California · Nonprofit
The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development
The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,808,366 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION ($2,259,733). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $43M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development does
Mission
The center by lendistry is a nonprofit organization that supports diverse small businesses through education, technical assistance, and access to competitive financing. Our mission is to close the wealth gap by anchoring small businesses and the communities where they do business.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
LA County Household Relief Grant- The Center administered the LA County Household Relief Grant program, delivering $31M+ in direct support to 3,425 households severely impacted by the wildfires and helping prevent displacement during an already uncertain period.
$33,962,798 spentof which $31,494,000 as grants$34,631,902 earned by the program84% of program spendingLos Angeles County Rent Relief Program- The Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) launched the LA County Rent Relief Program on December 12, 2023, dispersing financial relief to landlords throughout Los Angeles County adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Administered by The Center, the program's community partners delivered relief grants 4810 upon program close in 2025.
$4,373,465 spentof which $3,909,009 as grants$4,404,409 earned by the program11% of program spendingSmall Business Accelerators- The Center provided 299 businesses with access to intensive accelerator services to support business growth, local job creation, and wealth building for communities. These accelerators focus on specific growth mechanisms including digital growth and online sales, government and supply chain contracting and procurement, scaling through brick and mortar, and other foundational business growth activities.
$569,989 spent1% of program spendingLA Emergency Rent Relief Program- The Center by Lendistry is administering the County of LA's Emergency Rent Relief Program. The program is designed to assist landlords and displaced homeowners who have faced financial hardships due to emergencies. Applications launched in December 2025.
$519,925 spent1% of program spendingAccess to Capital Programs-The Center provided 84 small businesses with access to capital technical assistance and support including credit counseling, loan packaging, small grants and access to new credit facilities.
$321,581 spentof which $207,583 as grants1% of program spendingClimate Resilience Programs-In 2025 we advanced three programs under our Climate Resilience Strategy, focusing on empowering communities to adapt to environmental changes and seize economic opportunities supporting main street businesses, middle market businesses, and contractors.
$295,494 spentof which $29,500 as grants1% of program spendingSSBCI Capital readiness Program- TCbL was selected to be the technical assistance training partner for CalOSBAs SSBCI Technical Assistance Program. ?In 2025 launched the CA Reach Training Hub, Reach Training Series, and Capital Advisor Training Series.
$149,770 spent$149,769 earned by the program0% of program spendingLA Home Rebuilding Initiative and Wildfire Recovery- The center launched a series of additional activities to support wildfire recovery including an educational website for homeowners focused on rebuilding and a collaborative financing initiative.
$133,499 spent$1,295,000 earned by the program0% of program spendingFiscal Sponsor- We act as a fiscal sponsor to Diverseforce.
$78,625 spentof which $76,000 as grants$52,500 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,405,146.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $2.7M to $6.0M (+120%).
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: 2023 61% · 2024 98% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development’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 8 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
Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
President & CEO
Board chair
Stan Washington
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $2.8M → $158k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development’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 Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 82% · 2021 75% · 2022 56% · 2023 32% — 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
33% of The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 62% 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
The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $425k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development 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 The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development
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
98% 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 4 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development: 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 Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development?
- The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,808,366 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION ($2,259,733). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,808,366 in grants to The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development?
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,259,733 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Center for Strategic Economic Studies and Institutional Development 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 13 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