons Inc$40,00020%
Community Development Technologies Center$40,00021%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$40,00020%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$40,00010%
Los Angeles Poverty Department$40,00018%
Service Center for Independent Life$40,00014%
Aapi Equity Alliance$40,00021%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$37,50010%
California Dance Institute$35,520111%
Pacific Opera Project$35,00025%
San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center Inc$35,00018%
Mychals Learning Place$35,00011%
Las Virgenes Unified School$34,2752n/a
The Children's Partnership$32,50021%
West Valley Boys & Girls Club Inc$31,57741%
Project Motherpath Inc$31,50012%
The Antelope Valley Community Uplift Foundation$31,00014%
Avenue 50 Studio Inc$30,50038%
Macha Theatre Co$30,000363%
Luna & Sol Community Healing Collective$30,0001n/a
Tmc Community Capital$30,00011%
Martin Luther King Jr Community Health Foundation$30,00010%
Company of Angels Inc$30,000212%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$29,1311n/a
San Gabriel Mission High School$27,0002n/a
Public Policy Institute of California$25,0001n/a
Antelope Valley Partners for Health$25,00010%
Social and Public Art Resource Center$25,00010%
East Los Angeles Boys and Girls Club$25,00019%
About Productions$25,000122%
Meztli Projects Inc$25,0001n/a
Floricanto Dance Theatre$25,00019%
Shields for Families$25,00010%
Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement$25,00011%
Via Care Community Health Center$25,00010%
Highland Park Independent Film Festival$25,0001n/a
Alliance for Children's Rights$25,00020%
Dia Center for the Arts Inc$25,00010%
Prepare Kids for Life$25,000216%
Operation Street Kidz$25,0001n/a
Cynthia Perry Ray Foundation$23,0002n/a
Dstl Arts$23,00026%
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network$22,78410%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc$22,50010%
Social Justice Learning Institute$22,50010%
High Tech High$22,05010%
San Gabriel Educational Foundation$22,00024%
Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural Inc$20,00022%
Mexican-American Cultural Education Foundation$20,000128%
Social Justice Partners Los Angeles$20,00011%
Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles Inc$20,0002n/a
South Coast Chorale Inc$20,000110%
The Salvation Army$20,0001n/a
Hernandez Mariachi Heritage Society$20,00023%
Foundation for Economic and Social Justice$20,0001n/a
Accessity$20,00010%
Tides Advocacy$20,00010%
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California$20,00010%
Pilipino Workers Center of Southern$20,00011%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Skylight Theatre Company$20,00022%
Neurotalent Works Inc$20,00015%
Downtown Women's Center$20,00010%
Stay Arts$20,000216%
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks$19,1631n/a
Wellnessworks$19,113112%
Visual Communications Media$16,82011%
Student Movement of Justice and Opportunity$15,0001n/a
No Limits Theater Group Inc$15,00011%
Bob Baker Marionette Theater$15,00011%
Women Who Submit$15,0001n/a
Village for Vets$15,00010%
The Breakfast Table Sessions$15,0001n/a
Red Nation Celebration$15,00014%
Lets Make It Happen$15,0001n/a
Mariachi Womens Foundation$14,12516%
Angel City Alliance$14,0001n/a
Az Hakim Foundation$13,0001n/a
Beyond Baroque Foundation$13,00021%
Third Sector New England Inc$12,50010%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles$12,34810%
Harness Inc$11,6721n/a
Public Health Institute$11,50010%
Pasadena Museum of California Art$11,00012%
Friends of the Chinese American Museum$11,00011%
For the Child Inc$10,00010%
St Raphael School$10,0001n/a
Claremont Graduate University$10,00010%
Child Development Institute$10,00010%
Children's Defense Fund$10,0001n/a
Independent Feature Project Inc$10,00010%
Lucille & Edward R Roybal Fdn$10,0001n/a
St Odilia School$10,0001n/a
Dimensions Educational Research Foundation$10,00010%
Braille Institute of America Inc$10,00010%
Latino Arts Network$10,0001n/a
Media Arts Center San Diego$10,00011%
Love Inc of Greater Merced$10,00015%
South Carolina Realtors Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Childrens Collective Inc$10,00010%
Future Roots Inc$10,00011%
Southeast Arts and Cultural Foundation$10,0001n/a
The Arroyo Arts Collective$10,000110%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$10,0001n/a
University of Nebraska Foundation$10,00010%
Tandem Partners in Early Learning$10,00011%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,00010%
Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration$10,0001n/a
South Bay Center for Counseling$10,00010%
Casa Cultural Saybrook$10,0001n/a
Neighborhood Music School Association$10,00012%
Ncar Housing Opportunity Foundation$10,00011%
Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management$10,00010%
Reading Partners$10,00010%
Mujeres de Maiz$10,0001n/a
4c Lab$10,00014%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$10,00010%
Day One$10,00010%
Wise Readers to Leaders$10,00011%
Los Angeles Music and Art School$10,00011%
Synchromy$10,000110%
Eagle Rock Community Cultural Association$10,00012%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend Inc$9,90011%
Asian Youth Center$9,77710%
In the Making$9,42517%
Nevada Charter Academies$9,25010%
The Pacifica Foundation$9,00010%
Hndp$8,0201n/a
St Aloysius Gonzaga School$7,5001n/a
Healthy House Within a Match Coalition$6,00012%
Creative Visions Foundation$5,83410%
Agoura High School Music Boosters Club$5,60016%
Central California Food Bank$5,00010%
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools$5,0001n/a
Upward Bound House$5,00010%
Dr Jennifer M Jones Foundation$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno$5,00010%
Lifeline Community Development Corporation of Merced County$5,00012%

Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ccf Community Initiatives Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLeonardo Dicaprio Foundation: $6,346,803 over 2y, 13% of budgetSouthern California Grantmakers: $1,746,066 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetDestination Crenshaw: $1,331,127 over 4y, 100% of budgetPartners for Children South La: $1,305,367 over 1y, 42% of budgetDiversity Uplifts Inc: $1,135,000 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetCalifornia Black Power Network: $1,060,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetHarness Community: $951,715 over 1y, 20% of budgetSt John's Community Health: $819,619 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLa Plaza de Cultura y Artes: $723,811 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetSeventh Generation Advisors: $621,404 over 1y, 54% of budgetChild Care Resource Center Inc: $518,755 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Partners: $502,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cheesecake Factory-Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation: $500,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetProject Joy: $463,877 over 5y, 70% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $435,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCatalyst California: $394,753 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetLos Angeles Universal Preschool: $391,735 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRockwood Leadership Institute: $381,250 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetFii - National: $370,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAfrican American Leadership Organization: $330,500 over 3y, 62% of budgetCalifornia Black Womens Health Project: $312,850 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetMerced Rescue Mission: $290,910 over 3y, 10% of budgetEmpowerthem Collective: $264,675 over 1y, 53% of budgetLa-Mas Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetChild Care Law Center: $250,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetEco Hero Kids Foundation: $243,900 over 4y, 99% of budgetYWCA of San Gabriel Valley: $234,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPublic Media Group of Southern California: $220,210 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnite-La Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCasa 0101 Inc: $207,500 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetThe University Corporation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLos Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNew Village Charter School Inc: $195,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetCrystal Stairs Inc: $186,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAltamed Health Services Corporation: $182,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRealize Impact: $176,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSierra Saving Grace Homeless Project: $160,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCommunity Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment: $151,850 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPLUS Fund Paid Leave for the United States: $150,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetChildren Now: $150,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe Therapeutic Play Foundation Inc: $143,300 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetCharles R Drew University of Medicine and Science: $136,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Paths Counseling Center: $130,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetLos Angeles Metropolitan Churches: $124,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetRestore Merced: $120,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetZero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families: $120,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOhana Center: $119,150 over 3y, 17% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $115,000 over 3y, 0.1% 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 200.

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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.

Weingart FoundationCA106.4× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · United Way Inc · The Ahmanson Foundation · The California Endowment · Liberty Hill Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Community Partners · The Rose Hills Foundation · Baby2baby

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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How do I get to Ccf Community Initiatives Fund?

Find your warmest path to Ccf Community Initiatives 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.

About Ccf Community Initiatives Fund

How much does Ccf Community Initiatives Fund give?
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund reported 93 itemized grants totaling $10,225,129, out of $10,755,501 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 91 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ccf Community Initiatives Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (35%), Environment (15%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Ccf Community Initiatives Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Los Angeles Unified School District ($11M), Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation ($6.3M), Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation ($3.4M).
Does Ccf Community Initiatives Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ccf Community Initiatives Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, California Community Foundation.
Where is Ccf Community Initiatives Fund based?
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund 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 367 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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