California · Nonprofit
SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,341 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO ($17,341). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $182k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $313k
What San Luis Obispo Community Leadership Foundation does
Mission
The foundation inspires philanthropy and serves as a catalyst and connector for community impact.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Chamber contract - under its contract with the san luis obispo chamber of commerce leadership slo was able to expand its reach into the county, attracting a diverse applicant pool and subsequent class that represented residents of 5 cities and 4 unincorporated regions of slo county. Additionally the class was comprised of industry sectors that included: private, agriculture, education, non-profit, public and self-described stay-at-home parents.
$122,699 spentof which $15,695 as grants80% of program spendingRetreat & day class expenses - the 3-day, off-site retreat each year transforms 36 individuals into a uniquely connected group equipped with team building skills, conflict resolution tools and a high trust factor that prepares them for the myriad community issues presented in the single-subject day sessions that follow. Each of the day sessions address one critical segment of the community: health, justice, media, education, arts, government, business development, sustainability, agriculture and manufacturing. An expert from the field is invited to create an 8-hour agenda comprised of timely topics and speakers on the day session theme in order to educate and engage class members on people and issues shaping san luis obispo county. The l25 anniversary fund ensures that diverse voices are welcomed to leadership slo every year through affordable tuition and available scholarships.
$30,257 spent$77,555 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $152,956.
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 2021 to 2022, from $379k to $300k (−21%).
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.
42% of SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Dan Rivoire
Executive director
Board chair
John Tricamo
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $8k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION’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 LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
95% of SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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
SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION 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 SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: 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 LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,341 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO ($17,341). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $18,341 in grants to SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO is the largest funder on record, with $17,341 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN LUIS OBISPO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION 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 2 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