California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE
CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,168 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($52,868). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $50k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $83k
What California Search and Rescue does
Mission
California Search and Rescue (CalSAR) is a volunteer search and rescue team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are deployed as mutual aid to help other counties and SAR organizations throughout California at the direction of the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).CalSAR's purpose is dedicated to serving as a well-equipped response team for search and rescue emergencies under the jurisdiction of Cal OES as well as performing other acts beneficial to the community. These efforts reflect our commitment to enhancing community safety and well-being. CalSAR is also a charter member of the Bay Area Search & Rescue Council and serves as a SAR and training resource.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
California Search and Rescue (CalSAR) is a volunteer search and rescue team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are deployed as mutual aid to help other counties and SAR organizations throughout California at the direction of the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).CalSAR's purpose is dedicated to serving as a well-equipped response team for search and rescue emergencies under the jurisdiction of Cal OES as well as performing other acts beneficial to the community. These efforts reflect our commitment to enhancing community safety and well-being. CalSAR is also a charter member of the Bay Area Search & Rescue Council and serves as a SAR and training resource.
$31,605 spentof which $30,285 as grants$19,803 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,605.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $6k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE’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
CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 82 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 82 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE: 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 CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE?
- CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,168 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($52,868). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $58,168 in grants to CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $52,868 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA SEARCH AND RESCUE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2026–2026), and the filings of 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing