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SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $769,975 to it, the largest being THE ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION ($225,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $770k
- Net assets
- $154M
What Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Council of Los Angeles does
Mission
The society of st. Vincent de paul, council of los angeles is part of a worldwide organization of lay catholic men and women who are committed to live and grow in their christian faith through prayer and personal involvement in charitable works. The society's mission is accomplished through parish and community-based groups called conferences and programs called special works. The society's work includes any actions that promote the dignity of the person and alleviate suffering and distress, while correcting the conditions that cause them.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Thrift store and learning center - donated articles are sold to the public or distributed, free of charge, to families and individuals who are in immediate need throughout los angeles and ventura counties. In the last year alone, $111,251 worth of clothing, furniture, appliances and beds and other goods and services were provided free of charge to 2,209 neighbors in need. Additionally, the stores provide constructive labor for the poor, including competitive wages with benefits that extend to family members. Svdpla also operates a learning center where ged and esl classes are offered to employees free of charge and during paid time. Basic computer skills training is also offered to members of the community. The society operates two thrift stores in southern california: one in los angeles and the other in long beach.
$9,447,067 spentof which $163,149 as grants$7,576,056 earned by the program57% of program spendingSt. Vincent's cardinal manning center (cmc) - located in los angeles' skid row. The cmc provides both a year-round interim housing program to men experiencing homelessness, and a drop-in center for individuals seeking day services. Cmc's interim housing provides a safe and supportive environment for up to sixty-five persons at a time. Each individual admitted to the interim housing program through los angeles homeless services authority (lahsa) or the department of mental health (dmh) referrals, is assigned to a case manager that directly assesses their specific needs and develops an individualized case plan to address those needs, including permanent supportive housing. By providing case management services, we seek to meet not only the immediate housing needs of clients, but also to assist with long-term solutions to the often-accompanying issues of mental illness, substance abuse, and unemployment. The drop-in center meets the immediate day to day needs of individuals experiencing homelessness including sack lunches; access to computers, telephone, bathrooms and respite space; and provide referrals to community resources. A total of 49,680 meals were served; 20,622 nights of…
$2,241,871 spent14% of program spendingVincentian services/conference development - svdpla's vincentian services program provides immediate, vital help to those most vulnerable in our communities. Through 115 catholic parish-based volunteer groups called conferences of charity, the society provides direct, emergency assistance as well as ongoing connection with community resources to increase resourcefulness and sustainability of those the society serves. The program serves over 107,394 people in immediate need a year, providing food, clothing and rental and utility assistance, preventing families from becoming homeless, and maintaining heat, electricity and other services. The staff in our vincentian services program supports our 1,672 members with training, mentoring, and guidance in spiritual formation as well as providing referrals to other services in the community so our members can continue their work in their local area, preventing homelessness, giving our neighbors a hand up during their moment of extreme duress, and working to teach life skills to those most in need. As part of this program, the society launched a new initiatve providing direct financial assistance to individuals and families affected by…
$3,400,582 spentof which $1,563,910 as grants$19,732 earned by the program21% of program spendingCircle v ranch camp
$1,345,398 spent$392,060 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,434,918.
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 2021 to 2022, from $127M to $183M (+44%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 9% · 2021 13% · 2022 8% · 2023 15% · 2024 8% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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.
Chief executive
David Garcia
Executive director
Board chair
Gustavo Amaral
Finance Chair / Treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $113k → $37k.
10 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 21 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
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
100% 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 SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 35% · 2019 81% · 2020 90% · 2021 25% · 2022 45% · 2023 33% — 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
20% of SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
58% of SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES'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 $322k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $448k 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
SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 1 related entity
- Ozanam Investments LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES?
- SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $769,975 to it, the largest being THE ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION ($225,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $769,975 in grants to SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES?
- THE ROSE HILLS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES 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 21 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