California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,075 to it, the largest being THE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT ($238,876). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $259k
- Net assets
- $42k
What California Product Stewardship Council does
Mission
To shift california's material economy from a linear model that subsidizes resource extraction, including ratepayer-financed collection and disposal, towards a cicular economy that relies upon producer-financed and managed recovery programs with reliable and transparent oversight, while improving the health and well-being of all californians.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Calrecycle grant-funded contracts with local jurisdictions: cpsc contracted with numerous jurisdictions across the state as their primary service provider for projects funded by calrecycle hd grants. The purpose of these projects was to educate the public regarding reusable products that can be used as a replacement for single-use products-- such as reusable 1lb propane cylinders and led rechargeable marine flares-- and provide them with free reusable products. Each of these projets were a success in that they raised awareness of costs associated wtih disposal of single-use products, the need to switch to reusables, and how the reusable products are better for our health, families and communities.
$1,379,313 spent$1,056,382 earned by the program95% of program spendingCpsc sponsored sb-707 responsible textile recovery act of 2024, which requires a producer of apparel or textile articles, as defined, to form and join a producer responsibility organization ("pro"). The bill requires the pro to be approved by the department and requires the department to adopt regulations to implement the program no earlier than july 1, 2028. The pro would also be requried to submit to the department for approval or disapproval, a complete plan for the collection, transportation, repair, sorting, and safe and proper recycling. It was signed by the governor on 9/28/24.cpsc also sponsored sb-1280 waste management: propane cylinders: reusable or refillable. The bill prohibits the sale or offer for sale of propane cylinders other than those that are reusable or refillable after january 1,2028. The bill requires the department of resources, recycling and recovery to adopt rules and regulations, as necessary, to carry out the act. Ab-80 carpet recycling was also sponsored by cpsc. Existing law requires a carpet stewardship organization to include nonvoting board members with representation from, amoung others, a retailer that sells carpet. This bill instead would…
$68,934 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,448,247.
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 2020 to 2021, from $318k to $1.1M (+247%).
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: 2017 40% · 2018 74% · 2019 84% · 2021 98% · 2022 92% · 2023 90% · 2024 92% · 2025 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Doug Kobold
Executive director
Board chair
Kristina Miller
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $239k → $10k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP 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
CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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
CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL has grown faster than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP 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 CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL?
- CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,075 to it, the largest being THE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT ($238,876). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $259,075 in grants to CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL?
- THE ROSE FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITIES THE ENVIRONMENT is the largest funder on record, with $238,876 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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