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Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Protection

Portola Valley, California · EIN 27-0815321 · Public Safety & Disaster · tax-exempt since 2010

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 46.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended February 2025.

Graded against 23,325 public safety & disaster nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.25.1 months65
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.53% of practices53
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.0
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.92% from one source31
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.8%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.3.8%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.07not scored

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Year by year

20162018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Feb 2025Form 990$413K$598K−$185K$1.25M25.10D
Feb 2024Form 990$728K$10.63M−$9.91M$1.44M1.60D
Feb 2023Form 990$10.38M$195K$10.19M$11.21M689.10F
Feb 2022Form 990$344K$215K$129K$985K54.90F
Feb 2021Form 990$451K$181K$269K$857K56.70F
Feb 2019Form 990$310K$226K$84K$639K34.00C
Feb 2018Form 990$215K$163K$52K$554K40.90D
Feb 2016Form 990$212K$89K$123K$463K62.40F

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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