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TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA

TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $355,000 to it, the largest being LABORERS EMPLOYERS COOPERATION AND EDUCATION TRUST ($180,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$815k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$355k
Net assets
$750k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01The 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($684k) Expenses 100 ($535k) Net assets 100 ($341k)2018 Revenue 96 ($658k) Expenses 146 ($784k) Net assets 63 ($215k)2019 Revenue 48 ($326k) Expenses 55 ($292k) Net assets 73 ($249k)2020 Revenue 49 ($333k) Expenses 51 ($275k) Net assets 90 ($307k)2021 Revenue 55 ($378k) Expenses 47 ($251k) Net assets 127 ($434k)2022 Revenue 59 ($401k) Expenses 60 ($322k) Net assets 150 ($513k)2023 Revenue 61 ($415k) Expenses 68 ($364k) Net assets 165 ($564k)2024 Revenue 119 ($815k) Expenses 117 ($628k) Net assets 220 ($750k)
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Revenue (119)Expenses (117)Net assets (220)

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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$148k
’17
−$126k
’18
$34k
’19
$58k
’20
$127k
’21
$79k
’22
$51k
’23
$187k
’24
14
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $65k → $60k.

From the IRS filings of TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% 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

51%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 60% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 75% · 2022 67% · 2023 50% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.

CA
DC

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA

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

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA: 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 TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA?
TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $355,000 to it, the largest being LABORERS EMPLOYERS COOPERATION AND EDUCATION TRUST ($180,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $355,000 in grants to TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA?
LABORERS EMPLOYERS COOPERATION AND EDUCATION TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TRANSPORTATION CALIFORNIA 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing