California · Nonprofit
Zero Waste Humboldt
Zero Waste Humboldt (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,733 to it, the largest being COAST CENTRAL CREDIT UNION ($7,733). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $57k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Zero Waste Humboldt does
Mission
Conducted analysis for city of Arcata on Edible Food Rescue Capacity Publish in local EcoNews monthly news letter Design guide for businesses to become certified in Zero Waste Spoke with numerous individuals and organizations about Zero Waste Humboldt's efforts to support local effort and update them on pending regulations:HWMA Board of Directors Cal Recycle staff 5th District Supervisor Local City Councils Local radio station
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Conducted analysis for city of Arcata on Edible Food Rescue Capacity
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of Zero Waste Humboldt’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
Zero Waste Humboldt leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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
61% 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 Zero Waste Humboldt.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 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
61% of Zero Waste Humboldt'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
Zero Waste Humboldt runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,969 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like Zero Waste Humboldt
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.
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Zero Waste Humboldt: 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 Zero Waste Humboldt?
- Zero Waste Humboldt (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,733 to it, the largest being COAST CENTRAL CREDIT UNION ($7,733). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Zero Waste Humboldt have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,733 in grants to Zero Waste Humboldt.
- Who is the largest funder of Zero Waste Humboldt?
- COAST CENTRAL CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $7,733 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Zero Waste Humboldt 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), 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