California · Nonprofit
THE NILES FOUNDATION
THE NILES FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $260,288 to it, the largest being THE REINVESTMENT FUND INC ($199,915). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $192k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $260k
- Net assets
- $322k
What The Niles Foundation does
Mission
The Niles Foundation is a 501c3 organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable historically disinvested and low income communities meeting their basic needs through education, training, leadership, environment and sustainable solutions
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Niles Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering vulnerable, historically dis-invested, and low-income communities by meeting their basic needs through education, training, leadership development, environmental stewardship, and sustainable solutions.
$214,206 spent87% of program spendingThrough our Halo Food Project and Green Food Land initiatives, we advance land stewardship, regenerative agriculture, and clean energy education. These spaces are designed to engage residents directly in sustainable farming practices, climate education, and collaborative land-use planning, forming an integral part of our broader Community Food and Farming Program. Currently, we work with a dedicated pool of 200 volunteers and serve over 5,000 residents annually. Our efforts include: Distributing fresh produce and pre-packed food to underserved residents. Supporting local growers to strengthen community-based food systems. Hosting educational workshops on climate-resilient agriculture and sustainability. The Green Food Land Project specifically focuses on land stewardship and development for community farming and clean-tech demonstration sites, supporting long-term sustainability goals and climate resilience in rural areas of California.
$9,940 spentof which $30,000 as grants4% of program spending'SOMAH Community Program' We conducted outreach and education for the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program, targeting property owners and tenants in South Los Angeles. Activities included luncheons, virtual meet-and-greets, and climate education workshops to promote solar adoption and energy equity.
$21,008 spent9% of program spendingNone
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $245,154.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $248k to $490k (+97%).
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 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE NILES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $77k.
3 of 7 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 NILES 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 NILES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NILES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 75% · 2021 93% · 2022 47% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE NILES FOUNDATION draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 NILES FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE NILES 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.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE NILES 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 NILES FOUNDATION?
- THE NILES FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $260,288 to it, the largest being THE REINVESTMENT FUND INC ($199,915). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NILES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $260,288 in grants to THE NILES FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NILES FOUNDATION?
- THE REINVESTMENT FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $199,915 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NILES 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 7 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