California · Nonprofit
CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER
CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $977,103 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($795,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $977k
- Net assets
- $18M
What Childrens Services Foundation Dba Catalyst Center does
Mission
Promoting the health, well-being and safety of children, youth and families in california as a collective voice impacting policy and best practices to strengthen the systems that serve them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Full Circle Health NetworkFull Circle Health Network was founded in 2022 and grew out of a vision to create a network for CA Alliance member organizations that wanted to contract with Medi-Cal Managed Care plans and provide CalAIM services. It began as a subsidiary of the CA Alliances Catalyst Center and now serves an even broader group of organizations.During 2024-25, Full Circle Health Network continued to grow rapidly as it increased the number of providers in the network to over 100, who provided outreach and Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports (CS) to thousands of individual Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Thanks to the strong CA Alliance anchor organizations that helped lead the development of the network and make up the majority of the Board of Directors, Full Circle is thriving and continuing to expand its supports and services for children, youth, and families.In July 2025, Full Circle transitioned from a subsidiary of the Childrens Services Foundation (dba Catalyst Center) to a connected 501(c)(3) with shared Directors and will continue as a member organization of the CA Alliance. As sister organizations, Full Circle and the CA Alliance remain closely aligned…
$8,642,087 spentof which $3,466,315 as grants$11,643,636 earned by the program58% of program spendingCatalyst CenterThe Catalyst Center is the operational heart of our work, delivering training, technical assistance,research, the Apprenticeship program, the Open Doors program, and a wide range of supports that strengthen child and family-serving organizations across the state. EventsThe Catalyst Center team provides the field with access to skilled technical assistance providers who build networks across California, deepen cross-sector relationships, and help ensure that communityneeds and lived experience remain central to practice and system improvement.Across this work, the Catalyst Center ensures that members are equipped with practical tools,responsive support, and data-driven insights. By building statewide networks, removing barriers to service delivery, and supporting organizations in real time, the Catalyst Center remains a vital resource for members and a cornerstone of the CA Alliances mission to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families throughout California.Technical AssistanceTechnical Assistance (TA) is an essential service we provide, ensuring that organizations across California have the support they need with complex challenges. The TA team works side…
$6,255,566 spent$2,960 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,897,653.
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 $735k to $1.3M (+75%).
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 44% · 2021 46% · 2022 51% · 2023 96% · 2025 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $92k → $200k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $40k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Horizons). These are real filings, and they are not money CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER’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
CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 85% · 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
98% of CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k 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
CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER
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 2 related entities
- Full Circle Health Network LLC · disregarded
- California Alliance of Child & Family Sv · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER: 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 CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER?
- CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $977,103 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($795,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $977,103 in grants to CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $795,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDRENS SERVICES FOUNDATION DBA CATALYST CENTER 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 5 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