California · Nonprofit
NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC
NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,851,312 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA ($17,490,456). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Northern Valley Catholic Social Service Inc does
Mission
Inspiring hope and transforming lives since 1986, nvcss has provided essential services and support to individuals and families throughout northern california. Annually, the organization serves more than 84,500 people across six counties through programs focused on housing assistance, mental health services, food security, and community stabilization nvcss carries out its mission in accordance with the following guiding principles: -respect for the dignity of every human life. -support for participation in family and community life. -advocacy for poor and vulnerable populations. -promotion of individual freedom, self-sufficiency, and independence. -service to the broader human community as one universal family.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Disaster case management program (dcmp) is a program designed to assist those who have lost of damaged homes to rebuild their homes. This program focuses primarily on those who were underinsured or uninsured. This program connects clients to the community recover team (crt) or long term recovery group (ltrg) where funding within the community, in addition to various resources, are used to assist the community with rebuilding homes. Case managers work with referred clients to assess needs, gaps in funding, and assist from start to finish with the rebuild process. In partnership with the mckinney fire long-term recovery group, nvcss oversaw the unmet needs roundtable, where a full-time disaster case manager presented cases that assisted survivors with infrastructure recovery and those needing weatherization support.this dcm was crucial in preparing and managing cases, ensuring survivors's return to safe, sanitary, and secure housing. Infrastructure is referring to power poles and other needs to get survivors back on their property. Nvcss successfully scaled the psychological first aid (pfa) program model to provide trauma-informed, culturally appropriate mental health support to…
$2,296,219 spent19% of program spendingMental health services - the organization offers community-based outpatient specialty mental health services for youth, intensive wraparound services for youth and their families, and consumer-driven day centers and talk lines for adults focused on a wellness and recovery model. Clients range in age from young children to older adults. Funding for this program comes from county behavioral health departments, medi-cal, and mhsa funds.
$3,573,223 spent$21,681 earned by the program29% of program spendingCommunity supportive services and programs - this area of service covers a wide spectrum including resource centers offering nutritional education and food distribution, clothing programs, educational support programs, foster youth assistance, community-based multicultural programs, senior programs, and homeless assistance. The organization strives to assist individuals and families to enhance their loves and strengthen the families within our communities.
$1,708,565 spent$7,895 earned by the program14% of program spendingHousing - the organization provides housing opportunities for special populations with developmental disabilities or mental illness. The program also serves seniors and families. The organization's goal is to promote the development of support services which contribute to the ability of residents to lead more independent lifestyles in an environment that reinforces the quality of their lives. The organization believes that programs benefit people only when they contribute to the individual's freedom and independence. Housing services typically provide a resident manager, laundry facilities, and a community room. Other supportive services are provided in collaboration with community agencies. Court appointed special advocates (casa) - the organization operates casa programs in butte, glenn, and shasta counties. Volunteers are recruited and attend extensive training to become a casa. Once sworn in by the court, the casa is assigned a child in the dependency court that can benefit from a casa. The casa's role is to advocate on behalf of the child, attend all court dates, and submit written reports to the court that will represent the ""voice"" for that child. The casa will remain…
$4,814,020 spent$1,275,683 earned by the program39% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,392,027.
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 $13M to $17M (+27%).
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: 2017 45% · 2018 46% · 2019 46% · 2020 57% · 2021 39% · 2022 75% · 2023 75% · 2024 62% · 2025 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $595k → $4.0M.
9 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 52% · 2019 39% · 2020 67% · 2021 58% · 2022 76% · 2023 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
98% of NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $850k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$806k
- Department of Agriculture$44k
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 NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Catholic Charities of Sacramento · exempt
- The Roman Catholic Bishop of Sac · exempt
- Hartnell Glen Limited Partnership · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC?
- NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,851,312 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA ($17,490,456). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $23,851,312 in grants to NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CALIFORNIA is the largest funder on record, with $17,490,456 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE INC 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 33 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