LOOKING
FORWARD
2023-2024 ANNUAL REPORT
LOOKING BACK
The past 12 months signaled a momentous but expected transition for North Valley Community Foundation.
The biggest operational change was winding down the Butte Strong Fund grant program. NVCF announced in early 2023 that it would be the final year of Butte Strong Fund grants because most of the donations to the Camp Fire relief fund had been granted back into the community. NVCF and its funding partners – Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. and Aaron Rodgers – did one more year of large grants, ending in December.
All told, NVCF has granted out more than $67 million for projects and case management since the Camp Fire on Nov. 8, 2018.
Disaster response continued on several fronts this past year. NVCF, the Dixie Fire Collaborative and the Almanor Foundation are funding recovery projects in Plumas County. Our drought relief program provides water deliveries for more than 200 households with dry wells in Glenn and Tehama counties.
Our CARE Team, a suicide prevention program that pairs at-risk young people with adult coaches, has helped more than 300 families. We added new coaches this year as the need continues to grow.
NVCF wrapped up its leadership program, Lead, after two years of hands-on learning through the Community Leadership Program and Nonprofit Institute.
NVCF worked with three economic and community development organizations to identify projects in Colusa County to receive state funding through the California Jobs First initiative.
The heart of NVCF continues to be the same component that has driven the foundation for the past 20 years – our more than 500 funds. Community members come to NVCF with their desire to do something good in the world. We work with them to refine the idea and open a fund, then huddle them under our nonprofit umbrella so they can raise money for their charitable cause.
Our funds are the foundation of the North Valley Community Foundation.
LOOKING FORWARD
The end of the Butte Strong Fund means a refocus for North Valley Community Foundation – a refocus with a very wide lens.
Read more about why we look forward to the coming year, and beyond. Your community foundation has grown through innovation and adaptability, and is ready for the future. We are informed and prepared for whatever is next.
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
As these days turn into months, months into years, all that undaunted idealism and hope in humanity I carried with me into NVCF 19 years ago remains intact. In fact, after what I’ve seen here, after what we’ve all been through, I’m not sure a test exists that could sway my opinion of us. Of you.
We are so good. Humans. Us. You.
I meet you all the time. I sit beside you as you tell me your dream to make the world a little better. To help your neighbors. To support total strangers. Your kindness is inspiring. Your tenderness, my favorite language.
FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT
July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024
(preaudit numbers)
$17,734,962
Grants, scholarships, charitable projects on fiscal year
$41,136,741
Net assets, end of year
$9,335,839
Money raised in fiscal year for social good
12.18%
Fiscal year
investment
return
6.06%
10-year avg.
investment
return
DISASTER RELIEF
$67,026,597
Camp Fire Projects, grants since Nov. 8, 2018
$2,974,097
Dixie Fire grants issued since July 2021
SINCE 2005
$186,653,172
Money raised since 2005
$146,188,657
Grants, charitable projects and scholarships made since 2005
QUOTABLE
"NVCF has provided much-needed technical experience, fiscal support and general nonprofit experience to the Dixie Fire Collaborative. The level of support and trust in our partner, NVCF, is unmatched."
- Patrick Joseph, Dixie Fire Collaborative
"The commitment from NVCF plays a vital role in promoting mental health awareness, saving lives and reducing risk factors. The CARE Team creates a supportive community that helps individuals develop coping skills and emotional resilience."
- Sandy Gonzalez, CARE Team Coach
"By joining NVCF I knew I could do even more good supporting the many passionate citizens of our community who roll up their sleeves to help in so many wonderful ways."
- Earl Jessee, NVCF Board Chair
