California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $275 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($275). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $97k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $275
- Net assets
- $130k
What San Diego Advocates for Social Justice does
Mission
San Diego Advocates for Social Justice's mission is to expand affordable housing for the poor through legal advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, Affordable Housing Advocates (AHA) Tenants' Rights Project (TRP) provided self-help and referrals to 1,610 callers and closed 57 cases providing the following levels of assistance: Counsel and advise: 28Limited Services: 14 Negotiated settlement with litigation: 2Negotiated settlement without litigation: 4 Court decisions: 7Client withdrew: 2In the above closed cases, the following benefits were achieved for clients (with households with the following number of members).[No # of Households (Household members); Lump Sum Settlement / Ongoing Monthly Benefit / Elimination of Claimed Amounts / Reduction of Future Monthly Claims]-Prevented loss of housing: 18 (42) $0 / $0 / $1,282 / $0 -Negotiated move out with soft landing: 1 (1) $0 / $0 / $0 / $0-Enforced tenant's rights: 34 (76) $0 / $0 / $1,542 / $3,319-Enforced rights to safe and habitable housing: 10 (27) $0 / $0 / $0 / $0Totals 63 (146) $0 / $0 / $2,824/ $3,319Impact LitigationIn addition to the above individual cases, AHA's TRP along with co-counsel, the National Housing Law Project and the Public Interest Law Project, represent Del Island Tenants, an association of existing and displaced tenants, an affordable housing…
$109,598 spent$86,767 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $109,598.
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 2022 to 2023, from $131k to $261k (+99%).
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.
93% of SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE’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. 8 of the last 9 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 SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE’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 SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE'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
SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE?
- SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $275 to it, the largest being SEMPRA FOUNDATION ($275). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $275 in grants to SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE?
- SEMPRA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $275 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 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 2017–2025), 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