California · Nonprofit
Salinas City Center Improvement Association
Salinas City Center Improvement Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $170,000 to it, the largest being MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ($170,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $577k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $170k
- Net assets
- $366k
What Salinas City Center Improvement Association does
Mission
(A) To bring about the revitalization of the Downtown Salinas Area.(B) To bring about the investment of private and public capital within the Downtown Salinas area, for public benefit and charitable purposes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Sidewalk Operation, Beautification and Order (SOBO)The SOBO Committee works towards making the District an even safer, more family-friendly place, by overseeing private security and working hand-in-hand in coordination with the Salinas Police Department. This coordination ensures that the district is as welcoming as possible. Additionally, the Committee works on further beautifying the district and keeping it clean for the enjoyment of all.
$212,783 spent$267,518 earned by the program64% of program spendingDistrict Identity and Streetscape Improvements (DISI)The DISI committee works on branding the District as a fun and safe atmosphere for families, young professionals, business owners, and employees in the area. The goal of this branding effort is to make downtown Salinas a more attractive place for locals to come for entertainment, for people opening new businesses, for businesses to relocate to, and even for people to live within the District. This effort will focus on the historical charm of the District, along with new and exciting growth opportunities like Ag-tech, and bring in more entertainment and create an enjoyable night life focused on the amazing cultural diversity of the Salinas Valley.
$121,484 spent$98,090 earned by the program36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $334,267.
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 2017 to 2018, from $225k to $140k (−38%).
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.
0% of Salinas City Center Improvement Association’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (62% 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Salinas City Center Improvement Association’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Salinas City Center Improvement Association's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Salinas City Center Improvement Association runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Salinas City Center Improvement Association
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Salinas City Center Improvement Association: 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 Salinas City Center Improvement Association?
- Salinas City Center Improvement Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $170,000 to it, the largest being MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ($170,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Salinas City Center Improvement Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $170,000 in grants to Salinas City Center Improvement Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Salinas City Center Improvement Association?
- MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Salinas City Center Improvement Association 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 1 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