California · Nonprofit
SBCS CORPORATION
SBCS CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,510,634 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($3,753,579). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $63M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Sbcs Corporation does
Mission
SBCS transforms communities to support the well-being and prosperity of children, youth and families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth Prevention and Intervention:The Youth Prevention and Intervention department provides holistic services that engage both youth and their families. Through programs including the Community Assessment Team (CAT), Juvenile Diversion (JD), Alternatives to Detention (ATD) and the Youth Development Academy (YDA), SBCS reaches youth at critical intervention points and works with them to break free from cycles of crime and incarceration.
$15,282,102 spentof which $852,890 as grants32% of program spendingBehavioral Health and Wellness:Behavioral Health and Wellness programs provide a continuum of services from early childhood development to transition-age youth support. This includes prevention, early intervention and treatment for our youngest populations, as well as education, and mental health counseling for school-age youth; Mi Escuelita Therapeutic Preschool for young children who have been exposed to domestic violence or abuse; and housing and independent living skills for youth transitioning to adulthood, including Our Safe Place LGBTQ+ youth community drop-in and support center. Through these services and supports, youth are assisted to reach their full potential.
$12,395,117 spent26% of program spendingYouth and Community Wellness:SBCS provides a full spectrum of services designed to offer youth and their families with the resources and skills they need to reach their full potential. Through wrap-around supports, youth are assisted in their transition to adulthood, enabling them to give their best not only to themselves, but also to their community. Programs include youth prevention and intervention diverting youth who are at-risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system or have committed low-risk offenses; Chula Vista and San Diego Promise Neighborhoods providing resources needed for children to excel in school, advance to post-secondary education, earn a living wage and lead healthy lives; foster and transitional youth support; and career and technical education for youth involved in the foster or juvenile justice systems or experiencing housing insecurity.Created by compassionate community members in 1971, SBCS has also grown to respond to overall community needs. Our Community Wellness programs are rooted in the neighborhoods we serve and work to cultivate leadership within them. Programs include promotora liaisons between families and support; Resident Leadership…
$8,786,120 spent$1,248,871 earned by the program18% of program spendingFamily Wellness and Self-Sufficiency:SBCS is dedicated to helping families survive and overcome difficult situations. From emergency food and shelter to counseling and support services, we assist families to achieve economic independence and live free from violence and abuse. Programs include family violence support services; shelter, transitional housing andhousing assistance; food assistance; and tax preparation services.
$7,452,494 spent16% of program spendingChild Well Being:Childhood is the foundation upon which life is built. SBCS believes the healthier the foundation, the greater the possibility for success and happiness in adulthood. We are dedicated to ensuring that San Diego children are provided the services they need to have the best chance at leading a happy, healthy life. Programs includeparenting classes; in-home parenting support; and child abuse prevention and intervention via visitation, support and classes.
$3,143,743 spent7% of program spendingCollaboratives:Through collaborative partnerships, the Organization has been able to leverage linkages and other collaborative resources and services to provide a comprehensive system of youth and family treatment services, while at the same time avoiding duplication of services. The Organization belongs to three local community wide schoolbased collaboratives as well as many service-based collaboratives.
$645,731 spent1% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $47,705,307.
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 $22M to $47M (+111%).
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: 2017 88% · 2018 86% · 2019 79% · 2020 88% · 2021 94% · 2022 95% · 2023 91% · 2024 88% · 2025 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of SBCS CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Kathryn Lembo
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $233k → $1.5M.
10 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $200k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Friends of Sbcs). These are real filings, and they are not money SBCS CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of SBCS CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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
SBCS CORPORATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
68% 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 SBCS CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 47% · 2019 59% · 2020 18% · 2021 31% · 2022 26% · 2023 46% — 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
43% of SBCS CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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
81% of SBCS CORPORATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
SBCS CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SBCS CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $115.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$69.7M
- Department of Education$38.8M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.3M
- Department of Justice$2.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SBCS CORPORATION
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Sbcs Properties LLC · disregarded
- Sbcs Qalicb · exempt
- Friends of Sbcs · exempt
- Cordova Trolley LP · partnership
- Cordova Village Apartments LP · partnership
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SBCS CORPORATION: 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 SBCS CORPORATION?
- SBCS CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,510,634 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($3,753,579). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SBCS CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $10,510,634 in grants to SBCS CORPORATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SBCS CORPORATION?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,753,579 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SBCS CORPORATION 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.
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 53 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