California · Nonprofit
Butte Environmental Council
Butte Environmental Council (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,630 to it, the largest being California ReLeaf ($113,549). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $292k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $186k
What Butte Environmental Council does
Mission
Butte Environmental Council's Mission is to protect and defend the land, air, and water of Butte County and the surrounding region through action, advocacy, and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
OCPSC: As a Trusted Messenger for the State of California, BEC conducted targeted outreach for statewide campaigns, reaching over 3,744 community members across Glenn, Butte, and Tehama Counties. BEC successfully completed this grant in June 2025.
$129,376 spentof which $149,958 as grants63% of program spendingReLeaf Treecovery: With support from the Treecovery program, BEC successfully planted 180 15-gallon shade trees across more than 15 parks, schools, and shared community spaces. Over 500 community volunteers and schoolchildren participated in educational sessions and hands-on tree planting events. Trees were thoughtfully placed in three counties, focusing on areas within disadvantaged and low-income communities identified as lacking shade. This initiative expanded local tree canopies, benefiting not only children and community members but also the surrounding plant and animal species that rely on healthy urban forests.
$13,649 spentof which $18,245 as grants7% of program spendingTrees PLEASE (Planting Literacy in Environmental Action and Stewardship Education) is a tree planting program that aims to increase the urban canopy in Butte County and the surrounding region by planting shade trees on school campuses, in parks and community shared spaces. This program has planted a total of 273 shade trees with the final goal of 330 shade trees by the end of 2026. This program also aims to educate students and community members about the importance of trees, carbon sequestration, proper tree planting technique and tree care.
$10,284 spentof which $11,164 as grants5% of program spendingNeighbor-to-Neighbor
$8,821 spentof which $9,281 as grants4% of program spendingGardens
$8,181 spent$9,983 earned by the program4% of program spendingDrop in the Bucket
$6,859 spent$8,743 earned by the program3% of program spendingRare
$6,396 spentof which $5,120 as grants3% of program spendingEducation & Outreach
$5,093 spent$6,808 earned by the program2% of program spendingEndangered Earth Event
$4,518 spent$5,294 earned by the program2% of program spendingPark and Creek clean up
$4,414 spent$5,140 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther MISC programs
$3,739 spentof which $3,000 as grants2% of program spendingCreek Watch
$1,799 spentof which $2,034 as grants1% of program spendingCV Infrastructure
$1,242 spentof which $1,661 as grants1% of program spending
The 13 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $204,371.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $27k to $128k (+373%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 41% · 2023 25% · 2024 48% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of Butte Environmental Council’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $73k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Butte Environmental Council’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
Butte Environmental Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 Butte Environmental Council.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 98% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 92% — 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
86% of Butte Environmental Council's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
Butte Environmental Council runs a healthier operating margin 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 Butte Environmental Council
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Butte Environmental Council: 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 Butte Environmental Council?
- Butte Environmental Council (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,630 to it, the largest being California ReLeaf ($113,549). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Butte Environmental Council have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $187,630 in grants to Butte Environmental Council, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Butte Environmental Council?
- California ReLeaf is the largest funder on record, with $113,549 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Butte Environmental Council 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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