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WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC

WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$15M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$400k
Net assets
$49M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Western Community Housing Inc does

Mission

WCH is dedicated to building, purchasing and operating affordable housing communities and providing life enhancing services to low and moderate income households and thereby lessens the burdens of government. The low income population of our affordable communities includes families, seniors, and special needs households. Our activities are primarily in California and Montana.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provision of Affordable Housing to Low-Income Households:As of January 1, 2023 WCH was the managing general partner of 108 low income housing tax credit partnerships ("Partnerships"). These 108 Partnerships are located in California with approximately 8,301 affordable units. During 2023 WCH became the managing general partner of 2 new Partnerships adding 240 more affordable communities in California.As a result of these accomplishments, WCH was the managing general partner of 110 Partnerships by December 31, 2023. These 110 affordable communities in California owned approximately 8,541 affordable units.Of the 110 affordable communities owned by the Partnerships at December 31, 2023, 4,297 were affordable family communities, 2,689 were affordable senior communities, and 1,555 were special needs communities, all with rents limited to low-income households.In the Provision of Affordable Housing, WCH recorded $1,115,324 in Development fees for the development of the affordable communities and recorded $1,258,855 in management fees for managing the affordable communities in 2023. WCH ALSO RECORDED RENTAL INCOME OF $2,785,093 AND OTHER INCOME OF $29,931 FROM ITS INVESTMENTS IN THESE…

    $4,534,881 spentof which $12,000 as grants$5,189,203 earned by the program
    74% of program spending
  2. Provision of Social Services to Residents Residing in Affordable Communities:As of January 1, 2023 WCH was providing social services to residents at 67 affordable family and senior communities. By December 31, 2023 WCH was providing social services residents at 66 affordable family and senior communities in California, a decrease of one. Services include Afterschool programs for children, food distribution , case management, creativity programs, career counseling, adult education classes, exercise classes, and community building activities. In the provision of these services, WCH recorded Social Service Income of $1,731,972 in 2023.

    $1,630,564 spent$1,731,972 earned by the program
    26% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,165,445.

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 ($3.5M) Expenses 100 ($2.9M) Net assets 100 ($17M)2018 Revenue 250 ($8.9M) Expenses 146 ($4.3M) Net assets 115 ($20M)2019 Revenue 254 ($9.0M) Expenses 162 ($4.8M) Net assets 139 ($24M)2020 Revenue 394 ($14M) Expenses 204 ($6.0M) Net assets 198 ($35M)2021 Revenue 311 ($11M) Expenses 212 ($6.2M) Net assets 202 ($35M)2022 Revenue 282 ($10.0M) Expenses 208 ($6.1M) Net assets 217 ($38M)2023 Revenue 256 ($9.1M) Expenses 221 ($6.5M) Net assets 233 ($41M)2024 Revenue 424 ($15M) Expenses 242 ($7.1M) Net assets 280 ($49M)
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Revenue (424)Expenses (242)Net assets (280)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 2018 to 2019, from $64M to $90M (+40%).

$53M
$64M
$90M
$106M
$106M
$117M
$121M
$136M
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 32% · 2019 28% · 2020 5% · 2021 8% · 2022 19% · 2023 13% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

23% of WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 881 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$609k
’17
$4.6M
’18
$4.2M
’19
$8.0M
’20
$4.8M
’21
$3.9M
’22
$2.6M
’23
$7.9M
’24
9.4
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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Listed1010131313131216
Joined·+0+3+0+0+1+0+4
No longer listed·0000110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC’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.

Where its funders are

WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

GA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 817 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin53% · top quartile
Months of reserve9.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)23% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 817 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

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

Part of a family of 73 related entities

  • Wch Affordable I LLC · disregarded
  • Wch Affordable II LLC · disregarded
  • Wch Affordable III LLC · disregarded
  • Wch Affordable IV LLC · disregarded
  • Wch Affordable V LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC?
WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400,000 in grants to WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC.
Who is the largest funder of WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING INC?
THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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