California · Nonprofit
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,090,388 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,394,531). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.3M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse does
Mission
Coras mission is to provide safety, support and healing for individuals who experience abuse in an intimate relationship, and educate the community to break the cycle of domestic violence. Coras vision is a society where intimate partners treat one another with respect, where domestic violence and other forms of relationship abuse are not tolerated, and where services are accessible to all who need them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supportive Housing and Emergency Shelter:CORA offers supportive housing and subsidies to individuals and families left homeless due to domestic violence, as well as emergency shelter for those fleeing violence. Housing and shelter staff assist clients with stabilizing income, accessing available public benefits, and transitioning toward permanent housing. The programs goal is to support long-term self-sufficiency and safety. During the fiscal year 2024-25, 82 clients received supportive housing and/or emergency shelter services.
$2,125,621 spentof which $1,109,051 as grants$2,166,235 earned by the program38% of program spendingFamily Support Services:Mental Health Services CORA offers therapeutic counseling services for survivors and their children. Counseling and support groups are led by trained, trauma-informed specialists and are available in English and Spanish. Services may be provided in person or via telehealth to maintain accessibility. During the fiscal year 2024-25, 451 San Mateo County residents received mental health services through CORA.First 5 CORAs First 5funded Zero to Five Family-Centered Mental Health Program provides trauma-informed child-parent psychotherapy and therapeutic parenting support groups for families with children ages 0 to 5 impacted by domestic violence. Services strengthen parent-child relationships, reduce trauma symptoms, and support caregivers in creating safe, stable, and nurturing environments for young children.SPARK Program As part of its mental health services, CORA operates the SPARK program, which provides rapid, trauma-informed therapeutic intervention for children following domestic violence incidents involving law enforcement. SPARK focuses on early stabilization, emotional processing, and connection to ongoing mental health supports for children and…
$1,365,186 spentof which $1,981 as grants$1,282,090 earned by the program24% of program spendingLegal Services:CORA works collaboratively with the San Mateo County District Attorneys Office to ensure survivors of domestic violence understand their rights as victim-witnesses and have access to the criminal legal system. Services include legal advocacy and representation. CORA attorneys and legal staff provide free and confidential assistance with restraining orders and related family law matters, including divorce, custody and visitation, establishment of paternity, and child or spousal support. Court accompaniment, advocacy, and referrals are also provided. During the fiscal year 2024-25, 831 clients received legal representation and 233 clients were accompanied to court hearings.Legal Information Line CORA operates a legal information line that accepts messages related to the legal aspects of domestic violence. Attorneys return calls within two days to provide legal information, referrals, and guidance related to restraining orders, custody, divorce, and immigration matters. During the fiscal year 2024-25, the department responded to 2,101 requests for service.
$736,919 spentof which $590 as grants$827,398 earned by the program13% of program spendingCSS (Crisis Support Services):CORA's CSS Department serves as the front door to the agency for clients and the community. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CSS provides a lifeline for people in the midst of a domestic violence crisis. With services available around the clock, the department serves as a first responder, offering immediate, compassionate, and skilled support to those in dire need. The department features two programs:24-hour hotline The hotline is how the majority of those fleeing domestic violence get connected to needed services. The hotline supports safety planning and provides an assessment of risks and needs, facilitating access to emergency housing, shelter, or referrals to other departments as indicated. It is a vital component of ensuring the community has access to intervention services in moments of crisis.Emergency Response Program (ERP) ERP is a joint project with countywide law enforcement, through which CORA provides timely intervention and advocacy. This program bridges the gap between immediate danger and ongoing support. In collaboration with local police and sheriff departments, ERP ensures survivors in crisis situations are connected to services…
$734,208 spentof which $18,155 as grants$965,740 earned by the program13% of program spendingPrevention & Community Engagement:CORAs Prevention & Community Engagement Department implements primary prevention strategies and community-based education to raise awareness, reduce risk factors, and strengthen community responses to domestic violence throughout San Mateo County.The department is comprised of the following programs:Guaranteed Income Initiative As part of its prevention and stabilization efforts, CORA administers a Guaranteed Income initiative for survivors experiencing financial instability. The program provides time-limited, unrestricted financial support to reduce economic dependence, support safety, and decrease barriers to long-term stability and independence.Satellite Offices East Palo Alto and Coastside Through satellite offices in East Palo Alto and the Coastside region, including Half Moon Bay, CORA expands access to domestic violence services for communities that face geographic, linguistic, or systemic barriers to care. These offices provide outreach, education, and direct advocacy services. Community Advocates offer case management, safety planning, risk assessment, education, referrals, and connection to CORAs core programs, while also conducting…
$702,289 spentof which $140,541 as grants$608,520 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,664,223.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $9.7M to $11M (+13%).
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 50% · 2018 64% · 2019 64% · 2020 64% · 2021 68% · 2022 70% · 2023 70% · 2024 70% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Karen Ferguson
CEO
Board chair
Donald Duffy Magilligan
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $649k → $1.2M.
20 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
56% 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 CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 33% · 2019 46% · 2020 18% · 2021 25% · 2022 10% · 2023 19% — 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.
How long its funders stay
52% of CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
98% of CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.7M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$5.3M
- Department of Justice$1.6M
- Department of Health and Human Services$757k
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 CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse: 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 CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse?
- CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (California) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,090,388 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,394,531). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $8,090,388 in grants to CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,394,531 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse 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 71 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