Through the support of residents and businesses in Nevada County that give around $40 million annually to its nonprofits, the top quarter of which have a $75 million collective budget, expenditures of resources can vary drastically depending on the focus of a nonprofit. Some have high administrative costs. Hospice of the Foothills, which employs skilled health professionals, spent about 70 percent of its more than $6 million revenue on salaries and related expenses in 2011, including close to $135,000 on its executive director. River quality steward Sierra Streams Institute’s $567,710 in revenues are allocated about evenly between funding its programs …












