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Community Foundation of the Valleys

To inspire, encourage and to facilitate charitable giving for lasting impact on those who live in the san fernando valley and santa clarita valley

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$40kHuman Services$30kHealth$30kEducation$19kHousing & Shelter$10kCivil Rights$10kCommunity Improvement$10kReligion$10k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $100,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $122,800 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,800 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.
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$196k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOAVES AND FISHES FOOD PANTRY VAN NUYS$20,000
THE VALLEY ECONOMIC ALLIACNE$10,000
NAMI SAN FERNANDO VALLEY$10,000
VIDA MOBILE CLINIC$10,000
EQUISTRIAN ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM$10,000
NAMI GLENDALE$10,000
THE HELP GROUP$10,000
PARS EQUALITY CENTER$10,000
CHILD AND FAMILY CENTER$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BURBANK TEMPORARY AID CENTER: $10k → 14%NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $10k → 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 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
Human Services Association

The principal mission of Human Services Association is to provide families with compassionate and comprehensive care to promote wellness and build strong communities.

Human Services
2
The Samaritan Center-Simi Valley

The mission of the Samaritan Center-Simi Valley is to offer people experiencing housing and food insecurity supportive services essential to human dignity.

Housing & Shelter
3
Candela Group

The mission of the Candela Group is to bring stability and an improved quality of life to our clients and their loved ones affected by mental illness by uniting them with public and private mental health services Our lived experience as…

Health
4
Nami - Ventura County

To improve the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families by providing support, education, and advocacy.

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5
The Fid Group Friends in Deed

The fid group is a not-for-profit that delivers social services to people in the greater pasadena area who are experiencing homelessness, food vulnerabilities, and poverty.

Religion
6
Interfaith Food Center

The mission of the interfaith food center is to provide nutritious food to our neighbors in an environment that nurtures dignitiy and respect.

Education
7
Northeast Valley Health Corporation

To provide primary healthcare to medically underserved residents of los angeles county.

Health
8
El Centro De Ayuda

To promote social emotional and economic self-sufficiency through a continum of human services.

Health
9
Nourish California

To collaborate with diverse community partners for policy change, ensuring equitable access to food, health, and well-being for all Californians.

Food & Nutrition
10
Westcare California Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
11
National Council On Alcoholism & Drug Dependence

To broaden the public's understanding of problems associated with alcoholism and drug dependency and to assist in a means of their treatment.

Crime & Legal
12
California Alliance of Caregivers

California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Caring Services; the most unlike its peers is The Association of Knights and Ladies Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
4/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIATHE ASSOCIATION OF KNIGHTS AND LADIES ORDER OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE OF JERUSALEM: $10,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATION OF KNIGHTS AND LADIES ORDER OF TH…SAN FERNANDO VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 · OtherSAN FERNANDO VALLEY RESCUE MISSIONPRINCE OF PEACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherPRINCE OF PEACE EPISCOPAL CHURCHNAMI GLENDALE: $10,000 · OtherNAMI GLENDALENATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS GREATER LOS ANGELES CTY(NAMI GLAC): $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS GREATER LOS A…Child & Family Center: $10,000 · HealthChild & Family…VIDA MOBILE CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthVIDA MOBILE CL…BURBANK TEMPORARY AID CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBURBANK TEMPOR…NORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesNORTH VALLEY C…THE HELP GROUP WEST: $10,000 · EducationTHE HELP GROU…CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $9,229 · EducationCALIFORNIA ST…PARS EQUALITY CENTER: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE VALLEY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Social ScienceNORTH HOLLYWOOD INTERFAITH FOOD PAN: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$70,000Health$20,000Human Services$20,000Education$19,229Civil Rights$10,000Social Science$10,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild & Family Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VALLEY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH HOLLYWOOD INTERFAITH FOOD PAN: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBURBANK TEMPORARY AID CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HELP GROUP WEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIDA MOBILE CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNORTH VALLEY CARING SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE FOUNDATION: $9,229 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.

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 …Shelter Partnership I…Los Angeles Regional …Local Initiatives Sup…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA19.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc · Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Community Foundation of the Valleys funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of the Valleys. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Community Foundation of the Valleys?

    Find your warmest path to Community Foundation of the Valleys 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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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