Operation California Inc
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-3504080. Reported 101 grants totalling $22.4M to 83 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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. For Operation California Inc, the IRS classifies it under international affairs rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE Q330) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 83 distinct organizations, with 26% 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. 19% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $40,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,500 and $239,320; the smallest was $6,200 and the largest $3,367,146. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
70 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $21.1M in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador Foundation | Winnetka, CA | $5,892,681 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Ing Rogelio Jaime Coria | Monterey Park, CA | $2,873,560 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Outreach Promoting Emergency -Cope- Preparedness | Calabasas, CA | $1,885,547 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| El Piche | Los Angeles, CA | $1,763,409 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Operation USA | Los Angeles, CA | $1,759,028 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cambodian Health Professionals Association of America | Long Beach, CA | $1,164,547 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scopa Has a Dream Inc | Healdsburg, CA | $603,574 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brook of Hope Inc | North Royalton, OH | $460,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA De Migrante - San Diego Shelter | Buena Vista, Tijuana | $402,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Salvador Foundation | $361,067 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Universal Health Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $323,923 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Appalachia Service Project Inc | Johnson City, TN | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Feeding San Diego | San Diego, CA | $268,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ilwu | Wilmington, CA | $268,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Roads Foundation Inc | Compton, CA | $268,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Piche | $255,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| City of New York | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Culver City Education Foundation | Culver City, CA | $239,320 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Corazon Healdsburg | $204,358 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Ccalac | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Harbor Area Gang Alternatives | Lynwood, CA | $198,825 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ufw | $185,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Calcasieu Parish Police Jury | $159,670 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | Mattapoisett, MA | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delancy Street California | San Francisco, CA | $134,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nuestra Comunidad | Windsor, CA | $134,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Valley Caring Services | $123,576 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Port of Lalong Shoreman Union | San Pedro, CA | $113,985 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Homeless Services Authority | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| St John's Well Child Centr | $102,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Por Un Sl Mejor Inc | Norwalk, CA | $77,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Karam Foundation Nfp | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Epidaurus | Tucson, AZ | $73,755 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| White Pony Express | Concord, CA | $50,288 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helpage USA Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Bernard Project Inc | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ilwu Local 13 | $48,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Power of One Foundation | $48,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Reach Out Worldwide Inc | Pasadena, CA | $42,380 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Generations Indigenous Ways | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Mission of Vision Ministries | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| More Prepared LLC | Torrance, CA | $36,020 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oyate Teca Project | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| The Children's Service Foundation of Sw Florida Co Apostolic House of God | Fort Myers, FL | $33,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amity Foundation | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Sol Del Valle | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Universal Health Foundation | $32,496 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Disability Rights North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farm Share Inc | Homestead, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miami Diaper Bank Inc | Miami, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skid Row Housing Trust | Los Angeles, CA | $27,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Proyecto Del Barrio Inc | Arleta, CA | $26,820 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecting a Caring Community | Calabasas, CA | $24,893 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Port of Los Angeles | San Pedro, CA | $20,115 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leimert Park Community Center | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Outright Action International | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Harvest | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Mujeres De La Tierra | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Austin Community Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| CASA Central | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Communities in Schools Nashville | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Covenant House | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Education Through Music | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Focus Hope | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Miami Diaper Bank | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| World Harvest Charities & Family Services | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Secound Harvest Food Bank Oc | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| City of West Hollywood | West Hollywood, CA | $10,058 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heal Palestine Inc | Kent, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Houston Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Lanterman Regional Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Manna Food Bank | Mills River, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | Wailuku, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homeless Health Care Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young & Healthy | Pasadena, CA | $6,720 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa, CA | $6,705 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County | Santa Rosa, CA | $6,705 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Luz Center | Sonoma, CA | $6,705 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Agenda for Children | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Oyate Teca | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Tarzana Treatment Centers Inc | Tarzana, CA | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
10 of 83 (12%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- Corazon Healsburg
DISASTER RESPONSE (NORTHERN CA. WILD FIRES) - Brook of Hope
RUSSIAN INVASION CIVILIAN SUPPORT - Cope Community Outreach Promoting Emergency
UKRAINE CONFLICT, COMMUNITY HEALTH, DISASTER RESPONSE TURKEY EARTHQUAKE - Appalachia Service Project
TO PROVIDE DISASTER RESPONSE FOR HURRICANE HELENE/MILTON - REBUILD PROGRAM/SERVICE PROVISION - Reach Out Worldwide (roww)
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RELIEF - More Prepared LLC
DISASTER PREP AND RESPONSE KITS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 of 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | $2,462,417 | $32,498 |
| 2021 | 19 | $9,105,869 | $268,200 |
| 2022 | 24 | $8,495,239 | $63,894 |
| 2023 | 12 | $1,752,983 | $43,010 |
| 2024 | 12 | $613,422 | $27,446 |
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
91% 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
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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 $40,000 -- 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 Operation California Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 12 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 7421 Beverly Blvd Ph, Los Angeles, CA, 90036.
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