About Community Initiatives
Community Initiatives is a dedicated fiscal sponsor whose sole purpose is to provide best-in-class infrastructure for nonprofit leaders. We know the right questions to ask to help you develop a sustainable and scalable solution in your community.
Focus Areas
Fiscal sponsorshipGrants managementFinancial managementTax preparation and complianceBenefits, payroll, and human resourcesLegal counselOnline donation managementRapid response supportFellowships and community grants
Who They Fund
low-wage workers seeking economic mobilityhigh-potential adults with barriers to employment/educationK-12 students (including Marin City youth and student-athletes)
About Community Initiatives
Community Initiatives combines fiscal sponsorship with grantmaking that often supports projects as they wind down, with several recent awards labeled as project exit grants or exited project grant disbursements. That pattern appears alongside larger place-based awards for conservation, visitor facilities, youth programs, and community infrastructure. The largest recent grant in the dataset went to House of Victory Foundation Inc in Costa Mesa for charitable and educational community activities that include public speaking and athletic camps for student-athletes. Another large award supported Feather River Land Trust Sierra Valley in Quincy for visitor facilities at the Sierra Valley Preserve, showing the foundation’s willingness to back physical infrastructure as well as program delivery. The foundation’s recent awards also show a mix of general support and targeted project funding. Alliedup in Ontario received both general support and a separate grant for economic mobility and racial equity for low-wage workers. Community Initiatives also supported Radical Monarchs in Oakland through an exited project grant disbursement, reflecting its role in moving hosted or time-limited initiatives through transition points. Across the file, the grants are almost entirely to U.S. recipients, with California organizations appearing frequently.
What Community Initiatives Funds
In conservation and land stewardship, Community Initiatives backed Feather River Land Trust for conservation projects in Sierra Valley and the Bald Mountain Range, and separately supported Truckee Donner Land Trust for a forest restoration project. For visitor and park infrastructure, it awarded National Park Service - Manzanar National Historic Site for reconstruction of the main baseball field at the former incarceration camp, and Friends of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park for materials tied to a latrine system at the Kahuku-Pohue unit. The foundation also funds workforce and economic mobility work. Allied Up received support for creating economic mobility and racial equity for low-wage workers, while General Assembly Space Inc was funded to train adults with barriers to education and employment for high-wage digital-economy jobs. In community technology, Exygy Inc received general support and a separate model C disbursement. These grants show a preference for practical, project-linked support tied to specific systems or outcomes.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$23.1M
Total Assets
$75.3M
Total Revenue
$86.8M
Total Expenses
$89.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $44K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$44K
Geographic Reach
National33 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
RUTH WILLIAMS
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