Chile California Council
Legal name: Chile-California Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453275807
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6505802050
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $155,500
- Expenses
- $141,909
- Assets
- $37,401
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tatiana Molina (President)
- Evan Epstein (President)
People named in this filing
- Tatiana Molina (President)
- Evan Epstein (President)
- Komal Dadlani (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Chile Meets California: Innovation, Action, Impact
What it reported doing in 2024
ENERGY and DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT: Disaster Risk Management: We reactivated collaboration with California authorities, including an important mission of CAL FIRE and the former director of CalOES to Chile. We organized the international seminar Wildfires and Emergency Management, bringing together experts, authorities such as the U.S. Ambassador to Chile and the Ambassador of Chile to the U.S., and key actors to share best practices. We made significant progress in renewing the Memorandum of Understanding between CONAF and CAL FIRE, and we facilitated crucial dialogues with the private sector. December 2024: WILDFIRES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT For over a decade, the Chile California Council (CCC) has been a pillar in promoting collaboration between Chile and California, especially in wildfire and emergency management, areas where both regions face similar challenges. In 2024, efforts began to renew the Memoranda of Understanding between CONAF and CAL FIRE, adapting to the challenges of the current decade. This effort included a key visit by a CAL FIRE delegation to Chile, culminating in the international seminar Wildfires and Emergency Management: Shared Challenges between Chile and California, held at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The CCC organized a crucial visit by a CAL FIRE delegation to Chile, culminating in the international seminar Wildfires and Emergency Management: Shared Challenges between Chile and California, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event brought together high-ranking authorities such as the U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Bernadette Meehan, as well as Chilean Ambassador Beatriz de la Fuente, and experts from CONAF, SENAPRED, CAL FIRE, CalOES, the private sector, and civil society to exchange experiences and best practices. The seminar addressed the public policies needed to tackle forest fires, focusing on prevention, preparedness, and the protection of vulnerable communities. Technical cooperation mechanisms were explored, such as joint training programs for brigades, multinational drills, and the exchange of advanced technologies for early fire detection and emergency management
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 83.7% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.