California · Nonprofit
SHELTER 37 INC
SHELTER 37 INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,681,814 to it, the largest being JOHN AND MARY MANUCK FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ($3,100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $788k
What Shelter 37 Inc does
Mission
Provide educational training and programs to underserved and disengaged young adults in order to equip them with skills and knowledge
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Policies are contained in the original form 1023 bruins for life - nil program
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
A second chance-scholarship program to support educational opportunities for young adults grew to include additional recipients who qualified to receive financial support including tuition, fees, and housing
$33,550 spent1% of program spendingMy next chapter-is an educational and vocational training program that provides financial support for former foster youth and young adults ages 18 to 32 who are transitioning into adulthood and seeking a marketable skill or higher education in order to secure employment and financial stability.
$15,000 spent0% of program spendingLow income housing program - provide homeownership opportunities to low income individuals. Created a disaster relief fund for victims of altadena ca fires.
$409,373 spent$401,797 earned by the program9% of program spendingBruins for life nil program-raise funds designed to support ucla football atheletes in cultivating and securing name, image, and likeness opportunities to help advance their professional and personal development
$3,956,559 spent$1,453,384 earned by the program90% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,414,482.
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 2023 to 2024, from $526k to $4.0M (+668%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of SHELTER 37 INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
James Washington Jr
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
7 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 SHELTER 37 INC’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
SHELTER 37 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
SHELTER 37 INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $573k 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.
Against its field
SHELTER 37 INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SHELTER 37 INC
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SHELTER 37 INC: 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 SHELTER 37 INC?
- SHELTER 37 INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,681,814 to it, the largest being JOHN AND MARY MANUCK FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ($3,100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHELTER 37 INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,681,814 in grants to SHELTER 37 INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHELTER 37 INC?
- JOHN AND MARY MANUCK FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY is the largest funder on record, with $3,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHELTER 37 INC 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 9 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