California · Nonprofit
Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure
Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,242,500 to it, the largest being American Council of Engineering Companies of California ($425,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $9k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure does
Mission
To oppose the passage of California Prop 6 that would defund projects for bridge and road safety in the CA 2018 statewide election.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
Finishing up business from the 2018 election. Received refunds from 2019 income taxes, had some remaining expenses to pay. Holding funds for a future election cycle.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.0M to $1.0M (−1%).
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.
0% of Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2018 → 2019: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $210k.
From the IRS filings of Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure’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 Safe Reliable Infrastructure leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 87%; 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 Safe Reliable Infrastructure.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 39% · 2019 71% — growing more concentrated.
“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
70% of Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure'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
Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure's revenue fell 97% between 2017 and 2020.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,213 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2020
Organizations like Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure
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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure?
- Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,242,500 to it, the largest being American Council of Engineering Companies of California ($425,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,242,500 in grants to Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure?
- American Council of Engineering Companies of California is the largest funder on record, with $425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure 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.
Play a game about who funds Californians for Safe Reliable Infrastructure →
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 9 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