California · Nonprofit
DOWNSTOWN INC
DOWNSTOWN INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,462 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($8,638). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $946k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $14k
- Net assets
- $733k
What Downstown Inc does
Mission
Independent living for developmentally disabled persons.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Independent living for developmentally disabled persons. We directly operate two homes, each with six residents, and also sponsor four additional homes in two related entities for the same exempt purposes. We provide board and care and independent living skills designed to meet their physical, social, and emotional needs.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 DOWNSTOWN INC’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
DOWNSTOWN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
100% 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 DOWNSTOWN INC.
“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
60% of DOWNSTOWN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k 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
DOWNSTOWN INC receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,949 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Government funding DOWNSTOWN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18k on record.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$18k
- OTHER SUPPLIES$228
- STATE GOVERNMENT SERVICE CHARGES$6
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 DOWNSTOWN INC
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
85% 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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Hsv Inc · exempt
- Gbh Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOWNSTOWN INC: 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 DOWNSTOWN INC?
- DOWNSTOWN INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,462 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($8,638). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DOWNSTOWN INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $14,462 in grants to DOWNSTOWN INC.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNSTOWN INC?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,638 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNSTOWN INC 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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