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Yolo Community Foundation

The Yolo Community Foundation promotes philanthropy by serving as a public foundation through which: 1) community members pursue their own charitable goals; 2) local nonprofits benefit from YCF programs and events; and 3) youth learn the meaning of community involvement and service.

$55k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2023.

Arts & Culture$490kPublic Safety & Disaster$192kHuman Services$133kCrime & Legal$100kFood & Nutrition$80kHealth$70kHousing & Shelter$30k
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $45,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $55,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$135k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UC DAVIS FOUNDATION$30,000
DAVIS INDEPENDENT MUSIC INITI$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EMPOWER YOLO: $110k → 16%YMCA OF SUPEROR CALIFORNIA: $10k → 12%YOLO CRISIS NURSERY: $30k → 16%SHORES OF HOPE: $10k → 16%STEAC: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Tree Davis

The mission of Tree Davis is to improve the health and resilience of our communities by enhancing and expanding Climate-Ready Trees and Landscapes through direct action, community engagement, and advocacy.

Unclassified
2
The California Theatre of Santa Rosa

To champion the performing arts in Santa Rosa for all. To connect people with one another and with art that can enrich their lives. To embrace people from all backgrounds. To provide exceptional service to our resident companies and to…

Arts & Culture
3
Cal Center Presents

Arts presenter serving the greater Reedsburg area.

Arts & Culture
4
Cyt Sacramento Inc

CYT is an after-school theater arts training program for students ages 4-18 that develops character and creativity and brings families and communities together by producing quality and wholesome family entertainment. CYT offers…

Arts & Culture
5
Make It Happen for Yolo County

The purpose of make it happen for yolo county is to provide support, resources, referrals and community outreach to under-served and at risk youth of yolo county.

Human Services
6
The Yoga Seed Collective

To serve the community by providing accessible yoga related services.

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7
Siskiyou County Arts Council

To integrate the arts into the daily lives of residents and visitors of Siskiyou County. The Council is designated by the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors to partner with the California Arts Council in their state local partnership…

Arts & Culture
8
The Peoples Vanguard of Davis Inc

The Vanguard seeks to bring transparency, accountability and fairness to local government, while promoting social justice and democracy, and adhering to principles of accuracy and fairness in our reporting

Human Services
9
Three Thirty Three Arts

Three Thirty-Three Arts champions creative collaboration and diverse arts programming to build inclusive accessible and engaged communities. We elevate and invigorate the arts as core civic infrastructure that boosts economic vitality…

Arts & Culture
10
Youth in Arts

Youth in Arts builds visual and performing arts skills through innovative and in-depth programs that foster confidence, compassion and resilience in students of all abilities. We develop capacity among educators and teaching artists,…

Arts & Culture
11
Youth Spirit Artworks

The mission of YSA is to provide holistic engagement and opportunities to transitional age youth impacted by adverse economic and housing challenges, utilizing Art as Therapy and by celebrating Youth Empowerment in community. Services…

Youth Development
12
The California Center for Civic Participation

To educate california youth about the operations of local, state, and federal government.

Public Benefit

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yolo County Arts Council and the most unlike its peers is Three Sisters Gardens. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%6%<5yr15%14%5–10yr22%17%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr14%25%35–55yr15%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%3%<5yr15%9%5–10yr22%13%10–20yr15%25%20–35yr14%35%35–55yr15%16%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/39
the rest of the field
13%
138/1,060

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PENCE ART GALLERY — $45,000 · Arts & CulturePENCE ART GALLERYDAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY — $45,000 · Arts & CultureDAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANYDavis Media Access — $45,000 · Arts & CultureDavis Media AccessDAVIS ARTS CENTER — $45,000 · Arts & CultureDAVIS ARTS CENTERBIKE CITY THEATRE COMPANY — $30,000 · Arts & CultureBIKE CITY THEATRE COMPANYDavis Shakespeare Ensemble Inc — $30,000 · Arts & CultureDavis Shakespeare Ensemble IncTHE PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE THEATRE — $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE THEATREDAVIS COMMUNITY CHORALE INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureDAVIS COMMUNITY CHORALE INCACME THEATRE COMPANY — $20,000 · Arts & CultureACME THEATRE COMPANYCHAMBER PLAYERS IN DAVIS — $15,000 · Arts & CultureDBA ARTSINC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureYOLO COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL — $15,000 · Arts & CultureEmpower Yolo Inc — $109,814 · Human ServicesEmpower Yolo IncTHE YOLO INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK — $72,562 · Human ServicesTHE YOLO INTERFAITH IMMIG…Yolo Crisis Nursery — $30,000 · Human ServicesYolo Crisis NurserySHORES OF HOPE — $10,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Association of Superior California — $10,000 · Human ServicesSHORT TERM EMERGENCY AID COMMITTEE — $10,000 · Human ServicesRURAL INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL ECONOMICS INC — $82,562 · OtherRURAL INNOVATIONS IN S…MUSIC ONLY MAKES SENSE — $20,000 · OtherMUSIC ONLY MAKES SENSEAPPLEGATE DANCE COMPANY — $20,000 · OtherAPPLEGATE DANCE COMPAN…Yolo Wayfarer Center Christian Fourth and Hope — $20,000 · OtherYolo Wayfarer Center C…DAVIS REPERTORY THEATRE — $15,000 · OtherDAVIS REPERTORY THEATR…MARIACHI PUENTE — $15,000 · OtherMARIACHI PUENTEYOLO COMMUNITY CARE CONTINUUM — $10,000 · OtherYOLO HOSPICE INC — $10,000 · OtherYOLO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES — $10,000 · OtherMUTUAL HOUSING CALIFORNIA FORMERLY KNOWN AS SACRAMENTO MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · OtherYOLO COUNTY CHILDRENS ALLIANCE — $82,562 · Crime & LegalYOLO COUN…Three Sisters Gardens — $7,500 · Crime & LegalThree Sis…YOLO FOOD BANK — $30,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS YOLO COUNTY — $20,000 · Food & NutritionWoodlands Dinner on Main — $20,000 · Food & NutritionWINTERS FARM TO SCHOOL — $10,000 · Food & NutritionINTERNATIONAL HOUSE DAVIS — $45,000 · EducationTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — $30,000 · EducationWINTERS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTION OF YOLO COUNTY — $10,000 · HealthNORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER — $10,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$345,000Human Services$242,376Other$212,562Crime & Legal$90,062Food & Nutrition$80,000Education$75,000Health$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEmpower Yolo Inc — $109,814 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetYOLO COUNTY CHILDRENS ALLIANCE — $82,562 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRURAL INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL ECONOMICS INC — $82,562 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetTHE YOLO INTERFAITH IMMIGRATION NETWORK — $72,562 over 1y, 25% of budgetPENCE ART GALLERY — $45,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetDAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY — $45,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HOUSE DAVIS — $45,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetDavis Media Access — $45,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetDAVIS ARTS CENTER — $45,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYolo Crisis Nursery — $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWINTERS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIKE CITY THEATRE COMPANY — $30,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetDavis Shakespeare Ensemble Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetYOLO FOOD BANK — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE THEATRE — $20,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS YOLO COUNTY — $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetACME THEATRE COMPANY — $20,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetCHAMBER PLAYERS IN DAVIS — $15,000 over 1y, 90% of budgetDBA ARTSINC — $15,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetYOLO COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL — $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetYOLO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWINTERS FARM TO SCHOOL — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMUTUAL HOUSING CALIFORNIA FORMERLY KNOWN AS SACRAMENTO MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHORES OF HOPE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Superior California — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION OF YOLO COUNTY — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOLO HOSPICE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHORT TERM EMERGENCY AID COMMITTEE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThree Sisters Gardens — $7,500 over 1y, 11% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sacramento Region Com…Sutter Valley Hospita…Dignity Community CareTeichert FoundationTravis Credit Union's…Mariani Nut Company F…Clark Pacific Foundat…Travis Credit UnionKelly FoundationUnited Way California…Dignity HealthThe George and Lena V…
Sacramento Region Community FoundationCA57.2× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Sutter Valley Hospitals · Dignity Community Care · Teichert Foundation · Travis Credit Union's Community Financial Wellness Fund · Mariani Nut Company Foundation Inc · Clark Pacific Foundation · Travis Credit Union · Kelly Foundation · United Way California Capital Region · Dignity Health · The George and Lena Valente Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Yolo Community Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Yolo Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Yolo Community Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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