Efficiency Ranking · California

Most Efficient Charities in California

50 nonprofits ranked by Efficiency Score. 21 earn an A grade for excellent financial stewardship.

Below: California's most efficient nonprofits, ranked by the NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric. The rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%).

Efficiency rankings do not necessarily favor large or small organizations — the rubric rewards organizations that hold healthy reserves, run on stable funding, and pay officers in line with sector norms regardless of scale. Efficiency scores are recomputed each time we ingest new Form 990 filings; small movements year-to-year are normal as filing data updates.

#	Organization	Category	Score	Revenue	Officer Pay	Grade
1	Internews Network Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	91	$123.9M	$1.2M	A
2	Lucile Salter Packard Childrens Hospital At Stanford Health	Health	90	$2.6B	$9.2M	A
3	Highlands Adult & Community Charter School Education	Education	90	$137.4M	$610K	A
4	Multiplier Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	90	$75.0M	$492K	A
5	San Diego Humane Society And S P C A Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	89	$67.2M	$1.0M	A
6	City Of Hope National Medical Center Health	Health	88	$2.5B	$10.3M	A
7	Crystal Stairs Inc Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	87	$297.8M	$1.0M	A
8	Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc Health	Health	86	$75.1B	$90.8M	A
9	Wildlife Conservation Network Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	86	$52.5M	$419K	A
10	Scripps Health Health	Health	85	$4.1B	$24.1M	A
11	Sutter Valley Hospitals Health	Health	84	$4.7B	$30K	A
12	Kipp Socal Public Schools Education	Education	84	$213.6M	$685K	A
13	Rocketship Education Education	Education	84	$173.9M	$687K	A
14	Fresno Community Hospital And Medical Center Health	Health	83	$2.5B	$8.3M	A
15	Foundation For California Community Colleges Education	Education	82	$157.7M	$2.0M	A
16	California Waterfowl Association Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	82	$27.0M	$593K	A
17	Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	81	$87.5M	$455K	A
18	Keck Medical Center Of Usc Health	Health	80	$1.9B	$924K	A
19	Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Health	Health	80	$1.8B	$9.4M	A
20	Point Loma Nazarene University Education	Education	80	$178.0M	$1.5M	A
21	T H I N K Together Education	Education	80	$168.1M	$5.2M	A
22	Center For Sustainable Energy Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	79	$502.9M	$775K	B
23	Alliance College Ready Public Schools Education	Education	79	$283.3M	$1.7M	B
24	Green Dot Public Schools Education	Education	79	$214.4M	$1.5M	B
25	Klamath River Renewal Corporation Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	79	$104.8M	$896K	B
26	Earth Island Institute Inc Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	79	$34.9M	$845K	B
27	Stanford Health Care 227 Health	Health	78	$7.0B	$13.6M	B
28	Shine Bc La Education	Education	78	$205.7M	—	B
29	Wikimedia Foundation Org Education	Education	78	$180.2M	$4.1M	B
30	Resources Legacy Fund Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	78	$131.0M	$1.5M	B
31	Aspire Public Schools Education	Education	77	$327.0M	$2.8M	B
32	Sutter Bay Medical Foundation Medical Research	Medical Research	76	$3.5B	$719K	B
33	Sutter Valley Medical Foundation Health	Health	76	$2.0B	—	B
34	California Baptist University Education	Education	76	$439.7M	$2.5M	B
35	Trust For Public Land Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	76	$297.4M	$6.2M	B
36	Aquarium Of The Pacific Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	76	$57.0M	$1.2M	B
37	Point Reyes Bird Observatory Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	76	$20.7M	$671K	B
38	Sutter Bay Hospitals Health	Health	75	$5.2B	$474K	B
39	San Diego State University Foundation Education	Education	75	$212.4M	$491K	B
40	Kipp Bay Area Schools Education	Education	75	$132.1M	$967K	B
41	River Partners Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	75	$28.1M	$341K	B
42	Dignity Health Health	Health	74	$9.9B	$82.1M	B
43	Scan Health Plan Health	Health	74	$4.9B	$12.6M	B
44	California Institute Of Technology Education	Education	74	$3.9B	$12.9M	B
45	Dignity Community Care Health	Health	74	$3.6B	—	B
46	John Muir Health Health	Health	74	$1.8B	$8.3M	B
47	Ressler Gertz Foundation Education	Education	74	$58.2M	—	B
48	Azusa Pacific University Education	Education	73	$301.8M	$3.6M	B
49	San Francisco Ballet Association Arts, Culture & Humanities	Arts, Culture & Humanities	72	$59.8M	$2.1M	B
50	Grid Alternatives Environment & Animals	Environment & Animals	71	$43.8M	$1.4M	B

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Frequently Asked Questions

The most efficient charities in California are ranked above by our Efficiency Score. The top-ranked organization scores 91/100.

The Efficiency Score weighs three factors from IRS Form 990 data: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%). It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide. Scores range from 0 to 100.