California · Public charity
PICO California
Our vision is a Moral Economy for California which includes structural campaigns that result in significant material improvements for the most vulnerable Californians: making affordable and dignified housing a human right, reducing the number of people incarcerated and increasing job and housing opportunities for those returning home,…
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $105,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $325,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations PICO California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.2M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith In Action Bay Area | $662,500 | 3 | 15% |
| San Diego Organizing Project | $485,000 | 3 | 27% |
| Sacramento Area Congregations Together | $475,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Faith in the Valley | $462,500 | 2 | 16% |
| La Voice | $420,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Faith In Action East Bay | $414,930 | 3 | 30% |
| Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc | $405,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action | $312,904 | 2 | 19% |
| People Acting in Community Together | $230,000 | 3 | 23% |
| California Calls Education Fund | $225,000 | 1 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith In Action Bay Area | $662,500 | 3 | 15% |
| San Diego Organizing Project | $485,000 | 3 | 27% |
| Sacramento Area Congregations Together | $475,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Faith in the Valley | $462,500 | 2 | 16% |
| La Voice | $420,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Faith In Action East Bay | $414,930 | 3 | 30% |
| Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc | $405,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action | $312,904 | 2 | 19% |
| People Acting in Community Together | $230,000 | 3 | 23% |
| California Calls Education Fund | $225,000 | 1 | 3% |
| True North Organizing Network | $220,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Asian American Civic Engagement Alliance | $161,167 | 2 | n/a |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | $140,836 | 2 | 0% |
| OC Action | $121,287 | 2 | 3% |
| ACCE Institute | $96,257 | 1 | 1% |
| Empower Initiative | $96,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action | $56,337 | 1 | 11% |
| Power California | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Black Power Network | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| La Voice Action | $45,000 | 1 | 91% |
| Center for Empowered Politics | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Innercity Struggle | $26,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
PICO California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: The California Wellness Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · The California Endowment · The James Irvine Foundation · Faith in Action Network · California Calls Education Fund · Liberty Hill Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Power California · California Community Foundation · Common Counsel Foundation
How this is measured
About PICO California
- How much does PICO California give?
- PICO California reported 9 grants totaling $1,248,310 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does PICO California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (47%), Public Benefit (27%), Civil Rights (16%).
- Who are PICO California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Faith In Action Bay Area ($663k), San Diego Organizing Project ($485k), Sacramento Area Congregations Together ($475k).
- Does PICO California fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as PICO California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The California Wellness Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The California Endowment.
- Where is PICO California based?
- PICO California is based in CA.
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