Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770273721
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Altos, CA, United States
Phone
650-949-5908
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,849,447
Expenses
$82,158,093
Assets
$64,075,959
Liabilities
$25,428,456

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADIN MILLER (PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (JULY - SEPT 2024))
  • CRYSTA KRAMES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOEL VALENCIA (CEO, EVERGREEN COLLECTIVE)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOEL VALENCIA (CEO, EVERGREEN COLLECTIVE): $190,200 total reported compensation
  • ADIN MILLER (PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (JULY - SEPT 2024)): $136,401 total reported compensation
  • CRYSTA KRAMES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $48,450 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission at LAMVCF connects people, resources, and ideas to transform local potential into lasting impact in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View. at LAMVCF connects people, resources, and ideas to transform local potential into lasting impact in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View. Value Statement We believe in the strength and potential of our local community to create lasting change. LAMVCF makes giving simple, meaningful, and personal — serving as the trusted philanthropic hub that connects people to the causes that matter most. We help initiatives thrive and turn generosity into action.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lamvcf manages and fiscally sponsors programs to address community needs and make the community a better place to live, work, and enjoy. Lamvcf's managed programs focus on youth philanthropy, community leadership, neighborhood community building, and dispute resolution.lamvcf's fiscally sponsored programs address multiple areas including seniors, the environment, youth scholarships and service, community vibrancy, and the arts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $257.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 33rd 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: 97.9%; rating input score 98; 34th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $81.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $190K · 20 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 37 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 106 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 103 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.