California · Public charity
Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc
To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment.
- $154k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $112k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,984
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,423
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $112k | 92% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $105k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Valley FIre Protection District | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hopland Fire Protection District | $13,997 | 1 | n/a |
| Piercy Fire Protection District | $13,423 | 1 | n/a |
| Comptche Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Covelo Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopland Fire Fighters Association Corporation | $9,604 | 1 | n/a |
| Westport Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $8,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Ethos Environmental Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Rule Church Association | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department Volunteers | $7,947 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Valley FIre Protection District | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hopland Fire Protection District | $13,997 | 1 | n/a |
| Piercy Fire Protection District | $13,423 | 1 | n/a |
| Comptche Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Covelo Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopland Fire Fighters Association Corporation | $9,604 | 1 | n/a |
| Westport Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $8,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Ethos Environmental Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Rule Church Association | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Department Volunteers | $7,947 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mariposa Institute | $7,895 | 1 | 10% |
| South Coast Fire Protection District | $7,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Sonoma State University | $7,535 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Headwaters Association | $6,675 | 1 | 3% |
| Brooktrails Community Services Dist | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood Coast Fire Protection | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| String Creek Tartar Canyon Fire Safe Council | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Mendocino County · California Fire Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc
- How much does Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc give?
- Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $112,047, out of $153,650 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (75%), Environment (16%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Long Valley FIre Protection District ($19k), Hopland Fire Protection District ($14k), Piercy Fire Protection District ($13k).
- Does Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Mendocino County, California Fire Foundation.
- Where is Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc based?
- Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Inc is based in CA.
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