California · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION
DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,745 to it, the largest being HARVEGO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($295,541). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,105 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,105 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Western Health Advantageshared funderslocalportfolio match
- The Lasher Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio match
- Sutter Valley Hospitalsshared funderslocalportfolio match
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.
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: 2018 14% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $47k → $30k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $193k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Sacramento Downtown Partnership Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION’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
DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 72% · 2022 86% · 2023 83% — 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.
Where its funders are
72% of DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO 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. $204 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Western Health Advantageshared funderslocalportfolio matchCA · backs 7 organizations that share your funders · funds 35 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Lasher Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio matchCA · backs 6 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Sutter Valley Hospitalsshared funderslocalportfolio matchCA · backs 6 organizations that share your funders · funds 104 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Safe Credit Unionlocalportfolio matchCA · funds 39 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Taylor-Meyer Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Herbert K Yee and Inez F Yee Fdtnportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bay Area Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- California Apartment Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sacramento Kings Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- SF New Dealportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Point West Rotary Club Foundationshared funderslocalCA · backs 4 organizations that share your funders · funds 39 organizations near you
- Kelly Foundationshared funderslocalCA · backs 8 organizations that share your funders · funds 74 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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
- Downtown Sacramento Partnership · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION?
- DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,745 to it, the largest being HARVEGO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($295,541). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $430,745 in grants to DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO FOUNDATION?
- HARVEGO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $295,541 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO 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.
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 5funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing