California · Nonprofit
Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada
Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,841 to it, the largest being HICKS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $-2247441
What Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada does
Mission
Masada is a non-profit public benefit corporation established in March 1966, to provide quality mental health and social services to individuals and families so that they may achieve their goals and enhance the quality of their lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Mental Health programs provide non-residential treatment to children and adults. Services include, but are not limited to assessment, evaluation, plan development, therapy, collateral, and rehabilitation. The main emphasis is on the restoration of personal growth and development. Masada has a contract with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. During the year, 1,659 clients were served.
$15,190,294 spentof which $983,492 as grants78% of program spendingThe Wraparound Program is an alternative to out of home placement. Children are provided a variety of services by a multidisciplinary team with the goal of maintaining family structure while providing a safe and secure environment in the home. This program is dually funded by the Department of Mental Health and Department of Children and Family Services. In the year ended 6/30/25, 21,500 hours of care were provided to 145 clients.
$4,400,743 spentof which $324,019 as grants22% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,591,037.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.1M to $7.3M (+79%).
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 95% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
James Wind
CEO (end 4/25)
Board chair
William Paulsen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $43.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada’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
Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $341 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada's revenue grew 31% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada
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
88% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada: 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 Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada?
- Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,841 to it, the largest being HICKS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,841 in grants to Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada?
- HICKS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Counseling and Research Associates Inc dba Masada 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 2 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