California · Nonprofit
THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER
THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,904,379 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($1,608,729). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $519k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $58k
What The Global Action Research Center does
Mission
Facilitate local communities and institutions in developing, sharing and scaling up sustainabilitity solutions-- locally and globally--to eradicate root causes of poverty, environmental degradation and unhealthy living conditions. Our bioregional organizing framework- brought to life through community-based projects and scholarship of engagement- is place-based, globally-minded, problem-solving and solutions-oriented.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Global ARC is helping communities use science and technology to address their concerns. The Global ARC creates demonstration models that display how science and technology, contributed by universities, can be brought to bear to address neighborhood challenges identified and defined by residents experiencing those challenges. These models become living laboratories for building healthy communities. In order to build these models, all residents must have an active voice in the decision making that impacts their lives. Therefore the Global ARC assists various segments of the community, whose voices are not included in decision making processes, to become organized and actively engaged.
$109,261 spent$517,851 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $109,261.
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 2024 to 2025, from $339k to $59k (−83%).
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 1% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Paul L Watson Jr
President / CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $149k → $249k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER’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 GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 80% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $290k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER
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
14% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER: 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 GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER?
- THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,904,379 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($1,608,729). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,904,379 in grants to THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $1,608,729 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GLOBAL ACTION RESEARCH CENTER 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 5 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