California · Nonprofit
SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC
SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,400 to it, the largest being THE HOFMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $133k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $186k
- Net assets
- $280k
What Sheriff's Charities Inc does
Mission
To raise funds for youth oriented charitable organizations in contra costa county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The purpose of the sheriff's charities, inc. Is to raise funds from businesses and individuals in contra costa county, which funds will be disbursed to charitable organizations located in, or serving individuals in, contra costa county. The purpose is also to provide information, services, property or funds for the benefit, welfare or education of youth; to promote good citizenship and the mental, moral and physical betterment of youth; to promote activities and provide services, money, property or assist in the award or grant of scholarships to or for youth or any deserving person.
$116,844 spentof which $63,500 as grants$133,274 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $116,844.
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 $195k to $263k (+35%).
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.
6% of SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $4k → $56k.
From the IRS filings of SHERIFF'S CHARITIES 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
SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 86% · 2022 86% · 2023 71% — 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
0% of SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
87% of SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SHERIFF'S CHARITIES 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
100% 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 SHERIFF'S CHARITIES 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 SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC?
- SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,400 to it, the largest being THE HOFMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $186,400 in grants to SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHERIFF'S CHARITIES INC?
- THE HOFMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHERIFF'S CHARITIES 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.
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 8 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