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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $45,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $55,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 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.
$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
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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 (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 its 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
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 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
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
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
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
Cal Center Presents

Arts presenter serving the greater Reedsburg area.

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
The Yoga Seed Collective

To serve the community by providing accessible yoga related services.

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8
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
9
Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance

To promote the well being of older adults in Yolo County through education, collaboration and advocacy.

Human Services
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
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
12
The California Center for Civic Participation

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

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yolo County Arts Council; 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.
04the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 39 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Davis Media Access: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDavis Media AccessPENCE ART GALLERY: $45,000 · Arts & CulturePENCE ART GALLERYDAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANYDAVIS ARTS CENTER: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDAVIS ARTS CENTERDavis Shakespeare Ensemble Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureDavis Shakespeare Ensemble IncBIKE CITY THEATRE COMPANY: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBIKE CITY THEATRE COMPANYACME THEATRE COMPANY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureACME THEATRE COMPANYDAVIS COMMUNITY CHORALE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDAVIS COMMUNITY CHORALE INCTHE PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE THEATRE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE THEATRECHAMBER 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 NurserySHORT TERM EMERGENCY AID COMMITTEE: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHORES OF HOPE: $10,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Association of Superior California: $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…MARIACHI PUENTE: $15,000 · OtherMARIACHI PUENTEDAVIS REPERTORY THEATRE: $15,000 · OtherDAVIS REPERTORY THEATR…YOLO HOSPICE INC: $10,000 · OtherYOLO COMMUNITY CARE CONTINUUM: $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 & NutritionWoodlands Dinner on Main: $20,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS YOLO COUNTY: $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 · HealthNORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER: $10,000 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTION OF YOLO COUNTY: $10,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$345,000Human Services$242,376Other$212,562Crime & Legal$90,062Food & Nutrition$80,000Education$75,000Health$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetDavis Media Access: $45,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetPENCE ART GALLERY: $45,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HOUSE DAVIS: $45,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetDAVIS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $45,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetDAVIS ARTS CENTER: $45,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE UC DAVIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINTERS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDavis Shakespeare Ensemble Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBIKE CITY THEATRE COMPANY: $30,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetYOLO FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYolo Crisis Nursery: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetACME THEATRE COMPANY: $20,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS YOLO COUNTY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PAMELA TROKANSKI DANCE THEATRE: $20,000 over 1y, 63% 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 budgetNORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION OF YOLO COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSHORT TERM EMERGENCY AID COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYOLO HOSPICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINTERS FARM TO SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 11% 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 budgetYOLO COUNTY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMUTUAL HOUSING CALIFORNIA FORMERLY KNOWN AS SACRAMENTO MUTUAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThree Sisters Gardens: $7,500 over 1y, 11% 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.

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

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 Yolo Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yolo Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's 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
    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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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