California · Nonprofit
Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House
Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,325,598 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($358,350). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House does
Mission
The Service League of San Mateo County is a non-profit agency that develops, coordinates, and delivers in-custody programs, services, and other activities within all San Mateo County jails as well as provides post-release services for inmates. The agency operates an intensive residential substance use disorder program for women and their infants as well as transitional housing for women and men at five program sites in the community.OUR VISION: Our vision is to effectively provide San Mateo County residents and their families with the essential safety net services they need to successfully re-enter the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hope Houses: Primary residential substance use disorder (SUD) treatment program: serving women and individuals that are pregnant or with an infant, postpartum, transgender, and gender nonconforming as well as Transitional Housing: 5 sites that serve men, women, transgender, and gender nonconforming individuals. Hope Houses are non-profit programs of the Service League of San Mateo County.Hope House SUD Treatment Program: 16 bed and licensed program by the Department of Healthcare Services and Drug Medical certified to provide services for adults and perinatal adults that are assessed at levels 3.1, 3.3, and 3.5. The program is licensed for up to 4 infants. The length of stay is based on medical necessity for addiction with physician oversight. The licensed and certified program staff develops with each participant an individualized treatment plan which addresses their addiction, criminal background and thinking, health and social issues, re-unification and family issues; employment and housing as well and specific their specific needs. The program provides an evidence based curriculum for individuals in San Mateo County, including those who have been involved in the criminal…
$1,001,044 spent$17,604 earned by the program49% of program spendingCorrections: The Service League responds to family questions and concerns regarding their incarcerated family members. Information regarding available services is given to newly jailed persons through orientations regarding the correctional process and various jail procedures including availability of facility programs, such as AA, Narcotics Anonymous, and church services. Various other assistance programs available through the Service League are also discussed. An important agency service is screening for clearance and orientation of persons working in the correctional facilities who are not Sheriff's Office personnel. Part of the Service League's mission, is to develop, schedule, and monitor volunteers and community providers engaged in a broad range of programs and activities inside of the correctional facilities. Outreach to families of inmates is provided in the Maguire Correctional Facility lobby during visiting hours. Families are provided with friendly support, information, referral, and advocacy regarding their concerns. Emergency assistance can be provided through the Service League and other community resources.In-Custody Services: This program coordinates and delivers…
$572,089 spent28% of program spendingCommunity:The Organization offers a food pantry, bus passes, and other basic needs including motel vouchers to those in need of such services. Services provided to ex-offenders include guidance, counseling, referral, employment networking to preclude the ex-offender from engaging in illegal activity or antisocial behavior.Transitional Housing: Service League provides safe and affordable housing for individuals at 5 sites. The individuals that successfully graduate from the Hope House SUD residential treatment program have first priority in 2 of our transitional homes. This transitional housing is also available for individuals that have not graduated from our Hope House SUD program but have been referred by partnering agencies or programs and/or are homeless and low income. The other 3 transitional homes usually have individuals that have graduated from outside SUD treatment programs, referred by the homeless shelter or other community organizations, or are self-referred. Requirements to remain in housing consist of the following: complete abstinence from all substances; gainful employment or enrolled in vocational or educational education programs; pay rent based on income (there…
$355,690 spent$177,796 earned by the program18% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Religious & Children:Train volunteers who provide activities such as religious services to inmates. Service League of San Mateo County provides day care services at two sites for the children of the incarcerated parent while they are visiting. We additionally help with face to face supervision for the visits between incarcerated parents and their children.
$93,985 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,022,808.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $8.1M to $8.8M (+9%).
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 70% · 2018 80% · 2019 70% · 2020 69% · 2021 70% · 2022 68% · 2023 70% · 2024 66% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $135k → $172k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 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
Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 36% · 2019 34% · 2020 35% · 2021 23% · 2022 53% · 2023 36% — growing more concentrated.
“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
67% of Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
57% of Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House'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 $575k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $751k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House?
- Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,325,598 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($358,350). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,325,598 in grants to Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $358,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Service League of San Mateo County DBA Hope House 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 20 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