California · Nonprofit
RAIN COMMUNITIES INC
RAIN COMMUNITIES INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $189,727 to it, the largest being VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($80,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $108k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $190k
- Net assets
- $577k
What Rain Communities Inc does
Mission
RAIN Communities Inc. RCI funds housing transportation food education counseling legal and other assistance for homeless families leading to sustained self-sufficiency keeping family units intact. Since our inception in 2002 RCI has provided over $2.65 million in program funding and over 30,000 volunteer hours. The combination of opportunity and accountability has proven to be a solution to end homelessness restored dignity and independence. Our decades of experience dedicated donor base and volunteer model maximize every dollar received so we can provide services that provide life transformations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing Support Services - We funded $13,714 of rent and utility assistance to house 9 families including 21 children. We also paid $2,173 in legal fees for a single mom and her 2 boys to stop an eviction in progress. One of the greatest obstacles for a homeless family seeking housing is securing a move-in deposit. Staying housed can also be a challenge for many single moms we serve. Their monthly budgets are extra vulnerable to missed work hours due to a childs illness a car mechanical issue or employers variable assigned work hours. We help mothers at risk of losing their housing catch up on their rent in arrears. It is much more cost effective and less disruptive to help someone stay housed than it is to help a family once they become homeless. A prior eviction can block future housing opportunities given the competitive housing market and low vacancy rate in Ventura County. Domestic disruptions caused by housing instability takes an emotional toll on adults and especially the children. We want to protect the kids.
$18,354 spentof which $16,076 as grants40% of program spendingMeals - We provided $5,500 in meals and $5,000 in grocery gift cards for homeless individuals and low-income families experiencing food insecurity in Ventura County CA.
$12,779 spent28% of program spendingTransportation Support - The key to employment and independence for homeless individuals is safe and reliable transportation. Our program provided $4,163 in fuel gift cards for 84 individuals that were homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless. We also paid $1,022 in auto repairs DMV registration renewals and car insurance in addition to $741 in Uber gift cards and rides and $350 in bus passes to safely transport 112 homeless women and their children in Ventura County.
$8,556 spentof which $3,921 as grants19% of program spendingChildrens events bring joy and family bonding through fun fieldtrips for homeless kids during a challenging time in their lives.
$2,278 spent5% of program spendingAlcohol education & recovery classes for a homeless woman trying to regain custody of her children.
$1,652 spentof which $900 as grants4% of program spendingFunding for miscellaneous program expenses benefiting homeless families such as clothing medical costs supplies etc.
$2,442 spent5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $46,061.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $500k to $577k (+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.
96% of RAIN COMMUNITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $18k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 RAIN COMMUNITIES 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
RAIN COMMUNITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 RAIN COMMUNITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 82% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 48% · 2022 75% · 2023 54% — 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
60% of RAIN COMMUNITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
57% of RAIN COMMUNITIES INC'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 $82k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
RAIN COMMUNITIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like RAIN COMMUNITIES 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
87% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RAIN COMMUNITIES 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 RAIN COMMUNITIES INC?
- RAIN COMMUNITIES INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $189,727 to it, the largest being VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($80,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RAIN COMMUNITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $189,727 in grants to RAIN COMMUNITIES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAIN COMMUNITIES INC?
- VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAIN COMMUNITIES 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 9 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