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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,766,329
Total expenses
$3,630,325
Contributions and grants received
$2,471,565
Grants paid
$2,614,344
Program service revenue
$35,716
Investment income
$4,259,048
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$66,424,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,872,251
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$62,552,270
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,087,535
Management and general expenses
$396,274
Fundraising expenses
$146,516
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,087,535

Program services were 85.0% 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

    $2,471,565

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $375,951

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $35,716 · related or exempt $35,716

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $713,908 · excluded $713,908

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,545,140

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,545,140

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,545,140 · excluded $3,545,140

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,168,317 · program services $2,168,317

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $446,027 · program services $446,027

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $575,416 · program services $281,632 · management and general $217,058 · fundraising $76,726

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,270 · program services $16,561 · management and general $11,985 · fundraising $4,724

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,064 · program services $11,637 · management and general $13,821 · fundraising $3,606

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,641 · program services $21,878 · management and general $16,945 · fundraising $5,818

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,033 · program services $391 · management and general $631 · fundraising $11

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,870 · program services $10,922 · management and general $17,627 · fundraising $321

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,755 · program services $30,549 · management and general $49,307 · fundraising $899

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,708 · program services $4,425 · management and general $3,900 · fundraising $8,383

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,601 · program services $4,630 · management and general $4,011 · fundraising $960

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $31,675 · program services $15,838 · management and general $12,669 · fundraising $3,168

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,785 · program services $10,967 · management and general $2,399 · fundraising $1,419

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,113 · program services $6,556 · management and general $2,623 · fundraising $3,934

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,349 · program services $8,677 · management and general $2,670 · fundraising $2,002

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,121 · program services $7,591 · management and general $2,024 · fundraising $506

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $58,221 · program services $9,975 · management and general $26,268 · fundraising $21,978

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD ACTIVITIES

    total $16,922 · program services $8,461 · management and general $5,077 · fundraising $3,384

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $13,427 · program services $4,028 · management and general $3,357 · fundraising $6,042

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $12,551 · program services $8,324 · management and general $2,048 · fundraising $2,179

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,459 · program services $10,149 · management and general $1,854 · fundraising $456

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $170,924 · end of year $28,232

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $5,081

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $76,527 · end of year $56,675

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $400,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,121 · end of year $1,145

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

    $696,292

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

    $136,764

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $570,711 · end of year $559,528

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $56,071,698 · end of year $62,080,385

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,514,788 · end of year $3,693,475

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $83,180 · end of year $61,435

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $1,500

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,289,457 · end of year $3,809,316

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,575,708 · end of year $59,526,430

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,855,424 · end of year $3,025,840

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO INSPIRE AND STEWARD GENEROSITY TO FOSTER VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE, AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT MENDOCINO COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY INSPIRES AND STEWARDS GENEROSITY BY SUPPORTING LOCAL NONPROFITS, ADMINISTERING SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FACILITATING DONOR-ADVISED AND COMMUNITY GRANTMAKING TO STRENGTHEN VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE, AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT MENDOCINO COUNTY.

  • THE FOUNDATION AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $2,167,000 IN GRANTS TO 250 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING MENDOCINO COUNTY. GRANTS SUPPORTED PROGRAMS IN ARTS & CULTURE, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND DISASTER RELIEF , REACHING RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THE FOUNDATION STRENGTHENED NONPROFIT CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION BY CONNECTING DONORS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND SHARED COMMUNITY PRIORITIES.THE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERED 50 SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS AND AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $446,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 125 STUDENTS PURSUING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND CAREER TRAINING. SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORTED ATTENDANCE AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS, REDUCING FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR LOCAL STUDENTS. THE PROGRAM CONTRIBUTED TO LONG-TERM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN MENDOCINO COUNTY.

    Expenses $3,087,535 · Grants $2,614,344 · Revenue $35,716

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Albert Ganter

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Dave Riemenschneider

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Philip Thomas

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Allyne Brown

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Linda Ruffing

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Winston Bowen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Amy McHenry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Emily Ellickson-Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Holly Brackman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Margot Rawlins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Monte Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Paula Cohen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dusty Duley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jim Mayfield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Ulises Velasco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Tawny Bailey

    PRESIDENT & CEO- FROM FEB 25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601209349302555

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