California · Nonprofit
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,550 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($116,785). 2 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 FY2025
- $146k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $134k
- Net assets
- $158k
What The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc does
Mission
Formed in 1925, this club has been going strong for almost 100 years, funding and volunteering for worthy projects such as Learn-to-Swim, Learn-with-Me, Interact, and an International Youth Exchange program. Were also dedicated to supporting important projects around the world, such as eradicating polio from the planet! We award thousands of dollars each year to deserving local organizations through community grants, a teacher mini-grant program, and scholarships. And we do more than give money; we volunteer for projects that improve our community and we travel around the world to contribute our labor as well as our money.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community Grants - The program funds many worthwhile and needed projects throughout West County communities. Approximately 2/3 of the grants were educational in focus while the rest helped the community-at-large. Much of the funding for these grants comes from our annual gala event.
$89,520 spentof which $89,520 as grants41% of program spendingTeacher Mini-Grant Program - The Program provides teachers in public and private schools across West Sonoma County School Districts with grants up to $500 for a wide variety of school projects. We fund scores of requests that include education tools, sports equipment, books, computer equipment and classroom materials. Mini-grants are available twice yearly during a fall and spring application period. Teacher Mini-Grants are funded by money raised at our annual Sebastopol Rotary Crab Feed in February.
$26,882 spentof which $26,882 as grants12% of program spendingInternational Programs - The Foundation embraces Rotary Internationals commitment to world peace and the betterment of poor people around the globe. We commit both money and volunteer time, with some of our most meaningful and memorable projects being the work we have done with our own hands in some of the farthest corners of the world.
$49,410 spentof which $49,410 as grants23% of program spendingYouth & Vocational Programs - The Foundation funds various worthy Youth & Vocational projects such as Overcoming Obstacles, Adopt A Family, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and Scholarships. We also volunteer in these programs.
$51,222 spentof which $51,222 as grants24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $217,034.
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 2023 to 2024, from $146k to $231k (+58%).
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.
99% of The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $8k.
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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $156k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Sebastopol Rotary Education Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation 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
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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 The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 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 The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation 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 $100 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $133k 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
The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc's revenue fell 28% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
89%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc?
- The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,550 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($116,785). 2 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 The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $133,550 in grants to The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $116,785 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation 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.
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 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