California · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,175 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($70,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $186k
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What National Assistance League does
Mission
Assistance league engages and empowers volunteers to strengthen our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
National assistance leauge (organization), established in 1935, operates as a nonprofit california corporation. The organization is committed to engaging and empowering volunteers with the goal of strengthening communities nationwide. The national organization provides comprehensive support to its chapters to aid in their community based initiatives. As of may 31, 2025, the organization consists of 119 chapters and over 20,000 chapter members. Chapters are located throughout the united states and are governed independently to address local needs. See schedule o for continuation.the organization offers comprehensive support to its chapters including access to education and training programs designed to build leadership and organizational skills. Additionally, chapters benefit from professional and volunteer coaching, which helps enhance their impact and effectiveness. Beyond training and coaching, the organization provides administrative, marketing, and technology support to help chapters operate efficiently and reach a wider audience. National partnership agreements further extend the resources available to chapters, enabling collaboration and strengthening their ability to serve…
$1,290,096 spent$18,778 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,290,096.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.5M to $5.9M (+29%).
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 8% · 2022 6% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% 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.
Board chair
Andrea Goodman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $27k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 51% · 2019 36% · 2020 27% · 2021 75% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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
14% of NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
79% of NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $39k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside California, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE's revenue fell 38% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE: 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 NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE?
- NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,175 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($70,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $186,175 in grants to NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE?
- THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSISTANCE LEAGUE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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