California · Nonprofit
URBAN STREET ANGELS INC
URBAN STREET ANGELS INC (California) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,133,032 to it, the largest being LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION ($1,092,679). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Urban Street Angels Inc does
Mission
Founded in 2012, urban street angels is a san diego native 501(c)3 attentive to supporting homeless youth through supportive housing, peer support, mentorship, mental health counseling, and job training initiatives, in order to develop a more employable workforce and cultivate personal responsibility. We believe building the lives of any young person requires tremendous care and support therefore it's through that care and support we plan to rebuild the bonds of trust and individual confidence necessary to help steward our youth toward a life of stability, away from the streets.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Interim shelter bed program ("isb"): through a strategic partnership with the city of san diego - housing commission, urban street angels operates the isb program to provide emergency shelter and accelerated connections to housing supports for up to 52 transition-aged youth ("tay") program clients, without a time limitation (but typically requiring at least 15-45 days for progression through the program). The isb program employs one (1) program manager, three (3) case managers, and one (1) peer support specialist / navigator, along with a shared services team providing occupational therapy, residential services, and food services at the organization's usa center in the downtown san diego area.
$2,100,000 spent42% of program spendingJust be u program ("jbu"): in partnership with the county of san diego - behavioral health services ("bhs"), urban street angels operates the jbu program as an innovative supportive housing program for homeless tay in the community. The 15-bed jbu program provides supportive housing and wraparound case management, along with an array of holistic / allied health care services, for tay who have an extended history within the san diego region's acute care and justice-related systems.similar to other programs operated in partnership with the county of san diego - bhs, tay eligible for the jbu program must meet the following essential criteria: individuals between the ages of 18 - 25 years old who are experiencing (or at risk of experiencing) homelessness. Additional eligibility criteria includes: qualifying smi dx, along with a history of recurring use of the region's emergency, acute care systems and/or justice systems. During their up to 120-day stay in the jbu program, tay have access to an array of recuperative, integrative, and holistic wellness services, including acupuncture, chiropractic care, cryotherapy, fitness classes, massage therapy, and nutrition / wellness counseling…
$1,600,000 spent32% of program spendingYouth homelessness demonstration program ("yhdp") | joint - th/rrh program: in partnership with the regional task force on homelessness, the yhdp | joint - th/rrh is a hud-funded program that currently provides 12 transitional beds and six (6) rrh beds in the san diego region. This program is part of broader multi-site partnership that provides wraparound case management, linkages to educational and workplace opportunities, referrals into long-term housing options, and an array of related services for tay experiencing homelessness in the san diego region.
$1,288,719 spent26% of program spendingUrban street angels also operates several programs that are supported by earned revenue contracts, including the organization's short-term and bridge housing program ("stbh", a county of diego - bhs program that provides approx. $625k in annual revenue), the housing our youth program ("hoy", another county of san diego program with the ymca of san diego county as contractor, urban street angels as one of five subcontractors, providing approx. $445k in annual revenue), the safetay program (privately funded by the lucky duck foundation, providing approx. $75 - $125k in annual revenue), and the ye program (a cal-oes program, with san diego youth services as contractor, urban street angels as one of several subcontractors, providing approx. $45k in annual revenue), along with social enterprise and trade school programs (privately funded, with approx. $125 - $150k in annual revenue).
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,988,719.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $835k to $1.4M (+65%).
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: 2018 91% · 2019 78% · 2020 91% · 2021 86% · 2022 86% · 2023 90% · 2024 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of URBAN STREET ANGELS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
Eric Lovett-Maerz
Director, president & CEO
Board chair
Tim Pestotnik
Director, chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $16k → $521k.
8 of 28 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 URBAN STREET ANGELS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 28 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
URBAN STREET ANGELS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% 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 URBAN STREET ANGELS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 94% · 2019 58% · 2020 47% · 2021 33% · 2022 52% · 2023 44% — 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
75% of URBAN STREET ANGELS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
92% of URBAN STREET ANGELS 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. $315k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
URBAN STREET ANGELS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,399 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,399 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like URBAN STREET ANGELS 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds URBAN STREET ANGELS INC?
- URBAN STREET ANGELS INC (California) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,133,032 to it, the largest being LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION ($1,092,679). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN STREET ANGELS INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,133,032 in grants to URBAN STREET ANGELS INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN STREET ANGELS INC?
- LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,092,679 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN STREET ANGELS 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.
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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 2018–2024), and the filings of 28 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