Public Charity

Butte County Fire Safe Council

Butte County Fire Safe Council is a Public Charity headquartered in Paradise, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $8.5M revenue, $8.6M expenses, $4.2M total assets. 18 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $3.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 100004010 Paradise, CA Fire Prevention NTEE: M24 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$8.5M
Total Expenses$8.6M
Total Assets$4.2M
Grant Records18
Funding Total$3.0M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

THE BUTTE COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE WILDFIRE SAFETY IN BUTTE COUNTY THROUGH EDUCATION AND HAZARD MITIGATION AND TO EFFECTIVELY DELIVER THE FIRE SAFE MESSAGE TO INDIVIDUALS IN FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE AT RISK, THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES AND TO EDUCATE THEM AS TO WHAT IT IS THEY NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR WILDLAND FIRES. IT IS ALSO OUR GOAL TO REDUCE FUEL LOADING IN "COMMUNITIES AT RISK", AND TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.

Where $100 goes at Butte County Fire Safe Council

How Butte County Fire Safe Council divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$92 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $92 for programs

$81
Forest Health - Mitigation
89% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,000 acres of hazardous
$5
Education and Outreach
5% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 500 students; 25 events
$4
Biomass Utilization
4% of program spending

Plus 5 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
WILDFIRE PREVENTION
$151,613
2024
WILDFIRE MITIGATION
$15,000
2023
WILDFIRE PREVENTION
$651,326
2022
GENERAL SUPPORT
$254,583
2022
Wildfire protection projects including pre-fire planning, hazardous fuels reduction, project monitoring, and fire-protection, mitigation, and education activities.
$248,674

Showing up to 5 of 18 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Bill Connelly
Chairman Darrel Wilson
Board Member Dave Derby
Secretary Don Hankins
Board Member Dorr Lewright
Board Member Doug Teeter

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$1,958,613 9 grants
General Support
$1,025,761 7 grants
Education
$25,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$24,397 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $8.5M $8.6M $4.2M
2023 $7.2M $7.0M $5.2M
2022 $5.9M $4.8M $2.4M
2020 $2.7M $2.7M $1.7M
2019 $4.4M $4.2M $1.8M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $4.4M to $8.5M (+91%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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