Southern California Grantmakers

Analysis

Southern California Grantmakers is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Southern California Grantmakers reported income of $40.1m and spending of $30.0m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.2m to $40.1m (+670%), an average of +67% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 405%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Southern California Grantmakers sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($40.0m), Kalamazoo Community Foundation ($40.7m) and Minneapolis Jewish Federation ($39.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $720k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.6m. At year end it held assets of $45.4m against liabilities of $6.8m, net assets of $38.6m. It reported 34 employees.