William a Percy Foundation for Social and Historical Studies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454134187
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Chico, CA, USA
Phone
5307155125
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$206,593
Expenses
$269,125

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Education N.E.C.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 13 filed grant rows totaling $112,478. The stated grant purposes included to support research publications and discussion forums, narratives about impacts of incarceration., and to support transcription of 19th century., plus 9 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 6

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 41.8%; rating input score 42; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Fail
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.43; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 6th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 6/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes not reported.