How much does Western States Regional Council of Carpenters give?

Western States Regional Council of Carpenters reported 65 itemized grants totaling $2,785,285, out of $3,066,007 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 40 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.

What does Western States Regional Council of Carpenters fund?

By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (34%), Education (15%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).

Who are Western States Regional Council of Carpenters's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Strategic Victory Fund ($1.0M), Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC - La ($857k), The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles ($500k).

Does Western States Regional Council of Carpenters fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Western States Regional Council of Carpenters?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Weingart Foundation, America Votes.

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California · Public charity

Western States Regional Council of Carpenters

A labor organization for the betterment and advancement of its members.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 65
Itemized grants FY2025: 39
Organizations funded FY2024: 67%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $2.8M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $350,000
Organizations funded a year: 25 to 40; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 8
Total assets, FY2025: $586M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Western States Regional Council of Carpenters funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Community ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEmploymentCivil RightsOther

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
FY2025still arriving	65	$2.8M	66%
FY2024	39	$2.5M	67%
FY2023	40	$1.6M	78%
FY2022	31	$1.2M	52%
FY2021	28	$1.7M	93%
FY2020	25	$847k	92%
FY2019	28	$3.1M	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, FY2019 to 2025.

Public Benefit$4.6MEducation$2.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.8MHousing & Shelter$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.2MCommunity Improvement$496kEmployment$483kCivil Rights$258kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Strategic Victory Fund	$1,000,000	1	2%
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC - La	$856,823	1	n/a
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles	$500,000	1	2%
San Diego Alliance for Traffic Relief Reliable Transit & Jobs	$475,000	2	58%
Yes on Prop 2 Californians for Quality Schools	$350,000	1	n/a
Affordable Housing Solutions Now Committee	$300,000	1	n/a
Committee to Engage & Empower Ca Voters	$271,600	1	n/a
Committee Safe Updated Modernized Schools	$250,000	1	n/a
Yes on Measure Ula United to House La	$250,000	1	n/a
Nevada Alliance	$250,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of Western States Regional Council of Carpenters by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Strategic Victory Fund	$1,000,000	1	2%
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC - La	$856,823	1	n/a
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles	$500,000	1	2%
San Diego Alliance for Traffic Relief Reliable Transit & Jobs	$475,000	2	58%
Yes on Prop 2 Californians for Quality Schools	$350,000	1	n/a
Affordable Housing Solutions Now Committee	$300,000	1	n/a
Committee to Engage & Empower Ca Voters	$271,600	1	n/a
Committee Safe Updated Modernized Schools	$250,000	1	n/a
Yes on Measure Ula United to House La	$250,000	1	n/a
Nevada Alliance	$250,000	1	n/a
LA Co Democratic Party	$213,740	3	n/a
Riverside Transportation Future	$200,000	1	n/a
Organizing Empowerment Project Inc	$200,000	1	n/a
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC - Nv	$187,885	1	n/a
West Angeles Community Development Corporation	$165,000	4	3%
Yes on Measure la Committee for Quality Education & Student Success	$150,000	1	n/a
Carpenters Helping Hands Inc	$140,000	3	3%
2023 Governors Inaugural Fund	$125,000	1	4%
Yes on Quality Schools	$125,000	1	2%
California Democratic Party	$124,355	3	n/a
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment	$110,000	3	1%
Holbrook Holding (Duke City Gladiators)	$106,715	3	n/a
Schools and Communities First	$100,000	1	n/a
Western Futures Fund Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Connect Maricopa	$100,000	1	n/a
Parents & Teachers for Neighborhood	$100,000	1	n/a
Californians for Safe Drinking Water and Wildfire Prevention	$100,000	1	n/a
Yes on H&I Inglewood 2021	$100,000	1	n/a
Yes on HH - San Diegans for Comm Colleges	$100,000	1	n/a
Construction Industry Educational Foundation	$99,000	4	3%
Committee to Pass Measure E VUSD 2022	$80,000	1	n/a
Committee for Rancho Santiago	$75,000	1	n/a
Inland Empire Economic Partnership Inc	$75,000	5	2%
Yes on Measure AC	$75,000	1	n/a
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc	$75,000	3	0%
Support Riverside Community College District 2024 Yes on CC	$75,000	1	n/a
California Coalition for Rural Housing Project	$70,000	1	4%
Yes to Safeguard San Diego Infrustructure	$60,000	1	n/a
Congressional Black Caucus Political Edu Cation and Leadership Institute	$60,000	1	2%
Fundamental Change	$60,000	2	56%
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America No 971	$60,000	1	12%
Engineering & Utility Contractors Association Dba United Contractors	$55,000	4	0%
The Miguel Contreras Foundation	$50,000	1	2%
Democratic Governors Association	$50,000	2	n/a
United Farm Workers of America	$50,000	1	1%
CMTE to Support the Bond to Repair	$50,000	1	n/a
CA Homes Committee	$50,000	1	n/a
Seven Point Inc	$50,000	4	11%
Yes for a Better San Diego	$50,000	1	n/a
Southwestern College Coalition YES on SW	$48,500	1	n/a
Agc Construction Educational Foundation	$40,000	4	1%
AUHSD Citizens for Quality Schools	$40,000	1	n/a
Congress of Racial Equality of California Core-Ca	$40,000	4	3%
Fernando Vargas Fighting Foundation	$40,000	2	18%
Citizens for Safe Modern Schools	$37,500	2	n/a
Aavrep	$35,000	2	n/a
Yes for Santa Ana Kids Yes on I	$35,000	1	n/a
Ryan House	$32,000	2	1%
Women in Non Traditional Employment Roles	$30,600	3	1%
Jacob Zamora Memorial Foundation	$30,000	3	n/a
San Bernardino Sheriff's Athletic Federation Foundation	$30,000	3	16%
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America No 805	$30,000	1	5%
Associated General Contractors of California Inc	$30,000	3	0%
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America Local 619	$30,000	1	2%
Retired Club 108 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join	$30,000	3	n/a
Uc Riverside Foundation	$30,000	2	0%
Lindsey Horvath Ballot	$30,000	1	n/a
Futureports	$26,000	2	7%
Advanced Legislative Leadership Services	$25,000	1	n/a
Thurston County Chamber Foundation	$25,000	1	3%
Los Angeles Urban League	$25,000	1	1%
VALLEY CULTURAL CENTER dba VALLEY CULTURAL FOUNDATION	$25,000	1	2%
State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development	$25,000	1	n/a
Re Imagine LA A Coalition of Nonprofit Orgs and Justice Advocates	$25,000	1	n/a
Arizona Research Consortium	$25,000	1	n/a
Friends of Rio Hondo College - Yes on RH	$25,000	1	n/a
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Afl-Cio	$25,000	2	0%
Living United for Change in Arizona	$25,000	1	0%
Deep Blue	$25,000	1	n/a
Yes on Measure AV - A New Hospital For Antelope Valley	$25,000	1	7%
Abundant Housing LA Education Fund	$25,000	1	3%
Katie Hobbs Inaugural Fund	$25,000	1	n/a
Governors Inaugural Fund 2019	$25,000	1	1%
El Centro del Pueblo Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Central City Association of Los Angeles	$24,500	1	1%
Southern California Contractors Association	$23,200	2	1%
Los Angeles Business Council Formerly Known as West la Chamber of Commerce	$22,000	2	1%
Hollenbeck Police Activities League	$20,300	1	n/a
John Stacy Lyons Memorial Fndtn	$20,000	2	34%
Southern Nevada Building Trades Sportsman Alliance	$20,000	2	n/a
Cmte Excellence Redondo Beach Public	$20,000	1	n/a
Explora Science Center & Children's Museum of Albuquerque Inc	$20,000	1	0%
South Bay United for Safe Strong Schools Yes On DD	$20,000	1	n/a
Explora Science Ctr & Children's Museum	$20,000	1	n/a
San Francisco Housing Action Coalition	$20,000	2	2%
The Swinerton Foundation	$20,000	1	n/a
Alliance for Quality Construction	$20,000	2	52%
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Inc	$20,000	2	4%
Choice2020	$20,000	1	2%
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO	$20,000	2	1%
Friends of San Bernardino Community College Yes on Measure CC	$20,000	1	n/a
Carpenters Assistance Resource Program of Nevada	$18,600	2	9%
San Diegans for Midway Revitalization	$15,000	1	n/a
Yes on UU Parents for Pomona	$15,000	1	n/a
Urban League of Portland Inc	$15,000	1	0%
City of Palmdale	$15,000	1	n/a
Opportunity for All San Diego	$15,000	1	n/a
Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau	$15,000	1	1%
Homes for San Diegans	$15,000	1	n/a
Hispanic Federation Inc	$15,000	1	0%
Trifecta Collective LLC	$13,500	1	n/a
Mobility 21 Transportation Coalition	$13,000	1	1%
Washington Public Affairs Network	$13,000	1	n/a
The Trust for Public Land	$12,500	1	0%
Progressive Labor Alliance	$12,500	1	9%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy	$12,500	1	0%
Oregon Tradeswomen Inc	$12,000	1	0%
Arizona for All	$12,000	1	n/a
Yes on D For Redlands Schools 2024	$10,000	1	n/a
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	$10,000	1	n/a
Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles	$10,000	1	n/a
Dolores C Huerta Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Relief Foundation	$10,000	1	3%
Coloradans for Accessible and Secure Elections	$10,000	1	n/a
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 1912	$10,000	1	1%
California Association of Labor Relations Officers Inc - Calro	$10,000	1	n/a
Inland Empire Hispanic Leadership Cncl	$10,000	1	33%
California Conference on Apprenticeship	$10,000	1	6%
Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund	$10,000	1	n/a
Friends of the Coliseum Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Core-Ca	$10,000	1	n/a
Better Colorado Alliance	$10,000	1	n/a
New Mexico Inaugural	$10,000	1	1%
Residents for Public Safety Measure FP	$10,000	1	n/a
Citizens for a Strong Ontario	$10,000	1	n/a
Let's Build It Lane County	$10,000	1	n/a
Compton Unified School District	$10,000	1	n/a
Tustin Supports Schools - Yes Measure J	$10,000	1	n/a
Leading Colorado Forward	$10,000	1	n/a
Cesar Chavez Service Clubs Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Yes on BB Residents and Teachers	$10,000	1	n/a
Building Industry Association of So Ca Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Ventura County Citizens for Traffic Relief	$10,000	1	n/a
Special Needs Network Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Impact Online Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Reach Center	$10,000	1	8%
Pfa Strong Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	5%
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners Local 213	$8,500	1	n/a
Spanish Town Heritage Foundation	$8,000	1	n/a
Charitable Fund Benefitting Gardena	$7,500	1	7%
Colette's Children's Home Inc	$7,500	1	0%
California Mid-State Fair	$7,500	1	n/a
City of Woodburn	$7,500	1	n/a
Yes on Measure K for Costa Mesa	$7,500	1	n/a
Afl-Cio So Nv Building & Construction Trades Council	$7,000	1	1%
Western Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association Inc	$6,600	1	n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California	$6,600	1	n/a
Bull Session Charity Golf Tournament	$6,500	1	2%
Equality California Institute	$6,000	1	0%
Housing California Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Bridge Builders Foundation Inc	$5,500	1	0%

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.

Western States Regional Council of Carpenters supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 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 77.

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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.

American Federation of State County and Municipal EmployeesDC24.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees · Weingart Foundation · America Votes · Seiu Local 2015 · California Community Foundation · The California Endowment · United Way Inc · United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America · The James Irvine Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Sixteen Thirty Fund

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 Western States Regional Council of Carpenters

How much does Western States Regional Council of Carpenters give?: Western States Regional Council of Carpenters reported 65 itemized grants totaling $2,785,285, out of $3,066,007 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 40 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Western States Regional Council of Carpenters fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (34%), Education (15%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
Who are Western States Regional Council of Carpenters's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Strategic Victory Fund ($1.0M), Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters PAC - La ($857k), The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles ($500k).
Does Western States Regional Council of Carpenters fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Western States Regional Council of Carpenters?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Weingart Foundation, America Votes.
Where is Western States Regional Council of Carpenters based?: Western States Regional Council of Carpenters is based in CA.