California · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC
COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,244 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($22,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $811k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $79k
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Community Working Group Inc does
Mission
To provide housing and services for homeless and low-income individuals and families, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless, in santa clara and san mateo counties. Cwg's mission is to develop and/or acquire housing that is made available to low-income families and individuals and those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Cwg achieves its goals by marshaling community resources and coordinating strategic alliances with community partners for the development and operation of housing and services, and by serving as advocates on their behalf.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To provide housing and services for homeless and low-income individuals and families, as well as those at risk of becoming homeless, in santa clara and san mateo counties. Cwg's mission is to develop and/or acquire housing that is made available to low-income families and individuals and those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Cwg achieves its goals by marshaling community resources and coordinating strategic alliances with community partners for the development and operation of housing and services, and by serving as advocates on their behalf.
$144,457 spent$134,793 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $144,457.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $13M (+9%).
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: 2019 14% · 2020 9% · 2021 6% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Vivian Wan
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $14k → $9k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 WORKING GROUP 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.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
80% 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 WORKING GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 55% · 2022 48% · 2023 89% — 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
80% of COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC'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 $16k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k 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
COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $308k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$308k
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 WORKING GROUP 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
45% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
18%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 23 related entities
- Opportunity Center LLC · disregarded
- Alma Garden LLC · disregarded
- 801 Alma LLC · disregarded
- Abode Services · exempt
- Abode Housing Development · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP 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 WORKING GROUP INC?
- COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $79,244 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($22,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $79,244 in grants to COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP INC?
- THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $22,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 7 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