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WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD

WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,695 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($476,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.1M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$557k
Net assets
$574k
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 28%
01What it does

What WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD does

Mission

A nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving safe, walkable communities for personal health and recreation, for livable neighborhoods, for traffic safety, and clean air.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Safe routes, traffic safety and clean air

    $969,521 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $969,521.

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 ($295k) Expenses 100 ($260k) Net assets 100 ($66k)2018 Revenue 110 ($324k) Expenses 109 ($282k) Net assets 156 ($102k)2019 Revenue 133 ($393k) Expenses 147 ($382k) Net assets 221 ($145k)2020 Revenue 126 ($372k) Expenses 125 ($324k) Net assets 186 ($122k)2021 Revenue 96 ($283k) Expenses 172 ($446k) Net assets 69 ($45k)2022 Revenue 171 ($503k) Expenses 194 ($504k) Net assets 182 ($120k)2023 Revenue 245 ($723k) Expenses 250 ($648k) Net assets 296 ($195k)2024 Revenue 435 ($1.3M) Expenses 364 ($945k) Net assets 811 ($533k)2025 Revenue 386 ($1.1M) Expenses 407 ($1.1M) Net assets 874 ($574k)
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Revenue (386)Expenses (407)Net assets (874)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 2023 to 2024, from $233k to $649k (+179%).

$66k
$140k
$159k
$288k
$123k
$161k
$233k
$649k
$704k
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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 96% · 2018 97% · 2019 96% · 2020 89% · 2021 98% · 2022 39% · 2023 22% · 2024 33% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 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.

$35k
’17
$42k
’18
$12k
’19
$48k
’20
−$163k
’21
−$826
’22
$75k
’23
$338k
’24
$83k
’25
3.9
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.

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Listed776512811118
Joined·+1+0+0+8+1+3+0+0
No longer listed·11115003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $61k → $82k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Dignity Healthunclassified
$21k
AARPunclassified
$17k
funders
1
1
3
3
2
3
3
1

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86%
largest funder
96%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 59% · 2020 68% · 2021 100% · 2022 90% · 2023 80% — 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.

Where its funders are

91% of WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD's grant income comes from California funders.

NY
CA
AZ
DC

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

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’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve3.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD?
WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $556,695 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($476,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $556,695 in grants to WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD?
THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $476,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WALKSACRAMENTO INC dba CIVIC THREAD 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing