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THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC

THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,697 to it, the largest being E AND S VAN HOUTEN MEMORIAL FUND ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$130k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$4.3M
0/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Center Foundation Inc does

Mission

To aid other exempt organizations through donations

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To aid other exempt organizations through donations

    $50,497 spentof which $41,134 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,497.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($162k) Expenses 100 ($10k) Net assets 100 ($391k)2019 Revenue 772 ($1.3M) Expenses 200 ($20k) Net assets 394 ($1.5M)2020 Revenue 31 ($51k) Expenses 250 ($25k) Net assets 437 ($1.7M)2021 Revenue 1346 ($2.2M) Expenses 269 ($27k) Net assets 1032 ($4.0M)2022 Revenue 256 ($415k) Expenses 368 ($37k) Net assets 860 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 67 ($108k) Expenses 449 ($45k) Net assets 983 ($3.8M)2024 Revenue 80 ($130k) Expenses 515 ($51k) Net assets 1105 ($4.3M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (80)Expenses (515)Net assets (1105)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $4.0M (+136%).

$391k
$1.5M
$1.7M
$4.0M
$3.4M
$3.8M
$4.3M
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$152k
’18
$1.2M
’19
$26k
’20
$2.2M
’21
$379k
’22
$63k
’23
$78k
’24

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.

201920202021202220232024
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Joined·+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of THE CENTER FOUNDATION 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

THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

40%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

“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

THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.

PA
MO

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin60% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−4% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC?
THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,697 to it, the largest being E AND S VAN HOUTEN MEMORIAL FUND ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $24,697 in grants to THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOUNDATION INC?
E AND S VAN HOUTEN MEMORIAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CENTER FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 3 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