California · Nonprofit
ABOUT FAMILIES INC
ABOUT FAMILIES INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,847 to it, the largest being ANDERSON CHILDRENS FOUNDATION ($161,910). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $378k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $321k
- Net assets
- $36k
What About Families Inc does
Mission
About families is dedicated to the education and well being of families
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
- mariposa co-op preschool program ("mariposa"): mariposa is a parent- operated preschool program for children ages 2-5. The program requires parents to volunteer at least once per week in the classroom, in order to foster community bonds and a well rounded, low-ratio student experience. The program is located in indio, california.
$267,470 spent87% of program spendingEducational lectures and group meetings: about families operates a variety of lectures, educational events, and gathers to educate and encourage new parents in raising healthy children. Topics include breastfeeding education and questions, new mom support, and related matters. The organization as operated these lectures and meetings since inception. Events are held in the coachella valley, california. This program is largely run by volunteers, as well as with board member assistance. These events take approximately 10 hours of volunteer and staff time, weekly.
$4,425 spent1% of program spending- fall festival: the organization operates an annual event to bring together vendors for young children with fun games and animal experiences. The event has been operated off and on for 8 years. The event typically occurs in la quinta, california, though was operated in palm springs for one year. This program is largely run by volunteers, as well as with board member assistance. This event takes about 200 volunteer hours annually.
$34,444 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $306,339.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $27k to $76k (+184%).
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.
53% of ABOUT FAMILIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $163k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 ABOUT FAMILIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
ABOUT FAMILIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
40% 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 ABOUT FAMILIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 92% · 2022 98% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of ABOUT FAMILIES INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $91k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
ABOUT FAMILIES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,056 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,056 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like ABOUT FAMILIES INC
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ABOUT FAMILIES INC?
- ABOUT FAMILIES INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,847 to it, the largest being ANDERSON CHILDRENS FOUNDATION ($161,910). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ABOUT FAMILIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $320,847 in grants to ABOUT FAMILIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ABOUT FAMILIES INC?
- ANDERSON CHILDRENS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $161,910 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ABOUT FAMILIES INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2018–2023), and the filings of 8 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing