California · Nonprofit
AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA
AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,951 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ($24,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Amigos de Bolsa Chica does
Mission
Education, restoration and preservation of the bolsa chica wetlands.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Bolsa chica state beach programs educate students and the public about health of the ocean, interconnectedness of the adjacent wetlands and water safety through activities, games and public awareness events.
$69,891 spentof which $39,592 as grants42% of program spendingIn 2025 abc introduced the bill and meredyth stern Amigos de Bolsa Chica scholarship. The scholarship program awarded scholarships to 8 recipients who intended to major in stem and completed voluntary community service at the bolsa chica wetlands.
$40,000 spentof which $40,000 as grants24% of program spendingFollow and learn about the ocean and wetlands (flow) program is a citizen science program that brings students and community members together to test and examine the water quality in the wetlands and tidal inlet. Water samples are gathered and then tested and examined under a microscope to see what phytoplankton is present. Samples are sent to the california department of health.
$39,585 spentof which $495 as grants24% of program spendingReserve watch is a joint program with the Amigos de Bolsa Chica, bolsa chica land trust, bolsa chica conservancy, sea & sage audobon and ca dept. Of fish and wildlife. Volunteers monitor and educate the public on the rules of the wetlands and track violations.
$17,466 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $166,942.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $362k to $1.5M (+304%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
55% of AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $8k → $4k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
54% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 78% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
87% of AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $951 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA has grown faster than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
31%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA?
- AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,951 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ($24,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $45,951 in grants to AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA?
- CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $24,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMIGOS DE BOLSA CHICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing