California · Nonprofit
Califa Group
Califa Group (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,063,319 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($800,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Califa Group does
Mission
Califa Group is a nonprofit library membership consortium of more than 200 libraries and is the largest library network in California.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Califa brokers & facilitates procurement of discounted library products for CA libraries; works closely with the CA State Library in administering statewide grant projects supported by Federal Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) funds. Califa administers national grant projects, offers Continuing Education & Professional Development Tracking through the Infopeople Project, manages master contracts & pricing agreements with publishers & vendors. Memberships include those of all sizes & types of libraries - academic, researh, public, schools,corporate, medical, law & other. Califa Group services include: Digital Resources Broker, Library Procurement Services, Vendor Prototyping Services, Grant Partner & Fiscal Agent and Continuing Education & professional develpment.
$10,183,441 spent$6,300,833 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $10,183,441.
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 2021 to 2022, from $14M to $7.7M (−45%).
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: 2017 38% · 2018 45% · 2019 13% · 2020 16% · 2021 9% · 2022 13% · 2023 39% · 2024 32% · 2025 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of Califa Group’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Paula MacKinnon
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $13k → $250k.
From the IRS filings of Califa Group’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
Califa Group leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
76% of Califa Group's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Califa Group is better cushioned than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Califa Group receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.8M on record — $2.7M federal, $170k state.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$2.7M
- OR$86k
- DE$84k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Califa Group
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Califa Group: 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 Califa Group?
- Califa Group (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,063,319 to it, the largest being The David and Lucile Packard Foundation ($800,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Califa Group have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,063,319 in grants to Califa Group, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Califa Group?
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Califa Group 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 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