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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,430,281 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,295,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $6.4M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management does
Mission
The Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management (cnm) fosters thriving communities in southern california by equipping nonprofit leaders and groups with access to current best management and governance practices to expand their impact and reach. Most organizations served by cnm operate in and around la county, home to more than 30% of california's most vulnerable residents. Given the impact of the pandemic and the current economic and cultural forces putting pressure on social structures to address inequality: nonprofit board members, executives, and aligned peer groups turn to cnm to learn how to operate more strategically, find solutions, deliver results, and adapt at an exponential pace.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
(a&e): cnm strengthened sector engagement and collective action through coordinated policy, partnership, and activation strategies that mobilized nonprofit leadership across southern california. The organization convened and expanded coalitions of more than 150 nonprofits to advance contracting reform efforts in los angeles county, while collaborating with strategic partners to develop policy analysis and implementation tools to support movement building. Cnm also advanced advocacy efforts to secure renewed funding for capacity building grants programs and expanded sector readiness through contracting toolkits and targeted training offerings. Complementing these efforts, cnm's strategic cross-sector partnership portfolio supported five public sector initiatives (continued on sch. O) providing grants administration, training, and development support to approximately 120 community-based organizations in partnership with l.a. County departments and the city of sacramento. Additional partnership activities included activation hub supports, regranting initiatives, and responsive wildfire recovery resources to strengthen nonprofit sustainability and workforce resilience.
$6,508,893 spentof which $5,213,735 as grants77% of program spending(l&I): cnm advanced organizational and leadership development priorities through redesigned learning experiences and expanded sector engagement opportunities. Various strategies were used to deliver services and engage partners. Via cohort-based experiences, the organization supported more than 180 nonprofits emphasizing nonprofit management skill development, peer connection, and action-oriented tools. Through the learning and events center, hundreds of individuals attending half-day and full-day professional development trainings offered both in-person and virtually. To maintain affordability and widespread access, cnm has been cultivating ongoing and new capacity-building partners (I.e. Consultants, firms, scholarship providers) to support both admission to cnm (continued on sch. O) trainings and content delivery. By intentional data management protocols, staff upskilling, and responding to sector trends and research findings, cnm has maintained subject matter expertise and continues to serve as an invaluable leader within southern ca's nonprofit ecosystem.
$1,008,237 spent$285,542 earned by the program12% of program spending(rsi): cnm expanded its research and data leadership through strategic investments in sector intelligence, evaluation, and workforce research. The organization deployed major sector data assets including the nonprofit directory containing approximately 40,000 community-based organization entries and the social impact industry report developed in partnership with laedc, reinforcing cnm's role as a regional research and resource hub. Cnm further demonstrated responsive research capacity by surveying more than 400 community-based organizations and conducting targeted interviews to assess wildfire impacts on the sector. Building on this foundation, cnm launched the state of the nonprofit worker initiative encompassing compensation, workforce, and leadership research components.
$986,317 spent$798,233 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,503,447.
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 $2.3M to $4.3M (+88%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 5% · 2020 12% · 2021 5% · 2022 10% · 2023 24% · 2024 21% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Efrain Escobedo
President and CEO
Board chair
Alyson Sattler
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $120k → $1.2M.
7 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $151k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management). These are real filings, and they are not money SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT raised.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
41% 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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 41% · 2019 28% · 2020 47% · 2021 40% · 2022 31% · 2023 41% — broadly stable.
“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
60% of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
94% of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 366 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 366 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT
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
88%
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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT: 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 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT?
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,430,281 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,295,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $6,430,281 in grants to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,295,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT 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 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing