California · Nonprofit
THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE
THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE (California) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,796,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,502,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $14M
What The Ahimsa Collective does
Mission
The Ahimsa Collective works to address harm in ways that foster wholeness for everyone. Our north star goals are to replace systems of punishment with paradigms grounded in healing, relationship, and love. To get there, we engage with deep trauma healing and restorative approaches while being grounded in anti-oppression. We work in deep community with people who have committed an act of violence, survivors of violence, and families impacted by harm. In all of our work, we center agency, liberation, dignity, and transformation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Santa cruz project - access to land offers profound liberation for historically marginalized communities, fostering freedom, healing, and connection with nature and each other. Together on the land, people shift toward collective, reciprocal relationships with nature, away from extractive individualism-a central value at The Ahimsa Collective. Through short and long-term healing stays, the center provides refuge for communities of color, formerly incarcerated individuals, survivors, justice workers, and queer people, offering a much-needed space for rest, reflection, and growth, especially for those escaping harmful conditions. Healing is essential, not a luxury, particularly for those who often lack access to time and resources for recovery. Justice movements frequently encounter internal conflicts that hinder collective progress, underscoring the importance of self-care and healing in sustaining trust and solidarity. The project seeks to foster belonging, community, and interdependence, creating an environment where people can heal from trauma in nature and reconnect with one another. Honoring the awaswas-speaking uypi tribe of the amah mutsun tribal band, the project recognizes…
$440,150 spentof which $23,585 as grants28% of program spendingLife comes from it - life comes from it has awarded over $18 million in grants to more than 250 grassroots initiatives focused on restorative and transformative justice, indigenous peacemaking, and land-based healing. Since the covid-19 quarantine, the organization has hosted over ten gatherings nationwide, connecting more than 500 movement leaders and fostering partnerships. By collaborating with established conferences such as columbia university's beyond the bars and the national association for community and restorative justice, life comes from it has enhanced diversity and strengthened black and indigenous solidarity. Additionally, they've produced over eight webinars to elevate movement voices and provided over 4,000 hours of organizational development support, including fundraising assistance that helped grantees secure over $500,000 in additional funding.
$404,698 spent25% of program spendingReentry support - our two reentry homes, with eight bedrooms total, provide safe, supportive environments for women, men, and nonbinary people returning from prison, allowing residents to stay as long as they need to establish themselves at their own pace. We prioritize respect, equity, and support for each individual's personal goals, with all basic needs met, such as clothing, food, transportation, and housing. Residents build a mutually supportive community, sharing decisions related to their living conditions and guided by the principle of ahimsa, or do no harm. Conflicts are addressed through open communication, emphasizing a space for trust and healing. Our housing community also hosts monthly potlucks, provides access to personal counseling, and offers classes in finance, cooking, and other skills. Additionally, our next step house allows residents to pay subsidized rent and build a credit history as they transition to independent living. Beyond housing, we support those returning from prison by providing transportation, resources, and connections to community support. Nationally, we collaborate with other leaders to expand person-centered, formerly incarcerated-led reentry…
$167,406 spentof which $1,600 as grants10% of program spendingAll other programs including general programs, circles in prison, healing circles, victim offender dialogs, mutual aid and restorative justice (marj), trainings, survivor support, restorative justice in the community, and ride home program.
$585,716 spent37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,597,970.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $11M to $15M (+38%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 6% · 2022 14% · 2023 32% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $100k → $3.0M.
11 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE’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
THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 75% · 2022 56% · 2023 40% — 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
17% of THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% 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
74% of THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE'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 $3.4M that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE: 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 THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE?
- THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE (California) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,796,250 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,502,500). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $12,796,250 in grants to THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,502,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AHIMSA COLLECTIVE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 24 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