Napa Valley Grapegrowers Foundation

Analysis

Napa Valley Grapegrowers Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Napa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Napa Valley Grapegrowers Foundation reported income of $2.9m and spending of $2.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.8m to $2.9m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2021, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Napa Valley Grapegrowers Foundation sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wichita Family Crisis Center ($2.9m), Institute for Natural Resources ($2.9m) and Nourish NJ Inc ($2.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $475k (18% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $724k. It paid $142k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $9.1m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $7.6m. It reported 22 employees.