California · Nonprofit
USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO
USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,463,803 to it, the largest being Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation ($2,228,150). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $6.8M
What USO - Greater Los Angeles Area Inc Dba Bob Hope USO does
Mission
Tens of thousands of times each year at six centers, on dozens of military installations and in the community, bob hope uso keeps our troops connected to family, home and country through an extensive range of services, programs and events. As a charter organization of uso, inc., bob hope uso is an independent, california nonprofit corporation and relies entirely on the generosity of local donors and philanthropic organizations and companies. The organization receives no funding from the federal government and no significant funding from the national organization.we directly interacted with members of the military and their families more than 264,728 times in all of 2018 at our airport centers, at military bases and in the community. Our staff and our team of over 750 volunteers, with the support of generous philanthropic donors, do everything possible to provide a home away from home for our troops and keep them connected to the families they left behind. We also offer services for tro
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.
Program
Our programs and impact in 2018, bob hope uso served a record number of service members and their families through our centers and programs. We were able to support active service members as they began their deployments through our send-off bbqs, as they were coming home from overseas deployments on lengthy layovers, and while they were relocating with their families to new assignments. Over 750 bob hope uso volunteers ensured that our troops were cared for and supported as they were in trnsit, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Our troops and their brave families have enough stress in their lives, and we do all we can do to eliminate it during their travels. At bob hope uso, our centers are more than just a place for troops to enjoy complimentary meals and wi-fi, or a stop where they can get some rest during long layovers, or where they are greeted upon return from overseas, our centers are an extension of the family that our troops leave behind when they go forward to protect and defend our country. Bob hope uso continues to be the fastest growing, most innovative uso operation in the country, and our volunteers and small staff are making a difference, hundreds of times each…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $2.7M to $9.9M (+263%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $178k → $14k.
9 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 24 of 26 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
USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 63% · 2019 25% · 2020 70% · 2021 90% · 2022 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.
How long its funders stay
35% of USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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 FY2022, 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
87% of USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $448k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Organizations like USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 1 related entity
- USO Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO?
- USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,463,803 to it, the largest being Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation ($2,228,150). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $3,463,803 in grants to USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO?
- Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,228,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like USO - GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA INC DBA BOB HOPE USO 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 26 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