California · Nonprofit
WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)
WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,400,922 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($507,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Women Organizing Resources Knowledge and Services (Works) does
Mission
Development and implementation of certain projects and programs that specifically target the following:improve the physical, economic and social environment of the geographical area of its operations and that of its projects operations, by addressing one or more critical problems of the area, with particular attention to the needs of persons of low and moderate income;empower low and very low income households and communities both socially and economically.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The pursuit of affordable rental and supportive housing developments primarily located in los angeles county, california. As well as conducting enriched services,intensive case management services, and resident activities coordination at numerous low-income apartment complexes, located primarily in los angeles, california, serving several thousand individuals in hundreds of families.
$969,560 spent$1,706,336 earned by the program19% of program spending820 burlington, l.p. A california limited partnership, (the subsidiary) was formed as a limited partnership under the laws of the state of california on july 7, 2008, for the purpose of acquiring, developing, constructing, owning and managing an affordable rental housing project. The project consists of a 21 unit residential property (1 building) consisting of multifamily affordable housing located at 820 s. Burlington, los angeles, california (the project). The project was developed as new construction intended for use by special needs tenants, more specifically transition aged youth (tay) that are:- homeless- mental health challengesthe project was placed in service in november of 2011.7th avenue village lp is a proposed 142-unit permanent supportive housing project (under construction as of december 31, 2024) located in the hacienda heights area of the county of los angeles with an anticipated completion of construction scheduled for late 2025; the property is a conversion of a former motel 6 property at the site. A homekey development with funding from the state of california and the county of los angeles, the property will offer housing with intensive supportive services to…
$4,025,406 spent$17,916,649 earned by the program81% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,994,966.
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 2023 to 2024, from $32M to $52M (+63%).
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: 2023 29% · 2024 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Mary Jane Wagle
Chair-CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $87k → $635k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)’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
WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 96% · 2022 74% · 2023 44% — 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
40% of WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)'s funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% 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
WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $508k 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
WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 817 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 817 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 10 related entities
- 7th Ave Mgp LLC · disregarded
- 88th & Vermont Mgp LLC · disregarded
- La Lucas Mgp LLC · disregarded
- Grace Mgp LLC · disregarded
- Teague Terrace Mgp LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)?
- WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,400,922 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($507,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,400,922 in grants to WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS), 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS)?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $507,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN ORGANIZING RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES (WORKS) 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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