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NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL

NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $770 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$77k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$770
Net assets
$19k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Nevada County Law Enforcement & Fire Protection Council does

Mission

Assitance of law enforcement and fire protection agencies located within the county of nevada, california. Promotion of said agencies by education of the public and purchasing of equipment.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Student scholarships

    $50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants
    44% of program spending
  2. Rescue resource - new equipment

    $45,975 spentof which $14,612 as grants
    40% of program spending
  3. Donation to law enforcement and fire programs. Chp every 15 minutes, grad night, fire safe council, keeping kids safe, etc.

    $18,390 spentof which $18,390 as grants
    16% of program spending
  4. Fire & law enforcement picnic

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $114,365.

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 ($28k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($58k)2018 Revenue 146 ($41k) Expenses 58 ($18k) Net assets 140 ($81k)2019 Revenue 126 ($36k) Expenses 188 ($58k) Net assets 100 ($58k)2022 Revenue 243 ($68k) Expenses 157 ($49k) Net assets 34 ($20k)2023 Revenue 238 ($67k) Expenses 364 ($113k) Net assets 23 ($13k)2024 Revenue 415 ($117k) Expenses 230 ($71k) Net assets 101 ($59k)2025 Revenue 273 ($77k) Expenses 373 ($116k) Net assets 33 ($19k)
2017201820192022202320242025
Revenue (273)Expenses (373)Net assets (33)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $13k to $59k (+345%).

$58k
$81k
$58k
$20k
$13k
$59k
$19k
2017201820192022202320242025
Total assets

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
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,020 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’17
$23k
’18
−$23k
’19
$20k
’22
−$46k
’23
$45k
’24
−$39k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $103.

Funder
'17
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL’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

NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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

35% 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 NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL.

65%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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

NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

WI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $270 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−51% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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 NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL?
NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $770 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $770 in grants to NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL?
BAIRD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NEVADA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT & FIRE PROTECTION COUNCIL 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 2 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