California · Nonprofit
BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC
BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,884,646 to it, the largest being ONE PLANET RESEARCH FOUNDATION ($2,290,302). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $4.9M
- Net assets
- $484k
What Better Angels United Inc does
Mission
The organization is taking a holistic approach in tackling homelessness in los angeles, leveraging innovation and pragmatic solutions in five areas: prevention, housing, services, shelter, and technology.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Last year, the prevention pillar was the only one highlighted separately due to the relative inactivity of the other pillars. However, in 2024, the other pillars experienced an increase in activity.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The technology pillar is dedicated to transforming la county's homeless services ecosystem by driving greater efficiency and effectiveness through innovative, purpose-built technology solutions. Better angels has designed and developed the mobile-first outreach app, created to support outreach workers as they connect with and serve clients across the community.
$946,541 spent36% of program spendingThe short-term eviction prevention (step) fund initially began operations in 2022 as a pilot program and has since grown to become a signature program of the prevention pillar. In 2024 alone, the step fund issued 306 interest-free loans totaling approximately $656,000.
$548,995 spentof which $358,440 as grants21% of program spendingAs part of the shelter pillar, the organization began developing a comprehensive interim housing database for la county and a companion mobile application for first responders, case workers and homeless individuals. These projects are the foundation for a broader plan to support improved accessibility and efficiency for shelter operators.
$429,985 spent17% of program spendingThrough the services pillar, in addition to supporting numerous community events serving neighbors experiencing homelessness, better angels hosted 40 resource days in neighborhoods throughout los angeles, providing safe, one-stop access to essential services for people experiencing homelessness. Guests received support ranging from clothing, hygiene supplies, and food to identification services, housing navigation, showers, mobile phones, and medical care, while building connections with service providers and community partners.
$399,734 spent15% of program spendingThe housing pillar focused on developing a new approach to building affordable housing faster, better and more cost effectively. This work led to the establishment of the better angels affordable housing fund.
$273,076 spent11% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,598,331.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $272k to $494k (+82%).
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.
100% of BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $101k → $1.7M.
6 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 14 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
BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 99% · 2023 50% — 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 BETTER ANGELS UNITED 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. $577k 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
BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BETTER ANGELS UNITED 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Better Angels Holding Co LLC · disregarded
- 1p Foundation · exempt
- One Planet Research Foundation · exempt
- 1p Advocacy · exempt
- Better Angels Affordable Housing Fund Gp LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC?
- BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,884,646 to it, the largest being ONE PLANET RESEARCH FOUNDATION ($2,290,302). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $4,884,646 in grants to BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETTER ANGELS UNITED INC?
- ONE PLANET RESEARCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,290,302 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETTER ANGELS UNITED 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), 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