California · Nonprofit
Community Action Board of SC County Inc
Community Action Board of SC County Inc (California) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,486,453 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ($2,884,301). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 51
- Grants received
- $9.5M
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What Community Action Board of SC County Inc does
Mission
To partner with the community to eliminate poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency payment programs- emergency payments for services that enable calworks participants and other referred low-income people to retain their employment, continue their education, move into, retain, or improve housing and other critical self-sufficiency items/services.
$1,935,146 spentof which $2,079,917 as grants23% of program spendingSanta Cruz County Immigration Project (SCCIP) - provides outreach, immigration legal assistance, and information and referral services to Santa Cruz and North Monterey County clients.
$1,532,663 spentof which $1,885,708 as grants18% of program spendingALCANCE - The mission of Alcance is to provide youth amd adults impacted by poverty with employment services.
$1,021,165 spentof which $1,080,174 as grants12% of program spendingRental assistance program (formerly the shelter project) - provides assistance to low-income households with rent assistance to avoid eviction.
$694,802 spentof which $708,003 as grants8% of program spendingYouth Homeless Response Team (YHRT): By outreach efforts we connect and identify unaccompanied at-risk youth ages 15-24, to individualized services needed to thrive, with Case management, Mentorship, and connection to Benefits and Services including Education and Employment, throughout Santa Cruz County.
$690,669 spentof which $819,555 as grants8% of program spendingSPECIAL PROJECTS - Work is focused on Preparation, Response and Recovery for health, climate and natural disasters that impact the most vulnerable community members. Work includes: Coordination & Alignment of Services Communications & Community Engagement Infrastructure development.
$585,201 spentof which $647,867 as grants7% of program spendingRecurso de Fuerza Village
$538,784 spentof which $421,075 as grants6% of program spendingNetwork / HUB - Provides legal support and resources to help individuals and families navigate complex systems.
$369,160 spentof which $372,219 as grants4% of program spendingDavenport Resource Service Center (DRSC) - operates a multi-service community center that provides food distributions, outreach, transportation, case management and translation services as well as recreational/educational activities for youth, teens, and seniors.
$340,614 spentof which $356,285 as grants4% of program spendingCalAIM Services - Promoting housing stability by helping individuals and families overcome health and financial barriers to securing safe and affordable housing.
$222,411 spentof which $221,683 as grants3% of program spendingEl Pajaro Center
$202,875 spent2% of program spendingDay worker center - provides a facility and support services for day laborers in santa cruz county.
$189,230 spentof which $111,247 as grants2% of program spendingWatsonville Works (WWKS) - We serve individuals over the age of 18 that are currently experiencing homelessness in Watsonville. Our goal is to provide them with necessary transitional job experience and tools so that they may join the work force and ultimately resolve their homelessness situation. We provide Transitional Work Experience and incentives (gift certificates at $25.00/3 day a week) and case management.
$96,809 spentof which $118,352 as grants1% of program spending
The 13 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,419,529.
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 $2.9M to $5.1M (+77%).
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: 2017 73% · 2018 83% · 2019 86% · 2020 76% · 2021 71% · 2022 83% · 2023 80% · 2024 86% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Community Action Board of SC County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Maria Elena De La Garza
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $241k → $2.2M.
12 of 51 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Community Action Board of SC County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 51 funders by total. 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
Community Action Board of SC County Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
77% 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 Community Action Board of SC County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 67% · 2019 61% · 2020 52% · 2021 23% · 2022 53% · 2023 61% — 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
42% of Community Action Board of SC County Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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 Community Action Board of SC County Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Community Action Board of SC County Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding Community Action Board of SC County Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record.
- Department of Justice$972k
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$502k
- Department of Homeland Security$300k
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 Community Action Board of SC County Inc
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Community Action Board of SC County Inc: 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 Community Action Board of SC County Inc?
- Community Action Board of SC County Inc (California) receives grants from 51 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,486,453 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ($2,884,301). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Community Action Board of SC County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 51 organizations giving $9,486,453 in grants to Community Action Board of SC County Inc, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Community Action Board of SC County Inc?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $2,884,301 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Community Action Board of SC County Inc 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 51 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