California · Nonprofit
ORIGINS COUNCIL
ORIGINS COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $120,000 to it, the largest being RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ($120,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $255k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $120k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Origins Council does
Mission
Origins Council is dedicated to sustainable rural economic development within cannabis producing regions, and establishing nationally and internationally recognized, legally defensible, standards-based, geographic indication systems for cannabis.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, Origins Council effectively advocated for legislative and regulatory changes to california law to support more sustainable statewide commercial cannabis licensing, tax and regulatory frameworks that prioritize: public health protections; small business interests; diversity, equity and inclusion goals; and environmental stewardship. The organization also successfully advanced two grant awards for research and education activity. The objectives of these grant projects focus on sustainable rural economic development for the commercial cannabis farming regions of california. All 2024 program activities directly benefited the social welfare of populations in the 47% of california jurisdictions currently supporting regulated commercial cannabis activities in california, which includes a collective population of over 30 million. Benefits also extended into the broader statewide (39 million) and national (339 million) populations, given the nascent stage of regulated commercial cannabis production and commerce, and benefits to governmental organizations, industry, public health and consumer interest groups throughout california, as well as other states learning from california's…
$217,898 spent$1,214 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $217,898.
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 2023 to 2024, from $40k to $268k (+569%).
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 ORIGINS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Patrick Sellers
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $40k.
From the IRS filings of ORIGINS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of ORIGINS COUNCIL'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.
Against its field
ORIGINS COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ORIGINS COUNCIL
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ORIGINS COUNCIL: 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 ORIGINS COUNCIL?
- ORIGINS COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $120,000 to it, the largest being RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ($120,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORIGINS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $120,000 in grants to ORIGINS COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORIGINS COUNCIL?
- RESOURCES LEGACY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORIGINS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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