California · Nonprofit
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,150,911 to it, the largest being YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC ($580,470). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $390k
What Alliance for Community Empowerment Inc does
Mission
Ace's mission is to empower san fernando valley residents by providing education, workforce development, housing support, behavioral health, violence intervention/prevention, and advocacy - to build resilience, achieve stability, and strengthen communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ace's community violence intervention program (cvi) offers people over the age of 14 who are gang involved or influenced by gangs, the opportunity to develop the necessary skills to navigate and overcome life's challenges. This free program is designed to reduce anti-social tendencies, impulse risk-taking, negative peer influence, delinquency, and substance use through positive youth development and family support. Our cvi staff facilitate effective communication and coordinated responses to address gang violence throughout the san fernando valley area. Our interventionists engage in ongoing de-escalation and peacemaking efforts within the communities we serve. Fy25: cvi enrolled 112 participants, conducted 1,246 (see sch. O) hours of case management services, and responded to 78 incidents of community violence.
$1,657,772 spent29% of program spendingAce's sector program provides reentry services, workforce development, behavioral health support, mentorship, and job placement for adults impacted by the justice system. Our goal is to support participants in forging pathways into new careers that offer sustainable wages, good benefits, and advancement opportunities that lay the foundation for long-term success and stability. Sector also provides wrap around services and financial assistance to address barriers to employment. Fy25: 209 justice impacted adults were served, 105 recieved job training, 96% did not reoffend while enrolled.
$1,577,987 spent27% of program spendingRuth youthbuild is a leadership development program offering a wasc-accredited high school diploma, hands-on paid vocational training, and comprehensive social-emotional support. With a curriculum grounded in social justice and community enrichment, participants earn while they learn and graduate with certifications, career skills, and a clear pathway to employment or college, all while connecting more deeply to their community. This program offers an alternative to traditional high school curriculums that fail to support youth who have lived experience with incarceration, gang involvement, homelessness, foster care, and/or substance abuse. Fy25: 142 youth reengaged in high school education, 27 (see sch. O) graduated with thier high school diploma, 35 recieved an industry recognized credential, 75 co-enrolled in community college.
$1,378,843 spent$229,250 earned by the program24% of program spendingOther program services includes additional services that support the organization's mission to empower san fernando valley residents through education, workforce development, housing support, behavioral health services, violence prevention and intervention, and advocacy. While not reported separately due to their size or scope, these efforts complement core programs and address emerging community needs.
$1,168,013 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,782,615.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $501k to $2.8M (+457%).
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: 2020 49% · 2021 64% · 2022 64% · 2023 65% · 2024 75% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC’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 6 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.
Chief executive
Michelle Miranda
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Helen Whitcher
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $126k → $838k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 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
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
58% 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 ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 100% · 2019 89% · 2020 63% · 2021 70% · 2022 48% · 2023 42% — 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
57% of ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
79% of ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT 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. $252k 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
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.3M on record.
- Department of Labor$4.3M
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 ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC?
- ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,150,911 to it, the largest being YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC ($580,470). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $3,150,911 in grants to ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC?
- YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $580,470 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 20 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