California · Nonprofit
Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc
Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being METALS SERVICE CENTER INSTITUTE ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc has grown faster than half of the 410 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 410 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Shelter Partnership Inclocal
- Simi Valley Hosp and Hlth Care Services dba Adventist Health Simi Valleyportfolio match
- The Rose Hills Foundationlocal
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.
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.
9% of Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc’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
Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 2 funders put you well-backed among the 26 organizations that share them.
- Shelter Partnership InclocalCA · funds 341 organizations near you
- Simi Valley Hosp and Hlth Care Services dba Adventist Health Simi Valleyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Rose Hills FoundationlocalCA · funds 479 organizations near you
- Encinitas Rotary Club Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michael and Jeanette Bidart Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- California Restaurant Foundation InclocalCA · funds 169 organizations near you
- Bice Passavant Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sean and Christine Yu Private Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Malou Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jd Mason Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Peter Ly MD Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Morgan Family Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Southern California Chapter of MSCI 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc?
- Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being METALS SERVICE CENTER INSTITUTE ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $90,000 in grants to Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Southern California Chapter of MSCI Inc?
- METALS SERVICE CENTER INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Southern California Chapter of MSCI 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.
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 2funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing