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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 85-0642564

California Volunteers Fund

Sacramento, CANTEE: M12Founded 2020Website

mission statement

The california volunteers fund scales pilot programs, convenes and connects communities, and builds service champions to ensure ongoing investment and foster a shared california identity through service and volunteerism. Our mission is to increase the quality, scale, and sustainability of #californiansforall programs tackling the state's pressing opportunities through service, volunteerism, and direct action.

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Total Revenue

$7.9M

FY 2024

Program Spending

89.1%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2020–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$7.7M

Total Assets

$7.6M net

18.21 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

+309%

Revenue Growth

YoY

Total Employees

FY 2024

Funding Track Record

Backed by 20 Institutional Funders

$17.2M raised across 34 grants · +$667K committed (2020–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 8 states (2020–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
Waverley Street Foundation	PALO ALTO, CA	$10,000,000
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation	LOS ANGELES, CA	$2,000,000
The Aileen Getty Foundation	RENO, NV	$1,275,000 +$667,000 committed
Marin Community Foundation	NOVATO, CA	$1,250,000
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$875,000
Chuck Lorre Family Foundation	LOS ANGELES, CA	$500,000
Achieving America Family Foundation	PASADENA, CA	$250,000
Rosenthal Family Foundation	LOS ANGELES, CA	$200,000
The California Endowment	LOS ANGELES, CA	$195,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$150,000

Total tracked: $17,245,700 across 34 grants · +$667,000 committed across 1 commitment (2020–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$3.2M in expenses

Climate corps/climate corps expansion: the california climate action corps program continues to support traditional service corps models, recruitment efforts to build strong fellowship cohorts, funding to increase fellowship, stipends for service fellows, and service and volunteer efforts to engage communities throughout california. California volunteers fund's climate corps expansion work leverages the california climate action corps model to scale state-led climate corps across the country. Eight states have joined california as partners in this initiative that deploys the power of service to tackle the climate crisis.

$917K in expenses

Corps to career: launched as a pilot program in los angeles in 2022, the corps to career program supports california volunteers service program alumni in finding post-service careers that offer competitive salaries and benefits. This model builds networks, soft skills and career development, and employee partnerships.

$178K in expenses

College corps: launched in 2022, the #californiansforall college corps engages college students in critical service activities around education and mentorship, food insecurity, and climate action. Funding was allocated to support the new program, with funds leveraged for supplies, materials, workshops, convenings, logistics/preparation needed.

$191K in expenses

The california volunteers fund continued to support the californiansforall program, providing additional resources for a program that encourages engagement with californians around service, volunteerism, and individual action. California volunteers fund is leading a planning effort to launch a california youth mental health corps. The california volunteers fund is working through a planning grant to build a program model that: seeks to tackle the workforce shortages in youth mental health, engages service members in meaningful service that builds pathways for employment in the youth mental health workforce, and leverages state, federal, and philanthropic resources and infrastructure to build a sustainable program.

Financial History