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Innercity Struggle

Igniting a transformational and intergenerational movement by building community power to advance justice, life opportunities and dignity in the eastside of los angeles.

$47k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
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 2025.

Youth Development$306kCivil Rights$217kCrime & Legal$55kHealth$53kPhilanthropy$49kCommunity Improvement$47kHousing & Shelter$46kHuman Services$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $6,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $47,034 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,734 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.
$6,300
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KHMER GIRLS IN ACTION$6,300
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 (FY18–21, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EAST LA WEINGART YMCA: $20k → 14%WEINGART EAST LOS ANGELES YMCA: $6k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$742k · 10 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$742k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+29%

Still filing today

90%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
    6× · 2018–2024 · $258k · revenue +112%
  • KG
    KHMER GIRLS IN ACTION
    5× · 2018–2025 · $154k · revenue +51%
  • SJ
    SOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE
    4× · 2018–2024 · $62k · revenue +216%

Funded once

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +98%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • SL
    SEIU LOCAL 2015graduated
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue +29%
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
Water Education for Latino Leaders

Well educates and trains local latino elected officials about california water policy to promote timely and equitable actions that serve to develop a robust economy, healthy communities, and a resilient environment for all californians.

Human Services
2
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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3
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice

California latinas for reproductive justice (clrj) is a statewide organization committed to honoring the experiences of latinas to uphold our dignity, our bodies, sexuality, and families. we build latinas' power and cultivate leadership…

Health
4
Los Angeles Black Worker Center

The mission of the Los Angeles Black Worker Center is to increase access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination, and improve industries that employ black workers through action and unionization.

Employment
5
Legacy La Youth Development Corp

To make positive interventions in the lives of young people by offering alternatives to gangs and violence. legacy la builds the capacity of youth to reach their full potential and equips them with tools to transform their lives and…

Crime & Legal
6
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
7
University of California Student Association

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) is a coalition of students and student governments that aims to provide a collective voice for all students through advocacy and direct action. UCSA participates in the shared…

Education
8
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
9
Cooperation L a

The L.A. Co-op Lab is a collective that builds capacity for worker ownership in Los Angeles as a pathway toward a more equitable and democratic economy.

Arts & Culture
10
Community Development Technologies Center

To build livable and economically viable communities in the low income areas of This is accomplished by Greater Los Angeles strengthening the skils and self-sufficiency of residents, businesses of residents, businesses and community…

Community Improvement
11
Youth United for Community Action

Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), a grassroots community organization created, led, and run by young people of color, the majority from low-income communities, provides a safe space for young people to empower ourselves and work on…

Youth Development
12
Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education

To Build grassroots power to eliminate structural barriers to social and economic opportunities in low-income and disenfranchised communities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catalyst California; the most unlike its peers is Yes On Measure Ula United to House La. 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

15 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. 15 of the 17 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $257,905 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE…ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $25,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY+1 more: $7,173 · Community ImprovementKHMER GIRLS IN ACTION: $153,953 · Youth DevelopmentKHMER GIRLS IN ACTIONYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INCSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $62,200 · Housing & ShelterSOCIAL JUSTIC…WEINGART CENTER ASSOCIATION: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterWEINGART CENT…GSA NETWORK: $38,600 · OtherGSA NETWORKIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant…SEIU LOCAL 2015: $12,500 · OtherSEIU LOCAL 2015YES ON MEASURE ULA UNITED TO HOUSE LA: $5,000 · OtherYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $26,000 · OtherYoung Men's Chri…NETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOODCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $6,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $48,600 · PhilanthropyLABOR COMMUNITY STRATEGY CENTER: $38,600 · HealthCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $26,128 · Public Benefit
Community Improvement$290,078Youth Development$208,953Housing & Shelter$97,200Other$118,100Philanthropy$48,600Health$38,600Public Benefit$26,128

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $257,905 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetKHMER GIRLS IN ACTION: $153,953 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE: $62,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $55,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES BROTHERHOOD CRUSADE - BLACK UNITED FUND INC: $48,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLABOR COMMUNITY STRATEGY CENTER: $38,600 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWEINGART CENTER ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATALYST CALIFORNIA: $26,128 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSEIU LOCAL 2015: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER CALIFORNIA: $7,173 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYES ON MEASURE ULA UNITED TO HOUSE LA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Weingart FoundationLiberty Hill Foundati…The California Wellne…The California Endowm…California Community …Community PartnersUnited Way IncThe James Irvine Foun…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Silicon Valley Commun…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Weingart FoundationCA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The California Endowment · California Community Foundation · Community Partners · United Way Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Innercity Struggle funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Innercity Struggle. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 17 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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