California · Nonprofit
SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION
SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,199,000 to it, the largest being TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ($1,200,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $97k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $679k
What Sonoma County Economic Development Board Foundation does
Mission
To support sonoma county's economic development board programs
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Creative Sonoma - The Creative Sonoma program supported the development of a county-wide Public Art Plan, an Arts Education Workforce Plan, as well as the professional development program BIPOC Producers Lab, produced with Kimzin Creative. Funds were also used to support event photography, and honoraria and an ArtSurround public art project. These activities were primarily funded using grants received by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Manitou Fund.
$90,536 spentof which $15,000 as grants63% of program spendingResearch Initiatives - This program funded Business Development Tools to help local businesses recognize current industry trends, find new target markets and customer bases, and research site selection data. Sponsor-supported funding allows these reports to be offered free of charge to local businesses.
$27,475 spent19% of program spendingFall Economic Perspective -The Fall Economic Perspective Navigating Economic Shifts looked at how different election results can shape and influence local economies. Dr. Jerry Nickelsburg explored how historical election results impacted economic indicators, how policy changes could influence local sectors, and what the labor market may look like post-election. The event was held at Sonoma State University with over 200 people in attendance.
$14,539 spent10% of program spendingSpring Economic Perspective - The Spring Economic Perspective: "Moving Forward: Strengthening Our Economy for the Challenges of a Changing Climate" examined strategies for addressing economic challenges and fostering inclusive growth in the face of climate change. The event featured keynote speaker Merlin Hanauer from Sonoma State University, followed by a panelist discussion focusing on disaster impacts on marginalized communities, supporting businesses through climate challenges, and disaster resilience. The event was held at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park with over 150 people in attendance.
$11,874 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,424.
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 2019 to 2020, from $844k to $2.0M (+138%).
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: 2020 2% · 2023 9% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (77% 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.
Board chair
K Philip
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income held at $60k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION’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
SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 64% · 2019 68% · 2020 92% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 83% — diversifying over time.
“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
97% of SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $204k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,328 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,328 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $800k on record.
- Department of Commerce$800k
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 SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- County of Sonoma · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION: 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 SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION?
- SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,199,000 to it, the largest being TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ($1,200,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,199,000 in grants to SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION?
- TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION 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 7 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