California · Nonprofit
Assistance League of Arcadia
Assistance League of Arcadia (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,859 to it, the largest being METTLER FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($7,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $263k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Assistance League of Arcadia does
Mission
Assistance League of Arcadia volunteers transform the lives of children and adults through community programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Operation School Bell provides new clothing, shoes, backpacks, books, school supplies, and grooming kits to students in kindergarten through eighth grade in Arcadia and neighboring school districts. During the 2024/25 fiscal year, the chapter served 708 students.
$101,407 spentof which $73,111 as grants44% of program spendingThe Community House is a facility for Arcadia Senior Citizens who gather for socialization, education, and refreshments. The facility is also used as a location for volunteers to assemble Day of Service, Links to Learning, hygiene and school kits for OSB and Senior Projects. In 2024/25, 1,400 seniors were served.
$46,567 spentof which $701 as grants20% of program spendingDay of Service projects provided baby backpacks or duffel bags (Next Step) filled with essential items to various groups in need, along with additional services that include packages of hygiene items, treats, and essential supplies for children, new mothers, and adults in need within the community. In 2024/25, 352 were served with Day of Service.
$39,469 spentof which $37,302 as grants17% of program spendingCommunity Assistance Program (CAP) is dedicated to offering gently used clothing and essential items to individuals and families in need. This program served 3,610 in 2024/25.
$28,041 spentof which $26,018 as grants12% of program spendingLinks to Learning promotes literacy by providing monetary donations to local school district libraries to purchase books. It also provides a new book to each 2nd grader to take home, in an annually chosen district. In 2024/25, 3,292 students were served.
$10,503 spentof which $8,581 as grants5% of program spendingOther Philanthropic Programs
$6,723 spentof which $4,971 as grants3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $232,710.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.0M (−7%).
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.
84% of Assistance League of Arcadia’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $2k → $643.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 Assistance League of Arcadia’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
Assistance League of Arcadia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 92% · 2022 57% · 2023 78% — 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
Assistance League of Arcadia draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $659 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Assistance League of Arcadia is better cushioned than half of the 7,668 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,668 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Assistance League of Arcadia
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Assistance League of Arcadia: 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 Assistance League of Arcadia?
- Assistance League of Arcadia (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,859 to it, the largest being METTLER FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($7,700). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Assistance League of Arcadia have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $11,859 in grants to Assistance League of Arcadia, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Assistance League of Arcadia?
- METTLER FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Assistance League of Arcadia 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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