California · Nonprofit
Assistance League of Riverside California
Assistance League of Riverside California (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,971 to it, the largest being E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation ($80,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $938k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $305k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Assistance League of Riverside California does
Mission
Assistance League of Riverside is dedicated to providing programs that address unmet needs for children and young adults in our community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Operation School Bell has been providing new school clothes to homeless and economically disadvantaged school children since 1967, serving more than 55,400 children since its inception. In 2025-2026, approximately 2,231 children from Transitional Kindergarten through 12th grade, and some college students, received essential clothing to help them be successful at school. This program was expanded to the Corona-Norco area in 2022.
$362,257 spentof which $314,464 as grants54% of program spendingSnack Attack delivers bags of nutritious food items to local schools during the school year to be given to children who are homeless or from low-income families to alleviate their hunger over the weekend. The program also delivers food bags to children at a low-income pre-school on a year-round basis. Since its inception in 2007, this program has distributed over 432,400 snack bags to elementary schools in Riverside County, California School for the Deaf, a local child development center, and other agencies serving youths in need. During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026, the Chapter provided weekly deliveries of snack bags to 16 schools, serving approximately 1,000 students, with a total distribution of 34,442 snack bags.
$124,357 spentof which $108,245 as grants18% of program spendingCareer and College Bound encourages students to seek education beyond the secondary level. Since 1975, this program has awarded $304,800 in college visitation scholarships for local high school students, and $400,000 in college and vocational school scholarships for first-year expenses, including 26 scholarships at $2,000 each during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026.
$105,502 spentof which $91,600 as grants16% of program spendingHearts and Hands provides cultural, educational, and social opportunities to children and youth through collaborations with schools and other nonprofit groups. Hearts and Hands has the flexibility to work with other organizations to identify and respond to specific needs and to increase community awareness of our organization and its other programs. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026, the program served 1,125 children. Teen and Young Adult Support aids teens in need, including those who are aging out of foster care and entering college. Since its inception in 2013, this program has provided more than $215,300 in goods, services, and scholarships.
$45,958 spentof which $14,476 as grants7% of program spendingBear Pals began in 1988 and distributes new teddy bears to area hospitals, Riverside County Police and Sheriffs Departments, and the Juvenile Court system to provide comfort and quiet play activities to children who are patients or victims in traumatic situations. Approximately 61,300 teddy bears have been distributed since the beginning of this program, which in 2023 expanded to the Corona-Norco area.
$30,143 spentof which $26,238 as grants4% of program spendingOther Programs:RAP (Reading Assistance Partners) was launched in 2023 and provides tutoring in phonics to underachieving 2nd graders at 4 elementary schools. Childrens Outreach supports social and educational development of financially disadvantaged and special needs children through tuition scholarships, supplies, and activities provided through The Carolyn E. Wylie Center for Children, Youth & Families. Also, a $2,000 scholarship was awarded to a local high school senior.Adopt-a-Family provides families with food, decorations, and gifts during the holiday season.SOAR Reading provides after-school tutoring for students in grades 1-3. Financial Literacy provides tutoring that helps students in grades 46 develop essential financial literacy skills.
$5,347 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $673,564.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.6M to $2.8M (+6%).
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: 2022 5% · 2023 6% · 2024 4% · 2025 4% · 2026 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of Assistance League of Riverside California’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. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $14k → $30k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 Riverside California’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 Riverside California has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
52% 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 Assistance League of Riverside California.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 48% · 2019 59% · 2020 36% · 2021 37% · 2022 47% · 2023 49% — 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
71% of Assistance League of Riverside California's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
Assistance League of Riverside California draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Assistance League of Riverside California is better cushioned than half of the 142 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 142 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Assistance League of Riverside California
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Riverside California: 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 Riverside California?
- Assistance League of Riverside California (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,971 to it, the largest being E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation ($80,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Assistance League of Riverside California have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $304,971 in grants to Assistance League of Riverside California, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Assistance League of Riverside California?
- E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Assistance League of Riverside California 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 FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 14 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