California · Nonprofit
BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC
BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,000 to it, the largest being THE BIG E FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $137k
- Net assets
- $295k
What Butte Valley Ambulance Services Inc does
Mission
Providing ambulance services for the community and surrounding rural areas of siskiyou county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Services not being provided at present time due to lack of volunteers. In the process of providing classes for new volunteers to recieve their emt license. Services not being provided at present time due to lack of volunteers. In the process of providing classes for new volunteers to receive their emt license.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
During the current fiscal year, the entity provided zero ambulance runs for the community and surrounding areas.
$58,809 spent$2,357 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $58,809.
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 2022 to 2023, from $292k to $368k (+26%).
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.
87% of BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Debra Farnam
Acting board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 67% · 2019 89% · 2021 89% · 2022 56% · 2023 95% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
74% of BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES 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. 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
BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,360 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES 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 BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC?
- BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,000 to it, the largest being THE BIG E FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $137,000 in grants to BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES INC?
- THE BIG E FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUTTE VALLEY AMBULANCE SERVICES 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.
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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 5 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