California · Nonprofit
PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER
PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,760,697 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($1,054,721). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Petaluma People Services Center does
Mission
Petaluma People Services Center is dedicated to improving the social and economic health of our community by providing programs that strengthen the dignity and self-sufficiency of the individual.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Housing programs:fair housing petaluma:residents in petaluma who have been discriminated against in the rental, sale, financing or appraisal of housing. Fair housing investigates complaints and coordinates referral services to assist individuals when their rights under the state and federal fair housing laws have been violated. Includes working with both landlords and tenants.homelessness prevention:provides one-time-only rental deposit assistance for petaluma residents, or tenants who may be at risk of losing their home.bridge the gap:provides monthly assistance to qualifying low-income seniors to help them remain in affordable housing, covering the gap between social security payments and rent.
$152,724 spentof which $46,166 as grants2% of program spendingCounseling, prevention & intervention:girls circle:group sessions foster growth and development by promoting an emotionally safe setting in which girls can cultivate caring relationships and use their authentic voices. Builds upon resiliency practices and skills acquisition to increase positive connections, personal and collective strengths, and competency in girls.managed medical:provides individual therapy for those older than 5 years of age, as well as couples and families therapy.boys and girls club of sonoma valley:counseling sessions for members of the club on their campus.safe team petaluma:24 hour a day crisis stabilization team that responds to 9-1-1 dispatched calls. Safe (specialized assistance for everyone)safe team rohnert park/cotati:18 hour a day crisis stabilization team that responds to 9-1-1 dispatched calls. Safe (specialized assistance for everyone)functional family therapy:evidence based programming, teen triple p parenting classes.child welfare:counseling services for youth who have experienced abuse.
$3,769,143 spent$208,133 earned by the program55% of program spendingAging well together programs:case management:assessment, screening and evaluation of individual needs of residents 60 and older, referral and coordination into additional programming.home delivered meals:provides hot meals up to seven days a week delivered to homebound seniors.adult day respite:provides caregivers respite, program is tailored for clients with dementia or alzheimer's. Includes congregate meal services. Monday, wednesday, and friday.cafe at 211:hot lunch provided monday through fridayinvolved elder program:educational programs provided in partnership with srjc at all congregate dining sites (cafe at 211 and adult day respite).iride petaluma & rohnert park:volunteer rides provided to residents 60 and older.fallproof:evidence based balance program.matter of balance:provides training for individuals to help deliver an evidence-based balance program.caregiver support group:confidential and emotional support group for those taking care of loved ones with dementia and other related cognitive disorders.older adult collaborative:screening and referral for seniors (60 and older) who have identified signs of depression.
$1,254,288 spent$151,885 earned by the program18% of program spendingEconomic sustainability programs:earn it keep it save it (vita):the free tax help is available through the filing deadline of april 15, with some sites running through october for post-tax season filing. Clients can also receive help back-filing for up to three years, if needed. Sonomaworks:sonomaworks provides temporary help for families with children who have little or no money. We also help adults caring for a child prepare for a job, then find and keep a job, so they can support their families. Support while on the program may include housing, food, utilities payments, childcare or medical care. Monthly cash benefits are added to an atm-style plastic card, called an electronic benefit transfer or ebt card, which you can use to make purchases. Sonomaworks is a sonoma county program that is also known as calworks in california and temporary aid to needy families (tanf) by the federal government.mentor me:has a mission to empower young people to reach their highest potential by matching them with a mentor. Nominated young people (k-12) are matched with a trained adult mentor for two years and meet for at least 1 hour a week. Additional resources may include tutoring and homework…
$1,664,700 spentof which $186,003 as grants$319,214 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,840,855.
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.
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 $2.9M to $4.0M (+38%).
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 51% · 2018 74% · 2020 48% · 2021 62% · 2022 74% · 2023 45% · 2024 35% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Elece Hempel Left 625
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $341k → $454k.
9 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $12k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Petaluma People Services Center). These are real filings, and they are not money PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 46% · 2019 51% · 2020 28% · 2021 37% · 2022 64% · 2023 40% — 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
46% of PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
93% of PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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
PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$750k
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 PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER
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
95% 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 PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER: 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 PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER?
- PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER (California) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,760,697 to it, the largest being ECOLOGY CENTER ($1,054,721). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $3,760,697 in grants to PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER?
- ECOLOGY CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $1,054,721 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 42 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