California · Nonprofit
JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC
JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,157 to it, the largest being THE MOSER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($11,157). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $8k
What James Shirey Foundation Inc does
Mission
To honor James memory by supporting endeavors that make the world a better place to live
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Young Life Coronado - helped fund young life club serving approximately 150 youth
$17,000 spent46% of program spendingCARES Foundation Inc - supports research and education of congenital adrenal hyperplasia
$20,000 spent54% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $37,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2k to $10k (+293%).
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.
100% of JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $590 → $7k.
From the IRS filings of JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION 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
JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 85% · 2019 100% · 2020 82% · 2022 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 JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,334 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,334 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2022
Organizations like JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC?
- JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,157 to it, the largest being THE MOSER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($11,157). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,157 in grants to JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MOSER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,157 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAMES SHIREY FOUNDATION 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 FY2022 (financials across 2018–2022), 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