California · Nonprofit
THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH
THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $562,781 to it, the largest being GRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ($155,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $379k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $563k
- Net assets
- $487k
What THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH does
Mission
To create and strengthen relationships with Greater Long Beach area children, youth, young adults, and their parents through programs that support physical and mental well-being, academic success, personal empowerment, leadership development, and nutrition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Since 1970, our Summer Program has provided youth with opportunities to develop essential academic and social skills in a safe, engaging environment. Curriculum focuses on Healthy Relationships, Digital Safety, Environmental Health, and College and Career Exploration. In 2025 we served over 185 youth and children through daily activities and guest-led discussions. Pre- and post-program surveys capture learning outcomes and inform continuous program improvement.
$114,657 spentof which $20,900 as grants$114,780 earned by the program36% of program spendingGrocery Distribution: Approaching its sixth year, the Grocery Distribution Program provides wekly food support to more than 150 families, in partnership with Food Forward, the City of Long Beach, Church of Latter-Day Saints, Long Beach Unified School District, and dedicated volunteers. We address food insecurity by distributing essential items including protein, nonperishable goods, fresh produce (approximately 1,500 pounds weekly, and dairy.
$102,752 spent$104,387 earned by the program32% of program spendingSafe Passage Initiative: In collaboration with the AOC7 Neighborhood Association and Long Beach Ambassador Program (CAP) this program was designed to enhance positive adult presence along school routes to help prevent violence, harassment, and unsafe situations. CAP volunteers regularly monitor areas surrounding Lincoln and Whittier Elementary Schools and Franklin Middle School, building trusted relationships with students, families, and school staff while strengthening overall neighborhood safety.
$95,859 spent$131,803 earned by the program30% of program spendingOur Leaders Long Beach program grew oganically from the strong foundation of the summer program. Meeting bi-weekly, youth and young adults ages 15-24 who once participated in the summer program often return as volunteers, building leadership skills and progressing along a pathway to their first paid employment through the summer program.
$4,945 spent$5,786 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $318,213.
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 $412k to $507k (+23%).
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 8% · 2024 11% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $5k → $81k.
5 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 20 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
THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
70% 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 EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 72% · 2021 49% · 2022 30% · 2023 31% — 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
10% of THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH's funders are still giving 3 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
86% of THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $89k 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 EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH is better cushioned than half of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH
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
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- First Congregational Church of Lb · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH?
- THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $562,781 to it, the largest being GRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ($155,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $562,781 in grants to THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH?
- GRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EDWIN & DOROTHY BAKER FOUNDATION dba DAYS LONG BEACH 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.
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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 20 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