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GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC

GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $601,655 to it, the largest being GUMPERT FOUNDATION ($571,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$70k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$602k
Net assets
$0
1/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Guardians of San Diego Inc does

Mission

To support Seacrest Foundation.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Grants provided to Seacrest Foundation

    $0 spentof which $75,000 as grants

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($65k) Expenses 100 ($65k)2022 Revenue 115 ($75k) Expenses 115 ($75k)2023 Revenue 108 ($70k) Expenses 108 ($70k)
202120222023
Revenue (108)Expenses (108)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$0
$0
$0
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (52% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,628 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$0
’21
$0
’22
$0
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $96k → $70k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
$571k
$31k
funders
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO 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

GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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 GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,781 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,781 housing & shelter nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO 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 GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC?
GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $601,655 to it, the largest being GUMPERT FOUNDATION ($571,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $601,655 in grants to GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO INC?
GUMPERT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $571,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GUARDIANS OF SAN DIEGO 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), 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