California · Nonprofit
TLCS INC
TLCS INC (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,343,760 to it, the largest being HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANTS INC ($3,968,814). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $78M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $73M
What Tlcs Inc does
Mission
To transform the lives of those living with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and homelessness by supporting their independence, promoting their housing stability, and empowering them to make positive changes in their lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
7501 sunrise boulevard llc (auburn oaks) is a california limited liability company owned by tlcs. The property is a 55+ senior community with 88 individual units called auburn oaks senior living apartments. Auburn oaks operates under an agreement with shra to operate as low-income for 15 years. 7770 & 7778 stockton boulevard llc (renewed hope) is a california limited liability company owned by tlcs. The property, renewed hope, provides temporary housing for individuals coming out of incarceration. Renewed hope operates under an agreement with the county of sacramento to operate as low-income for 15 years.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
For more than four decades, tlcs, inc. (dba hope cooperative) has provided housing, mental health, and supportive services throughout sacramento county. Each year, the organization serves more than 10,000 individuals through a comprehensive network of programs focused on recovery, housing stability, and community inclusion. In addition to its core residential, case management, and outreach programs, hope cooperative operates crisis respite services, outpatient treatment and recovery programs, and other specialized initiatives that promote mental wellness and self-sufficiency across the community. The following represent the three largest program services, as measured by expenses. See sch. O for continuation.hope cooperative's residential programs experienced significant growth, providing housing and support to nearly 1,000 individuals experiencing homelessness, including those living with mental health challenges and substance use disorders. The programs include a range of housing options-temporary shelter, interim, transitional, and permanent housing-each supported by onsite services that promote stability and independence. These include life skills training, financial literacy,…
$12,453,785 spentof which $8,073,921 as grants$595,746 earned by the program29% of program spendingHope cooperative's case management and full service partnership programs provide comprehensive, person-centered mental health and wraparound support to adults living with psychiatric disabilities and/or housing instability. These programs offer individualized services including benefit acquisition, crisis intervention, therapy, medication management, employment and housing assistance, and linkage to medical and legal resources. Participants also receive support to build independent living skills, social connection, and community engagement. In fy 2024-25, these programs served more than 2,600 individuals, helping participants achieve stability, wellness, and recovery through intensive, collaborative care.
$26,351,824 spentof which $1,757,247 as grants$502,482 earned by the program61% of program spendingThe core programs serve as hope cooperative's community access point, providing outreach, engagement, and short-term support to adults experiencing homelessness or mental health crises. Core offers case management, housing navigation, and linkage to behavioral health and substance use treatment services. Staff work closely with the city of sacramento and other partners to connect individuals with shelter, healthcare, and recovery resources. The core center welcomes anyone seeking help and served thousands of individuals in fy 2024-25, offering immediate assistance and pathways to ongoing care. Through its integrated network of housing, treatment, and outreach programs, hope cooperative continues to advance its mission of transforming lives by supporting recovery, independence, and hope for individuals throughout sacramento county.
$3,222,274 spentof which $198,006 as grants7% of program spendingCrisis respite services, outpatient treatment and recovery programs, and other specialized initiatives that promote mental wellness and self-sufficiency across the community.
$1,409,782 spentof which $35,938 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,437,665.
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 $52M to $100M (+93%).
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 74% · 2018 64% · 2019 90% · 2020 96% · 2021 95% · 2022 99% · 2023 94% · 2024 94% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of TLCS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
April Ludwig
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $2.0M → $158k.
5 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 TLCS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 19 of 21 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
TLCS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 TLCS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 88% · 2019 34% · 2020 38% · 2021 48% · 2022 30% · 2023 32% — 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
38% of TLCS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
84% of TLCS INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $120k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
TLCS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding TLCS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $31.4M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$31.4M
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 TLCS 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% 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
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- 25 Howe Ave LLC · disregarded
- 7501 Sunrise Blvd LLC · disregarded
- 7770 & 7780 Stockton Blvd LLC · disregarded
- Folsom Oaks Apartments Inc · exempt
- 1413 Howe Ave LP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TLCS INC?
- TLCS INC (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,343,760 to it, the largest being HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANTS INC ($3,968,814). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TLCS INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $5,343,760 in grants to TLCS INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TLCS INC?
- HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,968,814 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TLCS 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 21 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