Far Northern Regional Center
Legal name: Far Northern Coordinating Council on Developmental Disabilities
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941648724
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Redding, CA, USA
- Phone
- (530) 222-4791
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $344,977,951
- Expenses
- $344,983,289
- Assets
- $141,472,194
- Liabilities
- $141,337,395
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MELISSA GRUHLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTINE AUSTIN (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $287,040 total reported compensation
- MELISSA GRUHLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $256,348 total reported compensation
- LARRY D WITHERS (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR): $172,201 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Far Northern Regional Center partners with persons with developmental disabilities to live how they choose as equal and valued members of the community. To view the list of upcoming Board Meetings and Agendas, including Zoom information go here. Contact the FNRC Board _*Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 4622(g), regional centers shall provide training and support to board members to facilitate their understanding and participation. Far Northern Regional Center’s (FNRC) Board of Directors meets six times per year. Prior to every board meeting a 30 minute training session will occur with a focus on the one of the following topics: Far Northern Regional Center Policies, Performance Objectives, Health and Wellness, Regional Center Budget, Board Members Roles and Responsibilities, and Lanterman Act._.
What it reported doing in 2024
The council acts as an intermediary collecting funds from the governmental sources for distribution in support of the developmentally disabled.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $334.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $287K · 23 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8.6M reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.