North County Philanthropy Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330827428
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Carlsbad, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7607296711
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $184,231
- Expenses
- $181,429
- Assets
- $89,080
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NEVILLE BILLIMORIA (President)
- JEANNE SCHMELZER (Past President)
People named in this filing
- SELINA CASTILLO HUDGINS (Director)
- NEVILLE BILLIMORIA (President)
- MIKE GELLMAN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster philanthropy by providing educational and networking opportunities for organizations and individuals interested in philanthropy, informing members about important trends and community issues, and honoring outstanding philanthropy members.
What it reported doing in 2025
LUNCHEONS & OTHER EVENTS : 2025 Quarterly Programs: the North County Philanthropy Council convened nonprofit leaders, funders, and community partners for a series of four educational and networking events designed to strengthen organizational capacity and collaboration. These programs provided timely insights on key topics such as fundraising, financial management, and cross-sector partnerships, serving over 200 participants and fostering meaningful connections that enhance philanthropic impact across the region.Impact Leadership Accelerator (ILA): In 2025, NCPC delivered an eight-month comprehensive leadership development program for emerging nonprofit professionals, serving a cohort of up to 30 participants through expert-led workshops, peer learning, and practical skill-building sessions. The program strengthened leadership capacity in key areas including fundraising, financial management, governance, and organizational strategy, resulting in enhanced effectiveness and sustainability among participating nonprofit organizations.NCPC hosted a series of Connector networking events in 2025, bringing together nonprofit leaders, community partners, and corporate representatives to strengthen relationships and foster collaboration across the sector. These events provided valuable opportunities for peer learning, resource sharing, and partnership development, supporting increased organizational capacity and community impact among participants.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.9%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 38.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73.9% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $136K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.