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THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,031,581 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,119,602). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $5.0M
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What The Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County does
Mission
The Information and Referral Federation of Los Angeles County, dba 211 la is a nonprofit corporation formed to improve access to human service agencies by providing information and referrals to these agencies and by providing coordination (see schedule o) between the various programs in la county which offer specialized information and referral services. Specialized services provided by 211 la include the la county's elder abuse hotline, the safely surrendered baby hotline, mobility management services, abuse prevention/intervention services, youth services, veterans services, and early intervention services. In addition, 211 la engages in developing software to support and enhance customer service through the development of digital and online services. 211 la also maintains a database of community resources and web-based services that enable online access to this database.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
American red cross - wildfire disaster response - assisting the public with emergency information, care coordination, temporary housing, power shutoff assistance as well as basic needs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
County of los angeles - information and referral services provider in los angeles county connecting community and organizations for health, human and social services.
$10,531,859 spent53% of program spendingArc - american red cross - wildfire disaster response.
$2,088,719 spent10% of program spendingCa vs. Hate is a statewide resource line and network offering non-emergency hate incident and hate crime reporting. The goals of ca vs. Hate are to help individuals and communities targeted for hate identify options for next steps after a hate incident or hate crime and connect people targetd for hate with culturally competent resources.
$2,153,134 spentof which $1,075,663 as grants11% of program spendingAll other program services consist of : lahsa, statewide baby safe, adrc, gas company, aarp, kaiser, california tobacco control program, public safety power shutoff, prevention and aftercare services, ipp healthnet, aces aware, uw greater la emergency food and shelter program, cited path, kaiser community rental assistance, adrac emerging, doj street vendor outreach, doj training and technical assistance, ecm healthnet, ecm molina, stop the hate cdss, dignity health, blue shield wellness, south central la regional center, measure b stop the hate, uwh4g back office stipend, uwh4g intrastructure, california mental health services authority, taxonomy, caresuite taxonomy.
$5,253,761 spentof which $3,201,387 as grants$359,004 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,027,473.
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 $7.5M to $10M (+35%).
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: 2017 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 96% · 2020 93% · 2021 91% · 2022 86% · 2023 82% · 2024 78% · 2025 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% 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.
Chief executive
Maribel Marin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $254k → $541k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY’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 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 79% · 2020 54% · 2021 77% · 2022 75% · 2023 92% — 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
60% of THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
100% of THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M 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 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- Department of Justice$1.4M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
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
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY?
- THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,031,581 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,119,602). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $5,031,581 in grants to THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,119,602 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FEDERATION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY 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 11 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