California · Nonprofit
JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE EMILY HALL TREMAINE FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $720k
What Jack London Improvement District does
Mission
Our mission is to create, promote and maintain an inviting environment for people who visit, live or work in the jack london district, and build an inclusive and resilient commercial community... (see schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cleaning and safety: the district provides a clean safe streets ambassador team to deliver increased maintenance, litter removal, illegal dumping pickup and graffiti abatement for the sidewalks, gutters, and fixtures in the public right-of- way 7 days a week to remove hazards and improve the street-level experience. The district creates a welcoming environment through district branding, signage, pedestrian and bike amenities, way-finding, and promotion of visitor information. Hospitality ambassadors conduct welfare checks with homeless and street population and connect those in need with services and assistance when possible.
$973,862 spent70% of program spendingMarketing & economic development: the Jack London Improvement District promotes and supports equitable and inclusive economic development for its diverse businesses. These activities include but are not limited to: providing collective marketing, communications, public relations, event production, business support and professional development resources responsive to local business needs, and community collaborations such as block parties and sponsored events. The district also coordinates with the city of oakland's economic and workforce development department to advance the city's economic development goals within the commercial district and in collaboration with other commercial zones.
$246,264 spent18% of program spendingAdvocacy & governance: through active community engagement, the district provides a voice to promote the interests of jack london through a diverse range of platforms and participation in long-range projects. The district represents its stakeholders regarding pertinent policy implementation, development efforts, and issues that impact connectivity, economic development and quality-of-life in the district. Current efforts include responsiveness to homelessness, real estate development, land-use and transportation planning, resiliency, improvements to safe and accessible pedestrian, bike, public transit, and automobile mobility, as well as coordination with partner organizations such as oakland bid alliance, chamber of commerce, and agencies: port of oakland, amtrak, weta & caltrans
$162,985 spent12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,383,111.
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 $684k to $1.0M (+53%).
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: 2021 4% · 2023 16% · 2024 16% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
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 JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT’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.
Where its funders are
JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
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
JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT's revenue grew 47% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
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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
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 JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: 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 JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT?
- JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE EMILY HALL TREMAINE FOUNDATION INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
- Who is the largest funder of JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT?
- THE EMILY HALL TREMAINE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JACK LONDON IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 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 1 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