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Chico Economic Planning Corporation

Chico Economic Planning Corporation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,150 to it, the largest being NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$670k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$19k
Net assets
$161k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Chico Economic Planning Corporation does

Mission

To support and enrich Northern Califonia's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and provide startups the resources they need to succeed.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Regional growth programs. Support and administer economic development programs which include web hosting, expenditure tracking, management and management training, and staff training tailored to rural CA counties and unincorporated areas.

    $20,000 spent$23,000 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  2. iHub Economic accelerator program of CA. Rural northern California branch of the program to assist existing small businesses and new businesses lower the cost of developing new markets and innovations.

    $193,689 spent$209,818 earned by the program
    35% of program spending
  3. Technical Assistance Program Advising and training for small businesses to start, grow, expand and create jobs in California.

    $185,137 spent$200,554 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  4. CA EDD micro-grant program. Funds awarded to small businesses that fit CEPCO's mission.

    $50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants$50,000 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  5. Economic Development Agency grant program for economic accelerator programs

    $2,699 spent
    0% of program spending
  6. growTECH Fest annual conference to connect investors with innovative start-ups and multiple days of business workshops.

    $97,909 spent$15,216 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  7. CEPCOs services in line with their mission.

    $171,380 earned by the program

The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $549,434.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($107k) Expenses 100 ($95k) Net assets 100 ($45k)2020 Revenue 152 ($163k) Expenses 185 ($175k) Net assets 119 ($54k)2021 Revenue 165 ($177k) Expenses 234 ($222k) Net assets 21 ($10k)2022 Revenue 477 ($512k) Expenses 512 ($485k) Net assets 81 ($37k)2023 Revenue 390 ($418k) Expenses 480 ($454k) Net assets 12 ($5k)2024 Revenue 495 ($530k) Expenses 524 ($496k) Net assets 88 ($40k)2025 Revenue 625 ($670k) Expenses 581 ($549k) Net assets 353 ($161k)
2017202020212022202320242025
Revenue (625)Expenses (581)Net assets (353)Peer revenue range

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 $143k to $263k (+84%).

$139k
$181k
$169k
$146k
$108k
$143k
$263k
2017202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 65% · 2023 62% · 2024 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of Chico Economic Planning Corporation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$13k
’17
−$12k
’20
−$44k
’21
$27k
’22
−$36k
’23
$35k
’24
$121k
’25
5.0
months of
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed76667
Joined·+1+0+0+2
No longer listed·2001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 Chico Economic Planning Corporation’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

Chico Economic Planning Corporation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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 Chico Economic Planning Corporation.

52%
largest funder
100%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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

79% of Chico Economic Planning Corporation'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. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Chico Economic Planning Corporation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Months of reserve5.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding Chico Economic Planning Corporation receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $789k on record.

Federal$789k
grants $789kcontracts $0
21
22
Top agencies
  • Department of Commerce$789k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 33%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Chico Economic Planning Corporation?
Chico Economic Planning Corporation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,150 to it, the largest being NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Chico Economic Planning Corporation have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $19,150 in grants to Chico Economic Planning Corporation.
Who is the largest funder of Chico Economic Planning Corporation?
NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Chico Economic Planning Corporation 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 3 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