California · Nonprofit
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,603,622 to it, the largest being Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc ($675,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $47M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Disability Rights California does
Mission
Drc works in partnership with disabled people to defend rights, advance opportunities, grow power, and expand public support for disability justice in california and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program services to promote the rights of, and advocacy for, persons with disabilities. Other programs include: protection & advocacy of individual rights (pair), protection & advocacy for traumatic brain injury (patbi), protection & advocacy for beneficiaries of social security (pabss), protection & advocacy for assistive technology (paat), protection & advocacy for voting access (pava),strengthening protections for social security beneficiaries (spssb), client assistance program (cap), work incentives planning and assistance (wipa), state of california health and human services agency department of state hospitals (copr), state bar of california iolta, equal access, and homelessness prevention (passthrough federal funding).
$23,940,233 spentof which $25,350 as grants$1,762,936 earned by the program60% of program spendingThe office of clients rights advocacy (ocra), funded by the state of california health and human services agency, department of developmental services, provides legal information, advice, and representation to consumers of the 21 state regional centers.
$8,818,881 spentof which $1,100 as grants22% of program spendingThe protection & advocacy for developmental disabilities (padd) grant, funded by the u.s. Department of health and human services administration for community living, provides funding for drc's work to provide legal assistance and representation to individuals with intellectual / developmental disabilities.
$4,617,708 spentof which $60 as grants$469,084 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe protection & advocacy for individuals with mental illness (paimi) grant, funded by the u.s. Department of health and human services substance abuse and mental health services administration, provides funding for drc's work to provide legal assistance and representation to individuals with mental illness.
$2,819,482 spentof which $390 as grants$516,386 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,196,304.
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 2024 to 2025, from $34M to $41M (+21%).
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 97% · 2018 93% · 2019 91% · 2020 87% · 2021 90% · 2022 97% · 2023 95% · 2024 88% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $25k → $955k.
6 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA’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
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
85% 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 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 84% · 2019 73% · 2020 68% · 2021 42% · 2022 43% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“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
22% of DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
70% of DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $408k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA is better cushioned than half of the 58 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 58 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $142.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$85.4M
- Department of Education$30.1M
- Social Security Administration$27.4M
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 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 1 related entity
- 1831 K Holding Company LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA: 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 DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA?
- DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,603,622 to it, the largest being Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc ($675,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,603,622 in grants to DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA?
- Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc is the largest funder on record, with $675,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISABILITY RIGHTS CALIFORNIA 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 25 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