California · Nonprofit
NEWS
NEWS (California) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,611,978 to it, the largest being Napa Valley Vintners Healthy Community Fund ($1,590,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What News does
Mission
News is dedicated to providing safety, hope, healing and empowerment for survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Equally, News is committed to promoting safe communities and social change through prevention, intervention, education, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The transitional housing program assists clients in finding safe, affordable housing. Continued supportive services are also a part of this program. These services can last for up to two years. Many of our clients who find shelter in the safe house, transition into homes of their own. During the fiscal year we assisted 110 (unduplicated) families with finding either temporary or permanent, affordable housing. There were 2,682 (duplicated) services provided to clients to help them with household establishment.
$622,241 spentof which $194,295 as grants22% of program spendingThe savs program is the only rape crisis center serving napa county. The program provides 24-hour immediate response and supportive services to adults and children who have experienced sexual assault, and their supportive family members. Sexual assault advocates provide ongoing support throughout the criminal justice system, assistance with filing for victim of crime compensation, connections to individual counseling and support groups and referrals to partner agencies across our community. During the fiscal year savs supported 295 individuals, of which 41% were children.
$451,790 spentof which $16,234 as grants16% of program spendingCrisis intervention: the crisis intervention services program is designed to work specifically with adults who have co-occurring needs and barriers, such as domestic violence, drug or alcohol dependency issues and/or mental health issues. The program was designed using trauma informed practices and uses intensive case management to help adults discover triggers and coping skills to guide them to safety and support. There is a strong emphasis on working toward successful connections to resources that support their recovery and healing. During the fiscal year, we served a total of 277 clients, which included providing peer counseling and safety planning 646 times and transportation and medical, social service, law enforcement, and court accompaniment 38 times.
$555,659 spentof which $17,871 as grants20% of program spendingOur emergency shelter is a safe, confidential house located in a residential neighborhood. It is a real home with a beautiful kitchen, private bedrooms and bathrooms, indoor and outdoor play areas for children, and a cozy family room where clients can relax or hold family meetings. Our staff is there around the clock to work with clients on individualized plans to find resources for a future free of violence. We also staff a 24-hour crisis line. During the fiscal year, 34 adults and 43 children were provided safe, confidential shelter and supportive services at the emergency shelter for a total of 2,898 shelter days. 1,611 crisis line calls were received at the shelter by our domestic violence and sexual assault counselors.the court advocacy program provides help with the process of filing for protective orders and providing court advocacy and accompaniment to victims of domestic violence. News court advocates work together with clients to find resources pertaining to child custody, visitation, and civil issues related to abuse. During the fiscal year, 159 survivors received assistance with preparing and filing protective orders, information about the civil court process and…
$1,153,363 spentof which $13,950 as grants41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,783,053.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $2.7M to $3.2M (+21%).
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: 2018 73% · 2019 73% · 2020 67% · 2021 73% · 2022 67% · 2023 62% · 2024 66% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of NEWS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Tracy Lamb
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $342k → $717k.
10 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 NEWS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
NEWS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% 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 NEWS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 54% · 2019 58% · 2020 47% · 2021 50% · 2022 39% · 2023 33% — 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.
How long its funders stay
55% of NEWS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
84% of NEWS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
NEWS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NEWS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $695k on record — $500k federal, $195k state.
- Department of Justice$500k
- TRUST FUND$195k
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$395
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 NEWS
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 NEWS: 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 NEWS?
- NEWS (California) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,611,978 to it, the largest being Napa Valley Vintners Healthy Community Fund ($1,590,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEWS have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $4,611,978 in grants to NEWS, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEWS?
- Napa Valley Vintners Healthy Community Fund is the largest funder on record, with $1,590,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEWS 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 47 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing