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CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FOUNDATION INC

EIN 68-0017965 SACRAMENTO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,957,485
Expenses 2024
$1,856,492

Program services were 97.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W17E
Classification
2000
Street
1100 K ST STE 101

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 101). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN LEADERSHIP, CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE COMPETENCIES, AND EXPANSION OF THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTIES THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF RESEARCH IN AREAS OF IMPORTANCE TO COUNTIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STRENGTHENING CALIFORNIA COUNTIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICES.

  • CSAC INSTITUTE - THE INSTITUTE OFFERS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND CREDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES MAINLY TO COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES WHO HAVE FEW ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,074,852 · Revenue $888,783

  • THE CSAC GRANTS INITIATIVE PROGRAM OFFERS COUNTIES GUIDANCE THROUGH GRANT IDENTIFICATION, PREPARATION, AND WRITING. SERVICE REVENUE IS RECOGNIZED AS SERVICES ARE PERFORMED.

    Expenses $735,504 · Revenue $485,417

  • CALIFORNIA EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND (CETF) GRANT - CCF RECEIVED GRANTS FROM CETF IN FY23 AND FY24 TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM (ACP) AND TO PROVIDE COUNTY INPUT ABOUT DIGITAL EQUITY RELATED TO CETF'S BROADBAND ACCESS EQUITY DEPLOYMENT (BEAD) PLAN. CETF PROVIDES LEADERSHIP STATEWIDE TO CLOSE TO THE "DIGITAL DIVIDE" BY ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT AND ADOPTION OF BROADBAND TO UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND POPULATIONS. THE LAST SESSION OF THIS PROGRAM WAS HELD IN FY25.

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Graham Knaus

    CEO & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $668,920
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $468,615
    Other
    $200,305
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $421,711 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $46,904 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $161,131 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $39,174 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $668,920 related
  • Susan Ellenberg

    PRESIDENT (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 8 related
  • Jeff Griffiths

    PRESIDENT (THRU 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 8 related
  • Luis A Alejo - Vice

    PRESIDENT (AS OF 11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 8 related
  • Belia Ramos

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sarah J Carrillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sonia M De La Rosa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tami Douglas-Schatz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alan Fernandes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Miguel Figueroa

    DIRECTOR (THRU 04/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John M Gioia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Paul Nerland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Wendy Root Askew

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Terry Woodrow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related
  • Paul Danczyk

    COO

    Total calculated
    $311,632
    From this org
    $224,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,542
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,256
    Bonus
    $34,500
    Other
    $12,334
    Deferred
    $53,917
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,625
    Filer's total
    $311,632
  • Veronica Smith-Mitchell

    PROG/GRANTS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,807
    From this org
    $104,064
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $103,846
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $218
    Deferred
    $44,824
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,919
    Filer's total
    $160,807
  • Chastity Benson

    FORMER COO

    Total calculated
    $446,307
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $299,601
    Other
    $146,706
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $273,643 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $25,958 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $133,186 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,520 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $446,307 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,957,485
    Expenses
    $1,856,492
    Contributions
    $550,000
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,589,477
    Expenses
    $1,829,609
    Contributions
    $254,500
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,210,196
    Expenses
    $1,043,886
    Contributions
    $634,006
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,183,963
    Expenses
    $958,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,399,557
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,152,339
    Expenses
    $916,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,380,482
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,359,193
    Expenses
    $1,362,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,082,665
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,713,138
    Expenses
    $1,210,401
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,269,732
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,092,098
    Expenses
    $1,013,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $445,786
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $760,314
    Expenses
    $744,240
    Assets (EOY)
    $465,410
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $112,386
    Expenses
    $149,157
    Assets (EOY)
    $361,192
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $359,803
    Expenses
    $324,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $544,788

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011
Principal officer
Paul McIntosh
Mailing address
1100 K StreetSacramento CA 95814

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.