California · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC
COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,750 to it, the largest being MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION ($37,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $727k
What Community Economics Inc does
Mission
Community economics, inc.'s mission is to increase the supply of permanently affordable housing serving the lowest income households. Cei will undertake this mission through (1) the provision of technical assistance in the development and financing of permanently affordable housing to nonprofit developers, public agencies, and tenant organizations; and (2) education, research, and policy development with housing advocates, public policy makers, and the lending and investment community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Technical assistance is provided to non-profit community-based organizations and public agencies in the areas of: development, maintenance, and management of low-income housing including subsidized housing; community-based real estate development; and community-based economic development. Publications such as feasibility studies and manual are written and distributed at cost.
$1,106,808 spentof which $19,330 as grants$1,087,053 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,106,808.
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 2017 to 2018, from $3.7M to $3.0M (−19%).
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 COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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
Elissa Dennis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $8k.
From the IRS filings of COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC’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.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMUNITY ECONOMICS 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. 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 ECONOMICS INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COMMUNITY ECONOMICS 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ECONOMICS 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 ECONOMICS INC?
- COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $37,750 to it, the largest being MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION ($37,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $37,750 in grants to COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ECONOMICS INC?
- MIDPEN HOUSING CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $37,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ECONOMICS 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.
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 1 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing