California · Nonprofit
Project Go Inc
Project Go Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $299,222 to it, the largest being COLAD CHARITABLE TRUST ($190,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $299k
- Net assets
- $6.3M
What Project Go Inc does
Mission
Project GO, Inc. is a 501(C) (3) Community Action Agency that advocates for, and enhances the quality of life for low to moderate income and at-risk families and seniors.To accomplish this, we:Develop, build and manage affordable housingImprove home energy conservationProvide emergency energy assistanceEmpower people at risk and in poverty to become self-sufficient
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Improve Home Energy Conservation:PGI Weatherization Services play a critical role in helping our low-income clients to reduce their energy burden. The staff of our Energy Program work year-round to insulate attics and doors, replace old windows, heaters, water heaters refrigerators and other appliances, and install other conservation measures to ensure that homes stay energy efficient and energy affordable. The installation of these measures had multiple impacts, including the reduction of heating/cooling costs, a safer and more comfortable living environment, and a reduction in the natural resources wasted. PGI staff have estimated that we have installed energy saving measures on the residences of over 50,000 low-income residents of Placer and Nevada county since our inception.In addition to installing Attic and Floor Insulation and Venting, our Weatherization Crews install: Door Weatherstripping, New Doors, New Windows, Caulking, Low-flow Water Devices, Energy Efficient Lighting, Ceiling Fans, Mechanical Ventilation, Storm Windows, and we have replaced defective , obsolete, inefficient, dangerous appliances. In the past thirteen years, our Weatherization Crews have repaired,…
$3,634,866 spent82% of program spendingEmpower People at Risk and in Poverty to Become Self-Sufficient:PGI was designated as the Placer County Community Action Agency (CAA) in 2013, which provided a guaranteed allocation of Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding. The Placer County CAA was previously under the Placer County Health and Human Services Dept. for over 30 years, but the County relinquished their designation, giving PGI the opportunity to submit a proposal. The intent of the CSBG program is to help the extremely low-income population to reach self-sufficiency. Previously, Placer County passed-through a portion of the CSBG funding to the Non-Profit network in Placer County, and those agencies provided the services directly. PGI agreed to continue utilizing that pass-through process for the first few years of the transition, and it has worked very well, so we have continued in that vein ever since, utilizing a Request for Proposal process.The allocation of CSBG funding, and the designation as the CAA, comes with a lot of responsibilities for making determinations as to the needs of the low-income residents of Placer County. PGI is required to conduct a public Needs Assessment every two years, for which…
$450,890 spentof which $170,931 as grants10% of program spendingDevelop, Build and Manage Affordable HousingProject GO, Inc. (PGI) began our foray into the affordable housing development realm in 1990, and we fulfilled the Managing General Partner (MGP) role in the development of over a dozen apartment communities, comprised of over 1,100 apartment units between 1990-2005. Ultimately, we sold our MGP holdings in all but five of the apartment communities, which we now solely own, manage, and operate, housing approximately 550 low-income seniors and families.PGIs Housing Mission to provide affordable housing and more than a roof services, continues to be the guidepost for our efforts and we are pleased that our achievements have reached beyond our goals. In 2024, we continued to fund our Resident Services Coordinator (RSC) position. Our RSC assisted our tenants with accessing fresh produce and food from the Placer and Eldorado County Food Banks each and every month. She also participated as the liaison between the Health Education Council and our tenants for distribution of restaurant prepared meals. This initiative assisted our residents to assure that they received proper nutritious meals.Our RSC also coordinated the distribution of over 200…
$323,039 spent$764,085 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,408,795.
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 2023 to 2024, from $6.0M to $7.1M (+17%).
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 81% · 2018 71% · 2019 69% · 2020 73% · 2021 83% · 2022 86% · 2023 82% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Project Go Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $40k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 Project Go 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
Project Go Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
36% 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 Project Go Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 90% · 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
Project Go Inc draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $99k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Project Go Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Project Go 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 6 related entities
- PGI Holdings LLC · partnership
- Colonial Village - Auburn · partnership
- Colonial Village - Roseville · partnership
- Maidu Properties · partnership
- Maidu Village Phase II · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Project Go Inc?
- Project Go Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $299,222 to it, the largest being COLAD CHARITABLE TRUST ($190,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Project Go Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $299,222 in grants to Project Go Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Project Go Inc?
- COLAD CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $190,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Project Go 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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