How much does Power California give?

Power California reported 29 grants totaling $1,364,535 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

What does Power California fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Civil Rights (12%), Human Services (4%).

Who are Power California's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action ($1.6M), Innercity Struggle ($225k), Chinese Progressive Association ($186k).

Does Power California fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Power California?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation.

Where is Power California based?

Power California is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Power California

POWER CALIFORNIA harnesses the energy of young voters of color and their families to create a state that is equitable, inclusive and just for everyone who calls california home.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 29
Grants FY2024: 5
Organizations funded FY2023: 60%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $37,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $334,335
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 23; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $9.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Power California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Civil RightsCrime & LegalPublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	27	$1.4M	52%
FY2023	5	$470k	60%
FY2022	9	$451k	78%
FY2021	1	$300k	0%
FY2020	23	$763k	26%
FY2019	21	$812k	19%
FY2018	19	$471k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Benefit$3.4MCivil Rights$567kHuman Services$195kHousing & Shelter$144kHealth$142kEnvironment$103kYouth Development$71kCommunity Improvement$35kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action	$1,606,727	6	63%
Innercity Struggle	$224,721	5	1%
Chinese Progressive Association	$185,792	4	1%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County	$167,464	4	0%
Filipino Advocates for Justice	$149,103	4	5%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment	$145,698	4	0%
Future Leaders of America	$144,969	4	2%
Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc	$135,522	3	4%
Californians For Justice Education Fund	$135,441	3	1%
Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (Siren)	$132,239	3	4%

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All grantees of Power California by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action	$1,606,727	6	63%
Innercity Struggle	$224,721	5	1%
Chinese Progressive Association	$185,792	4	1%
Charitable Ventures of Orange County	$167,464	4	0%
Filipino Advocates for Justice	$149,103	4	5%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment	$145,698	4	0%
Future Leaders of America	$144,969	4	2%
Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc	$135,522	3	4%
Californians For Justice Education Fund	$135,441	3	1%
Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (Siren)	$132,239	3	4%
Communities for a Better Environment	$103,083	4	1%
Million Voters Project Action Fund for Schools and Communities First	$100,000	1	7%
ACT for Women and Girls	$97,704	3	6%
PICO California	$86,000	2	1%
California Calls Education Fund	$81,000	2	1%
Community Initiatives	$77,400	2	0%
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans	$76,631	3	3%
Korean Resource Center Inc	$67,189	2	1%
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability	$62,300	1	1%
Gente Organizada	$52,500	1	2%
Khmer Girls in Action	$51,537	3	1%
Buen Vecino	$50,000	1	23%
Sigma Beta XI Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Fresno Barrios Unidos	$48,617	2	3%
Social Justice Learning Institute	$48,408	2	1%
Equality Alliance of San Diego	$46,000	1	2%
North Bay Organizing Project	$45,384	3	1%
California Black Power Network	$45,000	2	1%
ACCE Institute	$37,500	1	1%
Ryse Inc	$31,428	3	0%
Mi Familia En Accion	$30,651	1	1%
Movement Strategy Center	$26,425	1	0%
Common Cause Education Fund	$23,750	1	0%
Dolores C Huerta Foundation	$23,000	1	0%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights	$22,500	1	0%
Inland Empire United Education Fund	$21,000	1	1%
Center on Race Poverty & the Environment	$18,890	2	0%
Legacy la Youth Development Corp	$18,408	1	1%
Faith in the Valley	$17,500	1	0%
Community Partners	$16,727	2	0%
Somos Familia Valle	$15,000	1	n/a
Black Women for Wellness	$15,000	1	0%
We Are Not Invisible Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Oakland Kids First	$10,000	1	1%
Jakara Movement	$10,000	1	0%
Communities For A New California Education Fund	$8,000	1	0%
Chinese for Affirmative Action	$8,000	1	0%
Faith In Action Bay Area	$7,500	1	0%
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Stockton	$7,000	1	0%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy	$6,000	1	0%
Native Organizers Alliance	$6,000	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Power California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

The California EndowmentCA65.4× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The California Endowment · The California Wellness Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · The San Francisco Foundation · Weingart Foundation · California Calls Education Fund · Liberty Hill Foundation · Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund · Movement Strategy Center · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

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About Power California

How much does Power California give?: Power California reported 29 grants totaling $1,364,535 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Power California fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (72%), Civil Rights (12%), Human Services (4%).
Who are Power California's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Powerca Action Fka Mobilize the Immigrant Vote Action ($1.6M), Innercity Struggle ($225k), Chinese Progressive Association ($186k).
Does Power California fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Power California?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation.
Where is Power California based?: Power California is based in CA.