California · Public charity
Human Options Inc
Human Options ignites social change by educating Orange County to recognize relationship violence as an issue that threatens everyone, advocating for those affected by abuse, extending a safe place for victims, and empowering survivors on their journey of healing.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,186
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $801,554
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Human Options Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $676k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $558k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $799k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $654k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $414k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiseplace | $2,295,603 | 3 | 25% |
| Families Forward | $1,253,176 | 9 | 3% |
| All for Kids Organization | $795,986 | 9 | 0% |
| Raise Foundation | $682,801 | 7 | 10% |
| The Cambodian Family | $342,025 | 9 | 6% |
| Child Guidance Center Inc | $275,870 | 4 | 1% |
| Abrazar Inc | $252,370 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Legal Aid Socal | $248,790 | 3 | 1% |
| Laura's House | $185,020 | 3 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Orange County | $136,029 | 9 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiseplace | $2,295,603 | 3 | 25% |
| Families Forward | $1,253,176 | 9 | 3% |
| All for Kids Organization | $795,986 | 9 | 0% |
| Raise Foundation | $682,801 | 7 | 10% |
| The Cambodian Family | $342,025 | 9 | 6% |
| Child Guidance Center Inc | $275,870 | 4 | 1% |
| Abrazar Inc | $252,370 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Legal Aid Socal | $248,790 | 3 | 1% |
| Laura's House | $185,020 | 3 | 1% |
| Girls Incorporated of Orange County | $136,029 | 9 | 1% |
| Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures | $126,642 | 3 | 1% |
| Women Helping Women | $98,378 | 4 | 2% |
| Olive Crest | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($438k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Human Options Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Orange County Community Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · California Community Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Oneoc · Inland Empire Community Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Human Options Inc
- How much does Human Options Inc give?
- Human Options Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,111,425, out of $1,485,456 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Human Options Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (50%), Human Services (28%), Crime & Legal (19%).
- Who are Human Options Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wiseplace ($2.3M), Families Forward ($1.3M), All for Kids Organization ($796k).
- Does Human Options Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Human Options Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Orange County's United Way, Edwards Lifesciences Foundation.
- Where is Human Options Inc based?
- Human Options Inc is based in CA.
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