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← MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,569,409
Total expenses
$3,113,269
Contributions and grants received
$3,278,987
Grants paid
$153,650
Program service revenue
$260,670
Investment income
$29,752
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,376,451
Total liabilities, end of year
$712,167
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,664,284
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,973,649
Management and general expenses
$111,604
Fundraising expenses
$28,016
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,973,649

Program services were 95.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,240

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,922,253

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $353,494

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $260,670 · related or exempt $260,670 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,752 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $29,752

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $153,650 · program services $153,650

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,312 · program services $47,906 · management and general $24,117 · fundraising $10,289

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $587,707 · program services $522,545 · management and general $52,476 · fundraising $12,686

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,896 · program services $29,454 · management and general $1,110 · fundraising $332

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,747 · program services $44,995 · management and general $5,952 · fundraising $1,800

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,819 · program services $0 · management and general $15,819 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,903,330 · program services $1,902,723 · management and general $0 · fundraising $607

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,834 · program services $3,834 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,050 · program services $1,830 · management and general $915 · fundraising $305

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,807 · program services $3,793 · management and general $1,723 · fundraising $291

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,524 · program services $8,524 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,614 · program services $10,211 · management and general $2,403 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $90,469 · program services $90,469 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,553 · program services $13,594 · management and general $750 · fundraising $209

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $36,571 · program services $36,571 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing

    total $27,919 · program services $27,361 · management and general $0 · fundraising $558

  • 24c · Other expenses: Maintenance

    total $25,081 · program services $25,081 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fuel & Oil

    total $19,228 · program services $19,228 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,158 · program services $31,880 · management and general $6,339 · fundraising $939

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $436,370 · end of year $602,507

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $465,359 · end of year $996,111

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $604,263 · end of year $532,512

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,413 · end of year $7,887

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $484,575

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $247,141

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $231,010 · end of year $237,434

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $456,056 · end of year $541,180

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $85,215 · end of year $170,987

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $924,698 · end of year $1,098,004

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $283,446 · end of year $566,280

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment.

  • 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, MCFSC provided free defensible-space clearing at the homes of 143 income-qualified seniors and/or disabled residents, supplied 85 days of free chipping services for neighborhood-level defensible-space improvement (serving roughly 700 residences), and conducted 79 free home assessments for wildfire-preparedness. MCFSC's fuel-reduction projects created safer ingress/egress routes and shaded fuel breaks that will slow fires and provide safe workspaces for responders, totaling 410 acres. MCFSC's crew partnered with Sherwood Firewise Communities to clear additional acres in Brooktrails. MCFSC also collaborated with numerous local groups to sponsor or apply for other successful fuel reduction grants such as PG&E funded vegetation management grants. Thanks to a grant from the State Coastal Conservancy, MCFSC added a track mower to its fleet that will improve its ability to deliver community chipping services and work projects in future years.

    Expenses $2,541,354 · Revenue $260,395

  • EDUCATION and OUTREACH: MCFSC conducted outreach and education in support of wildfire preparedness and mitigation through convening and/or attending numerous community meetings, including 113 inter-agency coordination meetings, 56 local neighborhood Fire Safe Council meetings and 37 community events. MCFSC participated in radio interviews, issued print articles, and maintained a resource-rich website, blog and monthly newsletter. There are now over 1,677 subscribers to the newsletter, whose email version was opened 9,135 times this year. Our website has 17,396 users, and this year we recorded 76,645 Facebook hits, and 2,431 views of how-to videos on home-hardening and defensible-space clearing on the MCFSC YouTube channel. MCFSC provided $135,000 of 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 81 countywide. MCFSC encouraged the Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils to obtain Firewise status, increasing the number of Firewise communities in the County from 4 to 14. MCFSC expanded its 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. 711 students from 16 different schools participated in the program. MCFSC launched a new blog/podcast series with an initial 16 episodes and published new brochures, including two on wildfire smoke management. MCFSC also created and distributed 263 reflective address-number signs.

    Expenses $432,295 · Grants $153,650

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Cratty

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $82,812
    From this org
    $82,812
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    41

  • Mike Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlie Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Eric Hart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Armstrong-Frost

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joe Zicherman

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Carberry

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Bauer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anna Garza

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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

  • Piercy Volunteer Fire Department

    $13,423

    Generator and Water Equipment

  • Piercy Fire Safe Council

    $12,374

    Fuel Reduction

  • Blue Rock Road Association

    $10,500

    Water Tanks

  • Covelo Fire Department

    $10,000

    Water Equipment

  • Long Valley FIre Protection District

    $10,000

    Defensible Space Assessment Program

  • Westport Fire Safe Council

    $9,984

    Fuel Reduction and Native Replanting

  • Hopland Fire Protection District

    $9,604

    Water Equipment & Backfiring Devices

  • The Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Dept Volunteers

    $7,947

    Fire Suppression Tools

  • Mariposa Institute

    $7,895

    Chainsaw Training

  • South Coast Fire Protection District

    $7,820

    Fire Hose for Prescribed Burning

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503029349302290

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