Community Services Unlimited Inc
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3218396. Reported 103 grants totalling $7,624,262 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 66 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 58% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $100,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $9,262 and the largest $475,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trap Heals | $475,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Hmong American Farmers Association | West St Paul, MN | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Resident Association of Greater Englewood | Chicago, IL | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loiter | Cleveland, OH | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alma Backyard Farm | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alston Empire Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Avenue 33 Farm LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Outreach Center | Sun Valley, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cruzitas Deli and Cafe | Huntington Park, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eastmont Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Growgood Inc | Commerce, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gu Grocery LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hunger Action Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Luz De La Luna LLC Dba El Sereno Greengrocer | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Memories of El Monte Inc | El Monte, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paradise Natural Foods LLC | Detroit, MI | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prosperity Collective LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ras Karim Cuisine | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Simply Yours LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Straight Up Fast Food | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Heart of Ida | Long Beach, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Comfort Foods | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urbanmission Community Partners | Pomona, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Venice Family Clinic | Venice, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Communities in Partnership | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Agroecology Network | Santa Cruz, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Services Unlimited | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dream of Wild Health | Minneapolis, MN | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Washingtons Future | Bellingham, WA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Semilla Food Center | Anthony, NM | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planting Justice | Oakland, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rocky Acres Community Farm | Freeville, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living Nfp | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fountain Heights Cooperativellc | Birmingham, AL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rid-All Foundation Inc | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sankofa Community Development Corporation | Randallstown, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agroecology Commons | El Sobrante, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Centro Obrero Del Fronterizo Inc | El Paso, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chilkoot Indian Association | Haines, AK | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inclusive Action for the City | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mandela Partners | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sticky Rice Club | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southeast Michigan Producers Association | Royal Oak, MI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Floreciendo | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fresh Future Farm Inc | Charleston, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kheprw Institute | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Growers Collective Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sola Community Peace Center | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alegria Alchemy & Xocolatl | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carla's Fresh Market | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crenshaw Juice Co LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Full Moon Pickles LLC | Duarte, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hanks Mini Market | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kids Art By Momo LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lake Avenue Foundation Inc | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thai Community Development Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Plant Plug | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Food Distribution LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nikkimomo LLC | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nobes Pb Foods | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nobes Pb Foods | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Pedro Sourdough | San Pedro, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Pedro Sourdough | San Pedro, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shef Sannys Kitchen | Sylmar, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peculiar Pig Farm | Summerville, SC | $9,262 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
35 of 66 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Community Agroecology Networktierras Milperas
EQUITABLE FOOD ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GRANT
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 of 66 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $475,000 | $475,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $740,000 | $70,000 |
| 2023 | 47 | $3,375,000 | $100,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $3,034,262 | $100,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
67% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $100,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Community Services Unlimited Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 17 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 28 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po 62696, Los Angeles, CA, 90062.
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