California · Nonprofit
KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC
KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,694,771 to it, the largest being ALFRED E MANN CHARITIES INC ($1,610,288). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Karsh Family Social Service Center Inc does
Mission
Guided by jewish values, the karsh family social service center improves the lives of the underserved by providing critical and accessible social services through direct service or collaboration with other providers, (continued on schedule o) while also integrating significant volunteer opportunities to create a uniquely powerful way to help repair the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food pantry - the food pantry is a modern, welcoming, and thoughtfully designed facility, arranged to comply with the los angeles regional food bank guidelines, with ample storage space for dry, refrigerated, and frozen foods. The karsh center can comfortably provide more than 750 grocery bags weekly. We also serve an additional 20 families delivering grocery bags to individuals who cannot physically visit the food pantry. The facility is also spacious enough to accommodate the volunteers who use the pantry to assemble and distribute healthy grocery bags for clients in need.
$1,692,724 spent78% of program spendingBig give programs: the big give is our annual thanksgiving distribution special event, through which we provide 1,000 thanksgiving meal kits to our community. Each kit is designed to provide four full thanksgiving meals, including all items from a turkey or other protein, to a pumpkin pie and all sides. It ultimately provides a special holiday meal to 4,000 members of our community. This event also engages hundreds of volunteers in the preparation and hosting of the distribution, as well as supplemental projects to help prepare other essential items for our community such as hygiene kits and winter kits. In 2025, we distributed 1,048 full thanksgiving meal kits to our neighbors experiencing food insecurity across los angeles and engaged 218 volunteers in an estimated 605 hours of service.
$133,294 spent6% of program spendingThe commitment of dedicated volunteers is essential to the work and success of the karsh family social service center. Engaging volunteers as a key component of delivering service allows the karsh center to be a catalyst for community members wishing to be of service and help their neighbors who are navigating challenges like food and housing insecurity, and more. The karsh center volunteer engagement program includes volunteers from all over los angeles, including but not limited to members of wilshire boulevard temple as well as other faith-based organizations; school/student groups; corporate teams as well as an array of professionals sharing pro -bono time; and members of the koreatown community who recognize that the karsh center is a pillar in supporting the surrounding community. We host recurring weekly volunteers, special event/one-time volunteer activities, and student and community groups at both the karsh family social service center in koreatown as well as karsh tikkun olam social service center (karsh west), a dedicated volunteer hub in brentwood. Across all of our volunteer activities, volunteers range from 3 years old to over 100 years old, and they share their…
$118,606 spent5% of program spendingParent and child well-being programs: the karsh center' goal is to connect families to services that promote healthy development and well-being of children and families. We offer workshops to gain knowledge, support groups to connect with other parents, diaper and essential distributions to meet basic needs, and referrals to increase families support systems. Families are also recruited and prioritized for our annual events. Karsh center also offers an array of services in health and wellness and community services. In collaboration with over 40 organizations, karsh center offers vison care, dental care, legal consultations, english classes, computer classes, nutrition education, case management, and essentials such as clothing and toiletries. Additionally, karsh center provides linkage and referrals for mental health support, legal aid, job search, and other services. In addition to our thanksgiving program, big give, karsh center also hosts a special summer back to school event which helps students become excited and prepare for the start of kindergarten and a toy distribution where caregivers and children are able to chose a gift for the holidays.
$220,021 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,164,645.
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 2019 to 2020, from $3.0M to $8.1M (+174%).
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: 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Lila Guirguis
Executive director
Board chair
Richard Pachulski
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $10k → $726k.
14 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 funders by total. 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
KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
28% 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 KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 39% · 2021 53% · 2022 57% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
53% of KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER 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. $600k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states 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
KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple · exempt
- Camp Hess Kramer Inc · exempt
- Wbtu Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC?
- KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,694,771 to it, the largest being ALFRED E MANN CHARITIES INC ($1,610,288). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $3,694,771 in grants to KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER INC?
- ALFRED E MANN CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,610,288 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KARSH FAMILY SOCIAL SERVICE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 49 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing