California · Nonprofit
911 DAY
911 DAY (California) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,747,382 to it, the largest being CITI FOUNDATION ($650,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $733k
What 911 Day does
Mission
To annually rekindle on 9/11 the remarkable spirit of unity and service that existed in our nation in the days following the attacks. We honor in this fitting way the lives of the thousands who were killed and injured on 9/11, and pay tribute to the many who rose to service in response to the 9/11 tragedy including the brave men and women in our military.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
9/11 day began the september 11 national day of service and remembrance in 2002 to rekindle the remarkable spirit of unity and service that arose in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy. The observance is now the nation's largest annual day of charitable engagement, with tens of millions of americans participating each september. This year, over 24,000 meal pack volunteers, in 21 cities across the united states, honored those lost, injured and sickened from the attacks, as well as those who rose in service after the tragedy, by packing nutritious, non-perishable meals for families in need. Together, we provided more than 8.6 million healthy, non-perishable meals to local food banks in new york city, atlanta, boston, cincinnati, chicago, cleveland, columbus, dallas, denver, detroit, houston, los angeles, minneapolis, nashville, philadelphia, phoenix, seattle, st. Louis, tampa, and washington, d.c. For families and individuals facing food insecurity in these communities.9/11 day will expand throughout more cities nationwide, leading up to the 25th anniversary of september 11th in 2026. With the addition of our education programs and continuation of our meal packs, we aim to keep the…
$5,953,770 spentof which $361,611 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,953,770.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $833k to $381k (−54%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 17% · 2018 33% · 2019 25% · 2020 17% · 2021 16% · 2022 17% · 2023 22% · 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of 911 DAY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Joseph Spalluto
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $59k → $494k.
18 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 911 DAY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
911 DAY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 911 DAY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 38% · 2019 30% · 2020 40% · 2021 39% · 2022 25% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
26% of 911 DAY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
911 DAY draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
911 DAY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding 911 DAY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.3M on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$14.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like 911 DAY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 911 DAY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 911 DAY?
- 911 DAY (California) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,747,382 to it, the largest being CITI FOUNDATION ($650,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 911 DAY have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $4,747,382 in grants to 911 DAY, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 911 DAY?
- CITI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 911 DAY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 94 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing