California · Nonprofit
Free From Hardship La Inc
Free From Hardship La Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,635 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY INC ($95,635). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $560k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $126k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Free From Hardship La Inc does
Mission
Free From Hardship L.A. Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a safe and sober living environment for men and women transitioning from displacement homelessness and incarceration.Our vision is to break the cycle and create hope. 1 in 3 American adults have a criminal record with limited possibilities for education employment housing and other resources they need to become self-sufficient.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Housing Support: Served 1850 people.Created supportive environment for individuals in recovery addressing the need for a safe and structured space during the crucial phase of sobriety. With 24 7 staff support evidence-based therapies and a strong sense of community our safe and sober home offers a haven for those seeking to rebuild their lives free from substance abuse.Career Development: Our workforce readiness services in an atmosphere of dignity that enhances the lives of those seeking to become self-sufficient. We help individuals feel empowered to enter the workforce with confidence through multifaceted training connections and interview preparation to jobs that match their skills and interests. Housing for Woman:FHHLA provides support for women and families struggling with trauma domestic violence and substance abuse as well as re-entry into society after incarceration. Our wrap-around services provide comprehensive care to each individual and their family. We help them redefine their futures and build a foundation of stability for themselves and their families.Behavioral Health Program:We partner with treatment programs using cognitive behavior approaches coupled with more…
$388,191 spentof which $6,200 as grants88% of program spendingCareer Development: Our workforce readiness services in an atmosphere of dignity that enhances the lives of those seeking to become self-sufficient. We help individuals feel empowered to enter the workforce with confidence through multifaceted training connections and interview preparation
$54,881 spent12% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $443,072.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $67k to $121k (+82%).
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: 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of Free From Hardship La Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Celestial Scott
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Free From Hardship La 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
Free From Hardship La Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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 Free From Hardship La 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
100% of Free From Hardship La Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Free From Hardship La Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Free From Hardship La 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Free From Hardship La 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 Free From Hardship La Inc?
- Free From Hardship La Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $125,635 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY INC ($95,635). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Free From Hardship La Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $125,635 in grants to Free From Hardship La Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Free From Hardship La Inc?
- UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $95,635 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Free From Hardship La 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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