California · Public charity
Special Service for Groups Inc
Special Service for Groups, ("SSG"), is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing community-based solutions to the social and economic issues facing those in the greatest need. SSG has evolved into a model organization which is designed to provide service to diverse groups with maximum efficiency and impact. This is achieved by…
- $29M
- Granted FY2023
- 57
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $15M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $61,135
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $4,366,619
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 56
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $138M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Special Service for Groups Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 56 | $15M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $10M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $10M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $12M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $12M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $8.7M | 22% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $3.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abundant Blessings From Above Inc | $10,272,392 | 7 | n/a |
| La Global Care | $7,501,069 | 5 | 66% |
| Watts Labor Community Action Committee | $6,184,667 | 9 | 8% |
| Connections For Women Inc | $5,826,184 | 8 | 100% |
| Mrs Hazel's House Inc | $5,503,837 | 4 | n/a |
| Shields for Families | $2,694,204 | 9 | 2% |
| Motorcycle Riders for Homeless Parolees | $2,488,576 | 8 | 98% |
| Pacific Asian Counseling Services | $2,431,716 | 9 | 9% |
| Fair Opportunity for Change Inc | $2,089,006 | 8 | 48% |
| Vann Heflin Holdings | $1,976,641 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 79 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Special Service for Groups Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Shelter Partnership Inc · United Way Inc · California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Weingart Foundation · Los Angeles Regional Food Bank · Baby2baby · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The California Endowment · The Ahmanson Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation
How this is measured
About Special Service for Groups Inc
- How much does Special Service for Groups Inc give?
- Special Service for Groups Inc reported 57 itemized grants totaling $14,938,913, out of $28,705,383 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Special Service for Groups Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (56%), Human Services (28%), Health (11%).
- Who are Special Service for Groups Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Abundant Blessings From Above Inc ($10M), La Global Care ($7.5M), Watts Labor Community Action Committee ($6.2M).
- Does Special Service for Groups Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Special Service for Groups Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shelter Partnership Inc, United Way Inc, California Community Foundation.
- Where is Special Service for Groups Inc based?
- Special Service for Groups Inc is based in CA.
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