California · Nonprofit
CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY
CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,550 to it, the largest being Conservation Lands Foundation ($90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $100k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $148k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Carrizo Plain Conservancy does
Mission
Our mission is to work with government agencies, non-government organizations and interested groups and individuals to foster permanent protection of wildlife habitat within the Carrizo Plain area of San Luis Obispo County, California. This is done by purchasing land or easements, accepting donations of same, undertaking actions to restore or enhance wildlife habitat found on those lands, and to provide educational opportunities for the public about these lands and actions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization had a successful year in acquisitions, acquiring 3 parcels of land totaling 120 acres from willing sellers (including one donation), and accepting donations of 3 vacant parcels totaling 7.5 acres from three other parties. Funds for the purchases were paid directly into escrow by several grants from the Nature Conservancy, with ancillary costs being advanced by the organization and later reimbursed. In the case of the donations the organization paid the closing costs. The expenses include closing costs and required site investigations. The organization also continued work on an evaluation of the natural resources of land northwest of Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is of interest for future conservation efforts. This study was funded by a grant from the Kiewit Foundation of Santa Barbara in 2024; the study is still ongoing but is nearing completion and is expected to be complete in summer 2026.
$42,502 spentof which $18,609 as grants79% of program spendingWith support from a grant from the County of San Luis Obispo, the organization began a study of identifying and prioritizing properties in the old California Valley subdivision for their natural resources values and development potential, with a goal of seeking to conserve a significant portion of the subdivision for permanent conservation purposes. This entailed the hiring of a consulting firm, and establishment of a committee of interested or affected groups, such as the County, State Wildlife Department, and local Community Services District. The study began in September 2025 and is expected to be completed in summer 2026. Certain of the funds were also used (and reported in First Program Accomplishment) to cover closing costs of property donations in the California Valley subdivision.
$4,842 spentof which $4,842 as grants9% of program spendingFollowing a severe wildfire in July 2025, the organization partnered with local outdoor artist groups to raise funds in support of fire recovery activities, including supplies for erosion control and studies of fire recovery in the area. Approximately $6,350 was raised over an eight week period, snd funds were used for purchase of materials in fall of2025. The balance of the funs are expected to be utilized for studies of natural fire recovery in the area (which had not burned in at least 100 years) in spring 2026.
$2,773 spent5% of program spendingProperty taxes.
$3,472 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $53,589.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $5.7M to $5.1M (−11%).
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: 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $39k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY’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
CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
67% 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 CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 48% · 2019 50% · 2020 80% · 2021 87% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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
CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9k 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
CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 850 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY
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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY: 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 CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY?
- CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,550 to it, the largest being Conservation Lands Foundation ($90,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $147,550 in grants to CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY?
- Conservation Lands Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARRIZO PLAIN CONSERVANCY 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 2020–2025), 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