Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-1318135. Reported 206 grants totalling $9,688,840 to 154 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. 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. 154 distinct organizations, with 10% 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. 27% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $38,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $1,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Victory Fund | Raleigh, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yes on Prop 1 | Sacramento, CA | $667,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mayors Fund for Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Diego Alliance for Traffic Relief Reliable Transit and Jobs | Long Beach, CA | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yes on Prop 2 Sponsored Nonprofit | Sacramento, CA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neighbors for Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions Now | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Committee to Engage & Empower Ca Voters | Sacramento, CA | $271,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Committee Safe Updated Modernized Schools | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nevada Alliance | Las Vegas, NV | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United to House La | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Co Democratic Party | Los Angeles, CA | $213,740 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Organizing Empowerment Project Inc | Mcfarland, WI | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverside Transportation Future | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| West Angeles Community Development Corporation | Los Angeles, CA | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yes on Measure La Committee for Quality Education and Student Succ | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The 2023 Governor's Inaugural Fund | Sacramento, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carpenters Helping Hand Inc | Washington, DC | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment | Los Angeles, CA | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holbrook Holding (duke City Gladiators) | Albuquerque, NM | $106,715 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Californians for Safe Drinking Water and Wildfire Prevention | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connect Maricopa | Phoenix, AZ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parent & Teachers for Neighborhood School | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Schools and Communities First | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Western Futures Fund Inc | Sheridan, WY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yes on 5 Californians for Safe | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes on D No on E Affordable Homes Now | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yes on H&i Inglewood 2021 | Valley Village, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yes on Hh - San Diegans for Comm Colleges | Encinitas, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Construction Industry Educational Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $99,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Committee to Pass Measure E Vusd 2022 | Ojai, CA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Committee for Rancho Santiago | Santa Ana, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inland Empire Economic Partnership | Riverside, CA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade - Black United Fund Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Support Riverside Comm College - Yes Cc | Sacramento, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes on Measure Ac | Long Beach, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Coalition for Rural Housing Project | Sacramento, CA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Democratic Party | Sacramento, CA | $67,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America 971 | Reno, NV | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yes on D - Safeguard San Diego Infrastrucutre Spo | San Diego, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Engineering & Utility Contractors Association | San Ramon, CA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ca Homes Committee | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cmte to Support the Bond to Repair | N Hollywood, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Democratic Governors Association | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miguel Contreras Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Farm Workers | Keene, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yes on Sw-Southwestern College Coalition | Bonita, CA | $48,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Agc Construction Education Foundation | W Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Auhsd Citizens for Quality Schools | Fullerton, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congress of Racial Equality of California | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seven Point Inc | Yucaipa, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Napa County Democratic Central Committee | Napa, CA | $38,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Diego Co Democratic Central Committee | San Diego, CA | $38,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Mateo Co Democratic Central Committee | Rosevill, CA | $38,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sf County Democratic Central Committee | San Francisco, CA | $38,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California Democratic Party | Sacramento, CA | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yes on X Safe & Modern Mv Schools | Santa Ana, CA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yes for Santa Ana Kids Yes on I | Santa Ana, CA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ryan House | Phoenix, AZ | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women in Non Traditional Employment Roles | Commerce, CA | $30,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carpenters Local 805 | Camarillo, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lindsey Horvath Ballot | Encino, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Retired Club 108 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join | Buena Park, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Bernardino Sheriffs Athletic Federation Foundation | Sn Bernrdno, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| U C Riverside Foundation | Riverside, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America | San Diego, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aavrep | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Abundant Housing La Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Advanced Legislative Leadership Services | Albuquerque, NM | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arizona Research Consortium | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Centro De Pueblo | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Rio Hondo College - Yes on Rh | Long Beach, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Katie Hobbs Inaugural Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living United for Change in Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Re-Imagine La County | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| State of Utah Sitla | Salt Lake City, UT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Thurston County Chamber Foundation | Olympia, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valley Cultural Center | Woodland Hls, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central City Assoc of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $24,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern California Contractors Association Inc | Orange, CA | $23,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles West Chamber of Commerce | Los Angeles, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hollenbeck Police Activities League | Los Angeles, CA | $20,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Associated General Contractors of California Inc | W Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cmte Excellence Redondo Beach Public | Redondo, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Explora Science Center & Childrens Museum of Albuquerque | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Explora Science Ctr & Children's Museum | San Diego, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Residents for Excellent Public Schools | Santa Ana, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Francisco Housing Action Coalition | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Nevada Building Trades Sportsman Alliance | Henderson, NV | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southwest Voter Registration Education Project Inc | San Antonio, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Carpenters Assistance Resource Program of Nevada | Las Vegas, NV | $18,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coalition of Education & Community Leader | Long Beach, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City of Palmdale | Palmdale, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Classified Employees & Teachers for Great Schools | Norwalk, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Homes for San Diegans | Sacramento, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau | Woodinville, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opportunity for All San Diego | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Diegans for Midway Revitalization | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Urban League of Portland | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes on Uu Parents for Pomona | Norwalk, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trifecta Collective LLC | Arlington, VA | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mobility 21 | Irvine, CA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Public Affairs Network | Olympia, WA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Progressive Labor Alliance | National City, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arizona for All | Tucson, AZ | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Tradeswomen Inc | Portland, OR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Quality Construction | Irvine, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles | San Pedro, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Better Colorado Alliance | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Building Industry Association of Southern California Inc | Irvine, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Conference on Apprenticeship | City Industry, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cesar Chavez Service Clubs | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Core-Ca | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Citizens for a Strong Ontario | Santa Ana, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Compton Unified School District | Compton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dolores C Huerta Foundation | Bakersfield, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Coliseum Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fundamental Change | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inland Empire Hispanic Leadership Council | Riverside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacob Zamora Memorial Foundation | Valencia, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John Stacy Lyons Memorial Foundation Inc | National City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacob Zamora Memorial Foundation | Canyon Country, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leading Colorado Forward | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Let's Build It Lane County | Eugene, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mexico Inaugural | Albuquerque, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pfa Strong Foundation | Montclair, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pnwrcc Scholarship Fund | Kent, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penny for Progress Yes on Measure E | Encinitas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverside County Deputy Sheriff Relief Foundation Inc | Riverside, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Residents for Public Safety Measure Fp | Inglewood, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Needs Network Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tustin Supports Schools - Yes Measure J | Tustin, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ventura County Citizens for Traffic Relief | Simi Valley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voter Rights Colorado | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes on Bb Residents and Teachers | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes on D for Redlands Schools 2024 | Highland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yes on Measure C Cmte | Yuca Valley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Retirees Club 90951 | Ontario, CA | $8,185 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spanish Town Heritage Foundation | Riverside, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ca Mid-State Fair | Paso Robles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charitable Fund Benefitting Gardena | Gardena, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Woodburn | Woodburn, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yes on Measure K for Costa Mesa | Fullerton, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Orgs | Las Vegas, NV | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of California | Los Angeles, CA | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association Inc | Orange, CA | $6,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| B U L L Session Charity Golf Tournament | Portland, OR | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Orange City Firefighter's Pac Yes on Z | Orange, CA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bridge Builders Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
29 of 154 (19%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 58 of 154 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 | 30 | $1,679,240 | $18,500 |
| 2021 | 31 | $1,189,899 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $1,552,558 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $2,481,858 | $13,500 |
| 2024 | 65 | $2,785,285 | $15,000 |
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
75% 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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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.
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- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Western States Regional Council of Carpenters's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 20 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 45 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: 533 South Fremont Ave 10TH Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90071.
EIN 95-1318135 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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