California · Nonprofit
Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund
Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,734,199 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($725,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $651k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $394k
What Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund does
Mission
To advance the human and civil rights of immigrants by engaging them in civic participation & advocacy in issues of politics affecting immigrants in california.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Issue Advocacy Activities- During the November 5, 2024 general election period, CHIRLA Action Fund conducted voter education and mobilization activities related to ballot measures at the county and state levels. In Los Angeles County, CHIRLA Action Fund supported the passage of Measure A, and at the state level it advocated for Yes on Proposition 5, Yes on Proposition 33, and No on Proposition 36. Outreach activities included canvassing and call center operations conducted across California from August 7 through November 5, 2024 to inform voters about these measures. During the reporting period, CHIRLA Action Fund also continued issue advocacy through its "All in for Registry" campaign, which supports federal legislation (H.R. 1511 and S. 2606) that would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States. CHIRLA Action Fund conducted public education activities to inform voters and members about the legislation and organized advocacy delegations to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress and their staff. These activities were carried out in collaboration with local and national partners.
$630,594 spent96% of program spendingElectoral Activities-As part of its electoral organizing activities, CHIRLA Action Fund conducts political analysis of key races in California and candidate research to inform its endorsement process. During the 2024 election cycle, the Civic Engagement team hosted numerous candidate interviews with CHIRLA Action Fund's 501(c)(4) board of directors, members, and staff. Based on this process, CHIRLA Action Fund endorsed 18 candidates across local, state, and federal races, including the presidential race. Of these endorsed candidates, 11 were elected.
$23,173 spent4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $653,767.
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 2023 to 2024, from $825k to $453k (−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.
100% of Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $246k → $260k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action 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
Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 80% · 2019 75% · 2021 55% · 2022 65% · 2023 77% — 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
0% of Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% 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
Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $862k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund has grown faster than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action 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 Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund?
- Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,734,199 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($725,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,734,199 in grants to Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action Fund?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $725,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Californians for Human Immigrant Rights Leadership Action 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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