California · Nonprofit
Consumer Federation of California
Consumer Federation of California (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being California Nurses Association ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $487k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Consumer Federation of California does
Mission
Cfc advocates for the rights of california consumers on a broad range of consumer issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Advocacy on various legislative and regulatory matters, including false advertising, fraud, access to civil justice, digital financial assets, consumer privacy protection, elder abuse, regulation of for-profit colleges, insurance regulation, utility regulation, household toxics, defective products, foreclosure, junk fees, cryptocurrency, financial services, and energy efficiency. Advocacy at the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), governor's office, state administration, and legislature.
$300,189 spent$644,850 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $300,189.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.6M to $2.3M (+45%).
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.
0% of Consumer Federation of California’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Robert Herrell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of Consumer Federation of California’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Consumer Federation of California'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
Consumer Federation of California has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Consumer Federation of California
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Consumer Federation of California Ed Fdn · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Consumer Federation of California: 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 Consumer Federation of California?
- Consumer Federation of California (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being California Nurses Association ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Consumer Federation of California have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to Consumer Federation of California, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Consumer Federation of California?
- California Nurses Association is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Consumer Federation of California 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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