California · Nonprofit
CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION
CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $335k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $119k
What Chicas Verdes Corporation does
Mission
To build socially-minded leaders by fostering young peoples' connection to nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
La public library day workshops were hosted in prior year but not in current tax year.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Gardening programing - rejuvenated and maintained four school gardens and delivered 5,085 hours of outdoor programming to 667 students through recess and after-school sessions. Programming focused on gardening, environmental education, and sustainability practices to support student well-being, environmental awareness, and community engagement.conducted 24 workshops for parents and caregivers across partner school sites, advancing food access, environmental stewardship, and family wellness. Workshops included hands-on activities such as herb planting, composting, fl oral design, candle-making with indoor air quality education, healthy cooking demonstrations, mindfulness practices, and nutrition education to support academic success.
$209,166 spent$78,640 earned by the program67% of program spendingFree produce giveaways - hosted 28 produce giveaways to support low-income families and reinforce the healthy eating lessons taught in chicas verdes programming. A total of 5,587 families received 108,352 pounds of free produce, helping ensure access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The events engaged 437 volunteers and provided students and community members with the resources to apply what they learn about nutrition and wellness through our school garden programs.
$84,988 spentof which $32,506 as grants27% of program spendingCommunity garden events - hosted monthly community garden events serving south los angeles residents and manual arts alumni. Events engaged community members in maintaining school gardens while providing education on gardening, sustainability, and composting. Participants received tools, supplies, and educational resources to support ongoing at-home and neighborhood gardening.
$17,355 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $311,509.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $111k to $119k (+7%).
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: 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 2 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
Bari Applebaum
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $10k.
From the IRS filings of CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
50% 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 CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION.
“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
CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION has grown faster 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 CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION: 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 CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION?
- CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION?
- THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICAS VERDES CORPORATION 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 2024–2025), 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