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Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc

Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $948,904 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($299,502). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$392k
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$949k
Net assets
$229k
14/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc does

Mission

CSERC protects water, wildlife, and wild places of the Northern Yosemite region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. FORESTS/WILDLIFE: CSERC conducted watchdog monitoring, meadow surveys, and forest fieldwork in support of national forest resources in the local region. CSERC undertook wildlife photo-detection surveys for rare species, reviewed all projects open for public comments in the Stanislaus Forest, and organized volunteers to join with staff in performing restoration projects at multiple sites during the year.

    $249,950 spent
    70% of program spending
  2. RIVERS/WATER: CSERC staff monitored riparian areas and wetlands, assessed stream conditions, and advocated for water quality in proposed projects and plans. Staff continued to play a lead role in the IRWM watershed planning collaborative process and in numerous river or water issues in the region.

    $35,707 spent
    10% of program spending
  3. CONSERVATION: CSERC participated in more than 100 meetings and hearings to serve as a respectful voice for the environment. CSERC produced informational brochures, website articles in both English and Spanish, and newsletters to help citizen activists learn how to participate in decision-making processes affecting wildlife and wild places.

    $35,707 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. EDUCATION: In addition to CSERC offering "Educational Games for Kids" on the CSERC website, CSERC staff provded newsletters, E-newsletters, online articles, and other educational outreach to members and to the general public.

    $17,854 spent
    5% of program spending
  5. LAND PLANNING: CSERC reviewed proposed development projects and land use policies in the local region. All projects that posed risks to natural resources were responded to with specific recommendations to minimize impacts and to better comply with natural resource objectives.

    $17,854 spent
    5% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $357,072.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($412k) Expenses 100 ($317k) Net assets 100 ($223k)2018 Revenue 96 ($395k) Expenses 115 ($365k) Net assets 113 ($252k)2019 Revenue 76 ($311k) Expenses 84 ($265k) Net assets 134 ($299k)2020 Revenue 36 ($147k) Expenses 70 ($222k) Net assets 100 ($224k)2021 Revenue 70 ($289k) Expenses 89 ($282k) Net assets 103 ($231k)2022 Revenue 90 ($370k) Expenses 107 ($339k) Net assets 117 ($261k)2023 Revenue 70 ($288k) Expenses 102 ($324k) Net assets 101 ($226k)2024 Revenue 101 ($415k) Expenses 130 ($413k) Net assets 102 ($228k)2025 Revenue 95 ($392k) Expenses 123 ($391k) Net assets 103 ($229k)
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Revenue (95)Expenses (123)Net assets (103)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $300k to $227k (−24%).

$234k
$256k
$300k
$227k
$231k
$261k
$219k
$232k
$234k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,446 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$95k
’17
$29k
’18
$46k
’19
−$75k
’20
$6k
’21
$31k
’22
−$36k
’23
$2k
’24
$2k
’25
7.0
months of
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.

Board chair

Mike Skutches

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed996667788
Joined·+0+0+1+0+1+0+1+3
No longer listed·03100003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $188k → $103k.

5 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc’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

Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

56% 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 Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc.

32%
largest funder
58%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 49% · 2019 26% · 2020 52% · 2021 61% · 2022 34% · 2023 34% — 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

54% of Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

66% of Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

WA
NY
CA
MD
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $391k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $949k to it.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve7.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 850 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 5%Fundraising 4%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

71%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc?
Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $948,904 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($299,502). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $948,904 in grants to Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $299,502 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc 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 23 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