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Wescom Foundation

To help improve the lives and living conditions of all californians by supporting nonprofit community organizations through strategic grantmaking and community engagement.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$169k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.0MFood & Nutrition$669kEducation$400kHousing & Shelter$376kInternational$362kHuman Services$353kPhilanthropy$189kYouth Development$158kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 39 grants below total $1,059,481, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,197,579 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $138,098 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $583k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $471k
$12,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$406k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK$169,130
UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES$100,000
THOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER$79,745
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$63,250
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA$58,605
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC$43,196
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$35,196
MEND - MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY$33,245
FEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES$33,196
FOOD SHARE OF VENTURA COUNTY$33,196
A PLACE CALLED HOME$29,745
HOUSE OF RUTH INC$29,745
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$27,209
INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNITED WAY$22,209
AMERICAN RED CROSS$22,209
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $605k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $12k → 14%NEW HORIZONS SERVICE DOGS: $10k → 12%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 11%THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 11%TODEC LEGAL CENTER: $10k → 11%TODEC LEGAL CENTER: $9k → 11%TODEC LEGAL CENTER: $9k → 11%FOOTHILL FAMILY SERVICES: $6k → 14%FOOTHILL FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $18k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $13k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $12k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $100k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $45k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $22k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $9k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $14k → 14%THE ARC LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $8k → 14%HOUSE OF RUTH: $10k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $11k → 14%ABILITYFIRST: $12k → 14%HOUSE OF RUTH INC: $30k → 14%HOUSE OF RUTH INC: $22k → 14%HOUSE OF RUTH INC: $22k → 14%HOUSE OF RUTH INC: $13k → 14%MEND - MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $33k → 14%MEND - MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $25k → 14%MEND - MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $22k → 14%MEND - MEET EACH NEED WITH DIGNITY: $13k → 14%MEND: $10k → 14%KOREAN RESOURCE CENTER (FBO VIETRISE): $9k → 14%KOREAN RESOURCE CENTER (FBO VIETRISE): $9k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
NY
IA
CT
CA
UT
CO
TN
DC
HI
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 35% of Wescom Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 65% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 57%.

Wescom Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 31 repeat orgs$807k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
25

Total granted

$2.9M
$573k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+9%

Still filing today

94%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $234k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementInternationalHealthEducationOther
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

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $704k · revenue +31%
  • US
    UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $192k · revenue +94%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $146k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • LC
    Legacy Connectionsgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $126k · revenue +50%
  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $77k · revenue +138%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $77k · revenue -11%
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
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
2
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
3
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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4
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network

Community organizing, education, advocacy, leadership development, direct services and organizational development for communities faced with immense poverty.

Community Improvement
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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9
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
10
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
11
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
12
Union Rescue Mission

Union rescue mission embraces people with the compassion of christ. we assist people experiencing homelessness by providing a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to our guests, including: food, shelter, clothing,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Partners; the most unlike its peers is Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

73 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. 73 of the 76 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/73
Grantees still filing
42/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $703,829 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $152,302 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER: $139,745 · OtherTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTERA PLACE CALLED HOME: $101,150 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOMEREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $93,605 · OtherNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $76,961 · OtherHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $76,961 · Other+32 more: $462,373 · Other+32 moreUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $191,500 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOME…MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $102,495 · Human ServicesMEND - Meet Each N…HOUSE OF RUTH INC: $95,995 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF RUTH INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $68,643 · Human ServicesAmerican National …THE ARC LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES: $61,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC LOS ANGELE…THE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $32,400 · Human ServicesTodec Legal Center Perris: $28,000 · Human Services+6 more: $80,550 · Human Services+6 moreSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $145,912 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST…FEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $127,237 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERIC…FOOD SHARE INC: $124,737 · Food & NutritionFOOD SHARE INCMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $76,961 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK…+3 more: $28,750 · Food & Nutrition+3 moreINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: $99,564 · InternationalINTERNATIO…International Rescue Committee INC: $99,564 · InternationalInternatio…United States Association for UNHCR: $99,564 · InternationalUnited Sta…WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $53,509 · InternationalWORLDWIDE …+2 more: $20,000 · International+2 moreUCLA FOUNDATION: $238,180 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $45,352 · EducationINTERNATIONAL TRADE EDUCATION PROGRAMS INC DBA EXP: $12,500 · Education+2 more: $20,000 · EducationNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $164,780 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $32,085 · HealthBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $28,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $21,500 · Health+1 more: $7,000 · HealthLegacy Connections: $126,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,806,926Human Services$661,083Food & Nutrition$503,597International$372,201Education$316,032Health$253,365Recreation & Sports$126,000

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 budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $703,829 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $238,180 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $191,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $164,780 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $152,302 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $145,912 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS HOUSE TEMPORARY SHELTER: $139,745 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES: $127,237 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegacy Connections: $126,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $124,737 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $102,495 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $101,150 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS: $99,564 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $99,564 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $99,564 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH INC: $95,995 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $76,961 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $76,961 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $76,961 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $68,643 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTIES: $61,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $53,509 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $45,352 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $32,675 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNFORGETTABLES FOUNDATION: $32,400 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $32,085 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS: $28,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTodec Legal Center Perris: $28,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy: $28,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $27,209 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFLYING CROWN LAND GROUP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNITED WAY: $22,209 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL CITY PIT BULLS: $20,625 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $20,145 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Action Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE: $19,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKorean Resource Center Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $12,860 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGRICULTURE AND LAND BASED TRAINING ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL TRADE EDUCATION PROGRAMS INC DBA EXP: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTime For Change Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDragg Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MONTEREY COUNTY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

California Community …Weingart FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Liberty Hill Foundati…The California Endowm…Orange County Communi…Inland Empire Communi…The James Irvine Foun…The California Wellne…Mufg Union Bank Found…Sempra Foundation
California Community FoundationCA34.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Liberty Hill Foundation · The California Endowment · Orange County Community Foundation · Inland Empire Community Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · Sempra 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 76 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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