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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,845,756
Total expenses
$16,797,083
Contributions and grants received
$18,984,760
Grants paid
$8,454,600
Program service revenue
$534,062
Investment income
$3,297,261
Other revenue
$29,673
Total assets, end of year
$184,241,118
Total liabilities, end of year
$43,323,286
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$140,917,832
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,420,919
Management and general expenses
$1,719,736
Fundraising expenses
$1,656,428
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,420,919

Program services were 79.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $18,984,760

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $307,741

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FISCAL SPONSOR FEES

    total $328,777 · related or exempt $328,777

  • 2b · Program service revenue: WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE

    total $205,285 · related or exempt $205,285

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,440,877 · excluded $2,440,877

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $33,600

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $3,927

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $29,673

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $29,673 · related or exempt $29,673

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $856,384

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $856,384

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $856,384 · excluded $856,384

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,451,720 · program services $7,451,720

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,002,880 · program services $1,002,880

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $966,950 · program services $321,323 · management and general $411,111 · fundraising $234,516

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,259,356 · program services $1,928,858 · management and general $612,933 · fundraising $717,565

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $242,119 · program services $141,852 · management and general $47,002 · fundraising $53,265

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $616,475 · program services $344,486 · management and general $137,510 · fundraising $134,479

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $321,241 · program services $175,575 · management and general $73,458 · fundraising $72,208

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $52,677 · program services $39,818 · management and general $12,859

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,173 · management and general $45,173

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $804,713 · program services $795,563 · management and general $6,610 · fundraising $2,540

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $464,920 · program services $174,691 · management and general $59,632 · fundraising $230,597

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $182,325 · program services $57,007 · management and general $94,090 · fundraising $31,228

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $227,204 · program services $67,401 · management and general $68,863 · fundraising $90,940

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $193,073 · program services $109,788 · management and general $59,213 · fundraising $24,072

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,467 · program services $44,955 · management and general $4,933 · fundraising $9,579

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $715,919 · program services $672,231 · management and general $5,371 · fundraising $38,317

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $101,882 · program services $51,877 · management and general $36,123 · fundraising $13,882

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $51,113 · program services $6,555 · management and general $42,300 · fundraising $2,258

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $31,763 · program services $31,086 · management and general $489 · fundraising $188

  • 24b · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT

    total $3,293 · program services $1,186 · management and general $1,522 · fundraising $585

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANNUITY EXPENSE

    total $1,730 · program services $1,730

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $1,090 · program services $337 · management and general $544 · fundraising $209

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,556,437 · end of year $6,673,796

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,152,068 · end of year $1,269,926

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,101,275 · end of year $2,254,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $37,279 · end of year $74,676

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $20,982 · end of year $17,529

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $92,753 · end of year $104,945

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

    $5,662,099

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

    $1,681,334

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,003,459 · end of year $3,980,765

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $132,169,383 · end of year $149,025,684

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $11,660,531 · end of year $18,749,239

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $2,330,740 · end of year $2,090,558

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $696,628 · end of year $709,849

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,125,723 · end of year $1,568,348

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $36,610,921 · end of year $41,045,089

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,566,080 · end of year $119,151,169

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,125,555 · end of year $21,766,663

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION'S VISION IS A THRIVING, JUST, HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE REGION.

  • THE HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION + WILD RIVERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS THREE YEARS INTO A DECADE-LONG STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE VISION OF A THRIVING, JUST, HEALTHY, AND EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR ALL GENERATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN OUR REMARKABLE REGION. OUR SERVICE AREA INCLUDES THE REGION OF DEL NORTE, HUMBOLDT, AND TRINITY COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CURRY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OREGON, AS WELL AS 18 NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL NATIONS AND LANDS, AMONG THE COUNTRY'S MOST POPULOUS AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT ANCESTRAL LANDS. WE ARE SUPPORTED IN THIS WORK BY THE REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WE SERVE, AS WELL AS OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, AND GENEROUS LOCAL DONORS.

    Expenses $10,406,691 · Grants $6,898,843 · Revenue $563,735

  • THE CORE HUB HELPS CONVENE DIALOGUES AND DISTRIBUTE RESOURCES TO COMMUNITIES AS THEY WORK TO REORGANIZE AND RELOCATE BUILT AND NATURAL SYSTEMS IN BETTER COOPERATION WITH HUMAN NEEDS, AND TO DOCUMENT THE PROCESSES SO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER RURAL REGIONS AND TRIBAL NATIONS HAVE A RECIPE FOR THEIR OWN DECARBONIZED RESILIENCE.

    Expenses $2,045,461 · Grants $897,500

  • INITIATED AND LEAD BY NATIVE PEOPLES, THE NATIVE CULTURES FUND IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATIVE NATIONS, THE HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION, THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION, AND OTHER DONORS. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN GENERATIONS THROUGH RENAISSANCE OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE ART CULTURE, SACRED SITES, AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $559,963 · Grants $249,453

  • THE DISASTER RESPONSE & RESILIENCE FUND SUPPORTS RESIDENTS OF HUMBOLDT, TRINITY, DEL NORTE, AND CURRY COUNTIES, AS WELL AS ADJOINING TRIBAL LANDS DURING CURRENT AND FUTURE DISASTERS, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES SUCH AS THE COVID19 PANDEMIC, FIRES, EARTHQUAKES, FLOODING, AND OTHER NATURAL AND HUMAN-MADE DISASTERS. GRANTS ARE MADE TO NONPROFIT AGENCIES, PUBLIC BENEFIT ORGANIZATIONS (SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, ETC.), CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS WITH A QUALIFIED FISCAL SPONSOR. THERE IS NO WRITTEN APPLICATION PROCESS, AND WE STRIVE TO HAVE FUNDS IN PLACE FOR BOTH IMMEDIATE DISASTER RESPONSE AND TO HELP COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF FUTURE DISASTERS.

    Expenses $408,804 · Grants $408,804

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • BRYNA LIPPER

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $312,450
    From this org
    $276,809
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,641
    Hours/week
    40 + 1.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,809
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,145
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,496
    Filer's total
    $312,450

  • GINA ZOTTOLA

    VP ADVANCEMENT & PHILAN. INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $158,975
    From this org
    $131,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,874
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,101
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,488
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,386
    Filer's total
    $158,975

  • SARAH MILLSAP

    VP OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $156,602
    From this org
    $131,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,566
    Hours/week
    40 + 1.25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,036
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,083
    Filer's total
    $156,602

  • SARA DRONKERS

    COO

    Total calculated
    $156,129
    From this org
    $133,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,901
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,712
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,516
    Filer's total
    $156,129

  • HALEY CLARK

    DIRECTOR OF HR AND PEOPLE DEV.

    Total calculated
    $135,648
    From this org
    $105,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,297
    Hours/week
    40

  • LINDSIE BEAR

    VP OF SPECIAL PROJECTS

    Total calculated
    $132,406
    From this org
    $101,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,305
    Hours/week
    40

  • KEYTRA MEYER

    DIR OF ADVANCEMENT & PHILAN. INNOV.

    Total calculated
    $130,875
    From this org
    $110,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,774
    Hours/week
    40

  • KATERINA OSKARSSON

    EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE, CORE HUB

    Total calculated
    $129,047
    From this org
    $110,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,003
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAMES KLOOR

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMIN.

    Total calculated
    $124,040
    From this org
    $106,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,939
    Hours/week
    40

  • CRAIG WOODS

    DEPARTMENT DIR. OF PRGMS./COMMS. SOL.

    Total calculated
    $121,502
    From this org
    $103,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,901
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHARLEEN JORDAN

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DAVID FINIGAN

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • RAQUEL ORTEGA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MARY KEEHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DENNIS RAEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • MARYLYN PAIK NICELY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • DINA MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • CHRISTINA HUFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 1.25 related

  • JUDGE ABBY ABINANTI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ALAN NIDIFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • KEITH FLAMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ALEX OZAKI-MCNEILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • ELIAS PENCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LEAVEY RANCH LLC

    CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES · CA · income $165,040 · assets $1,783,052

    Directly controlled by HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
22 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531259349300998

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