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THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC

THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC (California) receives grants from 186 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,575,045 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($10,255,916). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$19M
Funders on record
186
Grants received
$62M
Net assets
$21M
90/186 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 94%
01What it does

What The Praxis Project Inc does

Mission

To build healthy communities by transforming the power relationships and structures that affect our lives and communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fiscal sponsorship - the praxis project provides operational support for mission aligned organizations, furthering our exempt purpose through fiscal sponsorship.

    $12,612,275 spentof which $482,871 as grants$895,584 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Network and power building - the praxis project supports mission aligned base-building and power-building organizations that seek to improve health outcomes for all residents through providing them with convening, training, and technical assistance. These support services help organizations promote health and wellness in their communities, improve organizational outcomes, and effectively demonstrate impact.

    $1,173,947 spentof which $9,250 as grants$56,184 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  3. Research and training - the praxis project consults with community state, regional and national organizations and funders on how to center community values into their work, using common training methodologies, the praxis project helps to advance health and wellness, and authentic collaboration for all communities.

    $274,872 spentof which $80,000 as grants$5,891 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,061,094.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.5M) Expenses 100 ($3.4M) Net assets 100 ($4.8M)2018 Revenue 87 ($3.9M) Expenses 132 ($4.4M) Net assets 89 ($4.2M)2019 Revenue 174 ($7.8M) Expenses 151 ($5.1M) Net assets 146 ($7.0M)2020 Revenue 214 ($9.6M) Expenses 185 ($6.2M) Net assets 218 ($10M)2021 Revenue 501 ($23M) Expenses 287 ($9.7M) Net assets 487 ($23M)2022 Revenue 462 ($21M) Expenses 579 ($20M) Net assets 514 ($25M)2023 Revenue 336 ($15M) Expenses 644 ($22M) Net assets 376 ($18M)2024 Revenue 385 ($17M) Expenses 472 ($16M) Net assets 406 ($19M)2025 Revenue 424 ($19M) Expenses 524 ($18M) Net assets 435 ($21M)
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Revenue (424)Expenses (524)Net assets (435)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $24M (+122%).

$4.9M
$4.4M
$7.2M
$11M
$24M
$26M
$20M
$21M
$23M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2022 2% · 2024 6% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,745 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
’17
−$533k
’18
$2.7M
’19
$3.4M
’20
$13M
’21
$1.3M
’22
−$6.6M
’23
$1.4M
’24
$1.4M
’25
8.6
months of
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

Xavier Morales

Executive director

Board chair

Carla Sparks Mph

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed121513131617161717
Joined·+4+4+0+3+6+2+8+2
No longer listed·16005372
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $4.2M → $5.6M.

37 of 186 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 PRAXIS PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 186 funders by total. 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 PRAXIS PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left

53% 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 PRAXIS PROJECT INC.

17%
largest funder
37%
top three
~16
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 18% · 2019 37% · 2020 19% · 2021 11% · 2022 49% · 2023 12% — 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

28% of THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 20 states in all.

WA
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MD
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve8.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $501k on record.

State$501k
Top programs
  • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$303k
  • PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$198k

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 PRAXIS PROJECT INC

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 17%Fundraising 3%

Governance

12
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

69%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 29 states

NH
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
MS
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Pequoig Farm LLC · disregarded
  • Deep Space Mind Cooperative LLC · disregarded
  • Akeso Network LLC · disregarded
  • People's Coalition for Safety and Freedom LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC?
THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC (California) receives grants from 186 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,575,045 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($10,255,916). 90 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC have?
IRS filings report 186 organizations giving $61,575,045 in grants to THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC, 90 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC?
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,255,916 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE PRAXIS PROJECT INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 186 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing