Strengthening children, families and communities to be safe, healthy and thriving.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 35 volunteers and 207 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
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $441K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.2M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.2M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
23
named funders · $3.3M
Looks good: 23 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
43% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 43% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$15.5M
+0.3% vs prior year
Spent
$16.1M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$4.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$15.5M
FY2025+0.3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$14.7M
FY2021$15.8M
FY2022$13.2M
FY2023$15.4M
FY2025$15.5M
Expenses
$16.1M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.0M
FY2021$16.0M
FY2022$14.3M
FY2023$15.4M
FY2025$16.1M
Net assets
$4.3M
FY2025▼ -11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$6.0M
FY2022$4.7M
FY2023$4.9M
FY2025$4.3M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1975.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $12.8M Management & general 16% · $2.5M Fundraising 5% · $728K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $1.2M 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
Executive Dir.
$290,458Pt VII · Sec A
Former CFO
$237,641Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Dev. Officer
$171,994Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Info Officer
$141,882Pt VII · Sec A
Regional Prgm Ofcr
$130,734Pt VII · Sec A
Chief HR Officer
$120,054Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Development
$112,414Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Erik Sternad’s $290K as Executive Dir. is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Erik Sternad$290,458$270,000$260,166$248,105$253,617
Michael Redard$237,641————
Stacia Renee Swanson$171,994$162,318$157,399$97,611—
Frank Chow—$169,916$165,114$100,313—
Fernando Salguero————$159,841
Carizma Chapman———$144,025$140,000
Kelly Brown$141,882$133,900$123,894$103,045—
Catherine Kort————$134,718

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

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3 programs · $8.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

211 Information & Assistance Administers the 211 program and 24/7 call center services providing comprehensive information and referrals for health and human services to Ventura County and 30 other counties. The call center handled more than 29,900 local and 157,787 calls during FY 24/25.

$5.3Mprogram expense
02

Mental Health & Trauma Treatment Offers low cost or no cost comprehensive mental health services for adults, families, and children. Specialized interventions are offered for recovery from family violence, child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, victims of crime, and trauma, as well as children and youth who are experiencing difficulties…

$2.0Mprogram expense
03

Justice Services Works with the probation department to serve clients that are reentering the community after incarceration. The goal of these services is to reduce recidivism and improve client functioning in the community. In FY 24/25, Justice Services provided 3,837 case management and group facilitation sessions.

$1.6Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$15.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$703K
Investment incomeLn 3$448K
Money outPt IX
$16.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$12.8M
Managementcol C$2.5M
Fundraisingcol D$728K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$12.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Investment incomeLn 3$448K
Other incomeLn 4–11$703K
Gains on assetsLn 7$319K
Total revenueLn 12$15.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$135K
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$342K
Other assetsLn 15$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5207
VolunteersI 635
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$1.6M$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M$2.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$379K$342K
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.2M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$4.8M$4.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$631K$54K$577K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$8.6M$7.1M$958K$535K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$42K$42K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$982K$826K$117K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$760K$609K$112K$39K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$63K$56K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$28K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$31K$31K$47
Advertising and promotionLn 12$54K$50K$3K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$405K$338K$55K$12K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$627K$531K$72K$24K
TravelLn 17$89K$77K$9K$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$136K$117K$14K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.9M$2.5M$393K$34K
All other expensesLn 24e$778K$598K$143K$37K
Total functional expensesLn 25$16.1M$12.8M$2.5M$728K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $15.5M$16.1M−$614K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 Not on file
FY2023 $15.4M$15.4M$14K$4.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $13.2M$14.3M−$1.1M$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $15.8M$16.0M−$154K$6.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $14.7M$15.0M−$315K$4.4M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $15,474,283 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $13,836,313$14,293,723
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $38,215$29,217
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $109,201$448,136
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $729,392$703,207
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,713,121$15,474,283
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $10,976,784$10,996,604
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,959,675$5,092,097
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $14,936,459$16,088,701
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$223,338−$614,418
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
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 $15,474,283 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$12,422,394
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,871,329
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,293,723
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $29,217$29,217
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $129,240$129,240
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $1,029$1,029
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $318,896$318,896
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$623,898
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $78,280$78,280
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $556,662$15,474,283
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $16,088,701 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $53,856 · Management $577,100$630,956
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,089,423 · Management $957,860 · Fundraising $534,513$8,581,796
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $42,272$42,272
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $826,189 · Management $116,969 · Fundraising $38,866$982,024
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $609,095 · Management $111,754 · Fundraising $38,707$759,556
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $55,654 · Management $7,599$63,253
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $28,251$28,251
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $31,270 · Management $47$31,317
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $49,891 · Management $3,003 · Fundraising $1,317$54,211
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $338,236 · Management $55,186 · Fundraising $11,530$404,952
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $531,179 · Management $71,595 · Fundraising $24,419$627,193
IX-17 TravelPrograms $77,384 · Management $9,338 · Fundraising $1,900$88,622
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $116,709 · Management $13,697 · Fundraising $5,470$135,876
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,454,101 · Management $392,719 · Fundraising $34,049$2,880,869
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $597,766 · Management $142,923 · Fundraising $36,864$777,553
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,830,753 · Management $2,530,313 · Fundraising $727,635$16,088,701
Part X · Balance sheet $7,636,899 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $203,379$135,171
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,432,890$1,166,549
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,210,969$2,054,307
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $206,770$136,622
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $379,181$342,382
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,077,915$2,171,987
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,482,619$1,629,881
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,993,723$7,636,899
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,517,362$1,709,231
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $427,570$231,248
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,224,595$1,376,381
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,169,527$3,316,860
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,780,990$3,358,312
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,043,206$961,727
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,824,196$4,320,039
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,993,723$7,636,899
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,320,039 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$15,474,283
XI-2 Total expenses$16,088,701
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$614,418
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,824,196
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$123,380
XI-7 Investment expenses−$13,119
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,320,039

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