California · Nonprofit
Action Council of Monterey County Inc
Action Council of Monterey County Inc (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,980,836 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($14,524,828). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Action Council of Monterey County Inc does
Mission
Action Council is a regional social equity incubator that serves the Monterey Bay area. Our major programs include: (1) Pathways to Safety, an early intervention and prevention program designed to keep children safe and in their homes and out of the child welfare system. (2) Building Healthy Communities, focused on improving health outcomes for residents of East Salinas. (3) Fiscal Sponsorship of over two dozen community groups.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Building Healthy Communities is focused on improving the health outcomes for residents of the Monterey County. The Action Council acts as a partner and catalyst for community change by (1) serving as co-host for the Monterey County, (2) acting as local intermediary for managing/administering the implementation of grant-funded projects in partnership with grassroots organizations.
$3,603,394 spentof which $1,094,983 as grants56% of program spendingThe ACTION Council also provides Fiscal Sponsorship to over two dozen coalitions that provide valuable services often unavailable through traditional county programs, thereby saving funders, community members and program implementers tens of thousands of dollars in administrative overhead.
$950,818 spentof which $3,299 as grants15% of program spendingMuejeres en Accion is a women's leadership development project. Using a facilitated peer-support model, this project serves women in the Montery County communities. Mujeres is a peer-empowerment approach to help women support themselves and each other in identifying achievable educational goals and economic self sufficiency.
$941,710 spentof which $1,000 as grants15% of program spendingPathways to Safety is an early intervention and prevention program designed to keep children safe and out of the child welfare system. This is accomplished through successful family engagement, involving families in setting their goals, linking them to services and resources based on their strengths and needs, and supplement them through this voluntary process. This program received 501 referrals during the year with 372 families during the program year, voluntarily engaged, and after three months of case management, 74% showed measurable improvement.
$925,705 spentof which $76,439 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,421,627.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $8.7M to $6.6M (−24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 37% · 2018 58% · 2019 35% · 2020 38% · 2021 18% · 2022 30% · 2023 46% · 2024 26% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Action Council of Monterey County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $3.5M.
7 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Action Council of Monterey County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Action Council of Monterey County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 92% · 2019 88% · 2020 65% · 2021 49% · 2022 36% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
17% of Action Council of Monterey County Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of Action Council of Monterey County Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $682k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Action Council of Monterey County Inc is better cushioned than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Action Council of Monterey County Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Action Council of Monterey County Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Action Council of Monterey County Inc?
- Action Council of Monterey County Inc (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,980,836 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($14,524,828). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Action Council of Monterey County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $25,980,836 in grants to Action Council of Monterey County Inc, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Action Council of Monterey County Inc?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $14,524,828 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Action Council of Monterey County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing