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COMMUNITY MATTERS

EIN 68-0369720 SANTA ROSA, CA

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Revenue 2024
$2,521,221
Expenses 2024
$2,240,420

Program services were 80.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 14816

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMUNITY MATTERS MISSION IS TO EQUIP AND EMPOWER STUDENTS AND ADULTS TO CREATE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SAFE, WELCOMING, AND INCLUSIVE.

  • SAFE SCHOOL PROGRAMS: PEER-TO-PEER, BYSTANDER EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVEN EFFECTIVE AND SCIENTIFICALLY BASED (SAFE SCHOOL AMBASSADORS IS LISTED IN SAMHA'S NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES). THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTATION & ONGOING SUPPORT/MANAGEMENT OF SAFE SCHOOL AMBASSADORS(SSA) & SAFE SCHOOL BUDDIES (SSB) PROGRAMS, AS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO ADDRESS AN EVER-GROWING AND EVOLVING NEED. AIMED AT THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE & BULLYING, IN ITS MANY FORMS, SSA ENGAGES & EMPOWERS STUDENTS, K-12, & REESTABLISHES SCHOOL AS A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

    Expenses $597,629 · Revenue $1,142,700

  • SCHOOL CLIMATE INITIATIVES: ENGAGE KEY EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS (ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, PARENTS, COMMUNITY, & YOUTH) IN SCHOOL CLIMATE IMPROVEMENTS INTENDED TO CREATE LONG-LASTING SYSTEMIC CHANGES. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE WHOLE SCHOOL CLIMATE AUDITS, RESTORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS & YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, PARENT WORKSHOPS, YOUTH SUMMITS, STUDENT ASSEMBLIES & OTHER YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAININGS, & PROGRAM CONSULTATION. KEY STRATEGIES OF THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH LEADERSHIP & ENGAGEMENT, PROGAM ASSESMENT & AUDITS, GROUP FACILLITATION, SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, & STAKEHOLDER TRAINING.

    Expenses $171,601 · Revenue $679,939

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS: OTHER GENERAL SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $1,030,097 · Revenue $6,723

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Erica Vogel

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $159,125
    From this org
    $159,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,125
  • Leeann R Lichnovsky

    SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,000
    From this org
    $113,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Bailey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Britney Urbanek

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ryan Davis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Williams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Kirstyne Lange

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ilene Fortune

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tramaine Austin-Dillon

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bianca Rose

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Greg Tate

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Chino

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Manual Tah Pech

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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
    $2,521,221
    Expenses
    $2,240,420
    Contributions
    $653,240
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,499,503
    Expenses
    $2,014,338
    Contributions
    $1,211,346
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,667,923
    Expenses
    $1,450,664
    Contributions
    $952,967
    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
    $1,612,718
    Expenses
    $1,240,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $585,332
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $987,399
    Expenses
    $1,032,969
    Assets (EOY)
    $397,351
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,622,181
    Expenses
    $2,000,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $564,520
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,964,948
    Expenses
    $2,090,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $706,025
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,982,504
    Expenses
    $1,950,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $826,677
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,959,929
    Expenses
    $1,992,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $818,954
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,959,929
    Expenses
    $1,842,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $818,954
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,725,523
    Expenses
    $1,683,682
    Assets (EOY)
    $705,446
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,569,545
    Expenses
    $1,460,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $645,275
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,271,211
    Expenses
    $1,364,695
    Assets (EOY)
    $503,681

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

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.