Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by YUBA WATERSHED PROTECTION & FIRESAFE COUNCIL.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $573,369
- Total expenses
- $766,436
- Contributions and grants received
- $572,224
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,145
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $364,539
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $83,820
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $280,719
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $702,610
- Management and general expenses
- $63,826
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $702,610
Program services were 91.7% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$514,540
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$57,684
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3 · Investment income
total $1,145 · excluded $1,145
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $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 $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $60,555 · program services $60,555
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $84,575 · program services $61,191 · management and general $23,384
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,562 · program services $600 · management and general $1,962
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $14,136 · program services $10,553 · management and general $3,583
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,306 · program services $212 · management and general $2,094
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $7,000 · management and general $7,000
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $4,233 · management and general $4,233
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24a · Other expenses: INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
total $417,801 · program services $417,801
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24b · Other expenses: PROJECT SUPPORT
total $90,271 · program services $88,986 · management and general $1,285
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24c · Other expenses: COMMUNITY OUTREACH
total $61,809 · program services $57,793 · management and general $4,016
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24d · Other expenses: SOFTWARE EXPENSE
total $7,306 · program services $1,400 · management and general $5,906
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24e · All other expenses
total $13,882 · program services $3,519 · management and general $10,363
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $39,186 · end of year $43,646
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $333,684 · end of year $167,012
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $90,427 · end of year $151,077
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $2,804
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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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 $49,661 · end of year $81,016
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1 · end of year $2,804
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $413,635 · end of year $280,719
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
YUBA WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FIRE SAFE COUNCIL FACILITATES COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE YUBA COUNTY FOOTHILLS TO PROACTIVELY BUILD WATERSHED AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO WILDFIRE BY EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING RESIDENTS, IMPLEMENTING COMMMUNITY LEVEL MITIGATION PROJECTS, AND SUPPORTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.
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MULTIPLE SMALL GRANTS INCLUDING: 1. BLM Community Wildfire Assistance Program: Increasing community engagement in wildfire risk reduction though outreach and education,2. California Fire Foundation: Support community engagement in wildfire risk reduction through outreach and education,3. FEATHER RIVER AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PROVIDING 1,200 FIRE SAFE INFORMATIONAL CALENDARS TO THE COMMUNITY,4. PG&E FSC FUEL REDUCTION 2024 GRANTS RESIDENTIAL CHIPPING PROGRAM, HELPING RESIDENTS REDUCE WOODY FUELS AROUND THEIR HOMES,5. Sierra Nevada Conservancy RFFCP: Increase regional capacity to prioritize, develop and implement projects that improve forest health and fire resiliency,6. Yuba County Wildfire Prevention: Operating budget and capacity building.
Expenses $319,443 · Revenue $104,796
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Capacity Building - Executive Director: Funding to support Executive Director position, Yuba Foothills Firewise: Firewise USA Site Activation Program for Yuba Foothills Communities, Roadside RPF: Project management for Yuba Foothills Wildland-Urban Interface fuels reduction project, Forest Business Alliance: Fiscal sponsor for the Yuba Forest Business Alliance to build capacity and peer-learning for forest based businesses, CWPP Update: Community Wildfire Protection Plan update, Community Impact Grant: Home Resilience Program - Defensible Space: Funding supports defensible space cost share and chipping to reduce Yuba Foothills residents' fire risk.
Expenses $235,965 · Revenue $264,074
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Stevens Fund and Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG): implementation of the Brownsville, Oregon Ridge, and Brownsville-Oregon House Shaded Fuelbreaks is funded by USFS STEVENS FUND GRANTS. THESE FUELBREAKS CREATE A NETWORK OF REDUCED HAZARDOUS FUELS THAT SERVE AS ANCHORS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES OF THE YUBA FOOTHILLS FROM WILDFIRE. CWDG grant provides funding for the development of Community Wildfire Protection plans and implementation of projects outlined in the plans by assisting communities with wildfire risk and prioritizing those in high-hazard areas, low-income communities, or those impacted by severe disaster.
Expenses $147,202 · Revenue $162,323
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CAL FIRE 11 FIRE PREVENTION GRANT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YUBA ROADSIDE FUEL TREATMENT PROJECT IN THE DOBBINS/OREGON HOUSE AREA. THIS PROJECT REDUCES FUELS ALONG ROADWAYS TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF WILDFIRE IGNITION, CREATE SAFER EVACUATION ROUTES, AND PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN CASE OF WILDFIRE.
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Allison ThomsonALLISON THOMSON
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $60,555
- From this org
- $60,555
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Sean GriffisSEAN GRIFFIS
Chairman/Pres
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Douglas BortzDOUGLAS BORTZ
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Pamela CookPAMELA COOK
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 10 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202612319349301756
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