California · Nonprofit
EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,982,741 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($1,700,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What El Pajaro Community Development Corporation does
Mission
El pajaro cdc's mission is to promote equal access to economic opportunities in santa cruz, monterey, and san benito counties. The purpose of the corporation is to develop and implement community economic programs. The corporation provides entrepreneurial opportunities, financial products, and services to support the creation of small businesses, self-employment, and jobs for low-income residents. The corporation shall also promote development and financing of housing for low-income residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ta & training: el pajaro cdc offers comprehensive business consulting and coaching services tailored to both aspiring and established entrepreneurs across the tri-county region. Our expert guidance includes a wide range of support, including access to funding, developing business plans, enhancing technological capabilities, strengthening online presence, facilitating business growth and expansion and general counseling. Our services are designed to be accessible and supportive for entrepreneurs of all levels of education and literacy. In addition, el pajaro cdc offers a variety of business-focused trainings from our comprehensive business planning course, empresari@, to single-session, intensive workshops in marketing and social media, business accounting, business ethics, customer service. Additionally, our annual "da del empresario" is a one-day business conference focused on the needs of business owners and start-ups, and the women in business leadership conference highlights strategies and success stories from women entrepreneurs and leaders.
$1,231,022 spentof which $290,400 as grants$12,400 earned by the program43% of program spendingCommercial kitchen: the commercial kitchen incubator is a shared-use commercial kitchen launched in july 2013 to support local specialty food related businesses on the central coast. El pajaro cdc provides access to a professionally equipped commercial kitchen, comprehensive technical assistance and access to markets. This facility offers an array of business development services that include business coaching, product development advice, access to markets, promotional events, and access to capital assistance.
$768,639 spentof which $200,000 as grants$238,250 earned by the program27% of program spendingLoan program: el pajaro cdc's in-house microlending program addresses the needs of aspiring entrepreneurs and established businesses who struggle to access capital to start and grow their businesses. Historically, our entrepreneurs have had to rely on savings, family loans, or predatory lending to fund their ventures. We are thrilled to offer a safe and affordable loan alternative through our program, which includes technical assistance, training, and credit services.
$442,884 spent$129,511 earned by the program15% of program spendingWomen's business center (wbc)
$261,068 spentof which $13,400 as grants9% of program spendingBusiness incubator plaza
$192,699 spent$289,701 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,896,312.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $4.7M to $6.6M (+38%).
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 27% · 2018 23% · 2019 61% · 2020 51% · 2021 20% · 2022 43% · 2023 32% · 2024 55% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Carmen Herrera-Mansir
Executive director
Board chair
Jorge Reguerin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $20k → $787k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’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
EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 77% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 63% · 2022 55% · 2023 76% — 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
33% of EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
91% of EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $319k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.8M on record.
- Small Business Administration$1.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$997k
- Department of the Treasury$425k
- Department of Agriculture$361k
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 EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: 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 EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,982,741 to it, the largest being The James Irvine Foundation ($1,700,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $3,982,741 in grants to EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- The James Irvine Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL PAJARO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 21 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