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DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,165,959 to it, the largest being SUNLIGHT GIVING ($300,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What District Council of Contra Costa County Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese does
Mission
The mission of st. Vincent de paul of contra costa county (svdp) is "network of friends, inspired by gospel values, growing in holiness and building a more just world through personal relationships with and service to people in need." svdp has been the "safety net of the safety net" for struggling families throughout contra costa for over 58 years, providing help and hope in challenging times. We are a trusted resource with a proven track record for offering human services to families in need such as food, shelter, clothing, employment, medical care and referral to additional social services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Donations of clothing, furniture, and household items, automobiles and recyclable materials are received, sorted and distributed to needy individuals or sold in our thrift stores. Work force training and employment in the stores and warehouse are provided to low income or unemployed individuals. Furniture, clothing and household items are provided free or at low cost to needy individuals.
$3,882,968 spent100% of program spendingAssistance with housing, utilities, furniture, food and clothing; referral to other social services is provided directly to needy individuals by our conferences, a network of community-based conferences staffed by volunteers.
The free medical clinic program, "rotacare pittsburg free medical clinic at st. Vincent de paul": the free clinic was developed and built by st. Vincent de paul, providing urgent and primary/chronic care for adults with no insurance. All patients lack medical insurance, and 98% have income below 200% of the fpl. All medical care, pharmaceuticals, lab services, x-ray/diagnostic testing, nutritional and healthy cooking classes, diabetes health classes, social worker assistance, and referrals to specialty care/surgical care are free to our patients. The licensed clinic is staffed by volunteer medical professionals, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, certified diabetes educators, bi-lingual translators, social workers, and administrative staff. Over 16,800 patient visits have been resolved to uninsured patients since opening in 2011. Achievements not directly measured are the well-being and suffering, productivity gains achieved by patients able to return to work or prevent loss of employment due to medical conditions being resolved. Additionally, significant expenses that would have otherwise been incurred by local emergency rooms for…
6. St. Vincent de paul free food programs are offered at our free dining room and free food pantry. Over 200 hot, nutritious meals are served at lunch 7 days a week 11:00 am 12:45 pm, at the loaves and fishes pittsburg dining room at st. Vincent de paul. Loaves and fishes of contra costa generously provides the daily meals, and we jointly manage the program. Annually, over 40,000 meals are provided. When not providing meals, the free dining room is used as a "st. Vincent de paul community center" to host job training, health workshops on diabetes/obesity and other community events. Svdp operates an emergency food pantry in pittsburg, open daily m-f 9:00 am 4:30 pm, offering a 3-day supply of food to those in need, where over 2,400 individuals are served annually. We also serve snack bags to the unhoused, distributing over 3,000 bags annually. In addition to the emergency food offered by our centralized service, our 28 svdp branches operate an additional 18 food pantries, providing over $5.1 million annually in food supplies to the needy in contra costa county. We also provide thanksgiving and holiday food basket programs annually.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,882,968.
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 $3.6M to $4.5M (+26%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 5% · 2021 8% · 2022 4% · 2023 7% · 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Claudia Ramirez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $90k → $347k.
9 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 29 of 32 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
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 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 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 38% · 2019 38% · 2020 28% · 2021 14% · 2022 35% · 2023 17% — 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
50% of DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
86% of DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $683k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE?
- DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,165,959 to it, the largest being SUNLIGHT GIVING ($300,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $2,165,959 in grants to DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE?
- SUNLIGHT GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE 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 32 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