Crf, in partnership with our clients and stakeholders, designs, delivers, and evaluates innovative and exemplary behavioral health and social services in a manner that is both culturally and trauma competent.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 174 volunteers and 1,324 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
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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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.9M a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 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
$2.1M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $27K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$38.1M
61% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 61% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$116.2M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$106.6M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$24.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$116.2M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$77.1M
FY2021$77.2M
FY2022$79.6M
FY2023$96.3M
FY2024$107.5M
FY2025$116.2M
Expenses
$106.6M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$76.8M
FY2021$76.5M
FY2022$78.0M
FY2023$94.6M
FY2024$104.1M
FY2025$106.6M
Net assets
$24.1M
FY2025▲ +64%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$9.7M
FY2023$11.3M
FY2024$14.7M
FY2025$24.1M

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 Sep 1996.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $92.9M Management & general 13% · $13.7M

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

16 people listed on the 990; $2.1M 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
$248,990Pt VII · Sec A
Psych Nurse Pract
$212,805Pt VII · Sec A
$202,155Pt VII · Sec A
Retired CFO
$200,548Pt VII · Sec A
$200,021Pt VII · Sec A
Executive VP
$197,026Pt VII · Sec A
$192,877Pt VII · Sec A
SR VP Gen Counsel
$173,995Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Linda Hammond PHD$78,239$80,887$250,002$233,784$227,827$226,526
Bob Marchetti$200,548$236,584$249,456$218,779$213,699$235,753
James Rogers Psyd$248,990$240,295————
James Rogers PHD——$217,372———
Amanda Thompson$212,805$197,663—$167,483$159,994—
Jack Farmer$202,155$184,881$195,690$170,340$166,984$188,362
Karen Wheeler$200,021$169,719$167,212—$135,829—
Paula Goncalves$197,026—————

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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Provides innovative behavioral health and social services, respecting cultural and trauma needs.

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3 programs · $75.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Outpatient Mental Health Services

CRFS outpatient programs provide integrated, coordinated community-based psychosocial rehabilitation services for adults 18 and older who have serious mental illness, as well as individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance disorders and to seriously emotionally disturbed (sed) children, youth and their FAMILIES.SERVICES to…

$26.8Mprogram expense
02

Intensive Mobile Assertive Community Treatment (act Programs)

Act programs provide intensive, community-based, case management, and housing services for approximately one thousand and one hundred and ten previously homeless adults with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occuring substance use disorders in san diego county.

$25.5Mprogram expense
03

Other Program Services

CRF operates a variety of other behavioral healthcare programs including the psychiatric emergency response team (pert). This program provides emergency psychiatric services through a collaboration with local law enforcement agencies.

$23.6Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$27K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $223K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$76,411
Unitemized GrantFY2023$25,923
Unitemized GrantFY2022$31,239
Unitemized GrantFY2021$30,042
Unitemized GrantFY2020$32,493
Unitemized GrantFY2019$26,994

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$116.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$111.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$159K
Money outPt IX
$106.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$92.9M
Managementcol C$13.7M
Owns and owesPt X
$24.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20.4M
Total assetsLn 16$62.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$38.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A16
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$111.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$111.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$104K
Other incomeLn 4–11$159K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$116.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$15.5M
SavingsLn 2$5.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$20.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.8M
Other assetsLn 15$13.2M
Total assetsLn 16$62.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$38.1M
Net assetsLn 32$24.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,324
VolunteersI 6174
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$2.4M$20.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.1M$6.8M
Total assetsLn 16$44.5M$62.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29.8M$38.1M
Net assetsLn 32$14.7M$24.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$474K$474K
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$1.2M$1.2M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$63.9M$56.2M$7.7M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.7M$2.2M$519K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.6M$4.6M$1.0M
Payroll taxesLn 10$5.0M$4.4M$663K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$1.6M$1.6M$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$59K$59K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10.5M$9.7M$774K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$148K$52K$96K
Information technologyLn 14$1.2M$1.2M$88K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$8.2M$7.6M$594K
TravelLn 17$403K$381K$22K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$305K$1K$304K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$294K$112K$183K
InsuranceLn 23$1.0M$930K$89K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.5M$3.2M$347K
All other expensesLn 24e$301K$261K$41K
Total functional expensesLn 25$106.6M$92.9M$13.7M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $116.2M$106.6M$9.5M$24.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $107.5M$104.1M$3.4M$14.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $96.3M$94.6M$1.7M$11.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $79.6M$78.0M$1.5M$9.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $77.2M$76.5M$694K$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $77.1M$76.8M$300K$6.5M 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 $116,176,086 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $97,113,077$111,542,181
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,111,956$4,370,459
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $127,428$104,402
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $189,520$159,044
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $107,541,981$116,176,086
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $558,220$473,589
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $76,207,135$78,535,461
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $27,353,164$27,628,522
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $104,118,519$106,637,572
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,423,462$9,538,514
Part VI · Governance 4 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $116,176,086 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$111,412,146
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$130,035
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$111,542,181
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,370,459$4,370,459
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $104,402$104,402
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $159,044$159,044
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,370,459 · Excluded from tax $263,446$116,176,086
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $106,637,572 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $473,589$473,589
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 staffManagement $1,242,554$1,242,554
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $56,214,602 · Management $7,727,424$63,942,026
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,230,471 · Management $518,855$2,749,326
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,555,994 · Management $1,001,720$5,557,714
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,381,079 · Management $662,762$5,043,841
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,611,102 · Management $16,294$1,627,396
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $58,861$58,861
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,738,541 · Management $774,416$10,512,957
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $52,319 · Management $96,008$148,327
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,156,121 · Management $87,898$1,244,019
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,570,149 · Management $594,403$8,164,552
IX-17 TravelPrograms $380,591 · Management $22,253$402,844
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,049 · Management $304,214$305,263
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $111,758 · Management $182,709$294,467
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $930,141 · Management $88,739$1,018,880
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,202,360 · Management $347,216$3,549,576
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $260,865 · Management $40,515$301,380
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $92,929,592 · Management $13,707,980 · Fundraising $0$106,637,572
Part X · Balance sheet $62,152,482 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,383,744$15,454,483
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$4,952,083
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $21,354,631$20,416,112
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,433,943$1,369,232
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,081,467$6,807,000
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,250,229$13,153,572
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $44,504,014$62,152,482
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $12,776,116$20,148,692
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $12,564,261$13,583,205
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $29,829,705$38,081,092
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,674,309$24,071,390
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $14,674,309$24,071,390
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $44,504,014$62,152,482
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $24,071,390 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$116,176,086
XI-2 Total expenses$106,637,572
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$9,538,514
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$14,674,309
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$141,433
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$24,071,390

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