California · Nonprofit
COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF
COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,521,794 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN ($1,111,648). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $13M
What County Supervisors Association of Calif does
Mission
The mission of the organization is to serve california counties by: developing and equipping county leaders to better serve their communities; effectively advocating and partnering with state and federal governments for appropriate policies, laws, and funding; and communicating the value of critical work being accomplished by county government.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Legislative affairs - represent counties to the legislature, governor's office, agencies, commissions, and other state bodies.
$4,605,721 spentof which $596,000 as grants$4,196,106 earned by the program47% of program spendingLitigation coordination - monitor litigation of concern to counties statewide, coordinate the defense of major multi-county litigation, provide amicus (friend of the court) support where appropriate and disseminate current information to county counsels in the form of litigation alerts and updates on cases involving public law issues.
$3,348,428 spent$249,259 earned by the program34% of program spendingCsac grants initiative program - the csac grants initiative program offers counties guidance through grant identification, preparation, and writing. Service revenue is recognized as the associated expenses are incurred.
$1,304,713 spent$679,335 earned by the program13% of program spendingCommunications - analyze and report to counties about important decisions made at the state and federal levels through the csac bulletin, our website, email alerts, and policy committee meetings. The weekly electronic csac bulletin is distributed to more than 5,400 subscribers.
$527,773 spent$730,302 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,786,635.
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 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $13M (+18%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Graham Knaus
CEO & secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $45k → $250k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $46M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest CSAC Finance Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF raised.
From the IRS filings of COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF’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
COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 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
97% of COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF'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.
Organizations like COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- California Counties Capitol Building & Museum · exempt
- California Counties Foundation · exempt
- Csac Finance Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF: 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 COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF?
- COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,521,794 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN ($1,111,648). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,521,794 in grants to COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF?
- CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE FDN DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FDN is the largest funder on record, with $1,111,648 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNTY SUPERVISORS ASSOCIATION OF CALIF 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 4 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