California · Nonprofit
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,535 to it, the largest being DOWNEY KIWANIS FOUNDATION ($6,280). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $357k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Assistance League of Downey does
Mission
Assistance League of Downey volunteers transforming the lives of children and adults through community programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
H.O.M.E. Housing of Medical Emergencies project is a service provided to the families of patients undergoing rehabilitation at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center. A ten-unit facility adjacent to the Medical Center is owned, operated and maintained by Assistance League of Downey and houses family members or out-patients coming from outside the area enabling them to participate in the rehabilitation program.
$66,535 spent$37,567 earned by the program38% of program spendingOperation School Bell Provides school clothing, a grooming kit, and a school spirit shirt to students in need from the Downey Unified School District who have been referred by their school office managers, counselors, or principals.
$37,364 spent22% of program spendingOTHERS: Hug-A-Bear A program for providing teddy bears to local police and firefighters for distribution following traumatic situations involving children.Scholarship The student Volunteer Scholarship Program is a philanthropic project that shall provide selected graduating seniors at Downey Unified School District high schools with $1,000 scholarships.
$30,144 spent17% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Dental Program Provides low-cost dental care to children in grades K-12 in the Downey Unified School District following an annual elementary school screening by the Downey Dental Academy and/or referral by the school nurse. These are children who do not qualify for Medi-Cal nor are they covered by private insurance. Provides dental health services, consulting and referrals to families of children in need during the school year as identified. Children's services are performed at Miller Children's Hospital in Long Beach. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: OTHERS: Hug-A-Bear A program for providing teddy bears to local police and firefighters for distribution following traumatic situations involving children.Scholarship The student Volunteer Scholarship Program is a philanthropic project that shall provide selected graduating seniors at Downey Unified School District high schools with $1,000 scholarships.
$38,957 spent23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $173,000.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $1.5M (−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.
29% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $1k → $345.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 DOWNEY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 93% · 2023 72% — 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
100% of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $255 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 DOWNEY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY
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
35% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 DOWNEY: 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 DOWNEY?
- ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,535 to it, the largest being DOWNEY KIWANIS FOUNDATION ($6,280). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,535 in grants to ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY?
- DOWNEY KIWANIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF DOWNEY 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 3 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