California · Nonprofit
SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC
SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,830,929 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($1,716,229). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Social Advocates for Youth San Diego Inc does
Mission
To partner with youth, families, adults and communities to reach their full potential and is achieved through comprehensive and integrated programming in the areas of child and youth development; youth, adult and family wellness and community engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child & youth development: say san diego's commitment to child and youth development extends from prenatal to young adults. Using a variety of engagement programs and services, say san diego offers a safe and stimulating environment where children and youth can explore, learn and grow. In addition to diverse personalities and learning styles, say san diego youth bring a vibrant blend of languages, cultures and backgrounds to our programs.
$11,507,190 spent$13,219,939 earned by the program51% of program spendingYouth, adult & family wellness: say san diego promotes the wellness of youth, adults and families by working to keep families together, safe and healthy with programs addressing mental health, substance abuse prevention, child abuse prevention, foster and kinship family support, delinquency prevention, youth development and family self-sufficiency. Say san diego ensures the success of its clients by using proven and effective interventions including case management, behavioral health therapies, parenting classes, educational groups, access to basic services and healthcare, and employment support.
$5,874,958 spent$7,066,849 earned by the program26% of program spendingCommunity engagement: say san diego unites people and communities to work for positive change. Say believes that residents and communities have inherent power to advocate for and create equitable improvements to our economic, public safety, educational, health care, justice and immigration systems. Say also convenes and participates in robust collaborative efforts, finding unique strengths in coordinating and combining resources across multiple agencies.
$5,241,728 spent$4,708,124 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,623,876.
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 2022 to 2023, from $10M to $13M (+26%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 13% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 16 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $510k → $1.0M.
9 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
64% 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 SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 49% · 2019 56% · 2020 59% · 2021 37% · 2022 42% · 2023 29% — 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
38% of SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC'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
97% of SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO 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. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$8.3M
- Department of Justice$488k
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 SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO 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 SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC?
- SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,830,929 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($1,716,229). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $6,830,929 in grants to SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO INC?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,716,229 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH SAN DIEGO 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 43 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