Solano Community Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680354961
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Fairfield, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7073993846
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,526,613
- Expenses
- $1,206,712
- Assets
- $14,296,590
- Liabilities
- $195,686
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Leslie Janik (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Leslie Janik (CEO): $98,404 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Solano Community Foundation connects people, resources, and ideas to strengthen Solano County through grantmaking, nonprofit capacity building, and community philanthropy. We inspire charitable giving and collaborative action to improve quality of life for current and future generations.
What it reported doing in 2025
Grantmaking and Scholarship ProgramsThe Solano Community Foundation administered charitable funds and grantmaking programs that support the health, well-being, and vitality of Solano County communities. Through donor-advised funds, designated funds, field-of-interest funds, scholarship funds, and competitive grant programs, the Foundation distributed grants and scholarships to nonprofit organizations and students pursuing educational and workforce advancement opportunities.Grantmaking supported a broad range of charitable purposes, including education, health, disaster relief, youth development, arts and culture, environmental stewardship, and community services. The Foundation also expanded opportunities for community-based organizations to access flexible funding through initiatives such as Spark Grants and other responsive grantmaking efforts.In addition to administering charitable distributions, the Foundation provided philanthropic advising to donors and fundholders, helping align charitable resources with community needs and long-term impact goals. Through these activities, the Foundation strengthened local nonprofit organizations, expanded educational opportunities, and advanced community well-being throughout Solano County.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 57% for direct work, and 43% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 60.1%; rating input score 60; 35th 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; 64th 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: 21%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.85; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 74.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $896K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.