California · Nonprofit
C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC
C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC (California) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,154,712 to it, the largest being WINDSONG TRUST ($1,325,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $6.2M
What C5 Youth Foundation of Southern California Inc does
Mission
The mission of the c5 youth foundation of southern california, also known as c5la, is to change the odds for high-potential teens from under-resourced communities by inspiring them to pursue personal success, while preparing them for leadership roles (see schedule o)in school, college, work and their communities. We encourage c5la teens to be character-driven, community-focused, challenged ready, college bound, and committed to a better future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The mission of c5 youth foundation of southern california is to change the odds for high-potential teens from under-resourced communities by inspiring them to pursue personal success, while preparing them for leadership roles in school, college, work and their communities.our programs are centered around the belief that all students, regardless of race, gender, sexual identity, and economic status have the potential to achieve their academic and career goals. With 100% of our students graduating high school and 95% of them going into a 4-year college institution, the program and its impact have surpassed expectations.
$1,809,774 spentof which $199,914 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,809,774.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.5M to $6.4M (+314%).
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: 2020 14% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC’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. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Joseph Collins
Executive director
Board chair
Carol Truscott
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $454k → $1.1M.
12 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 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
C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC 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
46% 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 C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 39% · 2019 40% · 2020 26% · 2021 29% · 2022 21% · 2023 21% — 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
42% of C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
73% of C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 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. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC's funding base is broadening — from 11 funders to 18 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC?
- C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC (California) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,154,712 to it, the largest being WINDSONG TRUST ($1,325,000). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $5,154,712 in grants to C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC?
- WINDSONG TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like C5 YOUTH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 49 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