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SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE

SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being United Way of Merced County ($16,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$371k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$56k
Net assets
$112k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What South Modesto Businesses Unite does

Mission

To development & improve the spanic community

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Cinco de mayo parade

    $49,100 earned by the program
  2. Mexican independence day celebration

    $50,000 earned by the program
  3. Chrismas posada

    $81,000 earned by the program

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($137k) Expenses 100 ($116k) Net assets 100 ($72k)2018 Revenue 45 ($61k) Expenses 73 ($84k) Net assets 39 ($28k)2019 Revenue 73 ($100k) Expenses 67 ($78k) Net assets 0 ($0)2020 Revenue 23 ($32k) Expenses 41 ($48k) Net assets 0 ($0)2021 Revenue 34 ($47k) Expenses 50 ($58k) Net assets 184 ($132k)2022 Revenue 69 ($94k) Expenses 97 ($112k) Net assets 159 ($114k)2024 Revenue 270 ($371k) Expenses 311 ($361k) Net assets 156 ($112k)
2017201820192020202120222024
Revenue (270)Expenses (311)Net assets (156)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $49k to $0 (−100%).

$72k
$49k
$0
$114k
$132k
$114k
$112k
2017201820192020202120222024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’17
−$23k
’18
$23k
’19
−$16k
’20
−$11k
’21
−$18k
’22
$10k
’24
3.7
months of
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.

20192024
Listed510
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE’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

SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE.

29%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

“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

100% of SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 100%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE: 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 SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE?
SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,500 to it, the largest being United Way of Merced County ($16,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $55,500 in grants to SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE?
United Way of Merced County is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SOUTH MODESTO BUSINESSES UNITE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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