Friends of 40PRADO

Public charity · Grantmaker San Luis Obispo, CA EIN: 77-0540323

To provide funding for prado day center homeless shelter

Friends of 40PRADO at a glance

In short: Friends of 40PRADO gave $400K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $400K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$400,000
-1.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$400,000
-1.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$400,000
Total assets
$485,144
-4.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Friends of 40PRADO funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc (Capslo): $400KCommunity Action Partnershipof San Luis Obispo County Inc…$400K

The largest 2025 recipient was Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc (Capslo) ($400K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K4$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

San Luis Obispo

How Friends of 40PRADO gives

  • Giving grew 33% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $300K (2022) to $637K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $400K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc (Capslo) San Luis Obispo, CASupport for the operations of prado day center homeless shelter$400,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$485,144$424,389$448,496$400,0001$10,402
2024$508,775$405,114$456,082$406,0001$2,444
2023$552,451$428,517$689,927$637,0381$151
2022$806,443$424,234$345,860$300,0001$8,032
2021$748,239$488,183$451,299$400,0001$8,799
2020$700,619$542,166$496,417$440,0941$2,559
2019$653,790$435,960$469,750$413,5091$4,108

About Friends of 40PRADO

Based on IRS filings

Friends of 40PRADO is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in San Luis Obispo, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $485K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $400K. Net investment income was $10K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Friends of 40PRADO is led by Chris Gomez, President since 2020 (on filings since 2019); none of the 6 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Chris Gomez

    President

    Treasurer → President, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deborah Amorteguy

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Igel

    Treasurer

    Community Representative → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    2.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Connely

    Community Representative

    On filings since 2020

    1.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ty Green

    Community Representative

    On filings since 2021

    1.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brynne Speizer

    Community Representative

    On filings since 2022

    1.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (12)
  • Former: Anna Devers (2020–2023) — Community Representative
  • Former: John Spatafore (2019–2021) — Community Representative
  • Former: Christine Labuda (2020–2021) — Community Representative
  • Former: Hillard Wood (2020–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Mary Matakovich (2019–2020) — Community Representative
  • Former: Claire Gaulin (2019) — Community Representative
  • Former: Jan Marx (2019) — Community Representative
  • Former: John Michener (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: Ray Riorden (2019) — Community Representative
  • Former: Richard Margetson (2019) — Community Representative
  • Former: Roy Rawlings (2019) — Community Representative
  • Former: William Thoma (2019) — Community Representative

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Friends of 40PRADO

How much does Friends of 40PRADO give each year?

Friends of 40PRADO gave $400K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $406K across 1 grant.

How large is Friends of 40PRADO?

Friends of 40PRADO reported $485K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $424K.

What is Friends of 40PRADO?

Friends of 40PRADO is a public charity focused on Housing & Shelter, based in San Luis Obispo, CA. It holds $485K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Friends of 40PRADO operate?

Friends of 40PRADO has awarded grants in California.

What is Friends of 40PRADO's EIN?

Friends of 40PRADO's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0540323. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 29, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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