California · Nonprofit
UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $39k
What United Disaster Relief of Northern California does
Mission
Mission: to provide compassionate, immediate, and long-term support to individuals and families affected by wildfires and other disasters.purpose: to bridge the gap between survivors and the resources they need - restoring dignity, stability, and hope during times of crisis.vision: a resilient, empowered community where no disaster survivor is left behind.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Continued to assist individuals and families affected by northern california wildfires and other disasters. In 2025, we improved and developed our permanent disaster resource center to further our exempt purpose and expand disaster recovery services.
$48,710 spent$820 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $48,710.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $1.1M (+3%).
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 UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Chief executive
Danilla Sands
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’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
UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
71% 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 UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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
71% of UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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
UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,931 public safety & disaster nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: 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 UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $35,000 in grants to UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED DISASTER RELIEF OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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