Nonprofit screen
Screen a listThe Foundation for a Civil Society LTD
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$151krevenue
FY2025 · −52% in 3 yrs1staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−66.8%
Months of reserve5.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−16.1%
Middle half of peersMedianFoundation for a Civil Society LTD
Where the money goes FY2025 · $253k spent
Programs$203k80%Management and general$49k20%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 25% of revenue stopped after FY2022
The Ford Foundation gave about $52k a year for six years, 25% of revenue in FY2022.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsNo return on record for FY2021
It filed for FY2020 and FY2022, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$8k in FY2023, −$22k in FY2024 and −$101k in FY2025. Cash covers 5.9 months, above the peer median of 5.3.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Funders stay
7 of the 11 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists21funders
$249ka year, last 3 years
44%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncSince FY2020$135k$100k$125k$100kThe Ford FoundationStopped after FY2022$50k$84k$16k$40k$40k$80k–Ploughshares Fund IncSince FY2021$75k$50k$55kThe Malcolm Hewitt Wiener FoundationSince FY2020$15k$15k$15k$15kThe Annenberg FoundationOn and off$60kProspect Hill Foundation IncOn and off$17k$15k$15kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$13k$13k$5k$5$25k$119 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$3k$2k$19k$18k$14k$8k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped