California · Nonprofit
CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC
CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,377 to it, the largest being Inland Empire Community Foundation ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $677k
What Citizens United for Resources and Environment Inc does
Mission
Cure supports research, community outreach and education on policies and projects that promote economic growth while protecting vital resources ie clean air, water, agricultural, urban farming and conservation. Cure is focused on promoting urban farming and developing properties in a way that prevents and mitigates against natural disasters such as fire and flooding and that ensures food security. Cure accomplishes our mission by:*presenting independent research demonstrating that long-term economic security depends on decision-making that acknowledges the true consequences of growth and incorporates strategies to preserve open space, clean air and water, and disaster prevention and mitigation. *opposing unsafe projects that deplete natural resources or expose communities to unhealthy or dangerous conditions, such as worsening air and water quality, exposure to toxic materials, or increased risk of flooding.*promoting policies and projects that exemplify sustainable and balanced develo
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research, community outreach and education on policies and projects that promote economic growth while protecting vital resources ie clean air, water, agricultural and conservation. Cure increasingly is focused on promoting urban farming and developing properties in a way that mitigates against natural disasters such as fire and flooding.
$29,449 spent75% of program spendingDevelopment of a community urban food forest to demonstrate how food production, water management and tree canopies reduce impacts of climate. Not only will the cure project grow healthy produce to be donated to local food pantries, it will offer programs for students about resilient agriculture and climate while advancing community engagement. Cure is working with local water agencies, high school and community college to expand this demonstration project in 2024 and beyond.
$9,809 spent25% of program spendingResearch and writing of a non-fiction history book about the chinese contribution to the expansion of water infrastructure, railroads and citrus industry in the 1800s leading to the elimination of the railroad monopoly and economic expansion in inland california.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $39,258.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $471k to $789k (+67%).
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.
59% of CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Malissa Mckeith
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $19k → $44.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 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
CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 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
66% of CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC'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 $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC
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
61% 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 CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC: 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 CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC?
- CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,377 to it, the largest being Inland Empire Community Foundation ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $59,377 in grants to CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT INC?
- Inland Empire Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITIZENS UNITED FOR RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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