California · Nonprofit
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (California) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,948,731 to it, the largest being LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION ($5,951,450). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $8.9M
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership does
Mission
Since 1964, the national award-winning CVNL has advanced nonprofits and volunteerism by strengthening leadership, encouraging innovation and empowering individuals in service to their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sonoma County Paratransit:This program operates Sonoma County's paratransit service, providing rides to people with a disability or a health condition that prevents them from using Sonoma County's regular bus services. Staff and volunteers drove 51,344 passengers over 577,400 miles to doctor's visits, critical appointments, and work sites in 2025. Volunteer Wheels provides elderly and disabled residents and visitors in Sonoma County with the opportunity to live with a degree of independence they could not otherwise achieve. Volunteer Wheels is funded through our service contract with Sonoma County Transit and community contributions.
$3,055,829 spent52% of program spendingVolunteer Services:Through CVNL's VolunteerNow.org matching portal, 644 volunteers were matched with causes aligned with their interests and skills. Additional volunteer engagement occurred through the following key programs:" Secret Santa Program: 699 volunteers supported holiday giving efforts for community members in need." Court Referral Program: 2,708 individuals completed court-mandated community service assignments." Paratransit Services: 2 volunteers supported transportation assistance services.Beyond volunteer matching, CVNL worked directly with nonprofit and government partners to promote disaster readiness and community preparedness. In 2025, CVNL delivered trainings and presentations focused on Emergency Go Bag Kits, emergency preparedness, and disaster volunteerism. These efforts reached students at Roseland University Prep in Sonoma County, international students at Dominican University in Marin County, and community members in Napa County.CVNL also remained an active participant in regional disaster coordination efforts, maintaining membership in the Solano and Marin County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) and the Napa and Sonoma County Community…
$365,294 spent$179,348 earned by the program6% of program spendingManagement Services:Nonprofits throughout Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, and the surrounding Bay Area rely on CVNL for expert guidance, professional and organizational development, and nonprofit management expertise through Volunteer Services, Leadership Programs, Executive Search, and Consulting Services. In 2025, CVNL's Learning & Leadership (L&L) department partnered with the Community Foundation of Sonoma County (CFSC) to deliver eight three-hour workshops over three months, engaging 214 participants.In addition to the partnership with CFSC, the L&L department delivered a portfolio of 5 capacity-building course series, serving 81 nonprofit professionals. These programs offer leadership training and professional development designed to strengthen organizational effectiveness across the sector. Offerings included: " Management Essentials: A Roadmap for Managing People (Spring, Fall) " Board Governance Boot Camp (Spring) " Executive Leadership Program (Spring) " Grant writing (Spring and Fall) " Program Development & Evaluation (Winter, Spring and Fall) The L&L department also launched workshop offerings, which are shorter-form content, and two-hour long sessions. Six workshops…
$230,923 spent$325,074 earned by the program4% of program spendingEvents:Produced by CVNL, the 32nd Annual Heart of Marin Awards, hosted at the Marin Center Exhibit Hall, recognized outstanding Marin nonprofits and the committed individuals who served throughout the previous year. This event was attended by approximately 500 community leaders, volunteers, local dignitaries, and distinguished members of the business community. Our honored recipients were presented with awards totaling $35,000. Similarly, the 10th Annual Heart of Napa Awards was successfully executed at the Yountville Community Center. Approximately 250 were in attendance, and $22,500 was awarded to outstanding nonprofits and leaders serving Napa County. The 5th Annual Heart of Sonoma County Awards drew a crowd of approximately 275 and distributed $35,000 to local nonprofits, volunteers, and leaders. The Secret Santa program is a partnership of CVNL, KZST Radio Station, and Friedman's Home Improvement, along with local businesses, agencies, volunteers, and donors who work together to bring joy and hope community-wide. In 2025, the Secret Santa program served 18,024 people and distributed 21,623 gifts.Court Referral:The Court Referral Program serves as the referral agency for…
$2,223,401 spentof which $200,890 as grants$65,811 earned by the program38% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,875,447.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $4.3M (+186%).
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 9% · 2018 3% · 2019 4% · 2020 39% · 2021 52% · 2022 35% · 2023 46% · 2024 44% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Linda Jacobs
CEO
Board chair
Luana Vaetoe
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $1.7M → $886k.
12 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 69% · 2019 70% · 2020 69% · 2021 69% · 2022 71% · 2023 86% — growing more concentrated.
“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
35% of Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $701k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Organizations like Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership: 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 Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership?
- Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (California) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,948,731 to it, the largest being LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION ($5,951,450). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $8,948,731 in grants to Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership?
- LEONARD & BERYL BUCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,951,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership 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 40 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