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← SANTA CLARA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SANTA CLARA FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,839,921
Total expenses
$6,506,411
Contributions and grants received
$6,790,747
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$47,893
Investment income
$1,281
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,387,814
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,519,771
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$868,043
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,486,453
Management and general expenses
$944,588
Fundraising expenses
$75,370
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,486,453

Program services were 84.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,707,232

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $83,515

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING REVENUE

    total $28,602 · related or exempt $28,602

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COMMISSION REVENUE

    total $19,291 · related or exempt $19,291

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,281 · excluded $1,281

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $320,519 · program services $155,213 · management and general $147,540 · fundraising $17,766

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $904,383 · program services $437,952 · management and general $416,303 · fundraising $50,128

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,932 · program services $13,526 · management and general $12,858 · fundraising $1,548

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $87,577 · program services $42,410 · management and general $40,313 · fundraising $4,854

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,011 · management and general $7,979 · fundraising $32

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $254,330 · management and general $253,300 · fundraising $1,030

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,075 · management and general $3,063 · fundraising $12

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,094 · program services $7,692 · management and general $26,402

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,172 · program services $2,972 · management and general $10,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,861 · program services $19,635 · management and general $8,226

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,379 · management and general $7,379

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTORS

    total $4,699,540 · program services $4,699,040 · management and general $500 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

    total $109,189 · program services $108,013 · management and general $1,176 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,203 · program services $0 · management and general $9,203 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $146 · program services $0 · management and general $146 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $923,805 · end of year $1,275,179

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $175,493 · end of year $428,956

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $629,351 · end of year $683,679

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,477

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $715,571 · end of year $1,118,350

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $484,022 · end of year $401,421

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $450,705 · end of year $804,411

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $83,828 · end of year $63,632

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

MOBILIZING THE PEOPLE OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY TO PROTECT THEIR HOMES, COMMUNITIES, AND ENVIRONMENT FROM WILDFIRES.

  • HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION PROGRAM: WE PROVIDE WORKSHOPS ON EVACUATION PREPARATION AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE.

    Expenses $836,093 · Revenue $7,301

  • PLANNING PROGRAM: WE SUPPORTED OUR WILDFIRE TRACKING CAMERA SYSTEM WITH RELIABILITY MONITORING SERVICES.

    Expenses $268,046 · Revenue $2,341

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND INFORMATION SERVICES PROGRAM: WE PROVIDED YOUTH EDUCATION TO CHILDREN THROUGH 12 SMOKEY BEAR STORY TIME PROGRAMS, AND ADULT EDUCATION THROUGH TABLING AND EDUCATION BOOTHS.

    Expenses $4,382,314 · Revenue $38,251

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rob Rennie

    2ND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chris Wilson

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Harold Schapelhouman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jim Wolbrinck

    3RD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rick Parfit

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jared Lewis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Derek Neumann

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kevin Conant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dede Smullen

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Seth Schalet

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $183,599
    From this org
    $183,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,599
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $183,599
  • Amanda Brenner-Cannon

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,920
    From this org
    $136,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephen Harrington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $101,881
    From this org
    $101,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
24 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602519349301780

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