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Community Foundation of Mendocino County

To inspire and steward generosity to foster vibrant, inclusive, and healthy communities throughout mendocino county.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
120
Itemized grants FY2025
97
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$175,000
Organizations funded a year
52 to 100
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$66M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Community Foundation of Mendocino County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $356k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving117$1.8M26%
FY202497$1.7M36%
FY202384$1.8M26%
FY2022100$3.0M33%
FY202152$1.6M25%
FY202077$2.5M38%
FY201969$3.4M52%
FY201869$1.9M81%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$4.7MArts & Culture$2.8MHuman Services$2.7MHealth$1.8MFood & Nutrition$1.5MEducation$799kAnimals$712kRecreation & Sports$676kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Coast Opportunities Inc$4,311,52985%
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art$813,035122%
Ukiah Senior Center Inc$594,611915%
Mendocino Presbyterian Church$448,0869n/a
Redwood Coast Seniors Inc$402,57899%
Ukiah Adventist Hospital$394,90580%
Mendocino Arts Center Inc$346,009816%
West Enterprise Center Inc$298,911713%
Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County$286,516513%
Kelley House Museum Incorporated$276,793840%
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All grantees of Community Foundation of Mendocino County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
North Coast Opportunities Inc$4,311,52985%
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art$813,035122%
Ukiah Senior Center Inc$594,611915%
Mendocino Presbyterian Church$448,0869n/a
Redwood Coast Seniors Inc$402,57899%
Ukiah Adventist Hospital$394,90580%
Mendocino Arts Center Inc$346,009816%
West Enterprise Center Inc$298,911713%
Humane Society for Inland Mendocino County$286,516513%
Kelley House Museum Incorporated$276,793840%
Mendocino Music Festival$270,725811%
Cancer Resource Centers of Mendo Co$251,974910%
Mendocino Lake Cc District$238,8509n/a
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens$237,72593%
Mendocino Vol Fire Dept Inc$226,997867%
Mendocino Coast Humane Society$221,50039%
Near & Arnolds School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education$218,25096%
Plowshares Peace & Justice Center$213,45274%
Rebuild North Bay Foundation$213,200269%
Don'T Ever Give Up Inc$210,00031%
Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation$204,769817%
Willits Senior Inc$201,54368%
Coastal Seniors Inc$192,979450%
Mendocino Coast Childrens Fund$184,46877%
Raise & Shine$171,259223%
Mendocino County Public Broadcasting$168,43476%
Mendocino Rotary Foundation$136,520860%
Mendocino Coast Fuller Center for Housing Inc$129,596798%
Hope Crisis Response Network Inc- Hcrn$125,00029%
Mendocino College Foundation Inc$122,62754%
The Harwood Memorial Park Inc$117,993312%
Mendocino Food and Nutrition Inc$117,87251%
The Ford Street Project$116,65462%
Arts Council of Mendocino County$110,904720%
Saint Marys School Foundation of Ukiah Inc$110,000212%
Anderson Valley Health Center Inc$108,46921%
Historical Society of Mendocino County$103,125421%
Hospice of Ukiah Inc$102,48965%
Redwood Community Services$95,41670%
Albion Little River Fire Protection District$93,6568n/a
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc$93,000417%
Action Network$91,09366%
Mendonoma Health Alliance$87,68544%
Ukiah Valley Christmas Effort$83,918826%
Friends of the Round Valley Public Library$76,400599%
Potter Valley Youth Community Center$75,54144%
Ukiah Valley Trail Group$73,000411%
Friends of Health on the Northern Mendocino Coast$71,020755%
Hanna Boys Center$70,1003n/a
Pinoeville Pomo Nation$69,7463n/a
Westminster Woods Camp and Conference Center$65,0001n/a
Flockworks$64,547529%
Nuestra Alianza de Willits$64,25048%
Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center$60,70051%
Anderson Valley Community Services$60,2106n/a
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians$56,5003n/a
Mendocino Coast Audubon Society$56,1324n/a
Mendocino Area Parks Association$53,00057%
Mendocino Performing Arts Company$52,00065%
Sherwood Oaks Auxiliary$50,0655n/a
Sonoma County Children's Charities Inc$50,00013%
Rotary Club of Mendocino$50,000159%
Mendocino Coast Clinics Inc$48,03050%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area$47,19040%
Noyo Center For Marine Science$46,81352%
Redwood Valley Little River B$46,5004n/a
Council on Aging Services for Seniors$45,00021%
Project Sanctuary Inc$44,42451%
Willits Daily Bread Corporation$43,827324%
Long Valley Health Center$42,67040%
The Street Smarts$42,0003n/a
Economic Development and Financing Corporation Inc$41,79624%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin$40,00020%
Ukiah Players Theatre$37,586229%
Willits Center for the Arts$37,000421%
Ukiah Valley Cultural & Rec Center$36,500419%
The Salvation Army$35,0002n/a
Renewable Energy Development Institute$35,000432%
The Mendocino Ballet$35,00049%
Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area$34,00021%
Save the Redwoods League$32,50020%
Westport Volunteer Fire Department Inc$32,388411%
Yorkville Community Benefits Association$31,000312%
The Mendocino Community Library Inc$30,578240%
Eagle Peak Middle School$30,2502n/a
County of Mendocino$30,1583n/a
Anderson Valley ElderHome$30,04428%
Humane Society of Sonoma County$30,00021%
Mindful Littles$30,000210%
Friends of Artquest Incorporated$30,0001n/a
Redwood Coast Humane Society$30,00038%
North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council$29,50040%
Seabiscuit Therapeutic Riding Center$29,200310%
California State Grange Foundation$29,00039%
Community Care Management Corporation$28,49540%
Mendocino Land Trust$28,00031%
Safe Passage Family Resource Center$27,56337%
The Night Ministry$27,00020%
Mendocino Study Club$26,4304n/a
Anderson Valley Senior Citizens Center$25,483214%
Special Needs Solutions$25,0001n/a
Mennonite Disaster Service$25,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Ukiah$24,45033%
Ukiah Foundation for Commerce & Education$24,300317%
Willits Community Theater Inc$23,725314%
Sierra Institute for Community & Environment$23,50021%
Round Valley Unified School District$23,0002n/a
Redwood Coast Medical Services Inc$22,50020%
Circle of Horses$22,5001n/a
Round Valley Lions Club$22,500255%
Kuow Puget Sound Public Radio$22,30010%
Mendocino Spay-Neuter Assistance Program$22,140214%
Arena Theater Association$22,10034%
Redwood Forest Foundation Inc$21,75020%
The Mariposa Institute$21,500219%
Montessori Del Mar Community School$20,62524%
Anderson Valley Ambulance Service$20,044145%
Forget Me Not Childrens Services$20,00014%
RAA Foundation Inc$20,000143%
Redwood Valley Volunteer Fire Department$20,0001n/a
Charms Place$20,0001n/a
Sonoma Action for Equine Rescue$20,000135%
Shanel Valley Academy$20,00011%
10000 Degrees$20,00010%
Methodist Church of Ukiah$20,0001n/a
Individuals Now Inc Dba Social Advocates for Youth$20,00010%
Santa Rosa City Schools$20,0001n/a
The Jewish Community Free Clinic$20,00016%
Eileen Hawthorne Fund Inc$20,000221%
SR3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research$20,00011%
Vintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center$20,00012%
Comptche Volunteer Fire Department Inc$19,80028%
Mendocino Film Festival Inc$19,70025%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mendocino County$19,52522%
Integrative Medical Clinic Foundation$18,920116%
Pacific Environmental Education Center$18,80034%
The Noyo Food Forest$18,12527%
Grapevine Quilters Guild of Mendocino County$18,0002n/a
Round Valley Indian Health Center Inc$18,00020%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa$17,50020%
Anderson Valley Village$17,0002n/a
Youth Garden Project$17,00023%
Anderson Valley Housing Association Inc$16,50026%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$16,5001n/a
Anderson Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association$16,15026%
Xa Kako Dile Inc$16,00024%
Pacific Textile Arts$15,50021%
Redwood Empire Aikikai$15,1002n/a
Mendocino Coast Cyclists Inc$15,0002n/a
Portfolios With Purpose Inc$15,000126%
Cazadero Baptist Encampment$15,00014%
Piercy Fire Protection District$15,0002n/a
Independent Arts & Media$15,00020%
Symphony of the Redwoods$14,97526%
Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library$14,820240%
Covelo Fire Department$14,5002n/a
Community Center of Mendocino$14,50024%
Round Valley County Water District$14,5002n/a
Herbalists Without Borders Inc$14,000220%
Covelo Public Cemetery District$14,0002n/a
Pacific Community Charter School$14,00021%
Greenwood Community Center Inc$14,0001n/a
Redwood Empire Food Bank$14,00020%
Eel River Recovery Project Inc$14,00020%
Bones Pet Rescue$13,60027%
South Coast Fire Protection District$13,5002n/a
Willits Community Services Inc$12,50023%
Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance$12,500139%
Three Rivers Charter School$12,50011%
Parents & Friends Inc$12,43620%
Fort Bragg High School$12,2001n/a
Pledge to Humanity$12,10013%
Lomi School Foundation$12,00012%
Beginning Project Dba Tree of Life Charter School$12,00011%
California Native Plant Society$12,00020%
Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association$11,63521%
Sueno Latino of Anderson Valley$11,510259%
Mendocino Dance Project$11,500113%
Ukiah Community Concert Association Inc$11,500210%
Reef Check Foundation$11,50020%
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference$11,00027%
Mendocino Coast Recreation & Park District$11,0001n/a
Fort Bragg Band Boosters$10,0001n/a
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$10,00010%
St Mary of the Angels School$10,0001n/a
Bluff Service Area$10,0001n/a
Greenwood Project$10,00010%
Little Lake Fire Protection Dist$10,0001n/a
Ukiah High School Alumni Assoc$10,000119%
Alliance Medical Center Inc$10,00010%
Art Explorers Inc$10,00013%
The Guy Fieri Foundation$10,00011%
Earthjustice$10,00010%
Long Island Cares Inc$10,00010%
Pangea Legal Services$10,00010%
Path$10,00010%
Earle Baum Center of the Blind Inc$10,00011%
United Religions Initiative Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Howard University$10,00010%
South Ukiah Rotary Foundation$10,0001n/a
Hopland Fire Fighters Association Corporation$10,0001n/a
Mendocino Coast Health Care District$9,8001n/a
Redwood Community Radio Inc$9,00012%
McAvhn Care and Prevention Network$9,00011%
Round Valley Indian Tribes$9,0001n/a
Eagle Peak Middle School$8,5001n/a
Cloud Forest Institute$8,40015%
Willits Scouting Oversight Committee Inc$8,000154%
Willits Area Cyclists$8,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$8,0001n/a
Elk Volunteer Fire Department$8,0001n/a
Mendocino County Resource Conservation District$8,0001n/a
The Big Picture Company$8,00010%
Covelo Community Services$8,0001n/a
Redwood Coast Developmental Services Corporation$8,00010%
Leggett Valley Unified School District$7,5001n/a
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$7,50010%
Seabiscuit Heritage Foundation$7,5001n/a
The Stewardship Network$7,50011%
Larry Spring Museum$7,500118%
Redwood Coast Wellness Center$7,5001n/a
California Center for Cooperation Development$7,50011%
Earthmind$7,5001n/a
Mendo K8$7,5001n/a
Redwood Coast Land Conservancy$7,5001n/a
Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority$7,5001n/a
Chicago Summer Business Institute Inc$7,5001n/a
Acorn Partners in Education$7,5001n/a
Friends of the Mendocino County Museum$7,5001n/a
Indigenous Community Initiatives$7,50014%
Potter Valley Cemetery Auxiliary$7,5001n/a
Meadow Farm Community Land Trust$7,300121%
FIRST 5 Mendocino$7,2001n/a
School of Adaptive Agriculture$7,11014%
Covelo Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service$7,1001n/a
Hearthstone Village$7,00018%
Morning Glory Enterprises$7,00012%
Puma Athletic Boosters$7,00015%
Point Cabrillo Lightkeepers Association$7,00013%
Hope Through Art$7,00018%
Wings for Learning$6,9601n/a
Girl Scouts of Northern California$6,50010%
Gualala Community Center$6,50011%
City of Fort Bragg - Cv Starr Community Center$6,5001n/a
Navarro-by-the-Sea Center$6,5001n/a
Native Media Resource Center$6,50016%
Lark Traditional Arts$6,50011%
Code 3 Mind Health Inc$6,5001n/a
North Coast Drivers Inc$6,50012%
Anderson Valley Land Trust$6,500113%
Bay City News Foundation$6,5001n/a
Soroptimist International of the Americas Inc$6,5001n/a
Media Alliance$6,5001n/a
Caspar Children's Garden$6,50015%
River Oak Charter School Parent Council$6,5001n/a
Manchester Union Elementary School District$6,5001n/a
Jug Handle Creek Farm and Nature Center$6,50011%
Leggett Valley Unified School District$6,5001n/a
Upper Eel Watershed Forum Inc$6,5001n/a
Ukiah Valley Association for Habilitation$6,40010%
Long Valley FIre Protection District$6,0001n/a
Sun House Guild Corporation$6,00013%
Junior Achievement of Northern California$6,00010%
Family Medicine Education for Mendocino County$6,0001n/a
The Krenov Foundation$6,0001n/a
Redwood Coast Fire Protection$5,8001n/a
Art Center Ukiah$5,6001n/a
Mendocino County Sports Academy$5,50011%
University of California Davis$5,4001n/a
Coast Life Support District$5,2001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$5,00010%
Covelo Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary$5,0001n/a
Caspar Community$5,00014%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Community Foundation of Mendocino County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 23 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 189 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Coast Opportunities Inc: $4,311,529 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetBainbridge Island Museum of Art: $813,035 over 1y, 22% of budgetUkiah Senior Center Inc: $594,611 over 9y, 15% of budgetRedwood Coast Seniors Inc: $402,578 over 9y, 9.1% of budgetUkiah Adventist Hospital: $394,905 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMendocino Arts Center Inc: $346,009 over 8y, 16% of budgetWest Enterprise Center Inc: $298,911 over 7y, 13% of budgetHumane Society for Inland Mendocino County: $286,516 over 5y, 13% of budgetKelley House Museum Incorporated: $276,793 over 8y, 40% of budgetMendocino Music Festival: $270,725 over 8y, 11% of budgetCancer Resource Centers of Mendo Co: $251,974 over 9y, 10% of budgetMendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: $237,725 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetMendocino Vol Fire Dept Inc: $226,997 over 8y, 67% of budgetMendocino Coast Humane Society: $221,500 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetNear & Arnolds School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education: $218,250 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetPlowshares Peace & Justice Center: $213,452 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetRebuild North Bay Foundation: $213,200 over 2y, 69% of budgetDon'T Ever Give Up Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation: $204,769 over 8y, 17% of budgetWillits Senior Inc: $201,543 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetCoastal Seniors Inc: $192,979 over 4y, 50% of budgetMendocino Coast Childrens Fund: $184,468 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetRaise & Shine: $171,259 over 2y, 23% of budgetMendocino County Public Broadcasting: $168,434 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetMendocino Rotary Foundation: $136,520 over 8y, 60% of budgetMendocino Coast Fuller Center for Housing Inc: $129,596 over 7y, 98% of budgetHope Crisis Response Network Inc- Hcrn: $125,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetMendocino College Foundation Inc: $122,627 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetThe Harwood Memorial Park Inc: $117,993 over 3y, 12% of budgetMendocino Food and Nutrition Inc: $117,872 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Ford Street Project: $116,654 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetArts Council of Mendocino County: $110,904 over 7y, 20% of budgetSaint Marys School Foundation of Ukiah Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetAnderson Valley Health Center Inc: $108,469 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHistorical Society of Mendocino County: $103,125 over 4y, 21% of budgetHospice of Ukiah Inc: $102,489 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetRedwood Community Services: $95,416 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc: $93,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetAction Network: $91,093 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetMendonoma Health Alliance: $87,685 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetUkiah Valley Christmas Effort: $83,918 over 8y, 26% of budgetFriends of the Round Valley Public Library: $76,400 over 5y, 99% of budgetPotter Valley Youth Community Center: $75,541 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetUkiah Valley Trail Group: $73,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetFriends of Health on the Northern Mendocino Coast: $71,020 over 7y, 55% of budgetFlockworks: $64,547 over 5y, 29% of budgetNuestra Alianza de Willits: $64,250 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetMendocino Coast Hospitality Center: $60,700 over 5y, 1.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 189.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

George and Ruth Bradford FoundationCA69.2× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George and Ruth Bradford Foundation · Tarbell Family Foundation · Sonoma County Community Foundation · Tr Eriksen Trust Fund Co Shelly a Smith Trustee · Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc · Arlene and Michael Rosen Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc · United Way of the Wine Country · The Khosla Foundation · Mendocino Food and Nutrition Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Community Foundation of Mendocino County

How much does Community Foundation of Mendocino County give?
Community Foundation of Mendocino County reported 120 itemized grants totaling $1,824,011, out of $2,614,344 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 100 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Community Foundation of Mendocino County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (26%), Arts & Culture (16%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Community Foundation of Mendocino County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Coast Opportunities Inc ($4.3M), Bainbridge Island Museum of Art ($813k), Ukiah Senior Center Inc ($595k).
Does Community Foundation of Mendocino County fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Mendocino County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George and Ruth Bradford Foundation, Tarbell Family Foundation, Sonoma County Community Foundation.
Where is Community Foundation of Mendocino County based?
Community Foundation of Mendocino County is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 277 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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