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Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
BUILDING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE LEADERS AND HIGHLY FUNCTIONING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
- Income
- $9.5 million
- Spending
- $8.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 91%
- Reserves
- 1.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 64%
- Employees
- 111
- Volunteers
- 100
- Highest pay
- $155,455, associate director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 71 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.6 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 20% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 13% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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)
- $1.0 million spent. LA PLAZA (ALSO KNOWN AS NUESTRA CULTURA)LA PLAZA IS A LATINX-CREATED AND DIRECTED WELLNESS PROGRAM IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA. LA PLAZA IS BUILT ON THE ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING THAT CULTURE HEALS - LA CULTURA CURA. LA PLAZA IS A WELCOMING PLACE FOR GATHERING MEANT TO CREATE A NEW CULTURAL NORM FOR WELLNESS AS WELL AS A SPACE FOR EMERGING LEADERS TO PRACTICE NEW SKILLS AND ROLES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN LEARN TO DESIGN AND LEAD HEALING ACTIVITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. LA PLAZA IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT PAIRS CLINICAL, THERAPY-BASED SERVICES WITH FAMILIAR HEALING PRACTICES AND CULTURAL ARTS EXPERIENCES THAT INVITES ALL TO CLAIM THEIR OWN ABILITY TO HEAL. THROUGH ART, FOOD, COMMUNITY, DANCE, POETRY, AND STORYTELLING. THIS PROGRAM DRAWS ON HEALING PRACTICES THAT ARE BOTH TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL. LA PLAZA BRINGS A NEW, CULTURALLY RELEVANT WELLNESS STRATEGY TO LATINX PEOPLE BY CREATING COMMUNITY, BELONGING AND SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH CULTURAL EXPERIENCES THAT PROMOTE SELF-EXPRESSION, RESILIENCY, HOPE, AND JOY.FROM APPROXIMATELY OCTOBER 2020 TO JUNE 2025, OTM WAS AWARDED SEVERAL LARGE CONTRACTS TO ADMINISTER AN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOCUSING ON THE LATINX, INDIGENOUS, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN SONOMA COUNTY WHO WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY COVID-19. OTM CONVENED SEVERAL LATINX SERVING PARTNERS AND DEVELOPED THE COVID-19 URGENT RESPONSE AIDE ("CURA") PROJECT. CURA INVOLVES A LARGE-SCALE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EFFORT, CASE MANAGEMENT, CONNECTIONS TO MEDICAL PROVIDERS, SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR THOSE ISOLATING AND QUARANTINING, AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
- $3.5 million spent. VOICE OUR INDEPENDENT CHOICES FOR EMANCIPATION SUPPORT ("VOICES")VOICES IS A YOUTH-DEVELOPED, YOUTH-LED EMANCIPATION CENTER, FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING CURRENT AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTHS' TRANSITION INTO HEALTHY ADULTHOOD. VOICES PROVIDES COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE FOSTER AND OTHER SYSTEMS-INVOLVED TRANSITION-AGED YOUTH HAVE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND WELLNESS SERVICES. VOICES' APPROACH BLENDS YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WITH SUPPORT SERVICES THAT YOUNG PEOPLE NEED AS THEY LEAVE SYSTEMS OF CARE. VOICES' YOUTH ARE ACTIVE LEADERS IN COACHING THEIR PEERS, GUIDING THE EVOLVING VISION OF PROGRAM DELIVERY AND ADVOCATING FOR THE YOUTH VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY. EACH CENTER FOCUSES ON EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION, MOBILIZING YOUTH THROUGH LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT CHALLENGE COMMUNITIES TO BUILD BETTER AND MORE INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT YOUTH, CAREGIVERS, AND PROFESSIONALS. TODAY, THOUSANDS OF TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH UTILIZE VOICES' PEER-BASED RESOURCES TO FIND CONNECTIONS AND BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUTURES. VOICES' SUCCESS IN HELPING TRANSITION-AGE YOUTH TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY BY LEADERS SEEKING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THIS POPULATION. OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS, VOICES HAS SUCCESSFULLY FOUNDED PROGRAMS IN NAPA, SONOMA, SANTA CLARA, MONTEREY, AND SOLANO COUNTIES AND LEADERS FROM 20 DIFFERENT CALIFORNIA COUNTIES HAVE VISITED A VOICES' PROGRAM SITE TO LEARN ABOUT THE VOICES' YOUTH ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND THE POSITIVE IMPACT IT HAS ON YOUNG PEOPLE.
- $3.4 million spent. NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE ("NI")NI UTILIZES A COMMUNITY-SCHOOLS MODEL WITHIN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NAPA'S MOST CHALLENGED SCHOOLS AIMED AT INCREASING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY SO THAT EVERY CHILD CLAIMS A FUTURE FULL OF REAL AND ATTAINABLE POSSIBILITIES.SINCE 2005, NI HAS WORKED TO CLOSE THE GLARING AND LONGSTANDING EDUCATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP GAPS BETWEEN WHITES AND LATINX IN NAPA. ANNUALLY, NI ENGAGES OVER 2,500 PARENTS, YOUTH, AND CHILDREN ON SEVEN CAMPUSES, OFFERING PARENT EDUCATION, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING. SCHOOL LEADERS AND OTM STAFF COLLABORATE TO RAISE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND SHIFT THE ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL TRAJECTORY OF CHILDREN. SCHOOL-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS SUPPORT FAMILY HEALTH AND WELLBEING WHILE PROMOTING PARENT LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING. INCLUDED IN THE NI PROGRAMS ARE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES, WHICH COLLABORATE WITH PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FOSTER AN INTER-GENERATIONAL PIPELINE OF LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP.THIS COMBINED FOCUS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, PARENT ENGAGEMENT, AND YOUTH LEADERSHIP RESULTS IN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY, SECURE A PATH TO COLLEGE AND CAREERS AND BUILD COMMUNITY. LASTLY, THROUGH ITS RESILIENCY SERVICES ARM, NI PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS RESULTING FROM ALL DISASTERS, PROVIDING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES, EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ("EFA"), AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR NAPA COUNTY RESIDENTS. AS TRUSTED MESSENGERS, NI STAFF SERVE AS LIAISONS FOR LATINX AND INDIGENOUS-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT ENGAGE IN DISASTER RELIEF DUE TO THEIR MISTRUST OF THE GOVERNMENT AND/OR INABILITY TO NAVIGATE GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
- $62,983 spent. ON THE VERGE ("OTV")OTV IS THE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM OF OTM. IT SUPPORTS EMERGING LEADERS IN BUILDING KNOWLEDGE, CLARITY, AND STRENGTH AT THE PERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL, AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS. SINCE 2004, OTV HAS MOBILIZED NEARLY 600 EMERGING LEADERS TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN A CULTURE OF EFFECTIVE ACTION WHILE ENHANCING CALIFORNIA'S NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC SECTORS. OFFERED THROUGH YEAR-LONG COHORT PROGRAMS, EACH LEADER, OR "VERGER," WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TO DEVELOP PROJECTS IN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY NEEDS. THROUGH MEANINGFUL AND CHALLENGING SHARED WORK, VERGERS FORM LIFE-LONG CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS THAT SUSTAIN THEIR COMMITMENT TO REMAIN IN LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC SECTORS. OTV HAS PROVIDED PROGRAMMING IN 26 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. IN 2025, THE WORK OF COMMUNITY LEADERS COALITION ("CLC") CAME UNDER THE OTV INITIATIVE.THIS COALITION OF NONPARTISAN COMMUNITY LEADERS STRIVES TO BE WELL-INFORMED AND ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS, FEARS OR NEEDS RESULTING FROM LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY CHANGE. THE COALITION ENVISIONS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE. A COMMUNITY WHERE TRUST, SAFETY, HEALTH, WELL-BEING, EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT IS FOSTERED AND IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL MEMBERS. LGBTQ CONNECTIONSLGBTQ CONNECTIONS IS A YOUTH-LED EFFORT IN NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTIES TO PROMOTE LGBTQ LEADERSHIP, SUPPORT UNDERSERVED PEOPLE, DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS, BUILD THE COMMUNITY'S CAPACITY TO INCLUDE AND WELCOME LGBTQ PEOPLE, AND SERVE AS A HUB TO LOCAL LGBTQ COMMUNITIES. IN NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTIES, THE PROGRAM OPERATES LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTERS, SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED LGBTQ YOUTH AND OLDER ADULTS. THESE COMMUNITY CENTERS PROVIDE A SAFE AND TRUSTED SPACE TO CULTIVATE HUBS OF VIBRANT ACTIVITIES AND A CARING COMMUNITY.EACH YEAR, LGBTQ CONNECTION ENGAGES APPROXIMATELY 3,500 LGBTQ PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND ALLIES. THE PROGRAM HAS TRAINED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALS FROM 200 ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO INCREASE THE SAFETY, VISIBILITY, AND WELL-BEING OF LGBTQ RESIDENTS.INNOVATIONS COMMUNITY CENTER ("ICC")ICC IS A PEER-LED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO FOSTER HEALING THROUGH STORYTELLING, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, HEALTHY LIVING, SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS.ICC WAS DESIGNED BY MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AND CONSUMERS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING WELLNESS OUTCOMES FOR UNDERSERVED PEOPLE IN NAPA COUNTY. THE PROGRAM IS STAFFED BY CONSUMERS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM AND EXPLORES THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND AGING, POVERTY, RACE, IMMIGRATION STATUS, SEXUAL IDENTITY, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. PROVIDERS AND CONSUMERS WORK TOGETHER TO FOSTER HEALING THROUGH STORYTELLING, ARTISTIC EXPRESSION, HEALTHY LIVING, SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. ICC ENGAGES APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE ANNUALLY IN A VARIETY OF WELLNESS WORKSHOPS, SUPPORT AND RECOVERY GROUPS, ONE-ON-ONE PEER COACHING, INTERNSHIPS, AND VOLUNTEER AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
Source: Form 990 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2004.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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