California · Nonprofit
South Tower Community Land Trust
South Tower Community Land Trust (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,160,000 to it, the largest being POSSIBILITY LABS ($1,000,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What South Tower Community Land Trust does
Mission
To help the community have access to affordable housing that they will ultimatley own as well as supporting the arts and beautification of Fresnos Tower District.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, South Tower Community Land Trust completed and sold the first Community Land Trust home in Fresno County, located at 517 N. Farris Ave. The organization also acquired the adjacent property at 525 N. Farris Ave. and began rehabilitation activities for an anticipated sale in 2026. In addition, South Tower Community Land Trust initiated predevelopment activities for eight new affordable homes on properties acquired in 2024, expanding the pipeline of permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income households.STCLT also conducted their 3rd annual Queer Housing Summit which is an event put on for the community in order to share and address issues the community is facing.
$104,142 spent37% of program spendingDuring 2025, the organization enhanced community infrastructure and public spaces by completing the installation of four bike racks at Broadway Parque and four public murals and other art installations. These improvements expanded access to bicycle amenities, supported active transportation, and enriched the community through public art that enhances neighborhood identity and engagement.
$99,565 spent$1,529 earned by the program36% of program spendingIn 2025, South Tower Community Land Trust advanced community development initiatives by acquiring a 2,300-square-foot commercial building to establish a nonprofit resiliency center serving neighborhood residents. The organization also successfully advocated for community health and equitable land use policies as part of the Tower District Specific Plan update and raised $6,631 in support of a new Tower District Library, strengthening community resources and neighborhood infrastructure.
$75,072 spent27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $278,779.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $130k to $1.0M (+678%).
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.
99% of South Tower Community Land Trust’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 South Tower Community Land Trust’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 Tower Community Land Trust leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 Tower Community Land Trust.
“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
96% of South Tower Community Land Trust's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $110k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
South Tower Community Land Trust runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like South Tower Community Land Trust
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
18% 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 South Tower Community Land Trust: 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 Tower Community Land Trust?
- South Tower Community Land Trust (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,160,000 to it, the largest being POSSIBILITY LABS ($1,000,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does South Tower Community Land Trust have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,160,000 in grants to South Tower Community Land Trust.
- Who is the largest funder of South Tower Community Land Trust?
- POSSIBILITY LABS is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Tower Community Land Trust 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 5 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