Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,560,660
- Total expenses
- $3,299,721
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,424,943
- Grants paid
- $118,792
- Program service revenue
- $126,112
- Investment income
- $9,605
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,749,415
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $812,084
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $937,331
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,203,227
- Management and general expenses
- $70,265
- Fundraising expenses
- $26,229
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,203,227
Program services were 97.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$3,750
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$3,011,072
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$410,121
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Fire Fuels Reduction Service
total $126,112 · related or exempt $126,112 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $9,605 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $9,605
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $118,792 · program services $118,792
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $82,500 · program services $39,600 · management and general $34,650 · fundraising $8,250
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $443,220 · program services $421,192 · management and general $8,660 · fundraising $13,368
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $32,587 · program services $31,613 · management and general $650 · fundraising $324
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $43,890 · program services $38,494 · management and general $3,534 · fundraising $1,862
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $13,260 · program services $0 · management and general $13,260 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $2,338,731 · program services $2,338,731 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,605 · program services $6,605 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,314 · program services $1,389 · management and general $694 · fundraising $231
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14 · Information technology
total $5,634 · program services $4,338 · management and general $1,014 · fundraising $282
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $4,662 · program services $4,662 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $5,911 · program services $4,591 · management and general $1,320 · fundraising $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $60,278 · program services $60,278 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $10,788 · program services $9,964 · management and general $645 · fundraising $179
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24a · Other expenses: Supplies & Equipment
total $48,398 · program services $48,146 · management and general $189 · fundraising $63
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24b · Other expenses: Training & Education
total $7,162 · program services $5,515 · management and general $1,647 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Fuel & Oil
total $20,645 · program services $20,645 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Maintenance
total $23,694 · program services $23,694 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $30,650 · program services $24,978 · management and general $4,002 · fundraising $1,670
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $311,125 · end of year $436,370
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $151,512 · end of year $465,359
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $177,213 · end of year $604,263
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $7,762 · end of year $12,413
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$387,682
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$156,672
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $204,994 · end of year $231,010
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $114,696 · end of year $456,056
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $61,518 · end of year $356,028
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $676,392 · end of year $937,331
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment.
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FIRE FUELS REDUCTION: MCFSC manages grant-funded projects and programs to reduce fuel loads and improve wildfire mitigation in Mendocino County. Using both its own crew and subcontractors, including off-season local firefighters who perform defensible-space clearing in their own areas, this year MCFSC provided free defensible-space clearing at the homes of 159 income-qualified seniors and/or disabled residents, supplied 101 days of free chipping services for neighborhood-level defensible-space improvement (serving roughly 700 residences), conducted 54 free assessments for wildfire-preparedness, and deployed six new emergency water source tanks. MCFSC managed fuel-reduction projects to create safer ingress/egress and shaded fuel breaks in order to slow fires and provide responders safe workspaces, totaling 612 acres on locations including Dos Rios, Elkhorn and Pine Ridge Roads, plus much of Cherry Creek, Greenfield Ranch, Pine Mountain, and Ridgewood. MCFSC's crew partnered with Sherwood Firewise Communities to clear an additional 63.44 acres in Brooktrails. MCFSC also collaborated with numerous other local groups to sponsor or help draft other successful fuel reduction grants such as PG&E funded vegetation management grants for the Albion, Holmes Ranch, Leggett and Westport Fire Safe Councils and CAL FIRE grant applications by the Leggett Fire Protection District and Spy Rock Fire Safe Council. Thanks to a grant from PG&E, MCFSC also added a third Chipper to our fleet that will improve our ability to deliver community chipping services and work projects in future years.
Expenses $2,869,857 · Revenue $126,112
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EDUCATION, OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: MCFSC conducted outreach and education in support of wildfire preparedness and mitigation through convening and/or attending numerous community meetings, including 92 inter-agency coordination meetings, 47 local neighborhood Fire Safe Council meetings and 27 community events. MCFSC participated in radio interviews, issued print articles, and maintained a resource-rich website, blog and monthly newsletter. There are now over 1,550 subscribers to the newsletter, whose email version was opened 9,608 times this year. Our website has 8,867 users, and this year we recorded 45,471 Facebook hits, and 877 views of how-to videos on home-hardening and defensible-space clearing on the MCFSC YouTube channel. MCFSC provided $118,792 in Micro-Grants to local fire departments and Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils for small but key strategic local preparedness projects. MCFSC continued to partner with other agencies to plan and strategize for wildfire mitigation and preparedness projects. MCFSC hosts regular leadership meetings for its affiliated Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils, which grew last year to 73 countywide. MCFSC also implemented a new school outreach and education program in conjunction with the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center to provide fire science and wildfire preparedness education to 5th grade through middle school ages. 268 students participated in the project's first year. MCFSC continues to roll out other innovative programs to help county residents learn to survive and thrive in our wildfire-prone environment such as piloting a Women's Chainsaw Workshop. MCFSC also created and distributed 676 reflective address-number signs.
Expenses $333,370 · Grants $118,792
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Scott Cratty
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $75,000
- From this org
- $75,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 45
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Sue Carberry
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mike Jones
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Charlie Kelly
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nancy Armstrong-Frost
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lisa Bauer
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anna Garza
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Joe Zicherman
Vice-President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
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Navarro Fire Sale Council
$11,041
Water Tanks & Fittings
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Radio Repeater
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Long Valley Fire Protection District
$9,000
Defensible Space Assessment Program
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Tierra Ranch Road Fire Safe Council
$8,500
Fire Fuels Reduction
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$8,500
Water Tanks
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Golden Rule Church Association Ridgewood Ranch Fire Safe Council
$8,000
Fire Engine
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Redwood Coast Fire Protection District
$8,000
Drone Purchase and Training
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Fox Rock & Woodman Creek Fire Safe Council
$8,000
Water Equipment
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Wildwood Fire Safe Council
$7,951
Water Tanks & Fittings
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Rx Burn Education Series
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 30 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202423059349302962
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