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- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Not current
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$78krevenue
FY2025 · +9% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.2%
Revenue growth (annualized)+15.5%
Middle half of peersMedianSierra
Worth checking2
All 3 of its funders stopped after FY2020
None of the 3 funders that gave in FY2020 has given since.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$48k in FY2023, −$11k in FY2024 and −$4k in FY2025.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 15% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort5funders
$7ka year, last 3 years
48%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20California Fire FoundationNew in FY2020$10kBatey Family Charitable TrustNew in FY2020$5kThe Silver FoundationOn and off$100McKesson Foundation IncOn and off$100Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$6k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund