California · Nonprofit
SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC
SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $269,751 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($225,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $270k
- Net assets
- $285k
What San Mateo Search and Rescue Inc does
Mission
To gain knowledge and provide training services in Search and Rescue functions that assist county state and federal officials and the general public during emergencies missing persons activities disasters or other similar incidents; To provide awareness to the general public in order to minimize the impact injury and or loss of life caused by missing person emergencies or disasters; To procure and maintain equipment training services and supplies to support the purposes of the corporation; and To advance knowledge through Search and Rescue trainings.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Funded the purchase of a chainsaw and associated parts
$3,042 spentof which $3,042 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,042.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $172.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $270k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $270k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC: 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 SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC?
- SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $269,751 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($225,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $269,751 in grants to SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN MATEO SEARCH AND RESCUE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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