California · Nonprofit
THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION
THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,147 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,800,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What The Miguel Contreras Foundation does
Mission
To advance economic opportunity for underserved workers in los angeles through workforce development, education, and civic engagement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Worker program: with a mission to serve underserved workers in los angeles, mcf conducts worker programs to advance economic opportunity for underserved workers through workforce development, worker education and worker engagement.
$424,699 spentof which $5,000 as grants32% of program spendingScholarship program: since inception, mcf's scholarship program supports education and engagement through financial support towards higher education and vocational school. This includes support to alumni and the children/dependents of alumni of our programs, as well as local los angeles students.
$884,179 spentof which $884,179 as grants68% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,308,878.
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 $1.0M to $2.8M (+183%).
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 2% · 2020 9% · 2021 2% · 2022 17% · 2023 20% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
106% of THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Armando Loza
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income rose $161k → $755k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $889k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION’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 MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 71% · 2019 85% · 2020 94% · 2021 55% · 2022 100% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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 MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
91% of THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $128k 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 MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION: 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 MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION?
- THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,888,147 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,800,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $3,888,147 in grants to THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MIGUEL CONTRERAS FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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