Soroptimist Village Foundation

Soroptimist Village Foundation is not a grantmaking prospect, and grant seekers should redirect effort elsewhere. The foundation's own IRS-derived record is unambiguous: "This foundation does not offer grants. It provides housing directly to low-income seniors and disabled persons," and its funding_cycle and application_form_url fields are blank because none exist. Every dollar of the roughly $250,000-$350,000 it reports in annual "total giving" across 2011-2022 is program-service spending on its own 47-unit senior housing property in Norwalk, CA — not third-party grants. `grants_paid` is $0 in every filing year on record, and `preselected_only: true` confirms the foundation has no open channel even for the rare contribution it does make.

Structurally, this is a single-property Section 202-style operating nonprofit governed by a volunteer board drawn two-deep from six Los Angeles-area Soroptimist clubs (Bellflower, Downey, Long Beach, Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, Puente Hills, Whittier) across the Camino Real and Desert Coast regions. Its "grantmaker" flag in nonprofit databases is a classification artifact of its 990-PF-adjacent filing type, not evidence of an active grants program — a pattern common among small, asset-light Human Services nonprofits under roughly $3M in assets, where the IRS foundation code doesn't distinguish an operating charity from a true grantmaking foundation.

What first-time researchers should know: there is no LOI stage, no full-proposal stage, and no site visit for prospective grantees, because the concept of a grantee doesn't apply here. The only two real relationships available are (1) becoming a resident — contact the Village directly by phone at (562) 868-8044 or in person at 12657 Foster Rd, Norwalk, CA 90650 — or (2) becoming a volunteer program partner, offering resident activities such as chair yoga, tech support, or arts and crafts, a channel explicitly solicited on its "Support the Village" page. Nonprofits seeking Soroptimist funding for women's economic empowerment, education, or anti-violence programs should instead approach individual Soroptimist International clubs or the SI Foundation's Live Your Dream Awards and Club Grants for Women and Girls, both of which run genuine, published application cycles distinct from this entity.

There is no external grant-size data to analyze because Soroptimist Village Foundation has paid $0 in third-party grants in every fiscal year on file (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 — the years available in its 990 history). The "total_giving" figures reported alongside those filings — $292,048 (2011), $301,496 (2012), $310,134 (2013), $274,407 (2014), $292,479 (2019), $215,422 (2020), $308,219 (2021), and $348,769 (2022) — represent program-service expenditure on operating the 47-unit housing property (staffing, maintenance, subsidized rent shortfalls), not discretionary grantmaking, consistent with its single program description: "PROVIDED 47 UNITS OF LOW INCOME HOUSING TO ELDERLY TENANTS."

On the balance-sheet side, total assets grew steadily from $1,162,039 (2011) to $2,236,534 (2022), an 92% increase over 11 years, implying modest but consistent capital accumulation rather than asset drawdown for grants. Total revenue has been volatile year to year ($151,160 in 2021 versus $387,690 in 2022), driven largely by swings in net investment income (from $90,252 in 2020 to $0 reported in 2021 and 2022) rather than any grant-related program income. Officer compensation is $0 across every filing year, and contributions received are negligible (a few hundred dollars in select years), meaning the operation is funded almost entirely by rental income and Norwalk Housing Authority subsidy rather than philanthropic gifts. The most recent income figure on the foundation's core record is $507,949, with $2,724,183 in current assets — figures that describe a small affordable-housing operator's budget, not a grants pool. There is no program-area or geographic breakdown to report beyond "100% housing operations, Norwalk, CA," because that is the entirety of its activity.

The peer set below consists of similarly small Human Services nonprofits in the $2.6M-$2.9M asset range. None publish an open grants portal either — at this asset scale, "Human Services"-coded organizations are far more often single-service operators (housing, loans, eldercare) than active grantmakers, which is the pattern Soroptimist Village Foundation fits.

Soroptimist Village Foundation sits squarely in the middle of this asset cohort ($2.72M against a $2.64M-$2.93M peer band) and shares the same likely profile: a named-entity direct-service nonprofit (several peer names — "Home For Aged Women," "Towers," "Housing Association," "Loans Foundation" — describe single-purpose operating vehicles, not grantmaking foundations). Grant seekers who found this foundation through a database search for "Human Services" funders should apply the same caution to this entire peer group before drafting any LOI: verify an active, named grants program exists before investing proposal-writing time.

The most concrete recent activity is the announcement of 2025-2026 executive officers on the foundation's board-leadership page: Teresa Molina (S/I Whittier) as President, Linda Haines (S/I Downey) as Vice President, Betty Mackenzie (S/I Bellflower) as Secretary, and Cynthia Nickell (S/I Whittier) as Treasurer, governing alongside directors from Long Beach, Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, and Puente Hills clubs. This is a routine annual leadership rotation among the six participating Soroptimist clubs, not a strategic change — the underlying 47-unit housing operation and Norwalk Housing Authority subsidy partnership appear unchanged.

The organization's website also displays a photograph documenting a contribution from the office of L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, indicating some level of continued local government engagement with the property, though no date, dollar amount, or program description accompanies it publicly.

No news coverage, press releases, award announcements, or program launches were found for 2025 or 2026 in general web search — consistent with an organization that operates a single subsidized housing site quietly rather than one running public-facing grant cycles or campaigns. Financial filings available in the data bundle end at fiscal year 2022 ($2,236,534 in assets, $348,769 in total giving/program spend), so no independently verified financial activity more recent than that is available. Grant seekers should treat this as a low-news, steady-state operating nonprofit rather than one undergoing expansion or new initiative development.

There is no grant application process to advise on, because Soroptimist Village Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals, has no LOI stage, no published deadline, and no application form (application_form_url is blank in its own record, and application_instructions is explicitly "none"). Any "application tips" content elsewhere on the web referring to this name is almost certainly describing a different Soroptimist entity — take care to distinguish this specific EIN (95-2258645, Soroptimist Village Foundation, Norwalk, CA) from the national Soroptimist International Foundation or individual local clubs.

For the two audiences who realistically interact with this organization, the practical guidance is:

• Prospective residents (seniors/disabled individuals seeking housing): Call (562) 868-8044 directly or visit 12657 Foster Rd, Norwalk, CA 90650, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. The website does not publish waiting-list details, income thresholds, or a downloadable application, so a phone inquiry is the only documented path in.
• Volunteers/program partners: The "Support the Village" page explicitly invites proposals for one-time or ongoing resident activities (examples given: chair yoga, tech support, dance classes, arts & crafts). This is the closest thing to an open "application" this organization has, and it is a service-partnership offer, not a funding request.
• Grant seekers hoping for Soroptimist funding: Redirect to the genuine Soroptimist grant channels — the SI Foundation's Live Your Dream Awards (for women pursuing education/training while supporting dependents) and the Soroptimist Club Grants for Education and Economic Empowerment of Women and Girls, both run through soroptimist.org and local club chapters, which do publish real eligibility criteria and cycles. None of the six clubs that govern this Village (Bellflower, Downey, Long Beach, Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, Puente Hills, Whittier) were found to advertise a distinct grants program tied to the Village itself.
• Common mistake to avoid: Do not submit a standard grant proposal package (budget, logic model, letters of support) to this foundation — its own filings confirm it has no mechanism to review or fund one, and effort here displaces time better spent on an actual open Human Services funder in the same California/Los Angeles County region.