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← MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,297,508
Total expenses
$1,094,470
Contributions and grants received
$1,194,723
Grants paid
$54,972
Program service revenue
$87,275
Investment income
$1,704
Other revenue
$13,806
Total assets, end of year
$852,606
Total liabilities, end of year
$176,214
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$676,392
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$971,634
Management and general expenses
$91,790
Fundraising expenses
$31,046
Program service expenses (Part III)
$971,634

Program services were 88.8% 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

    $2,110

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,017,150

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $175,463

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Fire Fuels Reduction Service

    total $87,275 · related or exempt $87,275 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,704 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,704

  • 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

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $23,860

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $10,054

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $13,806

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,806 · related or exempt $13,806 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

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

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

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

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $54,972 · program services $54,972

  • 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 $83,870 · program services $41,935 · management and general $36,064 · fundraising $5,871

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

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

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $277,789 · program services $250,462 · management and general $15,260 · fundraising $12,067

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

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

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,423 · program services $20,426 · management and general $1,465 · fundraising $532

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,444 · program services $24,672 · management and general $4,251 · fundraising $1,521

  • 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 $11,952 · program services $0 · management and general $11,952 · 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 $447,775 · program services $436,753 · management and general $10,049 · fundraising $973

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,233 · program services $1,685 · management and general $0 · fundraising $7,548

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,780 · program services $2,972 · management and general $1,524 · fundraising $284

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,539 · program services $8,244 · management and general $295 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

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

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,645 · program services $1,587 · management and general $808 · fundraising $250

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,409 · program services $2,898 · management and general $511 · 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 $48,047 · program services $48,047 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,105 · program services $8,852 · management and general $1,253

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies & Equipment

    total $20,387 · program services $20,004 · management and general $0 · fundraising $383

  • 24b · Other expenses: Training & Education

    total $20,850 · program services $14,595 · management and general $5,212 · fundraising $1,043

  • 24c · Other expenses: Fuel & Oil

    total $17,077 · program services $17,077 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Maintenance

    total $5,747 · program services $5,747 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,426 · program services $10,706 · management and general $3,146 · fundraising $574

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $188,879 · end of year $311,125

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $132,550 · end of year $151,512

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $131,007 · end of year $177,213

  • 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 $3,089 · end of year $7,762

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

    $301,388

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

    $96,394

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $147,069 · end of year $204,994

  • 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 $83,448 · end of year $114,696

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $50,301 · end of year $61,518

  • 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

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $468,845 · end of year $676,392

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

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

  • MCFSC manages primarily grant-funded projects and programs to reduce fuel loads and improve wildlfire mitigation in Mendocino County. This included providing free defensible-space clearing at the homes of 81 income-qualified seniors and/or disabled residents (roughly 16 acres), supplying 94 days of free chipping services for neighborhood-level defensible-space improvement (serving over 1,000 residences, generating an estimated 20,000 hours of volunteer assistance, and treating an estimated 250+ acres), conducting 68 free educational home assessments for wildfire-preparedness, creating and distributing 284 reflective address-number signs, and providing road-clearing work along 5.4 miles of key ingress/egress routes. MCFSC also awarded Micro-Grants to local fire departments and Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils for small but strategic local preparedness projects. A grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy funded the purchase a crew truck that will improve the Council's ability to deliver community chipping services and reduce related costs in future years.

    Expenses $831,741 · Grants $54,972 · Revenue $852,433

  • MCFSC conducted outreach and education in support of wildfire preparedness and mitigation: by convening and participating in numerous community meetings; organizing and hosting a two-day training by National Fire Protection Association professionals focused on teaching commercial providers about state-of-the-art home-hardening strategies, techniques and products; through multiple live community presentations, booths at countywide events, radio interviews, print articles, its resource-rich website, blogs and monthly newsletters. MCFSC has over 1,400 subscribers to its newsletter, an average of 1,164 website users per month (13,971 total for the year), over 1,000 Facebook followers, and 86 mainly how-to videos on home-hardening and defensible-space clearing on its YouTube channel. The Council also partners on an ongoing basis with other agencies to plan and strategize for wildfire mitigation and preparedness projects, to support their related outreach efforts, and to contract with off-season local firefighters to do defensible-space clearing in their own areas. MCFSC also hosts regular leadership meetings for its affiliated Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils, which grew from 51 to 67 during the year.

    Expenses $139,893 · Revenue $139,893

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Cratty

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $83,870
    From this org
    $83,870
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

  • Sue Carberry

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlie Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Armstrong-Frost

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Bauer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anna Garza

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323179349306972

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