California · Public charity
Operation California Inc
It helps communities to alleviate the effects of disasters, disease and endemic poverty throughout the world by providing privately-funded relief, reconstruction and development aid. The organization works with partner agencies in many countries, including local and international ngo's, un and government health agencies and other civil…
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $525k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Operation California Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | $525k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $214k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $495k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $113k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $266k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $636k | 84% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $207k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook of Hope Inc | $460,000 | 2 | 85% |
| Appalachia Service Project Inc | $270,000 | 3 | 0% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $145,000 | 1 | 1% |
| On the Move | $112,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc | $76,356 | 1 | 1% |
| Karam Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Helpage USA Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The St Bernard Project Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for Multicultural Community Services | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($727k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Operation California Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · California Community Foundation · Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc · Direct Relief · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · One Warm Coat · East Bay Community Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Baby2baby · Marin Community Foundation · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
About Operation California Inc
- How much does Operation California Inc give?
- Operation California Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $525,000, out of $3,031,410 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Operation California Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (28%), International (19%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Operation California Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Brook of Hope Inc ($460k), Appalachia Service Project Inc ($270k), All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc ($145k).
- Does Operation California Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Operation California Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, California Community Foundation, Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc.
- Where is Operation California Inc based?
- Operation California Inc is based in CA.
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