Northern California Grantmakers

Analysis

Northern California Grantmakers is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Northern California Grantmakers reported income of $4.4m and spending of $6.4m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $5.9m to $4.4m (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Northern California Grantmakers sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United Way of Delaware County Inc ($4.4m), United Helpers Inc ($4.4m) and Legacy Global Programs ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $655k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $2.1m. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 27 employees.