California · Nonprofit
NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,977 to it, the largest being HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ($50,697). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $478k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $101k
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Native Sons of the Golden West Charitable Foundation does
Mission
The charitable foundation was incorporated in november, 1951 with the intention of supporting a cause in need. The native sons became aware of an under funded clinic in san francisco that treated primarily very young children born with a cleft lip/palate. All charitable foundation funds donated to these hospitals go directly to the treatment of the children, with no overhead costs, with the agreement that no child will be refused treatment for any reason.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The cleft lip/palate birth defect, the second most common birth defect, has such an emotional as well as physical impact on the child, its parents, family and friends, the native sons chose it as its exclusive charity. Since that time it has supported the cranio facial anomalies clinics of saint john's health center, in santa monica, california, the university of california, san francisco, hospital and sutter memorial hospital in sacramento,california.
$239,950 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $239,950.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.6M to $3.1M (−15%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Paul Lapachet
DIR Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $13k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’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
NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
70% of NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION'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 $30k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: 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 NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,977 to it, the largest being HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ($50,697). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $100,977 in grants to NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,697 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing