California · Nonprofit
Madera County Sheriffs Foundation
Madera County Sheriffs Foundation (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,300 to it, the largest being THE PG&E CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($105,125). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $154k
- Net assets
- $346k
What Madera County Sheriffs Foundation does
Mission
To support law enforcement in Madera Co
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Equipment donations for protective gear, training, K-9 unit and law enforcement programs
$68,534 spent82% of program spendingProviding funds to expand resources and general donations to COPS, SAR
$10,289 spent12% of program spendingProviding scholarships to individuals pursuing law enforcement careers
$5,000 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,823.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $80k to $158k (+99%).
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.
100% of Madera County Sheriffs Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Jay Varney
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $77k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Madera County Sheriffs Foundation’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
Madera County Sheriffs Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% 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: 2020 91% · 2021 98% · 2022 96% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.
“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
95% of Madera County Sheriffs Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Madera County Sheriffs Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Madera County Sheriffs Foundation
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.
Public support
62%
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 Madera County Sheriffs Foundation: 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 Madera County Sheriffs Foundation?
- Madera County Sheriffs Foundation (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $154,300 to it, the largest being THE PG&E CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($105,125). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Madera County Sheriffs Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $154,300 in grants to Madera County Sheriffs Foundation, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Madera County Sheriffs Foundation?
- THE PG&E CORPORATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $105,125 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Madera County Sheriffs Foundation 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 5 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