California · Nonprofit
SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP
SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,286 to it, the largest being IOLA Foundation ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $126k
What Safe Schools Desert Cities Corp does
Mission
Safe schools desert cities empowers area lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex youth (lgbtqi+), their allies and gsa (gay straight alliances) advisors and offers opportunities that foster a sense of conmmunity and individual growth by providing education, guidance, advocacy, resources, recreational activities and opportunities for self- expression
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Safe school desert cities works directly with the gay straight alliances (gsas) at 14 high schools and 2 middle schools in the desert area. Each year ssdc presents pride prom (300 lgbtqi youth attended) and a rainbow youth summit (approximately 150 participated). Other events planned by other organizations are attended by our lgbtqi members. These include: san diego pride parade and fesitval palm springs pride parade youth zone at palm spring pride an lgbtqi information booth at the indio tamel festival the harvey milk day breakfast bus tours to los angeles area to visit usc lgbt pride center visit to rancho mirage museum of tolerance with the expection of the pride prom, all events are free to participants including transportation.
$43,944 spent100% of program spendingSafe school desert cities works directly with the gay straight alliances (gsas) at 14 high schools and 2 middle schools in the desert area. Each year ssdc presents pride prom (300 lgbtqi youth attended) and a rainbow youth summit (approximately 150 participated). Other events planned by other organizations are attended by our lgbtqi members. These include: san diego pride parade and fesitval palm springs pride parade youth zone at palm spring pride an lgbtqi information booth at the indio tamel festival the harvey milk day breakfast bus tours to los angeles area to visit usc lgbt pride center visit to rancho mirage museum of tolerance with the expection of the pride prom, all events are free to participants including transportation.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,944.
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 $79k to $126k (+59%).
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.
98% of SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $135.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP’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
SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 86% · 2021 100% · 2022 63% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $718 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
SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,800 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,800 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP
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.
Public support
100%
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 SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP: 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 SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP?
- SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,286 to it, the largest being IOLA Foundation ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $53,286 in grants to SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP?
- IOLA Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAFE SCHOOLS DESERT CITIES CORP 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing