California · Nonprofit
Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc
Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,679 to it, the largest being HOMELESS RESOURCE COUNCIL OF THE SIERRAS ($158,679). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $578k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $179k
- Net assets
- $236k
What Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc does
Mission
To provide a healthy community to people facing challenges to their mental health. Trained peer counselors offer acceptance, support, education, and advocacy, supporting people as they identify their path to recovery and empower themselves to achieve their personal goals. Together we save lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
SPIRIT provided peer support services free of charge to residents in the Nevada County area. SPIRIT offered drop-in, weekly and ongoing support, and classes. They also provided outreach to educate community groups and the public about mental illness.
$437,007 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $437,007.
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 2018 to 2019, from $137k to $170k (+25%).
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 96% · 2018 92% · 2019 99% · 2020 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% · 2024 96% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Philip Vardara
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $59k.
From the IRS filings of Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery 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
Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
94% 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 Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 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
94% of Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc has grown faster than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery 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
77% 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 Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery 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 Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc?
- Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,679 to it, the largest being HOMELESS RESOURCE COUNCIL OF THE SIERRAS ($158,679). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $178,679 in grants to Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery Inc?
- HOMELESS RESOURCE COUNCIL OF THE SIERRAS is the largest funder on record, with $158,679 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Spirit - Peers for Independence & Recovery 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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