2025-10-29T14:46:53-07:00 2025-06-30 John Hansen Accountant 1239 Despina Dr Ukiah CA 95482 990 2024-07-01 830395685 MENDOCINO COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL INC MEND 7074623662 PO BOX 263 UKIAH CA 95482 Scott Cratty Executive Director 7074623662 2025-10-29 1 1 John Hansen P02469662 7072722246 2025-10-29 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Scott Cratty PO Box 263 Ukiah CA 95482 3569409 0 X www.firesafemendocino.org X 2004 CA To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment. 7 7 11 7 0 0 3424943 3278987 126112 260670 9605 29752 0 0 3560660 3569409 118792 153650 0 0 602197 753662 0 0 28016 2578732 2205957 3299721 3113269 260939 456140 1749415 2376451 541271 712167 1208144 1664284 To inform, empower and mobilize county residents to survive and thrive in a wildfire-prone environment. 0 0 2541354 0 260395 FIRE FUELS REDUCTION: MCFSC manages grant-funded projects and programs to reduce fuel loads and improve wildfire mitigation in Mendocino County. Using both its own crew and subcontractors, MCFSC provided free defensible-space clearing at the homes of 143 income-qualified seniors and/or disabled residents, supplied 85 days of free chipping services for neighborhood-level defensible-space improvement (serving roughly 700 residences), and conducted 79 free home assessments for wildfire-preparedness. MCFSC's fuel-reduction projects created safer ingress/egress routes and shaded fuel breaks that will slow fires and provide safe workspaces for responders, totaling 410 acres. MCFSC's crew partnered with Sherwood Firewise Communities to clear additional acres in Brooktrails. MCFSC also collaborated with numerous local groups to sponsor or apply for other successful fuel reduction grants such as PG&E funded vegetation management grants. Thanks to a grant from the State Coastal Conservancy, MCFSC added a track mower to its fleet that will improve its ability to deliver community chipping services and work projects in future years. 432295 153650 0 EDUCATION and OUTREACH: MCFSC conducted outreach and education in support of wildfire preparedness and mitigation through convening and/or attending numerous community meetings, including 113 inter-agency coordination meetings, 56 local neighborhood Fire Safe Council meetings and 37 community events. MCFSC participated in radio interviews, issued print articles, and maintained a resource-rich website, blog and monthly newsletter. There are now over 1,677 subscribers to the newsletter, whose email version was opened 9,135 times this year. Our website has 17,396 users, and this year we recorded 76,645 Facebook hits, and 2,431 views of how-to videos on home-hardening and defensible-space clearing on the MCFSC YouTube channel. MCFSC provided $135,000 of micro-grants to local fire departments and Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils for small but key strategic local preparedness projects. MCFSC continued to partner with other agencies to plan and strategize for wildfire mitigation and preparedness projects. MCFSC hosts regular leadership meetings for its affiliated Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils, which grew last year to 81 countywide. MCFSC encouraged the Neighborhood Fire Safe Councils to obtain Firewise status, increasing the number of Firewise communities in the County from 4 to 14. MCFSC expanded its school outreach and education program in conjunction with the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center to provide fire science and wildfire preparedness education to 5th grade through middle school ages. 711 students from 16 different schools participated in the program. MCFSC launched a new blog/podcast series with an initial 16 episodes and published new brochures, including two on wildfire smoke management. MCFSC also created and distributed 263 reflective address-number signs. 0 0 0 2973649 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 CA X X John Hansen 7072722246 PO BOX 263 UKIAH CA 95482 Scott Cratty Executive Director 41 0 X X 82812 0 0 Mike Jones Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Charlie Kelly Director 1.5 0 X 0 0 0 Eric Hart Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Nancy Armstrong-Frost President 5 0 X X 0 0 0 Joe Zicherman Vice-President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Sue Carberry Vice President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Bauer Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Anna Garza Secretary 1.5 0 X X 0 0 0 82812 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elk Ridge Landscaping 1831 D Ave McKinleyville CA 95519 Fire Fuels Reduction 405650 BK Property Management LLC PO Box 596 Redwood Valley CA 95470 Fire Fuels Reduction 374280 Alex Christiansen PO Box 592 Ukiah CA 95482 Fire Fuels Reduction 218345 J&M Reforestation and Tree Service 4113 State Highway 20 Marysville CA 95901 Fire Fuels Reduction 207680 Clifton Environmental LLC PO Box 5 Calpella CA 95418 Environmental Review 153567 8 0 3240 0 0 2922253 353494 0 3278987 260670 260670 0 0 260670 29752 0 0 29752 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3569409 260670 0 29752 X 153650 153650 0 0 0 0 0 0 82312 47906 24117 10289 0 0 0 0 587707 522545 52476 12686 0 0 0 0 30896 29454 1110 332 52747 44995 5952 1800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15819 0 15819 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1903330 1902723 0 607 3834 3834 0 0 3050 1830 915 305 5807 3793 1723 291 0 0 0 0 8524 8524 0 0 12614 10211 2403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90469 90469 0 0 14553 13594 750 209 Supplies 36571 36571 0 0 Printing 27919 27361 0 558 Maintenance 25081 25081 0 0 Fuel & Oil 19228 19228 0 0 39158 31880 6339 939 3113269 2973649 111604 28016 436370 602507 465359 996111 0 0 604263 532512 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12413 7887 484575 247141 231010 237434 0 0 0 0 0 1749415 2376451 456056 541180 0 0 85215 170987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 541271 712167 X 924698 1098004 283446 566280 1208144 1664284 1749415 2376451 456140 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 660425 915491 1194723 3424943 3137504 9333086 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 660425 915491 1194723 3424943 3137504 9333086 568386 8764700 7 127 1704 9605 29752 41195 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3514 87275 126112 260395 477296 9851577 477296 0.88967 0.90025 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Fuels Reduction and Chipping Services RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 285278 130452 154826 0 199297 116689 82608 237434 3569409 0 0 0 0 0 3569409 0 0 0 3569409 3113269 0 0 0 0 0 3113269 0 0 0 3113269 1 Piercy Volunteer Fire Department PO Box 206 Piercy CA 95587 205475212 Government 13423 Generator and Water Equipment Piercy Fire Safe Council PO Box 58 Piercy CA 95587 12374 Fuel Reduction Blue Rock Road Association PO Box 1347 Laytonville CA 95454 10500 Water Tanks Covelo Fire Department PO Box 36 Covelo CA 95428 942289703 Government 10000 Water Equipment Long Valley FIre Protection District PO Box 89 Laytonville CA 95454 680050454 Government 10000 Defensible Space Assessment Program Westport Fire Safe Council Po Box 67 Westport CA 95488 9984 Fuel Reduction and Native Replanting Hopland Fire Protection District Po Box 463 Hopland CA 95449 680105637 Government 9604 Water Equipment & Backfiring Devices The Redwood Valley-Calpella Fire Dept Volunteers PO Box 494 Redwood Valley CA 95470 923412060 Government 7947 Fire Suppression Tools Mariposa Institute 3801 Low Gap Road Ukiah CA 95482 971723352 501c3 7895 Chainsaw Training South Coast Fire Protection District PO Box 334 Gualala CA 95445 680102390 Government 7820 Fire Hose for Prescribed Burning Brooktrails Township 24860 Birch St Willits CA 95490 941701378 Government 6500 Portable Emergency Water String Creek Tartar Canyon Fire Safe Council 26010 String Creek Rd Willits CA 95490 872074778 6000 Emergency Shelter Supplies 8 4 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 MCFSC reviews and approves all grant applications and related purchases made by grantees. Grantees are required to submit a final report documenting the impact and benefits of the funded projects. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The organization solicits memberships from the community in order to obtain local support and increase awareness of its resources and services. Members have no voting rights nor other involvement in the governance of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board of Directors receives a copy of Form 990 prior to its regularly scheduled meeting before the due date of the return. Directors review the form with its preparer and make necessary inquiries before authorizing the Executive Director to sign and file the return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Directors review the policy annually and sign a disclosure statement that includes a list of any affiliations which could potentially lead to a conflict of interest and an affirmation that they will not profit financially from any action taken as a board member. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 MCFSC has created a nonprofit profile on the Candid website that includes a copy of its Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization does not publish its governing documents, policies and information returns, but will disclose this information to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Contract services for fire fuels reduction projects: $1,628,798 Other professional services: $274,532 Form 990, Part XII, Line 1 The Organization's financial statements were independently audited for the first time this fiscal year. The audit determined that one government grant whose contribution had been treated as conditional in the prior year needed to be treated as an unconditional contribution according to the generally accepted accounting principles stipulated in ASU 2018-08. As a result, the portion of deferred revenue attributable to this grant as of 6/30/24 was reclassified as net assets to effectively recognize it as revenue, thereby decreasing deferred revenue and increasing net assets by $270,813 as of 6/30/24. These changes are reflected in the beginning of the year balance sheet.