California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,071,700 to it, the largest being WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION ($10,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What California Volunteers Fund does
Mission
The California Volunteers Fund supports partnerships between the private sector and california volunteers, a department of the office of the governor of the state of california. Its mission is to engage all californians in service, volunteerism and civic (cont. On sch. O) action to tackle california's most pressing challenges.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Climate corps/climate corps expansion: the california climate action corps program continues to support traditional service corps models, recruitment efforts to build strong fellowship cohorts, funding to increase fellowship, stipends for service fellows, and service and volunteer efforts to engage communities throughout california. California Volunteers Fund's climate corps expansion work leverages the california climate action corps model to scale state-led climate corps across the country. Eight states have joined california as partners in this initiative that deploys the power of service to tackle the climate crisis.
$3,197,616 spentof which $2,415,215 as grants71% of program spendingCorps to career: launched as a pilot program in los angeles in 2022, the corps to career program supports california volunteers service program alumni in finding post-service careers that offer competitive salaries and benefits. This model builds networks, soft skills and career development, and employee partnerships.
$916,642 spentof which $16,475 as grants20% of program spendingCollege corps: launched in 2022, the #californiansforall college corps engages college students in critical service activities around education and mentorship, food insecurity, and climate action. Funding was allocated to support the new program, with funds leveraged for supplies, materials, workshops, convenings, logistics/preparation needed.
$178,161 spent4% of program spendingThe California Volunteers Fund continued to support the californiansforall program, providing additional resources for a program that encourages engagement with californians around service, volunteerism, and individual action. California Volunteers Fund is leading a planning effort to launch a california youth mental health corps. The California Volunteers Fund is working through a planning grant to build a program model that: seeks to tackle the workforce shortages in youth mental health, engages service members in meaningful service that builds pathways for employment in the youth mental health workforce, and leverages state, federal, and philanthropic resources and infrastructure to build a sustainable program.
$190,679 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,483,098.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $545k to $6.8M (+1155%).
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.
98% of CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (69% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
David Smith
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $51k → $2.2M.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND’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
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 78%; 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: 2020 49% · 2021 40% · 2022 75% · 2023 45% — 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
29% of CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 29% 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
89% of CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND: 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 CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND?
- CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,071,700 to it, the largest being WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION ($10,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $17,071,700 in grants to CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND?
- WAVERLEY STREET FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS FUND 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 21 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