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SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL

SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $208,413 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC ($208,413). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$208k
Net assets
$506k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What Shasta County Fire Safe Council does

Mission

The organization was formed to provide wildfire prevention and to educate the community on wilfire prevention practices as well as emegency wildfire escape plans for residents of shasta county, ca.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Wildfire preventionin 2024/2025 1)thinning and ground clearing programs in larger acreages of forest property with higher concentrations of people were implemented.2)the pilot prgram for home hardening and creating defensible space in residential neighborhoods was launched.

    $1,094,123 spent$1,168,119 earned by the program
    91% of program spending
  2. Education and outreachthe organization continued to coordinate various firewise communities and to establish commuication centers for residents to become informed of wildfire prepvention efforts in their neighborhood.several chipping days in various communities encouraged homeowners to remove potential fire fuel around there homes.several events were held to inform homeowners of currect fire prevention best practices in their community.

    $110,063 spent$98,224 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,204,186.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($19k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($6k)2022 Revenue 627 ($119k) Expenses 1499 ($188k) Net assets -998 ($-63433)2023 Revenue 2007 ($380k) Expenses 3376 ($424k) Net assets -25 ($-1584)2024 Revenue 6055 ($1.1M) Expenses 5334 ($671k) Net assets 7588 ($482k)2025 Revenue 7984 ($1.5M) Expenses 11674 ($1.5M) Net assets 7968 ($506k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (7984)Expenses (11674)Net assets (7968)Peer revenue range

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 $459k to $2.9M (+529%).

$9k
$487k
$459k
$2.9M
$2.2M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 54% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (69% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 852 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’21
−$70k
’22
−$45k
’23
$475k
’24
$43k
’25
18
months of
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

Jim Chapin

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202320242025
Listed999
Joined·+1+4
No longer listed·14
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE 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 SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve17.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)199% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 482 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 17%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

77%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE 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 SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL?
SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $208,413 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC ($208,413). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $208,413 in grants to SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL?
CALIFORNIA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC is the largest funder on record, with $208,413 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), 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