California · Nonprofit
DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION
DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,954,318 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($6,740,785). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 98
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Dolores C Huerta Foundation does
Mission
To engage exclusively in charitable, educational, and social purposes for the benefit of low-income persons. To create a network of organized communities pursuing social justice through systemic and structural transformation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community organizing & civic engagementin 2024, dhf reached 18,200 voters and registered 925 new voters through non-partisan canvassing and voter drives; launched 5 new vecinos unidos chapters to build local, year-round power across the central valley. We engaged 6,000 attendees at community events, where personal stories of voting for the first time were shared, inspiring others to make their voices heard.
$4,359,143 spent$38,262 earned by the program76% of program spendingResource centers & health access in 2024, dhf hosted 4 mobile eye clinics, providing 45 eye exams for farmworkers and administering 69 covid and flu vaccines. To address food insecurity, the foundation distributed 24 food boxes during the holiday season from thanksgiving to christmas. Throughout the year, dhf also attended 50+ community events, sharing vital resources and information with families. Staff supported 1,260 unduplicated community members with medical re-enrollment, guiding them through the enrollment process, and offered 500+ referrals for urgent needs such as restoring electricity, accessing food boxes, and resolving itin questions. The foundation's work was further strengthened by 8 interns, who contributed nearly 2,000 volunteer hours, expanding dhf's capacity to serve the community.
$741,802 spent$245,674 earned by the program13% of program spendingYouth leadership & education equityin 2024, dhf held 6 workshops on school district accountability, engaging over 50 youth and vecinos in strengthening their skills as advocates for equity in education. The foundation also reached 847 students through 119 events focused on higher education and career readiness, supporting young people as they explored pathways to college and future careers. Beyond direct programming, dhf youth leaders helped shape statewide conversations on healthier school meals and first-time voter engagement, while the education equity program and kern education justice collaborative continued organizing for fair school funding and restorative justice practices. Dhf also carried forward legal action challenging the approval of a charter school that threatened students with disabilities and english learners, underscoring the foundation's commitment to educational equity and community voice.
$617,550 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,718,495.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.9M to $20M (+588%).
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 74% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Camila Chavez
Executive director
Board chair
Cruz Phillips
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $557k → $3.5M.
21 of 98 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 DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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
DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% 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
49% 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 DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 48% · 2019 54% · 2020 46% · 2021 21% · 2022 67% · 2023 23% — 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
21% of DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
82% of DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 2 related entities
- Dhf Peace and Justice Corporation · exempt
- Dolores Huerta Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION: 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 DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION?
- DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,954,318 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($6,740,785). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $18,954,318 in grants to DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $6,740,785 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOLORES C HUERTA FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 98 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