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Southern California Housing Services

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$36k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$172kYouth Development$30kHousing & Shelter$20kHuman Services$16kInternational$10kPhilanthropy$8kCommunity Improvement$7kSocial Science$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$14,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$61k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITTIER COLLEGE$18,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$14,000
FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE EDU$2,000
PARTNERS OF LA FETRA CENTER$2,000
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 (FY17–23, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 8%WISEPLACE: $6k → 10%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $2k → 8%WISEPLACE: $5k → 10%WISEPLACE: $5k → 10%WISEPLACE: $2k → 10%WISEPLACE: $2k → 10%HOMELESS HEALTH CARE LOS ANGELES: $1k → 14%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $4k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $4k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $2k → 10%KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $2k → 10%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$225k · 15 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$225k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+37%

Still filing today

60%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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

  • TP
    The Prentice School
    6× · 2017–2023 · $38k · revenue +63%
  • W
    WISEPLACE
    5× · 2017–2023 · $20k · revenue +512%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FONTANA
    5× · 2018–2023 · $13k · revenue +200%

Funded once

  • OC
    OLIVE CRESTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +37%
  • BG
    BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ORANGE
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +29%
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
Pitzer College

Pitzer College produces engaged socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary liberal arts education emphasizing social justice, intercultural understanding and environmental sensitivity.…

Education
2
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

—
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
5
Dominican University of California

Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.

Education
6
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
7
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
10
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
11
California Institute of Integral Studies

Ciis is an institution of higher education that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning. over 1,700 students are enrolled in masters, doctoral, bachelor of arts completion programs, and certifications. ours is a mosaic of…

Education
12
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Whittier College. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: $70,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LA VERNEUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $41,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAThe Prentice School: $38,000 · EducationThe Prentice SchoolWhittier College: $22,000 · EducationWhittier CollegeBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FONTANA: $13,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF…PARTNERS OF LA FETRA CENTER: $9,000 · OtherPARTNERS OF LA FETRA C…KIWANIS CLUB OF GREATER JAMUL FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · OtherKIWANIS CLUB OF GREATE…GLOBAL PARTNERS: $6,000 · OtherGLOBAL PARTNERSCITY OF HOPE: $6,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPEUC REGENTS - MIND INSTITUTE: $4,000 · OtherUC REGENTS - MIND INST…BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA: $3,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ORANGE: $2,000 · OtherUCI FOUNDATION - MIND INSTITUTE: $2,000 · OtherFrank C Meyers Council 5271 Knights of Columbus: $2,000 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · OtherWISEPLACE: $20,000 · Human ServicesWISEPLACEKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $12,000 · Human ServicesKIDWORKS COMMU…THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN …+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesOLIVE CREST: $4,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthHEALING ODYSSEY INC: $1,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC: $6,000 · InternationalSPARK MICROGRANTS INC: $1,000 · InternationalWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $5,000 · EmploymentBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$171,000Other$57,000Human Services$36,000Health$8,000International$7,000Employment$5,000Animals$1,000Arts & Culture$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Prentice School: $38,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWhittier College: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWISEPLACE: $20,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FONTANA: $13,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetKIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING ODYSSEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHomeless Health Care Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK MICROGRANTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds The Prentice School ↗
  • Who funds Whittier College ↗
  • Who funds WISEPLACE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FONTANA ↗
  • Who funds KIDWORKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR AFRICAN MEDICINE AND EDUC ↗
  • Who funds Working Wardrobes For A New Start ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Frank C Meyers Council 5271 Knights of Columbus ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE INDUSTRY PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING ODYSSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Homeless Health Care Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds SPARK MICROGRANTS INC ↗

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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Brethren Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Southern California Housing Services funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southern California Housing Services. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Southern California Housing Services?

    Find your warmest path to Southern California Housing Services 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 29 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-PF 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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