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VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

EIN 77-0165029 CAMARILLO, CA

Revenue 2024
$25,734,850
Expenses 2024
$19,562,314

Program services were 92.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T310
Classification
1000
Street
4001 MISSION OAKS BLVD STE A

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).

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.

  • SEAN LEONARD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VERONICA QUINTANA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEAH LACAYO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MERYL CHASE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEOFF DEAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JACK EDELSTEIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT P HANSEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKE JANUZIK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE LEAVENS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CESAR MORALES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRANDO POZZI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE SEPULVEDA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD YAO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VENKAT YEPURI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VANESSA BECHTEL

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $382,680
    From this org
    $356,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,735
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,945
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,732
    Filer's total
    $382,680

  • BONITA GILLES

    VICE-PRESIDENT AND CFOO

    Total calculated
    $306,564
    From this org
    $288,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,750
    Bonus
    $37,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,475
    Nontaxable benefits
    $839
    Filer's total
    $306,564

  • GARY BYRNE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • TRACY TAGAWA

    CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $206,549
    From this org
    $183,977
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,572
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,352
    Bonus
    $23,625
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,326
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,246
    Filer's total
    $206,549

  • MICHAEL SILACCI

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $236,386
    From this org
    $223,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,226
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,300
    Bonus
    $28,860
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,428
    Nontaxable benefits
    $798
    Filer's total
    $236,386

  • JIM RIVERA

    CHIEF PHILANTHROPIC COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $114,046
    From this org
    $113,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Hours/week
    20

  • KIRSTI THOMPSON

    SCHOLARSHIP DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $108,184
    From this org
    $101,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,360
    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 — 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
    $25,734,850
    Expenses
    $19,562,314
    Contributions
    $13,121,151
    Grants paid
    $13,851,436
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $44,884,228
    Expenses
    $16,128,525
    Contributions
    $39,545,325
    Grants paid
    $10,864,588
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $17,600,438
    Expenses
    $13,689,404
    Contributions
    $11,604,983
    Grants paid
    $9,274,366

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

Grants made

  • FOOD SHARE INC

    $1,100,000

    2024 $1,000,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND $100,000 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, UNRESTRICTED

  • DRIVER OPERA HOUSE RESTORATION INC

    $800,000

    2022 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE REBUILD SO THAT IT CAN BE COMPLETELY USED FOR SECOND FLOOR RENOVATION NEEDS, NEW ELEVATOR, AND ADA

  • INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES

    $550,000

    2024 $510,000 WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE $1,750 IN IMMEDIATE DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 220 HOUSEHOLDS WHERE THE PRIMARY HOME WAS DESTROYED OR SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE MOUNTAIN FIRE, AND AN ADDITIONAL $1,000 TO 118 HOUSEHOLDS WHERE A MEMBER HAS ACCESS

  • THE UCLA FOUNDATION

    $503,000

    2022 IN SUPPORT OF THE UCLA FOUNDATION, TO APOLLONIAN SOCIETY AND THE UCLA INTERVENTION PROGRAM, AND TO FUND UCLA DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR NEW TREATMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 INFECTION.

  • FOOD SHARE INC

    $500,000

    2023 IN SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING CAMPAIGN

  • BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMARILLO

    $415,000

    2022 IN SUPPORT OF THE EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PROGRAM WHICH AIMS TO FUND A 6,500-SQUARE-FOOT EXPANSION OF THE CLUB TO MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS, FOR GENERAL SUPPORT AND OPERATIONS, TO SUPPORT THE STEM PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS FOUNDATION

    $389,474

    2024 IN SUPPORT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT: $284,211 (INCLUDES $14,211 GIFT FEE), ACADEMIC AFFAIRS INTERNSHIP SUPPORT: $52,632 (INCLUDES $2,632 GIFT FEE), AND HIGH IMPACT STUDENT EXPERIENCES: $52,631 (INCLUDES $2,631 GIFT FEE)

  • INTERFACE CHILDREN FAMILY SERVICES

    $340,850

    2024 $288,500 IN SUPPORT OF DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE HIGHEST PRIORITY HOUSEHOLDS (E.G., HOME DESTRUCTION/LOSS OR MAJOR DAMAGE) AFFECTED BY THE MOUNTAIN FIRE (ICFS) $28,850 IN SUPPORT OF ICFS ADMINISTRATIVE/INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL SU

  • SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FUND

    $315,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT THE EWC FOCUSING ON IMPACTED AREAS OF THE THOMAS, WOOLSEY, AND HILL FIRES IN THE COUNTIES OF SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA, AND LA, INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MTNS AND LOS PADRES FOREST AS DESCRIBED IN THE YEAR 2 SIGNED AGREEMENT. PLEASE REFER TO THE

  • CONCERNED RESOURCE & ENVIRONMENTAL WORKERS

    $301,000

    2023 TO SUPPORT THE EWC FOCUSING ON IMPACTED AREAS OF THE THOMAS, WOOLSEY, AND HILL FIRES IN THE COUNTIES OF SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA, AND LA, INCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA MTNS AND LOS PADRES FOREST AS DESCRIBED IN THE SIGNED AGREEMENT. PLEASE REFER TO THE AGREEME

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Grants received

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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 10 September 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.