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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$675krevenue
FY2025 · −34% in 3 yrs4staff
6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin18.5%
Months of reserve2.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+19.7%
Middle half of peersMedianRoots
Where the money goes FY2025 · $550k spent
Programs$481k88%Management and general$31k6%Fundraising$38k7%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 19% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Southern Smoke Foundation gave $80k in FY2021, 19% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$70k in FY2023 and −$39k in FY2024. Cash covers 2.6 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 20% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort17funders
$113ka year, last 3 years
31%from its largest funder
Funder’21’22’23Southern Smoke FoundationOn and off$80kThe Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty FoundationNew in FY2023$50kThe Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp FoundationNew in FY2023$25kLiving Legacy FoundationOn and off$25kPaso Robles Wine Country AllianceOn and off$13kLarry L Luing Family Foundation IncSince FY2022$5k$5kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$105k$10k$15k2 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$5k$600
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund