California · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,109,077 to it, the largest being SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,768,625). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $552k
What Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County does
Mission
We are a catalyst of equitable transformation, aligning partners and resources to implement values-based, data-driven, community-led solutions that help families reach their full potential. Our vision - we see sonoma county transformed into an empowered community of thriving families where every child is raised with joy, justice, and connection.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head start and early head starthead start/early head start is a national child and family development program for low income children ages birth to five years old and their families, funded by the united states department of health and human services. In addition to providing developmentally appropriate preschool experiences for young children, head start/early head start partners with community agencies and resources to provide comprehensive services to these children and their families in areas such as social, health, dental, nutrition, mental health, and special education. Ten percent of enrollment opportunities are for children with diagnosed disabilities.
$8,569,651 spentof which $1,074,919 as grants51% of program spendingHousing and financial stability program to encourage selfsufficiency, as well as housing, family, and financial stability, the department offers education on financial capacity while providing temporary housing and financial assistance. Capsc provides the followings programs: h20 help to others water bill assistance program for low income rate payers of santa rosa water.pathways housing temporary and lowincome shelter, temporary and permanent support housing providing a continuum of care in which participants are provided with strengths based case management, trauma informed services and peer supportive environments.volunteer income tax assistance (vita) free, quality tax return preparation to individuals, families, and seniors. Our preparers are volunteers certified by the irs. Season of sharing program sonoma county a program supported by the san francisco chronicle's annual giving drive and administered by capsc. It provides support to sonoma county individuals needing assistance for rent, deposit, unexpected critical family needs costs that affect health or livelihood provided in the form of grants that are paid directly to the supplier of services, such as a landlords.
$3,360,648 spentof which $909,500 as grants$285,381 earned by the program20% of program spendingCommunity engagement / youth programs provides opportunities for community and civic engagement among lowincome youth, families and residents in order to achieve academic, social, and economic success. Community engagement and youth mentoring includes the following: padres unidos, a two ten week spanish language parent training program. These classes help parents and their youth build strong relationships through positive communication and understanding. We empower families to rise to their full potential by connecting them to supportive networks and education. Services provided are padres unidos, youth mentoring and childcare provided during the time class is in session.
$3,192,615 spentof which $47,892 as grants$91,006 earned by the program19% of program spendingDisaster reliefthe disaster relief program was developed after the 2017 tubbs fire and has continued to assist the community through subsequent disasters and crises, including the covid pandemic. Financial assistance is provided for rent, deposit, mortgage, essential needs, and uninsured or underinsured rebuilding costs associated with the fires.
$1,680,324 spentof which $56,304 as grants$317,214 earned by the program10% of program spendingHealth and wellnessin order for sonoma county to be the healthiest county in california, health and wellness provides access to medical and dental services in order to foster health equity. Health and wellness includes the following: community & school health providesvital schoolbased health services in the roseland school district, including vision, hearing and vaccination screening, as well as ensuring that all students have access to health care. Give kids a smile day! An annual event that takes place during the first weekend in february, to provide free dental services to underprivileged children in sonoma county between the ages of 0 to 18 399 dental screenings for kinder and 1st grade students were provided through the school nursing program. 55 total children received dental services through the give kids a smile day!
Education (school readiness) programprovides learning opportunities for children and their families that will enhance their ability to achieve academic success and break the cycle of poverty. Education includes the following:pasitos playgroups prepares young children aged 2 to 4 years old to be successful in school with activities that build language, early literacy, fine motor skills and social ability.via esperanza centro de education located at lewis school, the project provides opportunities for parents and children to succeed through early childhood education classes and playgroups, parent education, financial literacy education, counseling and case management.
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,803,238.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.0M to $7.4M (+23%).
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 71% · 2018 80% · 2019 77% · 2020 74% · 2021 73% · 2022 87% · 2023 83% · 2024 90% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Cynthia R King
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Carolyn Spencer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $880k → $245k.
10 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
85% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 28% · 2019 47% · 2020 39% · 2021 36% · 2022 23% · 2023 56% — 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.
How long its funders stay
16% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
93% of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY's revenue grew 51% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 328 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $72.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$72.4M
- Federal Communications Commission$192k
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.
Organizations like COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY
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
88% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY: 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 COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY?
- COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,109,077 to it, the largest being SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,768,625). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $7,109,077 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY?
- SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,768,625 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY 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 42 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