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Public Health Advocates

PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES works with communities to promote policies, systems, and norms that foster health and racial justice.

$751k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$921kYouth Development$628kCommunity Improvement$440kHealth$420kPublic Benefit$250kEducation$206kCrime & Legal$205kEnvironment$185kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $326k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $166k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$16,699
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOCIAL JUSTICE POLITICORPS$250,000
LONG BEACH FORWARD INC$59,627
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO$56,282
NORTHERN CIRCLE INDIAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$50,000
UNITED WAY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY$43,803
LA VOICE$41,486
INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE INC$31,902
TIDES CENTER$25,000
REALITY IMPROV CONNECTIONS$20,000
RAICES CULTURA$20,000
THE MOM & DAD PROJECT$18,302
BUDDHIST ZHU CHI FOUNDATION$16,699
POMONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$15,000
DREAM YOUTH CLINIC$13,487
CONTRA COSTA FAMILY JUSTICE ALLIANCE$10,000
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 (FY21–24, $796k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Partnership for Safe Families: $75k → 10%Childrens Network of Solano: $75k → 10%THE MOM & DAD PROJECT: $18k → 14%Partnership for Safe Families: $60k → 10%Childrens Network of Solano: $60k → 10%YMCA of Metro Los Angeles: $75k → 14%CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF SOLANO COUNTY: $40k → 10%YMCA OF METRO LA: $60k → 14%PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES: $40k → 10%CHILDREN'S NETWORK OF SOLANO COUNTY: $10k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES: $40k → 14%Redwood Community Services: $60k → 18%PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES: $10k → 10%Pomona Community Foundation: $68k → 14%Pomona Community Foundation: $50k → 14%POMONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%POMONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 16 repeat orgs$632k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
2

Total granted

$2.8M
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+51%

Still filing today

88%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $551k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentEducationCivil 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

  • CONTRA COSTA FAMILY JUSTICE ALLIANCE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $205k · revenue +71%
  • RI
    REALITY IMPROV CONNECTION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $195k · revenue +62%
  • YF
    YOUTH FORWARD
    3× · 2021–2023 · $195k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • RC
    REDWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $60k · revenue +51%
  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
    one grant, 2020 · $21k
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
Central Valley Gender Health & Wellness
Civil Rights
2
California Health Collaborative

Improving health and wellness of individuals with limited access to health-care resources and who most often confront barriers related to culture, language, immigration status, income, gender, geography, and/or education.

Health
3
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
4
Latino Leadership Council Inc

To advance the wellness and leadership capacity of Latino populations.

Health
5
California School-Age Consortium Inc

The California School-Age Consortium (CalSAC) builds professional networks that provide training, leadership development and advocacy to ensure that all young people have access to high quality out-of-school time programs and to create a…

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6
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
7
Homeless Childrens Network

To provide direct mental health services, psychotherapy, and counseling to homeless families in San Francisco, CA and in particular to children of such families, to provide referral services for such families and their children to other…

Human Services
8
Black Resiliency Project Inc

To provide culturally grounded substance use recovery support, case management, and community economic empowerment to Black and underserved communities in Northern California.

Human Services
9
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Sacramento

The mission of the child abuse prevention council of sacramento (capc) is to reduce child abuse and neglect.

Crime & Legal
10
ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective

ExpresArte Cultural Wellness Collective is dedicated to centering the voices of people of color, co-creating programs and experiences that infuse healing and hope into our organizing and advocacy spaces. We address the root causes of…

Health
11
California Consortium for Urban Indian Health

The mission of ccuih is to facilitate shared development resources for our members and to raise public awareness in order to support a health and wellness network that meets the needs of american indians living in urban communities in…

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12
Champions in Service San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles

Provide counseling, gang prevention and intervention services, case management, athletic activities, job readiness training and development and other services to disadvantaged youth in the san fernando valley and greater los angeles area.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Forward; the most unlike its peers is Weaving Wellness and Diversity Management Company. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE FAMILIES: $185,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE FAMILI…Childrens Network of Solano County: $185,000 · Human ServicesChildrens Network of Solano…Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $175,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Assoc…Pomona Community Foundation: $173,000 · Human ServicesPomona Community FoundationTIDES CENTER: $124,974 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERREDWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $60,000 · Human ServicesREDWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES+1 more: $18,302 · Human ServicesREALITY IMPROV CONNECTION INC: $195,000 · HealthREALITY IMPROV CONNEC…YOUTH FORWARD: $194,580 · HealthYOUTH FORWARDSOCIAL MODEL RECOVERY SYSTEMS INC: $170,000 · HealthSOCIAL MODEL RECOVERY…HOPE IS RISING LAKE COUNTY INC: $135,000 · HealthHOPE IS RISING LAKE C…+1 more: $13,487 · HealthTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance: $185,000 · OtherTuolumne River Preservati…WEAVING WELLNESS AND DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT COMPANY: $184,985 · OtherWEAVING WELLNESS AND DIVE…United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties: $175,000 · OtherUnited Way of Fresno and …Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority: $100,000 · OtherNorthern Circle Indian Ho…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $56,282 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN…United Way of Santa Cruz County: $43,803 · OtherINLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE INC: $31,902 · Other+4 more: $56,662 · Other+4 moreCAMPTONVILLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $191,499 · Community ImprovementCAMPTONVILLE C…CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $175,000 · Community ImprovementCHARITABLE VEN…LONG BEACH FORWARD INC: $59,627 · Community ImprovementLONG BEACH FOR…LA VOICE: $41,486 · Community ImprovementLA VOICERAICES CULTURA: $195,000 · EducationRAICES CULT…VISION Y COMPROMISO: $185,000 · EducationVISION Y CO…SOCIAL JUSTICE POLITICORPS OF SACRAMENTO: $250,000 · Civil RightsCONTRA COSTA FAMILY JUSTICE ALLIANCE: $204,832 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$921,276Health$708,067Other$833,634Community Improvement$467,612Education$380,000Civil Rights$250,000Crime & Legal$204,832

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONTRA COSTA FAMILY JUSTICE ALLIANCE: $204,832 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetREALITY IMPROV CONNECTION INC: $195,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetRAICES CULTURA: $195,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetYOUTH FORWARD: $194,580 over 3y, 10% of budgetCAMPTONVILLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $191,499 over 4y, 10% of budgetVISION Y COMPROMISO: $185,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE FAMILIES: $185,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetChildrens Network of Solano County: $185,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetTuolumne River Preservation Trust dba Yosemite Rivers Alliance: $185,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetUnited Way of Fresno and Madera Counties: $175,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPomona Community Foundation: $173,000 over 4y, 52% of budgetSOCIAL MODEL RECOVERY SYSTEMS INC: $170,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE IS RISING LAKE COUNTY INC: $135,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $124,974 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLONG BEACH FORWARD INC: $59,627 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN FRANCISCO: $56,282 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Santa Cruz County: $43,803 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLA VOICE: $41,486 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE INC: $31,902 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Mom & Dad Project: $18,302 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDream Youth Clinic: $13,487 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetChildrens Movement of Fresno County: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetRAINBOW LABS MENTORING INC: $8,963 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

The California Endowm…California Community …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Weingart FoundationThe California Wellne…Sierra Health Foundat…Tides FoundationSutter Bay HospitalsUnited Way IncLiberty Hill Foundati…Public Health Institu…Community Partners
The California EndowmentCA22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The California Endowment · California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Weingart Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Tides Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · United Way Inc · Liberty Hill Foundation · Public Health Institute · Community Partners

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 Public Health Advocates funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Public Health Advocates. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Public Health Advocates?

    Find your warmest path to Public Health Advocates 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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