California · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER (California) receives grants from 315 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,129,156 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,096,391). 185 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $34M
- Funders on record
- 315
- Grants received
- $36M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Downtown Women's Center does
Mission
Housing, employment, and physical and mental health services for women overcoming homelessness and poverty.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Housing: dwc operates 159 units of permanent supportive housing for women, survivors of gender-based violence, and families across our three residences in los angeles. Permanent supportive housing is comfortable, safe, and affordable housing paired with on-site individualized support and services not just to end the struggle with homelessness, but also to thrive in permanent housing and work toward achieving goals. In 2024, dwc permanently housed 451 people. Community-based housing: dwc's community-based housing program connects unaccompanied women and families to permanent housing and supportive services throughout los angeles county. Dwc offers rapid re-housing assistance, particularly for women escaping domestic violence, and connects them with safe, permanent housing as quickly as possible. Dwc also supports women veterans through housing vouchers, move-in assistance, trauma recovery resources, and help navigating the complex process of applying for veteran benefits.
$15,149,278 spent$1,489,964 earned by the program60% of program spendingHealth and wellness: we recognize homelessness as a public health crisis. Understanding the compounding challenges of homelessness and poor health, we take a holistic approach to wellness. Women's health center: dwc operates skid row's only women's medical and mental health center. Our health center is an on-site clinic jointly run with local partner jwch, through which we provide basic medical care, physical and mental health assessments, and referrals for specialty care. Our exceptionally trained staff focuses on preventive care to reduce diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and other chronic diseases. We supplement our clinic offerings with psychiatric sessions, mental health counseling, and group therapy, as well as self-care and health education workshops, fitness classes, and enrichment activities. In 2024, dwc provided more than 906 people with mental health or physical health services and facilitated 1,635 mental health sessions. Trauma recovery center: our los angeles trauma recovery center was created in partnership with peace over violence, and offers survivors of violent crime emotional support, information, compassion, accompaniment, referrals, and advocacy services. With…
$6,448,274 spentof which $811,001 as grants26% of program spendingEducation & job readiness: women living in skid row face many barriers to employment. Dwc's education and job readiness resources aim to break the cycles of unemployment and homelessness. Employment and education: more than 200 women accessed dwc's workforce development program last year, inlcuding computer skills, literacy and math, academic and vocational counseling sessions, job readiness preparation, and employment placement services. Our signature line of gifts is made by formerly homeless women, and 100% of the proceeds support dwc's programs and services. Enrichment: through our volunteer-led workshops, women rebuild self-confidence and learn skills like sewing, photography, creative writing, acting, and more. Participants also collaborate with staff and community artists to design made by dwc's signature product line handmade. Enterprise: made by dwc is our social enterprise, created to break the cycles of chronic unemployment and homelessness. Made by dwc consists of the handmade product line created by the women of dwc, and two store fronts in downtown la. By empowering women to discover talents and develop skills through paid job training, made by dwc generates economic…
$3,515,944 spent$309,060 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,113,496.
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 2023 to 2024, from $45M to $49M (+10%).
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 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 32% · 2020 40% · 2021 44% · 2022 57% · 2023 58% · 2024 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% 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
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
Amy Turk
CEO & president
Board chair
Vicki Curry
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 55 funders to 119 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $5.8M.
33 of 315 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 315 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
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 6% of grant income, and it takes 15 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 15 funders to its left
43% 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 DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 11% · 2018 20% · 2019 11% · 2020 11% · 2021 11% · 2022 17% · 2023 9% — broadly stable.
“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
47% of DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
85% of DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$500k
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 DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER
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
87% 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 2 related entities
- Downtown Women's Center Housing LLC · disregarded
- Dwc Sp2 LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER?
- DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER (California) receives grants from 315 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,129,156 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,096,391). 185 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 315 organizations giving $36,129,156 in grants to DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER, 185 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,096,391 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER 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 315 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing