California · Nonprofit
MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (California) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,814,816 to it, the largest being CRANKSTART FOUNDATION ($7,607,500). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $43M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Mission Economic Development Agency does
Mission
Rooted in san francisco's mission district, meda is advancing a national equity movement by building latino prosperity, community ownership and civic power.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Potrero yard modernization project in partnership with other non profits.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The community real estate program preserves and produces affordable housing. Since 2015, meda has partnered with other san francisco based non-profit housing developers to acquire or build affordable housing apartment buildings, beginning in 2016, with the assistance of the city and county of san francisco, meda and subsidiaries also began their acquisition and rehabilitation of "small sites" in the mission district of san francisco with the objective of preserving existing affordable housing. Meda and subsidiaries have acquired 36 "small sites" properties as of december 31, 2023.
$12,304,260 spentof which $886,422 as grants$7,810,183 earned by the program51% of program spendingMeda's asset building programs include workshops and individual coaching to help low-income and moderate-income clients achieve family economic success. Free programs include: financial capability, business development, housing opportunities, free tax preparation, and workforce development.
$5,092,806 spentof which $107,230 as grants$1,395 earned by the program21% of program spendingMeda is the lead agency for the mpn program, a federal initiative to help families succeed and students achieve. Meda is collaborating with san francisco united school district and a host of vital community partners to ensure that every child in the mission district of san francisco is on track to thrive, from cradle to college and beyond.
$2,896,013 spentof which $26,083 as grants$2,800 earned by the program12% of program spendingMission community loan fund llc dba fondo adelante is organized and operates exclusively to further the following specific charitable purposes of meda: to provide affordable and accessible (a) small business and consumer loan products for persons who have not been able to access the capital needed to operate, expand, or acquire their business or meet their household needs, (b) real estate loan products to facilitate the preservation and creation of affordable residential and commercial real estate, and c) business coaching support and technical assistance to new and growing small business through the business development program.
$2,540,686 spent$225,550 earned by the program10% of program spendingMeda is a data-driven organization that relies on robust client, program, and community-level data to assess needs, design interventions, and determine the effectiveness of its strategies. Evaluation services are key to the data analysis and development of program strategies and community impact. Evaluation leverages technology, using a human-centered design approach to align data platforms with program needs and strengths, as well as facilitate service delivery. Evaluation services establish a regular cycle of process evaluation, with the goal fo driving program improvement through internal assessment of impact.
$716,528 spent3% of program spendingMeda's policy program is focused on the advancement of "social change toward a more equitable society," assessing the outcome of policies on the well-being of low-income latino and immigrant communities in san francisco's mission district and surrounding environments. The policy work organizes and empowers community members to identify systemic inequities, creates and communicates strategic policy positions, and leads the charge on making meaningful policy changes to support the mission district's most marginalized residents.
$697,677 spent$900 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,247,970.
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.
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 $132M to $191M (+45%).
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: 2017 54% · 2018 42% · 2019 26% · 2020 27% · 2021 47% · 2022 38% · 2023 46% · 2024 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Luis Granados
CEO
Board chair
Rafael Yaquian-Lllescas
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $468k → $7.8M.
10 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
60% 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 30% · 2019 73% · 2020 41% · 2021 43% · 2022 45% · 2023 45% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Government funding MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.0M on record.
- Department of Education$8.8M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.5M
- Department of Health and Human Services$4.5M
- Small Business Administration$250k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 30 related entities
- Meda 1990 Folsom LLC · disregarded
- Mission Loan Community Fund LLC · disregarded
- Meda 2205 Mission LLC · disregarded
- Meda 681 Florida LLC · disregarded
- Meda Housing LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY?
- MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (California) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,814,816 to it, the largest being CRANKSTART FOUNDATION ($7,607,500). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $42,814,816 in grants to MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY?
- CRANKSTART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,607,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 63 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