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North Coast Opportunities Inc

North coast opportunities empowers people to transform their lives through our vital services, acting as a community leader to build economic justice and well-being for all.

$501k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$230kHuman Services$54kArts & Culture$42kCommunity Improvement$34kEnvironment$33kHealth$13kFood & Nutrition$13kRecreation & Sports$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $54,165, the rows itemized in this filing. The $500,824 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $446,659 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$9,300
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INK PEOPLE INC$17,389
LAYTONVILLE HEALTHY START$10,200
PLAYHOUSE ARTS$9,300
WESTSIDE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION$6,876
ACTION NETWORK$5,200
POTTER VALLEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER$5,200
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%Sunrise Special Services Foun: $20k → 17%Nuestra Alianza de Willits: $8k → 18%Mendocino Coast Childrens Fu: $6k → 18%Action Network: $20k → 18%ACTION NETWORK: $5k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Redwood Community Action Agency

The purpose of redwood community action agency is to mobilize and coordinate antipoverty resources within Humboldt county, California and to preserve land for scenic, educational and open space opportunities.

Human Services
2
Mt Shasta Community Resource Center

The Mt. Shasta Community Resource Center is a community-based, non-profit 501c3 organization that offers a wide range of services to improve the health and wellbeing of the community. One of several Family/Community Resource Centers in…

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3
The Ford Street Project

The Ford Street Project provides shelter, housing, substance abuse treatment and employment services to the homeless, addicted, and disabled in Mendocino County.

Health
4
Sunset District Community Development dba Sunset Youth Services

Sunset Youth Services seeks to foster long-term stability and growth in high-risk youth and families through caring relationships and supportive services.

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5
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc

Mission Statement: Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County addresses the causes of poverty, empowering low-income people to achieve self-sufficiency through community-based collaborations and programs.Vision Statement:…

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6
Hands of Hope Resources for Homeless Families

Hands of Hope works to enhance the quality of life in the Yuba-Sutter area by: Providing core support services to the homeless; Reintegrating the homeless within our community; Engaging the community to respond to the challenge of…

Housing & Shelter
7
Headwaters Ecology and Community Centers
Philanthropy
8
Siskiyou Gardens Parks and Greenways Association

Providing for the health and well-being of our community by connecting people to the land through parks, native plants and habitats, community gardens, and restoration projects in Siskiyou County.

Environment
9
Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities

To provide support services through the Head Start Program, the Early Head Start Program, the California State Preschool Program, and the Child Care Food Program.

Human Services
10
Plumas Rural Services Inc

Plumas Rural Services is a northeastern California Community Based NPO providing services and opportunities for the well-being of local residents and families to improve quality of life and self sufficiency by promoting health, education,…

Human Services
11
Community Impact Central Valley

To deliver comprehensive health and human service programs that improve the health and well-being of under-served california residents.

Health
12
Manzanita Services Inc

Business closed waiting for dissolution from California

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Playhouse Arts; the most unlike its peers is Hope Crisis Response Network Inc- Hcrn. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRN: $176,240 · PhilanthropyHOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRNNew Paradigm College: $31,699 · OtherNew Paradigm CollegeRenewable Energy Dev Inst: $21,044 · OtherRenewable Energy Dev InstBig Valley Bank of Pomo India: $17,098 · OtherBig Valley Bank of Pomo IndiaSiegler Springs Community Dev: $16,452 · OtherSiegler Springs Community DevMENDOCINO COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT: $13,454 · OtherMENDOCINO COUNTY RESOURCE CONSERVATION DI…THE HARWOOD MEMORIAL PARK INC: $10,200 · OtherTHE HARWOOD MEMORIAL PARK INCHopland Band of Pomo Indians: $9,389 · OtherHopland Band of Pomo IndiansMendocino Cty Aids Volunteer: $8,172 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,418 · OtherMendocino Cty Fire Safe Coun: $6,924 · OtherREGIONAL RESILIENCE NETWORK: $5,996 · OtherConception Coast Project: $5,975 · OtherMENDOCINO COUNTY PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $5,847 · OtherAction Network: $24,948 · Human ServicesAction NetworkSUNRISE SPECIAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $19,577 · Human ServicesSUNRISE SPECIAL…NUESTRA ALIANZA DE WILLITS: $8,268 · Human ServicesNUESTRA ALIANZA…MENDOCINO COAST CHILDRENS FUND: $5,998 · Human ServicesMENDOCINO COAST…INK PEOPLE INC: $17,389 · Arts & CulturePlayhouse Arts: $9,300 · Arts & CultureWestside Community Improvement Assn: $6,876 · Recreation & SportsPOTTER VALLEY YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,200 · Recreation & SportsCONSOLIDATED TRIBAL HEALTH PROJECT INC: $5,307 · Health
Philanthropy$176,240Other$159,668Human Services$58,791Arts & Culture$26,689Recreation & Sports$12,076Health$5,307

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRN: $176,240 over 1y, 13% of budgetAction Network: $24,948 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSUNRISE SPECIAL SERVICES FOUNDATION: $19,577 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetINK PEOPLE INC: $17,389 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HARWOOD MEMORIAL PARK INC: $10,200 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPlayhouse Arts: $9,300 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNUESTRA ALIANZA DE WILLITS: $8,268 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWestside Community Improvement Assn: $6,876 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMENDOCINO COAST CHILDRENS FUND: $5,998 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMENDOCINO COUNTY PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $5,847 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCONSOLIDATED TRIBAL HEALTH PROJECT INC: $5,307 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOTTER VALLEY YOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,200 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Community Foundation …Humboldt Area Foundat…The California Endowm…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Mendocino CountyCA21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Mendocino County · Humboldt Area Foundation · The California Endowment · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization North Coast Opportunities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Coast Opportunities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $847k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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