To fuel healing and compassion for a better world. Through grantmaking, partnerships, financial and philanthropic services we help individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits maximize their impact on the local and global Community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 41 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $5.6M a year · 41% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$623K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $36.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $56K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.0M
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.9M
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$10.7M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$39.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.9M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$23.9M
FY2021$14.6M
FY2022$16.0M
FY2023$10.5M
FY2024$7.1M
FY2025$8.9M
Expenses
$10.7M
FY2025▼ -38%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$30.1M
FY2021$21.1M
FY2022$17.7M
FY2023$18.0M
FY2024$17.2M
FY2025$10.7M
Net assets
$39.9M
FY2025▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$65.6M
FY2021$61.3M
FY2022$56.0M
FY2023$49.7M
FY2024$41.1M
FY2025$39.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1994.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $9.3M Management & general 11% · $1.1M Fundraising 2% · $251K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $623K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$196,862Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vice President
$118,052Pt VII · Sec A
& Director of Gift Planning
$109,534Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Operations/COO
$104,495Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$94,024Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alexa Benson-Valavanis’s $197K as President & CEO is at the 80th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alexa Benson-Valavanis$196,862$194,634$183,148$175,153$164,415$149,986
David Little$118,052$110,028$103,070$96,399$94,142$56,235
Bill Hubbard - General Counsel$109,534$115,558$90,492———
Chris Hayashida-Knight———$113,594$109,017$88,536
Logan Todd$104,495$94,069$83,674$84,993——
Bill Hubbard————$101,707—
Karsen Bradley$94,024$95,846$90,769$83,848$81,462$4,050
Jovanni Tricerri - VP of Reg—$90,789————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides funding and collaborative trauma-informed programs to support emotional healing for children and families recovering from local crises and generational childhood trauma.

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3 programs · $9.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

As a community foundation, our charitable program consists of fostering donations and administering grants for public good through various client funds that also provide a variety of community services with the help of numerous volunteers.

$5.2Mprogram expense
02

Disaster relief and recovery has become a major part of our foundation operations as a result of the 2019 camp fire, other local wildfires, the COVID-19 pandemic, and droughts in the area. Assistance through grants to multiple nonprofit and government organizations as well as programs related to disaster recovery have been provided as a…

$3.6Mprogram expense
03

NVCF cares was born from unfathomable loss. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for youth in the united states. NVCF cares is a community-wide, healing-centered initiative to help save lives, support families and provide the necessary tools and care for the helpers in this space.

$557Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$56K
Grants paid · 957 grants · $73.3M · 2019–2024
Connecting PointFY2024$200,070
Youth for ChangeCA · FY2024$196,940
Dixie Fire Canopy ProjectCA · FY2024$150,000
Plumas StrongCA · FY2024$144,962
Butte County LibraryFY2024$132,200
Chico Housing Action TeamCA · FY2024$128,010
Adventist Health FoundationCA · FY2024$127,210
Unitemized GrantFY2024$102,088
Plumas Rural Services INCCA · FY2024$99,338
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$419K
Money outPt IX
$10.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.3M
Managementcol C$1.1M
Fundraisingcol D$251K
Owns and owesPt X
$39.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M
Total assetsLn 16$43.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$448K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$104K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$419K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$295K
Gains on assetsLn 7$341K
Total revenueLn 12$8.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$243K
SavingsLn 2$1.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$36.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.0M
Other assetsLn 15$321K
Total assetsLn 16$43.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.0M
Net assetsLn 32$39.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 541
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.7M$1.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$34.9M$36.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M$4.0M
Total assetsLn 16$44.8M$43.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.7M$4.0M
Net assetsLn 32$41.1M$39.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$5.9M$5.9M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$102K$102K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$40K$40K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$677K$332K$244K$102K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$18K$18K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$784K$329K$416K$39K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$29K$21K$7K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$45K$30K$11K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$111K$54K$40K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$91K$2K$89K
Investment management feesLn 11f$53K$53K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$33K$33K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$2K$642
Office expensesLn 13$33K$33K
Information technologyLn 14$39K$10K$29K
OccupancyLn 16$135K$5K$100K$31K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$43K$3K$40K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.3M$2.3M
All other expensesLn 24e$184K$66K$60K$57K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.7M$9.3M$1.1M$251K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $8.9M$10.7M−$1.8M$39.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.1M$17.2M−$10.1M$41.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $10.5M$18.0M−$7.4M$49.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $16.0M$17.7M−$1.7M$56.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.6M$21.1M−$6.5M$61.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $23.9M$30.1M−$6.2M$65.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,907,934 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,437,686$6,403,112
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $864,158$418,539
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,547,854$1,791,596
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $259,676$294,687
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,109,374$8,907,934
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $10,912,553$6,091,449
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,969,569$1,663,523
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,312,901$2,962,223
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $17,195,023$10,717,195
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$10,085,649−$1,809,261
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,907,934 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,559 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$104,267
VIII-1e Government grants$1,776,491
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,522,354
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$447,931
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,403,112
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $418,539$418,539
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,450,711$1,450,711
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $47,062$47,062
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $340,885$340,885
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$27,241−$27,241
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business −$20,915 · Excluded from tax $292,222$271,307
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $418,539 · Unrelated business −$20,915 · Excluded from tax $2,107,198$8,907,934
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,717,195 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $5,949,361$5,949,361
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $102,088$102,088
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $40,000$40,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $331,765 · Management $243,746 · Fundraising $101,561$677,072
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $17,567$17,567
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $328,546 · Management $416,051 · Fundraising $39,056$783,653
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $20,554 · Management $7,400 · Fundraising $1,109$29,063
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $29,587 · Management $10,919 · Fundraising $4,549$45,055
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $54,446 · Management $40,000 · Fundraising $16,667$111,113
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,260 · Management $89,089$91,349
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $52,945$52,945
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $32,947$32,947
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,998 · Management $642$2,640
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $32,669$32,669
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,839 · Management $29,260$39,099
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,737 · Management $99,573 · Fundraising $30,857$135,167
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $9,917$9,917
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,425 · Management $39,867$43,292
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,338,281$2,338,281
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $66,262 · Management $60,360 · Fundraising $57,295$183,917
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,333,663 · Management $1,132,438 · Fundraising $251,094$10,717,195
Part X · Balance sheet $43,921,396 assets, 17 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $778,472; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $139,903$242,741
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,568,446$1,436,210
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $636,479$644,730
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,135,271$4,008,488
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $34,931,735$36,489,882
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $584,979$320,873
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $44,780,307$43,921,396
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $571,456$888,738
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,353,896$1,013,471
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,500$348,103
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $187,442$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $485,822$296,080
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,705,400$4,019,142
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $36,120,943$34,407,525
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $4,953,964$5,494,729
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $41,074,907$39,902,254
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $44,780,307$43,921,396
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $39,902,254 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,907,934
XI-2 Total expenses$10,717,195
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,809,261
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$41,074,907
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$636,608
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$39,902,254

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