California · Nonprofit
GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC
GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,500 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($60,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $648M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $272k
What Golden Gate Regional Center Inc does
Mission
Golden gate regional center, inc. (the center) is a not-for-profit corporation chartered by the state of california. The center administers programs for developmentally disabled persons and their families, which include diagnosis, counseling, educational services and dissemination of information on developmental disabilities to the public. The center is one of 21 regional centers within the state of california system and serves marin, san francisco, and san mateo counties. The center was organized as a non-profit corporation to carry out the state of california's responsibility to assist persons with developmental disabilities and their families in securing services to enable them to lead more independent, productive and normal lives. These services include out of home programs, day programs and other programs such as transportation, respite, occupational, physical and speech therapy, and supported living.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The center operates under an annual cost reimbursement contract with the department of developmental services (dds) of the state of california under the lanterman developmental disabilities services act. These programs include diagnosis, educational services & dissemination of information, medical care, day programs, etc.
$642,802,335 spentof which $597,303,877 as grants$88,829 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $642,802,335.
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 2022 to 2023, from $164M to $220M (+34%).
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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% · 2024 99% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (17% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Eric Zigman
Executive director
Board chair
Jacy Cohen
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
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) — 99% 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 GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER 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
GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
99% 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 GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER 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
99% of GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER 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 $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $60k 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
GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 178 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 178 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER 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 GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC?
- GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,500 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($60,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,500 in grants to GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC.
- Who is the largest funder of GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOLDEN GATE REGIONAL CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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