Skip to main content
Filing year 2024

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS

Los Angeles, California·EIN 95-2831058·NTEE T50Z · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$27M
Total assets
$35.3M
Total expenses
$36.6M
Reported officers
26
Mission

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS (SCG) IS THE REGIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PHILANTHROPISTS AND GRANTMAKERS WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND AROUND THE WORLD. WE ARE A LEADERSHIP HUB FOR OUR MEMBERS TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, (CONTINUE ON SCHEDULE O)IMPROVE THEIR GRANTMAKING AND AMPLIFY THEIR INDEPENDENT EFFORTS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE WORK. OUR MEMBERS INCLUDE CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAMS, FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPISTS, AND PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT, OPERATING COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS AS WELL AS GRANTMAKING 501(C)(3)'S.SCG CONNECTS GRANTMAKERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH SECTOR-WIDE CONFERENCES, TRAININGS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND FUNDER CONVENINGS: PROVIDING SPACE FOR COLLABORATION AND COORDINATED ACTION ON CRITICAL ISSUES. WE SUPPORT AND ADVANCE EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE GRANTMAKING FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD IN EIGHT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COUNTIES: LOS ANGELES, ORANGE, KERN, RIVERSIDE, SAN BERNADINO, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA BARBARA, AND VENTURA.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

$457k
$489k
Base
$347k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$54k
Chief Operating Officer
$279k
$299k
Base
$200k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$47k
Vp, Membership & Sustainabilty
vice president
$220k
$235k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k
Senior Vp, Programs & Partnerships
senior vice president
$212k
$227k
Base
$172k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Vp, Finance
vice president
$178k
$190k
Base
$140k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Vp, Prof Learning & Family Philanthropy
vice president
$167k
$179k
Base
$134k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Vp, Knowledge & Communications
vice president
$152k
$163k
Base
$124k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 19 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 3%
from 2023

From $444k in 2023 to $457k in 2024.

$444k
2023
$457k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$491k to $489k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$40.1M
$30M
2023
$27M
$36.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in California

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $59,560.

25th percentile
$21k
Median
$59,560
75th percentile
$123k
90th percentile
$241k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 365 organizations across 365 filings (2021 – 2023).

See full Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking pay data for California
Free, forever
Build lists. Save your benchmarks.
A free Lucido account lets you build lists of nonprofits and save your search filters. No credit card.
Create free account
Already a member? Sign in
Build a benchmark

Compare any role, sector, or revenue band

Build your own benchmark from millions of reported positions.