California · Nonprofit
CLAUSEN HOUSE
CLAUSEN HOUSE (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,736 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($156,787). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $318k
- Net assets
- $8.8M
What Clausen House does
Mission
At Clausen House, our mission is to create opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to gain competency, develop relationships and join the community with increasing command over their own lives. We provide residential services, independent and supported living, supported employment, adult education, and social recreation. We celebrate the diversity of the bay area and work toward reflecting this diversity throughout our organization.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential program - Clausen House provides coeducational housing for adults with developmental disabilities in our three group residences, which are spacious older homes in the adams point neighborhood near lake merritt in oakland. Our homes serve a total of 37 men and women, all of whom either work, volunteer in the community, or attend a day program or community college. We emphasize independent living skills, responsible decision-making, and developing the ability to get along well with others. Functional skill training is provided in cooking, household chores, money management, effective use of leisure time, community safety, and other activities of daily living. Applicants who are considered for our residential program typically have mild to moderate mental retardation and may have an additional diagnosis. They must be ambulatory, capable of performing basic self-care tasks, able to interact appropriately with others, and exhibit no aggressive behavior.
$1,149,695 spent42% of program spendingIndependent and supported living programs - Clausen House's independent living services (ils) and supported living services (sls) are programs that allow people with developmental disabilities to live as independently as possible in their own homes in the community. In both ils and sls, clients are given training and assistance with essential life skills including money management, nutrition, housing and benefits issues, medical self-management, and more. Independent and supported living are very similar. The difference is in the volume and type of service provided. Independent living may provide up to 40 hours per month of training and assistance and the need for services are expected to diminish to approximately 15 hours per month. In supported living, the client may obtain a significantly higher number of hours of support and instruction and does not necessarily assume a decrease in service volume over time. Since 1977, Clausen House has provided independent living services to people living in community-based apartments. Our lenox apartment building can accommodate adults who are transitioning from their family or group home into greater independence. Since 1993, Clausen House…
$598,527 spent22% of program spendingSupported employment program - one of the most exciting ways for people with development disabilities is to achieve full inclusion in the community. Clausen House helps clients choose, obtain, and retain integrated employment in a variety of workplaces. We provide situational assessments, job development and placement, and ongoing training or coaching tailored to the individual's needs. Depending on the client's skill set and readiness for work, he or she may be placed in a group that is closely supervised by a trainer, or may receive an individual placement with job coaching suited to his or her needs. Our job coaches work closely with employers to identify and resolve any issues that may affect job performance resulting in loyal, motivated employees with low turnover and a high level of job satisfaction. Clausen House's supported employment partners are very pleased with our clients, some of whom have been employed by the same employer for over 20 years.
$526,384 spent19% of program spendingAdult education & activity program - Clausen House offers classes for people with a range of developmental disabilities with the goal to challenge students intellectually, stimulate their creativity, and help them maximize their functional level. Students gain competency in essential life skills by taking part in classes, cultural events, and volunteer experiences. By learning adaptive social behaviors, students are better able to achieve inclusion in the community. Students entering the program may have limitations in spoken and written communication, interpersonal skills, accessing the community, task completion, money management, self-care, or the ability to pursue leisure activities. All instructors have a bachelor's degree or higher, and the instructor-to-student ratio is 1:7. Classes are taught year-round year-round and held at the Clausen House community center and at other locations. Our curriculum includes the following skill areas: functional academic skills; social skills, communication, and self-advocacy; community integration and volunteer work experiences; cultural enrichment; and health and wellness.
$485,215 spent18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,759,821.
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 $6.3M to $7.8M (+23%).
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.
2% of CLAUSEN HOUSE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $28k → $18k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 CLAUSEN HOUSE’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
CLAUSEN HOUSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 CLAUSEN HOUSE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 57% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 59% · 2022 40% · 2023 72% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of CLAUSEN HOUSE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
64% of CLAUSEN HOUSE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $115k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $203k 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
CLAUSEN HOUSE receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $318k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CLAUSEN HOUSE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.1M
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 CLAUSEN HOUSE
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLAUSEN HOUSE: 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 CLAUSEN HOUSE?
- CLAUSEN HOUSE (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $317,736 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($156,787). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CLAUSEN HOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $317,736 in grants to CLAUSEN HOUSE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLAUSEN HOUSE?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $156,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLAUSEN HOUSE 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 11 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