How much does Southern California Grantmakers give?

Southern California Grantmakers reported 133 grants totaling $5,528,625 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.

What does Southern California Grantmakers fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Civil Rights (13%), Community Improvement (12%).

Who are Southern California Grantmakers's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: California Calls Education Fund ($400k), Community Partners ($378k), Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California ($350k).

Does Southern California Grantmakers fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Southern California Grantmakers?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, California Community Foundation.

Where is Southern California Grantmakers based?

Southern California Grantmakers is based in CA.

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Southern California Grantmakers

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS (scg) is the regional association for philanthropists and grantmakers working to make a difference in our communities and around the world. We are a leadership hub for our members to connect with each other, (continue on schedule o)improve their grantmaking and amplify their independent efforts through…

$5.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 133
Grants FY2024: 38
Organizations funded FY2023: 45%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $30,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $165,000
Organizations funded a year: 13 to 38; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 2
Total assets, FY2024: $35M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Southern California Grantmakers 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; $1.6M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHealthArts & CultureOther

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	131	$5.5M	89%
FY2023	38	$3.0M	45%
FY2022	23	$788k	57%
FY2021	21	$1.9M	95%
FY2020	13	$1.5M	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, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$2.4MCivil Rights$1.6MCommunity Improvement$1.6MHealth$1.5MYouth Development$1.1MPublic Benefit$825kHousing & Shelter$705kCrime & Legal$696kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
California Calls Education Fund	$400,000	2	3%
Community Partners	$377,500	3	0%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California	$350,000	1	4%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund	$315,000	1	3%
Nehemiah Charitable Fund	$315,000	3	20%
Naleo Educational Fund	$300,000	1	3%
The Community Action League	$260,000	3	22%
Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement	$252,500	2	4%
Empowerthem Collective	$230,000	2	n/a
Community Health Action Network	$229,000	4	30%

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All grantees of Southern California Grantmakers by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
California Calls Education Fund	$400,000	2	3%
Community Partners	$377,500	3	0%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California	$350,000	1	4%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund	$315,000	1	3%
Nehemiah Charitable Fund	$315,000	3	20%
Naleo Educational Fund	$300,000	1	3%
The Community Action League	$260,000	3	22%
Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement	$252,500	2	4%
Empowerthem Collective	$230,000	2	n/a
Community Health Action Network	$229,000	4	30%
The Therapeutic Play Foundation Inc	$189,000	4	29%
Empower You Edutainment	$180,000	2	37%
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander	$175,000	1	1%
Psyches of Color	$170,000	2	95%
A New Way of Life Reentry Project	$165,000	1	2%
Magdalenas Daughters	$165,000	2	63%
Mighty Little Giants Inc	$159,000	3	27%
Curls Coils & Crowns	$159,000	3	25%
Project Joy	$159,000	3	21%
STEM to the Future	$159,000	3	31%
Community Reflections Inc	$159,000	3	73%
Fractured Atlas Inc	$159,000	3	0%
Growurpotential	$159,000	3	20%
Gailen & Cathy Reevers Center for Community Empowerment Inc	$159,000	3	29%
Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches	$154,375	2	13%
Timelist Group Inc	$140,000	1	3%
Los Angeles Youth Network	$140,000	1	3%
Equality Alliance of San Diego	$125,000	1	3%
Black Women for Wellness	$125,000	1	2%
Antelope Valley Domestic Violence Council	$120,000	1	0%
Seed House Project	$115,400	1	7%
Inquiring Systems Inc	$114,000	3	1%
Coleman Children and Youth Services dba Coleman Advocates for Children & Youth	$110,000	1	2%
Black Alliance for Just Immigration	$110,000	1	4%
Delta Research & Educational Foundation	$110,000	1	2%
Community Now	$110,000	1	77%
Inglewood Wrapping	$110,000	1	n/a
BLU Educational Foundation	$110,000	2	7%
Watts Labor Community Action Committee	$110,000	1	0%
Elite Skills Development	$110,000	1	94%
Ohana Center	$110,000	1	18%
Healthy Black Families Inc	$110,000	1	14%
Momshouseav	$110,000	1	n/a
Building Opp for Self-Sufficiency	$110,000	1	1%
G Irl	$110,000	1	52%
San Bernardino Fatherhood	$110,000	1	54%
United Way of San Joaquin County	$110,000	1	7%
Black Being	$110,000	1	25%
Access Nonprofit Center	$110,000	2	55%
Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation	$110,000	1	5%
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc	$110,000	2	1%
Los Angeles Black Worker Center	$110,000	2	6%
Concerned Citizens Community Involvement New Focus Children Cen	$110,000	2	2%
Tinys Village	$105,000	1	38%
Positive Results Center	$105,000	2	9%
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment	$100,000	1	1%
The Village Family Services Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Esteducational Student Tours	$100,000	1	n/a
Coalition for Responsible Community Development	$100,000	1	0%
Community Coalition	$95,000	1	26%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund	$75,000	1	2%
Communities For A New California Education Fund	$75,000	1	4%
Starting Over Strong	$65,000	1	43%
All for Kids Organization	$60,000	1	0%
Educating Students Together Inc	$59,000	2	4%
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy	$50,000	1	2%
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation	$50,000	1	1%
Path Ventures	$50,000	1	0%
Ready to Succeed	$50,000	1	1%
California Black Womens Health Project	$50,000	2	1%
Arts for LA	$50,000	1	4%
SUPRSEED Inc	$50,000	2	7%
Council on American-Islamic Relations California	$50,000	1	1%
Raise A Child Incorporated	$50,000	1	6%
Amanecer Community Counseling Service a Non-Profit Corporation	$50,000	1	0%
New Horizons - Serving Individuals With Special Needs	$50,000	1	0%
Shelter Partnership Inc	$45,000	1	0%
Alianza Coachella Valley	$45,000	1	1%
Reclaim-Possibility Inc	$40,000	1	9%
Golden Path	$40,000	1	23%
Resilient Agency	$40,000	1	n/a
Ten Toes In	$40,000	1	11%
Upmetrics	$40,000	1	n/a
Fosterall	$40,000	1	1%
2nd Call	$40,000	1	1%
Todec Legal Center Perris	$40,000	1	1%
Defy Ventures Inc	$40,000	1	1%
Mikayla's House Of Hope Inc	$40,000	1	22%
The Whole Child - Mental Health & Housing Services	$40,000	1	0%
Lake Avenue Community Foundation Inc	$40,000	1	n/a
Warehouse Worker Resource Center	$37,500	1	1%
Public Counsel	$35,000	1	0%
Onegeneration	$35,000	1	0%
Los Angeles Recovery Connect	$35,000	1	15%
Sahaba Initiative Inc	$35,000	1	2%
Hollywood Food Coalition	$33,500	1	0%
Art Share Los Angeles	$30,000	1	3%
Pathway to Kinship Inc	$30,000	1	4%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles	$30,000	1	0%
Free From Hardship La Inc	$30,000	1	5%
Fear for Breakfast	$30,000	1	6%
Flintridge Center	$30,000	1	1%
La Promise Fund	$30,000	1	0%
Whole Systems Learning	$30,000	1	1%
Made New Foundation Inc	$30,000	1	12%
Families Uniting Families	$30,000	1	2%
Reunification Transitional Housing Corporation	$30,000	1	7%
Renaissance South la Inc	$30,000	1	n/a
Open Paths Counseling Center	$30,000	1	2%
South Asian Network Inc	$30,000	1	2%
Advancing the Seed Inc	$30,000	1	7%
The Los Angeles Free Clinic	$30,000	1	0%
Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc	$30,000	1	1%
Sunrise Community Outreach Center Inc	$30,000	1	11%
Community Bridge Housing Corp	$30,000	1	2%
Impact Counseling Group Incorporated	$30,000	1	n/a
Anchor of Hope International Ministries Inc	$28,200	1	11%
Project Hope CA Inc	$28,200	1	5%
Life Builders Incorporated	$28,200	1	8%
Women in Transition Re-Entry Project	$28,200	1	21%
Centro Cha Inc	$28,200	1	0%
Mildries Road Foundation inc	$28,200	1	n/a
Abundant Blessings Inc	$28,200	1	1%
Ltsc Community Development Corporation	$25,000	1	0%
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice	$25,000	1	2%
24th Street Theatre Company	$25,000	1	n/a
Game Changers Leadership Institute	$25,000	1	35%
La Voice	$25,000	1	1%
Creative Acts	$25,000	1	2%
Joy Youth Services Inc	$20,000	1	19%
Sierra Health Foundation	$20,000	1	2%
Initiate Justice	$20,000	1	1%
Inland Empire Community Collaborative Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Noho Home Alliance	$20,000	1	3%
Sistahfriends	$20,000	1	1%
The Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation	$20,000	1	8%
Future Roots Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Confluence Rising	$20,000	1	1%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Ascencia	$20,000	1	0%
I Am Love Movement	$20,000	1	n/a
Paving The Way Foundation	$19,050	1	1%
The Reverence Project	$18,800	1	1%
Nanas & Papas Nest Corp	$18,800	1	n/a
Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Emmanuels House Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice	$15,000	1	2%
Art and Science Cultural Center	$15,000	1	n/a
Vision y Compromiso	$15,000	1	0%
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice	$15,000	1	1%
Women Achieving Success	$15,000	1	10%
Black Collective	$15,000	1	n/a
Moretta Community Development	$15,000	1	n/a
Saffyre Sanctuary Inc	$15,000	1	14%
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center	$11,500	1	0%
Artist Success Institute	$10,000	1	n/a
Haven Services	$10,000	1	1%
We Are One United Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Inland Empire Rebound	$10,000	1	1%
New Reflections Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Growing Outreach Growing Opportunites	$10,000	1	3%
Riverside Arts Council	$10,000	1	2%
Just US 4 Youth	$10,000	1	0%
Project New Life	$10,000	1	87%
Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Collective	$10,000	1	1%
Armory Center for the Arts	$10,000	1	0%
Malo Motivating Action Leadership Opportunity	$10,000	1	3%
The Value Series Ministries Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition	$10,000	1	0%
St Ignatius of Loyola	$10,000	1	n/a
Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles	$9,400	1	2%
Huma House Inc	$9,400	1	2%
Let Spirit Lead Inc	$8,000	1	12%
Unidos Por la Musica	$8,000	1	1%
Black Voice Foundation Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Mu XI Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Wesley Foundation Serving Ucla	$6,500	1	n/a
California Partnership Action Fund	$6,000	1	n/a
Centro del Inmigrante Inc	$6,000	1	2%
Children's Theatre Company and School	$5,000	1	0%

Southern California Grantmakers supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 19 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 155 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 155.

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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.

Weingart FoundationCA97.5× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Weingart Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · Inland Empire Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · United Way Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Community Partners · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation

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 Southern California Grantmakers

How much does Southern California Grantmakers give?: Southern California Grantmakers reported 133 grants totaling $5,528,625 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Southern California Grantmakers fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Civil Rights (13%), Community Improvement (12%).
Who are Southern California Grantmakers's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: California Calls Education Fund ($400k), Community Partners ($378k), Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California ($350k).
Does Southern California Grantmakers fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Southern California Grantmakers?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Weingart Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, California Community Foundation.
Where is Southern California Grantmakers based?: Southern California Grantmakers is based in CA.