California · Nonprofit
MISSION ACTION INC
MISSION ACTION INC (California) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,786,258 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($1,233,750). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $8.8M
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Mission Action Inc does
Mission
Mission action nurtures individual wellness and cultivates collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing and shelter programs -emergency shelter program: 1) dolores emergency shelter - a 108-bed emergency shelter and support services program in san francisco's mission district. The shelter also includes jazzie's place, the nations first lgbtq+- focused shelter, which in october 2025 will expand by an addition 42 beds, increasing dsp's total bed count to 150 beds. 2) stay over program - a cross-sector collaboration program between san francisco unified school district, city of san francisco department of homelessness and supportive housing (hsh) and mission action located at buena vista horace mann community school (bvhm) which connects participating families with resources and services to help them secure a more stable housing situation..supportive housing: 1) richard m. Cohen residence - a ten-bed, transitional housing program for formerly homeless individuals with disabling hiv or aids that supports residents in acquiring the skills to live independently. 2) dolores hotel (dba casa quezada) - a 52-unit residential hotel, part of the city's direct access to housing (dah) program, that provides housing and support services for formerly homeless individuals. 3) casa esperanza…
$9,224,118 spent$236,130 earned by the program47% of program spendingCommunity engagement and organizing - housing rights: 1) mission single room occupancy collaborative - a collaboration of four agencies, coordinated and led by dscs, that provides outreach, tenant stabilization and community programs for very low income single room occupancy (sro) tenants in the mission district. 2) tenant rights counseling - this program provides services to tenants from across the city but with a focus on the mission district. The program will focus on eviction prevention and educate tenants on their rights, help to provide them with documentation to keep for their records and share with landlords, and to refer them to other community resources, including housing attorneys, where applicable.immigrant rights: 1) deportation defense and legal advocacy - a program that provides pro bono legal defense and advocacy for immigrants facing imminent deportation from the united states. The program was combined with the immigrant legal & education program in 2016, then reestablished as a separate program during the 2018 fiscal year. 2) immigrant rights community empowerment 2a) san francisco immigrant legal and education network - a network, coordinated and led by dscs, of…
$6,462,931 spent33% of program spendingCommunity services - aid and subsidy assistance program: this program provides direct cash distribution or rental assistance to san francisco residents. This aid is only made available through funding from foundations intended as direct financial support or rental subsidies from government entities.pedal: a program for promotoras to participate and provide feedback to co-develop, implement, and evaluate promotores program for education in drugs and alcohol for latinx.access point: a program that provides community residents experiencing housing insecurity with problem solving and housing navigation services.food justice: 1) the little market (aka el mercadito) - formerly known as food hub, a large-scale food pantry which provides essential and culturally appropriate groceries for individuals and families living with food insecurity. Dscs operates the distribution as a market-style pantry on wednesdays and fridays, where members can select food items to prepare healthy and delicious meals for themselves and their families at home. 2) innovative neighborhood food support - a program that helps community residents experiencing food insecurity with access to meals and groceries. The…
$3,561,078 spent18% of program spendingMarty's place: a victorian home located in the mission district that provides cooperative housing for people with hiv/aids at risk of homelessness. Marty's place is managed by marty's place affordable housing corporation.
$404,801 spent$22,455 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,652,928.
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 2024 to 2025, from $15M to $25M (+65%).
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 84% · 2022 89% · 2023 94% · 2024 93% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of MISSION ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Laura Valdez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $708k → $1.4M.
14 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 MISSION ACTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 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
MISSION ACTION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
82% 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 MISSION ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 25% · 2019 24% · 2020 28% · 2021 23% · 2022 27% · 2023 19% — 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
45% of MISSION ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
71% of MISSION ACTION 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. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
MISSION ACTION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 449 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 449 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MISSION ACTION 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
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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Dolores Hotel LLC · disregarded
- Marty's Place LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MISSION ACTION 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 MISSION ACTION INC?
- MISSION ACTION INC (California) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,786,258 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($1,233,750). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSION ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $8,786,258 in grants to MISSION ACTION INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSION ACTION INC?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,233,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSION ACTION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 58 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