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Assistance League of Newport-Mesa

Assistance League of Newport-Mesa (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $292,199 to it, the largest being JATAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($110,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.9M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$292k
Net assets
$5.1M
8/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Assistance League of Newport-Mesa does

Mission

Assistance League of Newport-Mesa is a volunteer, nonprofit organization that benefits children and families through community philanthropic programs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Cheri Harris Childrens Dental Health Center provides a full range of low cost or free dental and orthodontic services. Children and young adults who qualify for our program are often identified and referred by school administrators. The physical and emotional impacts resulting from this quality care is immeasurable.

    $470,687 spent$145,858 earned by the program
    73% of program spending
  2. Operation School Bell (OSB) provides back to school essentials including new school uniforms, underwear, socks, hoodies, books, and school supplies. An offshoot of this program, ALs Closet, also provides gently used clothing to at-risk students in elementary, middle, and high schools where uniforms are not required.

    $88,770 spentof which $80,389 as grants
    14% of program spending
  3. Community Outreach Program (COP) allows the Chapter to respond to community specific needs as they arise. This includes providing scholarships for qualified high school seniors who have been accepted at universities, community colleges, or trade schools.

    $82,160 spentof which $81,000 as grants
    13% of program spending
  4. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Programs primarily include Kids on the Block (TKOB) which provides a puppet education program to elementary school students in the local community. The program utilizes child-sized puppets, staffed by our volunteer puppeteers, to perform skits on topics such as bullying, fire safety, and calling 9-1-1.

    $6,332 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $647,949.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($628k) Expenses 100 ($701k) Net assets 100 ($4.0M)2022 Revenue 170 ($1.1M) Expenses 109 ($765k) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2023 Revenue 109 ($686k) Expenses 127 ($887k) Net assets 95 ($3.8M)2024 Revenue 214 ($1.3M) Expenses 144 ($1.0M) Net assets 106 ($4.2M)2025 Revenue 301 ($1.9M) Expenses 144 ($1.0M) Net assets 129 ($5.1M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (301)Expenses (144)Net assets (129)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.4M to $5.3M (+21%).

$4.2M
$4.1M
$3.9M
$4.4M
$5.3M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

65% of Assistance League of Newport-Mesa’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$73k
’21
$305k
’22
−$201k
’23
$333k
’24
$877k
’25
2.5
months of
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed1110111113
Joined·+7+3+5+3
No longer listed·8251
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $26k → $9k.

3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 Newport-Mesa’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 15 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 Newport-Mesa leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

38%
largest funder
68%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 95% · 2019 83% · 2020 69% · 2021 43% · 2022 74% · 2023 58% — 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

50% of Assistance League of Newport-Mesa's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

98% of Assistance League of Newport-Mesa's grant income comes from California funders.

CA
DE
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Assistance League of Newport-Mesa runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin46% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)32% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like Assistance League of Newport-Mesa

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 16%Fundraising 18%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Assistance League of Newport-Mesa?
Assistance League of Newport-Mesa (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $292,199 to it, the largest being JATAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($110,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Assistance League of Newport-Mesa have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $292,199 in grants to Assistance League of Newport-Mesa, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Assistance League of Newport-Mesa?
JATAIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Assistance League of Newport-Mesa 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 15 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