Anderson Valley Education Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Charitable education
- Income
- $121,773
- Spending
- $117,446
- Reserves
- 34 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 95%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 82% of charities in its peer group (philanthropy, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 34.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $50,735 spent. Awarded $55,500 to 18 students to attend 4-year programs at colleges in CA and OR, vocational programs,and community college. These funds will distributed over the next two years.
- $17,472 spent. Awarded grants to fund a wide variety of activities including a trip for 12 high school students to Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a 3-day trip to the Mendocino Woodlands for an outdoor educational experience for sixth graders. Other trips included one for 8 high school students to a donkey sanctuary, to Tahoe for a snow adventure, and 6 students to Indianapolis for the FFA National convention. Grants were also awarded for the purchase of microscopes for first graders and binoculars for third graders to enhance their science studies.
- $15,601 spent. Fellowship program sent three students to spend summer in Europe - one studying engineering and innovation in Berlin, another fashion design in Paris, and another language and culture in Spain.
- $29,676 spent. Internship Program supported 21 students with summer internships at local businesses in a wide range of jobs - assisting chefs, waiting tables, making cheese, teachers aides, assisting at the local health clinic, working at a horse stable, and assisting the Volunteer Firefighters.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2000.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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