California · Nonprofit
WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC
WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,209,832 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA ($1,120,786). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.5M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What West Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to unite the community to fight hunger and homelessness. Our vision is a community where every person has food on the table and every person has a roof over their head.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency assistance, support and education for low income and homeless families - case managers meet with individuals to develop a personalized plan to address a food or housing crisis. Resources include emergency financial assistance, financial coaching, career coaching, housing search assistance, and referrals to other local resources or agencies for services not available at wvcs. $883,952 emergency assistance helped 216 households avoid homelessness or move into stable housing. Students, seniors, and families received support from the mobile park-it market. 808 people received clothing, toys, food, and household items at gift of hope 2024. 431 children in k-12th grade received clothing, shoes, and backpacks at back-to-school 2024. 654 families received thanksgiving meals during our 2024 program.
$3,443,177 spentof which $836,183 as grants$6,078 earned by the program48% of program spendingFood and nutritional services for low income and homeless families - individuals and families that qualify for our services can visit our food pantry in cupertino or our mobile food pantry in los gatos, saratoga, and west san jose for fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and meats, and staples such as rice, beans, canned and dry goods. Food is provided by second harvest food bank and generous donations from local grocery stores such as safeway, whole foods, and sprouts. In addition to food, families can get basic needs items such as diapers, personal care products, household items, and special dietary and ethnic foods. 6,650 people received critical help from wvcs. 2,867 people came to wvcs for the first time to help. 5,467 individuals, including seniors and students, received food from received support from the wvcs market and mobile park-it market. 1,376,906 meals were made possible through food distributed in our food markets. Families can also access information and valuable health and nutrition resources, including food stamps, ssi, ssdi, calworks, and eitc (earned income tax credit) that will help stabilize a family facing a food or housing crisis.
$3,058,376 spentof which $2,711,660 as grants43% of program spendingHousing resources and assistance for low income and homeless families - wvcs supports clients working towards housing stability with access to housing, food, transportation, toiletries, and other items. The housing specialist program offers housing search support, relocation assistance, case management and supportive services to homeless or housing instable clients. Wvcs also owns and operates a 24-unit complex of 1- and 2-bedroom apartments for very low-income qualified candidates.
$643,886 spent$391,892 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,145,439.
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 $6.8M to $9.7M (+43%).
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: 2017 22% · 2018 26% · 2019 23% · 2020 15% · 2021 32% · 2022 44% · 2023 36% · 2024 35% · 2025 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Sujatha Venkatraman
Executive director
Board chair
Janet Farabaugh
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $444k → $1.2M.
22 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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
WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
77% 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 WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 45% · 2019 33% · 2020 14% · 2021 22% · 2022 13% · 2023 14% — 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
49% of WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC'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 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
59% of WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3.8M that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC has grown faster than half of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.5M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$6.5M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC?
- WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,209,832 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA ($1,120,786). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $9,209,832 in grants to WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA is the largest funder on record, with $1,120,786 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 63 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