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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 FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$334k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$3.4MCivil Rights$567kHuman Services$195kHousing & Shelter$144kHealth$142kEnvironment$103kYouth Development$71kCommunity Improvement$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $276k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $716k
  • $250k+1 grant · $334k
$37,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POWERCA ACTION$334,335
CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION$103,000
INNER CITY STRUGGLE$80,000
FUTURE LEADERS OF AMERICA$66,500
COMMUNITY COALITION$58,000
PICO CALIFORNIA$56,000
GENTE ORGANIZADA$52,500
FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE$50,000
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES$50,000
SIGMA BETA XI$50,000
BUEN VECINO$50,000
COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT$50,000
CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY$50,000
EQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY$46,000
ACCE INSTITUTE$37,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $667k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Services Immigrant Rights: $53k → 8%FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE: $50k → 10%PANA: $30k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF STOCKTON: $7k → 12%JAKARA MOVEMENT: $10k → 19%Services Immigrant Rights: $42k → 8%Partnership for Advancement: $29k → 11%SIREN: $38k → 8%Filipino Advocates for Justic: $38k → 10%Partnership for Advancement: $17k → 11%Filipino Adv for Justice: $34k → 10%Filipino Advocates for Justic: $27k → 10%Inner City Struggle: $41k → 14%INNER CITY STRUGGLE: $80k → 14%Inner City Struggle: $39k → 14%Inner City Struggle: $35k → 14%INNER CITY STRUGGLE: $30k → 14%Korean Resource Center: $40k → 14%Korean Resource Center: $27k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.9M · 25 repeat orgs$701k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +112% since the first grant, against +53% for the ones you funded once.

25 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
14

Total granted

$3.9M
$339k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+112%
+53%

Still filing today

100%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PA
    POWERCA ACTION FKA MOBILIZE THE IMMIGRANT VOTE ACTION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.6M · revenue ×12 · 63% of their budget
  • IS
    INNERCITY STRUGGLE
    5× · 2018–2024 · $225k · revenue +27%
  • CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $186k · revenue +336%

Funded once

  • MV
    MILLION VOTERS PROJECT ACTION FUND FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRSTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +386%
  • LC
    LEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
    one grant, 2022 · $62k · revenue +19%
  • MF
    MI FAMILIA EN ACCIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $31k · revenue +107%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California Donor Table

California Donor Table anchors a hub of donors, foundations, and community leaders. We pool together our resources to shape California into a truly democratic state that works for the people, not the powerful. Rooted in our commitment to…

Civil Rights
2
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
3
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action

The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action is a grassroots, member-led, statewide community organization working with more than 16,000 members in six counties across California, dedicated to raising the voices of…

Human Services
4
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
5
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Inc

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates empowers low-income, limited English speaking immigrant women and youth through education, leadership development and civic participation programs.

Human Services
6
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
7
California Environmental Voters

To increase public awareness of elected officials' performances on environmental issues, to influence decisions of public officials on environmental legislation and policy, and to engage in related social welfare activities to promote and…

Civil Rights
8
California Center for Movement Legal Services

The California Center for Movement Legal Services (Movement Legal) provides legal services in the pursuit of improving the lives of California's traditionally underserved residents, carrying out legal work that fosters community led policy…

Crime & Legal
9
Community Initiatives for Collective Impact

Our mission is to join diverse people, ideas, and resources to address the most pressing social and environmental justice priorities. We believe that the community concerns of Californias San Joaquin Valley (SJV) can only be addressed if…

Community Improvement
10
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice

Ccij utilizes coordination, advocacy, and legal services to fight for the liberationof immigrants in detention in california. we seek to empower immigrants in detentionand their communities through technical assistance, education, and…

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11
Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal De La Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income immigrant communities throguh culturally competent bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
12
Legal Link

Legal Link removes legal barriers that prolong poverty by adding critically needed capacity to the legal ecosystem.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability and the most unlike its peers is Buen Vecino. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Policy and Re…Asian Faith Community Cente…Family Philanthropic Founda…Community Health CentersUniversity Support Foundati…Vulnerable Population Suppo…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%9%<5yr16%13%5–10yr20%26%10–20yr17%30%20–35yr11%17%35–55yr12%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%3%<5yr16%8%5–10yr20%56%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr11%16%35–55yr12%0%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/53
the rest of the field
14%
14,913/104,691

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
29/51
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

POWERCA ACTION FKA MOBILIZE THE IMMIGRANT VOTE ACTION — $1,606,727 · Civil RightsPOWERCA ACTION FKA MOBILIZE THE IMMIGRANT VOTE ACTIONCalifornians For Justice Education Fund — $135,441 · Civil RightsCalifornians For Justice Education FundMILLION VOTERS PROJECT ACTION FUND FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRST — $100,000 · Civil RightsCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND — $81,000 · Civil Rights+8 more — $279,451 · Civil Rights+8 moreINNERCITY STRUGGLE — $224,721 · Human ServicesINNERCITY STRUGG…FILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE — $149,103 · Human ServicesFILIPINO ADVOCAT…SERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK (SIREN) — $132,239 · Human ServicesSERVICES IMMIGRA…PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS — $76,631 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR …Korean Resource Center Inc — $67,189 · Human ServicesKorean Resource …+2 more — $17,000 · Human ServicesCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY — $167,464 · Community ImprovementCHARITABLE…COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT — $145,698 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY …North Bay Organizing Project — $45,384 · Community ImprovementNorth Bay …MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $26,425 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT S…DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION — $23,000 · Community ImprovementFAITH IN THE VALLEY — $17,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $16,727 · Community Improvement+1 more — $6,000 · Community ImprovementFuture Leaders of America — $144,969 · Youth DevelopmentKHMER GIRLS IN ACTION — $51,537 · Youth DevelopmentRYSE INC — $31,428 · Youth DevelopmentOakland Kids First — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION — $185,792 · HealthBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS — $15,000 · HealthACT for Women and Girls — $97,704 · EducationGENTE ORGANIZADA — $52,500 · EducationACCE Institute — $37,500 · EducationCommunities For A New California Education Fund — $8,000 · EducationPICO California — $86,000 · Public BenefitSIGMA BETA XI INC — $50,000 · Public BenefitCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND — $23,750 · Public BenefitINLAND EMPIRE UNITED EDUCATION FUND — $21,000 · Public BenefitInland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc — $135,522 · OtherInland Congr…COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT — $103,083 · OtherCOMMUNITIES …Fresno Barrios Unidos — $48,617 · OtherFresno Barri…CENTER ON RACE POVERTY & THE ENVIRONMENT — $18,890 · OtherLEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP — $18,408 · OtherCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $77,400 · OtherCOMMUNITY IN…SOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE — $48,408 · OtherSOCIAL JUSTI…+6 more — $48,325 · Other+6 more
Civil Rights$2,202,619Human Services$666,883Community Improvement$448,198Youth Development$237,934Health$200,792Education$195,704Public Benefit$180,750Other$498,653

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPOWERCA ACTION FKA MOBILIZE THE IMMIGRANT VOTE ACTION — $1,606,727 over 6y, 63% of budgetINNERCITY STRUGGLE — $224,721 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION — $185,792 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY — $167,464 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFILIPINO ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE — $149,103 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT — $145,698 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFuture Leaders of America — $144,969 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetInland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc — $135,522 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCalifornians For Justice Education Fund — $135,441 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSERVICES IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK (SIREN) — $132,239 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT — $103,083 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMILLION VOTERS PROJECT ACTION FUND FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIRST — $100,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetACT for Women and Girls — $97,704 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetPICO California — $86,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND — $81,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $77,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW AMERICANS — $76,631 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetKorean Resource Center Inc — $67,189 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLEADERSHIP COUNSEL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY — $62,300 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGENTE ORGANIZADA — $52,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKHMER GIRLS IN ACTION — $51,537 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBUEN VECINO — $50,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSIGMA BETA XI INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFresno Barrios Unidos — $48,617 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSOCIAL JUSTICE LEARNING INSTITUTE — $48,408 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO — $46,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNorth Bay Organizing Project — $45,384 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA BLACK POWER NETWORK — $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetACCE Institute — $37,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRYSE INC — $31,428 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMI FAMILIA EN ACCION — $30,651 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $26,425 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND — $23,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION — $23,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS — $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINLAND EMPIRE UNITED EDUCATION FUND — $21,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER ON RACE POVERTY & THE ENVIRONMENT — $18,890 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLEGACY LA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CORP — $18,408 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFAITH IN THE VALLEY — $17,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $16,727 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOakland Kids First — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJAKARA MOVEMENT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunities For A New California Education Fund — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFaith In Action Bay Area — $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The California Endowm…The California Wellne…The James Irvine Foun…East Bay Community Fo…Sierra Health Foundat…The San Francisco Fou…Weingart FoundationCalifornia Calls Educ…Liberty Hill Foundati…Evelyn and Walter Haa…Movement Strategy Cen…Amalgamated Charitabl…
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Power California funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Power California?

    Find your warmest path to Power California through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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