California · Public charity
Seiu Local 221
To improve the professional status, wages, hours and working conditions of members and the lives of workers and their families by addressing the social, political and economic issues affecting members communities and working families at large.
- $69k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $60k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Seiu Local 221 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $60k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $38k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $120k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $39k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $353k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diegans for Full Voter Participation Sponsored by SEIU Local 221 PAC | $187,538 | 1 | 18% |
| Schools and Communities First | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO | $92,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center on Policy Initiatives | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cesar Chavez Service Clubs Inc | $17,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Progressive Labor Alliance | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Voices for Children | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of San Diego County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pillars of the Community | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diegans for Full Voter Participation Sponsored by SEIU Local 221 PAC | $187,538 | 1 | 18% |
| Schools and Communities First | $110,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO | $92,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Jewish Family Service of San Diego | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center on Policy Initiatives | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cesar Chavez Service Clubs Inc | $17,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Progressive Labor Alliance | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Voices for Children | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| YMCA of San Diego County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pillars of the Community | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pilipino Workers Center of Southern | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvey Family Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Black American Political Association of California San Dieg | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Women of Color Roar Media | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Seiu Local 221 supplied at peak.
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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 San Diego Foundation · United Domestic Workers of America · Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties · The California Endowment · Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Seiu Local 221
- How much does Seiu Local 221 give?
- Seiu Local 221 reported 10 itemized grants totaling $60,000, out of $68,530 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Seiu Local 221 fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (51%), Civil Rights (19%), Membership Benefit (9%).
- Who are Seiu Local 221's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: San Diegans for Full Voter Participation Sponsored by SEIU Local 221 PAC ($188k), Schools and Communities First ($110k), San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO ($93k).
- Does Seiu Local 221 fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Seiu Local 221?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, United Domestic Workers of America, Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties.
- Where is Seiu Local 221 based?
- Seiu Local 221 is based in CA.
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