California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION
SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,644,297 to it, the largest being HOUSING CALIFORNIA INC ($275,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $188k
What San Diego Housing Federation does
Mission
The Federation brings together representatives of affordable housing community development corporations with others interested in the development and management of housing for low and moderate income persons in San Diego County to mutually assist in the accomplishment of common goals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
1. The federation participated and acted as the organizer of a cross public policy coalition of organizations working to improve the equity, sustainability and economic prosperity of the san diego region through land use changes and improved allocation of public resources. 2. The federation brought together representatives of housing and community development corporations with others interested in the development and operations of housing for low and moderate income persons in san diego county by coordinating events such as seminars and meetings. 3. The federation provided up to the date information resources, including monthly and weekly newsletters, and representation in various forums to ensure that the affordable housing community is fully informed and represented broadly in matters affecting the industry.
$1,112,035 spent$153,691 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,112,035.
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 2020 to 2021, from $342k to $576k (+68%).
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: 2022 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Stephen Russell
President & CEO
Board chair
Rebecca Louie
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $47k → $252k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION’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
SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
74% 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 SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 46% · 2019 37% · 2020 36% · 2021 29% · 2022 21% · 2023 50% — 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 SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
69% of SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $277k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION has grown faster than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION: 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 SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION?
- SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,644,297 to it, the largest being HOUSING CALIFORNIA INC ($275,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,644,297 in grants to SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION?
- HOUSING CALIFORNIA INC is the largest funder on record, with $275,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO HOUSING FEDERATION 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 19 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