California · Nonprofit
Weigh of Life
Weigh of Life (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,010 to it, the largest being COIT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $-32686
What Weigh of Life does
Mission
Weigh of Life is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the community by providing accessible fitness wellness and educational programs. The Organizations mission is to promote healthy lifestyles prevent chronic disease and support individuals in achieving physical and mental wellness regardless of income or background. To carry out its mission Weigh of Life offers structured fitness classes wellness education and community-based programs designed to encourage sustainable lifestyle changes. Programs are delivered through qualified instructors and focus on increasing physical activity improving nutrition awareness and fostering a supportive environment for participants. The Organization prioritizes underserved and at-risk populations by reducing barriers to participation and offering low-cost or subsidized services. Through these efforts Weigh of Life advances its charitable purpose by addressing community health disparities and promoti
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Program 1: Community Fitness & Wellness ClassesWeigh of Life provides instructor-led fitness classes designed to promote physical activity improve overall health and prevent chronic disease. Classes include group exercise strength training and wellness-focused movement programs accessible to individuals of varying fitness levels.During the year the Organization served approximately 25 participants offering consistent weekly classes in a supportive and inclusive environment. These services contribute to improved physical health increased activity levels and long-term lifestyle changes among participants.________________________________________ Program 2: Health Education & Lifestyle WorkshopsThe Organization offers health education workshops focused on nutrition disease prevention and sustainable healthy living practices. These workshops are designed to equip participants with knowledge and tools to make informed decisions about their health.Approximately 25 individuals participated in workshops during the year. Topics included healthy eating weight management and wellness planning. These services support the Organizations mission by increasing awareness and promoting preventive…
$67,104 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,104.
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 2019 to 2020, from $44k to $110k (+148%).
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 4% · 2019 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of Weigh of Life’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Ruth Vasquez Jones
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $60k → $5.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Weigh of Life’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
Weigh of Life leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Weigh of Life's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Weigh of Life's revenue fell 55% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Weigh of Life
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Weigh of Life: 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 Weigh of Life?
- Weigh of Life (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,010 to it, the largest being COIT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Weigh of Life have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $60,010 in grants to Weigh of Life, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Weigh of Life?
- COIT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Weigh of Life 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 3 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