California · Nonprofit
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,000 to it, the largest being THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION ($205,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $410k
- Net assets
- $77k
What Making the Right Connections Inc does
Mission
Making the right connections (mtrc) is a 5/6 week educational enrichment summer program for children in grades k,k-8 that focuses on gang prevention. The purpose of mtrc is to help inner-city kids "at-risk" for gang associations to choose family, church, school & community connections over gang activity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During the summer of 2025, 505 children participated in our 4/5 week (monday-friday) educational enrichment/gang prevention program located at 3 school sites: east la (our lady of lourdes school), northeast la (st. Bernard school) and lynwood (st. Philip neri school). Children participated in lessons related to strengthening their family, church, school and community relationships. $109,024 was distributed to the above 3 schools to assist them in paying for coordinator/teacher stipends, curriculum materials for teachers, activity materials for students, guest speaker fees, field trip entrance fees, snacks and lunches for students, other program materials and supplies, etc.
$109,024 spent51% of program spendingDuring the summer program of 2025,in-kind contributions included $20,428 in youth services (volunteering), $15,300 for use of school campuses for the program at their school sites, $25,000 for breakfast/lunch meals & food services and $650 for student liability insurance. In addition, the executive director of mtrc spent about 1/3 of his time (1/3 of salary =$9,333) preparing for and running the summer program.
$70,186 spent33% of program spendingAll of the 505 children (grades k-8) enrolled in the mtrc summer program of 2025 participated in weekly field trips (4/5 field trips per school site). Making the right connections, inc. Bus company was paid $30,853 for the rental of the required number of buses.
$30,853 spent14% of program spendingAll of the 505 children (grades k, k-8) enrolled in the mtrc summer program of 2025, along with all the coordinators, teachers, tas and volunteers working in our program ,were provided with a tee shirt bearing our mtrc logodesign on the front (total cost for the tee shirts =$4,984.50)
$4,985 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $215,048.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $134k to $36k (−73%).
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.
70% of MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Daniel Drass
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $110k.
From the IRS filings of MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS 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
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2023 45% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS 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
MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS 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 MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC?
- MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,000 to it, the largest being THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION ($205,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $410,000 in grants to MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS INC?
- THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKING THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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