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Coalition for Hope and Unity at a glance

· Private foundation

Coalition for Hope and Unity

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$21k
Granted FY2019
29
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$12kHealth$11kHuman Services$11kPhilanthropy$11kYouth Development$9kCivil Rights$8kHousing & Shelter$7kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2019 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$630
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
East Los Angeles College Foundation$2,300
Asian Youth Center$1,500
Union Station Homeless Service$1,500
Young Healthy$1,500
George Brown Fund$1,000
Friends in Deed$1,000
National Women's History Alliance$1,000
Pasadena Delta Foundation$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
NAACP Pasadena Branch 1053$1,000
Pasadena Recreation Parks Foundatio$1,000
San Gabriel Educational Foundation$800
Hillsides$750
Individual grant recipient$700
Alhambra Educational Foundation$630
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 (FY17–19, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Bombay Teen Challenge: $100 → 9%Foothill Family Service: $750 → 14%Hillsides: $1k → 14%Hillsides: $750 → 14%Hillsides: $750 → 14%Asian Youth Center: $2k → 14%Asian Youth Center: $2k → 14%Asian Youth Center: $2k → 14%Altadena Children's Center: $235 → 14%Union Station Homeless Service: $2k → 14%Union Station Homeless Service: $2k → 14%Union Station Homeless Service: $2k → 14%YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley: $1k → 14%Shepherd's Door: $500 → 14%Kiwanis Club of Claremont Foundatio: $150 → 14%Carecen: $350 → 14%YMCA of West San Gabriel Valley: $150 → 14%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$68k · 31 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2019, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
31

Total granted

$68k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+42%

Still filing today

45%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesEducationCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureMembership BenefitOther
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

  • US
    UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES
    3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +379%
  • AY
    ASIAN YOUTH CENTER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +48%
  • CW
    COMMUNITY WOMEN VITAL VOICES
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +217%

Funded once

  • CA
    C A C A Los Angeles Community Actio
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • PF
    PASADENA - FOOTHILL VALLEY YWCA
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -88%
  • MP
    Monterey Park Youth Activities
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and…

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2
Womensmarchla Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
4
Alliance for a Better Community

Advancing social, economic, racial equity and justice for the latino / a community and the los angeles region through power building and policy advocacy.

Community Improvement
5
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
6
Western Avenue Community Action Inc

Provide resources, education and services to the underserved African-American youth population in Los Angeles.

Community Improvement
7
Dorothys Daugther

We enhance the lives of individuals in our community especially our youth and seniors. We focus on building strong relationships and providing essential support services that foster personal growth and community well-being. We primarily…

Human Services
8
Champions in Service San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles

Provide counseling, gang prevention and intervention services, case management, athletic activities, job readiness training and development and other services to disadvantaged youth in the san fernando valley and greater los angeles area.

Crime & Legal
9
Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County

The mission of family service agency is to strengthen and advocate for families and individuals of all ages and diversities, helping to create and preserve a healthy community.

Human Services
10
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation

The mission of the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation is to provide for the socioeconomic betterment of the greater Latino community of California, while preserving the pride, values and heritage of the Mexican American culture.

Employment
11
Ywca of San Gabriel Valley

The YWCA San Gabriel Valley is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

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12
Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Our Vision is to enhance the educational and economic well-being of the people we serve by means of direct human services, advocacy, and referrals.Our Mission is to save lives, unite families, and protect the community through addiction…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families Forward Learning Center; the most unlike its peers is Young Mens Christian Association of West San Gabriel Valley. 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

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 73 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Friends in Deed: $4,000 · OtherFriends in DeedPASADENA DELTA FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherPASADENA DELTA FOUNDATIONYoung Healthy: $3,000 · OtherYoung HealthyIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGeorge Brown Fund: $3,000 · OtherGeorge Brown FundMentoring Partnership for Youth Dev: $2,500 · OtherCHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER: $2,400 · OtherC A C A Los Angeles Community Actio: $2,000 · OtherFCAM: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherNAACP Pasadena Branch -1054: $2,000 · OtherCarcen: $2,000 · OtherSVREP: $2,000 · Other+38 more: $22,955 · Other+38 moreUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOMELESS S…ASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $4,500 · Human ServicesASIAN YOUTH CENTERCOMMUNITY WOMEN VITAL VOICES: $4,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY WOMEN VITAL VO…HILLSIDES: $2,550 · Human ServicesHILLSIDESPASADENA - FOOTHILL VALLEY YWCA: $1,350 · Human ServicesPASADENA - FOOTHILL VALL…Foothill Family Service: $750 · Human Services+6 more: $1,485 · Human Services+6 moreEAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,300 · EducationEAST LOS …San Gabriel Educational Foundation: $2,300 · EducationSan Gabri…FAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $2,000 · EducationFAMILIES …GAMMA ZETA BOULE FOUNDATION: $300 · EducationCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $3,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $500 · Civil RightsTHE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureAlhambra Educational Foundation: $1,870 · Membership BenefitKOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,000 · Community ImprovementPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $500 · Community Improvement
Other$55,855Human Services$19,635Education$7,900Civil Rights$3,500Arts & Culture$2,000Membership Benefit$1,870Community Improvement$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN YOUTH CENTER: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY WOMEN VITAL VOICES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetEAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPASADENA DELTA FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSIDES: $2,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Gabriel Educational Foundation: $2,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlhambra Educational Foundation: $1,870 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPASADENA - FOOTHILL VALLEY YWCA: $1,350 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWELLNESSWORKS: $1,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMONTEREY PARK LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,150 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMERCI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Connections: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMENS HISTORY ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFoothill Family Service: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PASADENA VILLAGE: $400 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentral American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN JUSTICE CENTER FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALTADENA CHILDREN'S CENTER: $235 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN AT WORK: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UPLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: $200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VERDUGOS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARAMBEE CHRISTIAN FAMILY CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKiwanis Club of Claremont Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSet Beautiful Free: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY WOMEN VITAL VOICES ↗
  • Who funds EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA DELTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds HILLSIDES ↗
  • Who funds CHINATOWN SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds San Gabriel Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Alhambra Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA - FOOTHILL VALLEY YWCA ↗
  • Who funds WELLNESSWORKS ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY PARK LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MERCI ↗
  • Who funds KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Legacy Connections ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WOMENS HISTORY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Foothill Family Service ↗

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.

California Community …Pasadena Community Fo…Weingart FoundationThe Ralph M Parsons F…The California Endowm…The Rose Hills Founda…Pasadena Tournament o…The Ahmanson Foundati…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Community PartnersThe California Wellne…The Annenberg Foundat…
California Community FoundationCA33.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The California Endowment · The Rose Hills Foundation · Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Community Partners · The California Wellness Foundation · The Annenberg 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 Coalition for Hope and Unity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Coalition for Hope and Unity. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to Coalition for Hope and Unity?

    Find your warmest path to Coalition for Hope and Unity 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.

    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 73 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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