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CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY
CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,037 to it, the largest being NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ($48,676). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $178k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $99k
- Net assets
- $910k
What California Audubon Society San Fernando Valley Audubon Society does
Mission
Promotion of conservation of natural resources, preservation and enhancement of natural habitat.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation and other educational meetings, field trips and birdwalks for members and the public with speakers on topics related to birds, wildlife, plant life habitats and conservation, and direct grants to conservation organizations and conservation projects.
$98,353 spent74% of program spendingSepulveda basin environmental education program, involving approximately 2,000 school children on field trips, and the purchase of related field equipment and supplies.
$23,755 spent18% of program spendingPublication of periodic newsletter "phainopepla", including articles and pictures, six issues per year witha circulaton of over 2,000 persons, revenue includes membership fees received from individuals and from the national audubon society.
$10,366 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $132,474.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.1M to $855k (−25%).
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.
21% of CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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 4 funders, grant income rose $13k → $20k.
7 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY’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
CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 65% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 96% · 2022 53% · 2023 41% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
51% of CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $49k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY?
- CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,037 to it, the largest being NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ($48,676). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $99,037 in grants to CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY?
- NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC is the largest funder on record, with $48,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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