California · Nonprofit
COASTAL ROOTS FARM
COASTAL ROOTS FARM (California) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,648,660 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($951,240). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $338k
What Coastal Roots Farm does
Mission
Coastal Roots Farm cultivates healthy, connected communities by integrating sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient jewish wisdom.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Increasing access to fresh organic produce through sustainable agriculture: Coastal Roots Farm seeks to care for its community while also being good stewards of its land and soil. The farm manages 18 acres of farmland, consisting of 2.5 acres of vegetable production fields, an education farm and garden, a large-scale compost operation, two chicken flocks of around 150 birds, and an 8.5-acre agroforestry "food forest." the farm is on the forefront of sustainable, regenerative farming practices that build healthy soil, sequester carbon, conserve water, and help reduce the impacts of climate change. Since inception in 2014, the farm has turned nutrient-depleted land into a vibrant, productive farm, grown over 636,000 pounds of organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, and eggs, built a biodiverse ecosystem (94 species of birds have been observed in the food forest), and diverted over 6.6 million pounds of waste from the landfill through extensive composting operations, and offset co2 emissions by over three thousand metric tons.guided by ancient jewish agricultural traditions and values, Coastal Roots Farm cares for and protects the environment while caring for the most vulnerable,…
$1,292,505 spentof which $217,785 as grants$334,621 earned by the program46% of program spendingIncreasing access to hands-on farm-based environmental education experiences: we provide youth and adults with unique, diverse, and inclusive farm-based educational opportunities that connect our community with the land, food, and one another. Our farm provides a unique platform for farm-based environmental education to improve community health and increase awareness, involvement, and passion for nature, environmental stewardship, and food systems. We host weekly hands-on volunteer opportunities, educational workshops, farm tours, farm camps, and school and group visits based on stem-aligned curriculum for students in pre-k through 12th grade. Coastal Roots Farm's environmental stem education programs, including school and group visits and after-school and seasonal farm camps, provide students (pre-k-12th grade) with the tools and skills needed for academic success, prepare the next generation for careers in stem-related fields, and inspire future generations of environmental leaders. Utilizing our 18-acre outdoor "classroom," the farm offers accessible, hands-on, farm-based stem education programs that enhance science curriculum in ways that inspire awe and wonder for nature,…
$1,271,031 spent$387,083 earned by the program45% of program spendingCultivating inclusive jewish life opportunities: Coastal Roots Farm is a jewish community farm that integrates farming, gardening, and food as a way to teach about jewish tradition and heritage, build jewish identity and community, and make the world a more just and sustainable place. We are a living jewish farm, making practices that are thousands of years old relevant lessons for today. These practices inform how we grow produce, share belongings, treat neighbors, observe the passing of time, celebrate and improve, care for plants and animals, and create a vibrant, welcoming community. All of this makes Coastal Roots Farm a jewish farm for everyone. We are inspired by ancient jewish traditions that connect people to community, food, the land, and social justice: ba'al taschit: ethical consumption; shmita: honoring natural cycles of the earth; pe'ah: lining the corners of one's field with food for the stranger and poor; kayamut: ecological sustainability; ma'aser: reserving at least one-tenth of one's agriculture produce for the poor; k'vod briut: the dignity of all creations; hachnasat orchim: welcoming guests; haganat ovdim: fair treatment of those who work the fields; tsa'ar…
$233,224 spent$237,588 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,796,760.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $959k to $369k (−61%).
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: 2018 3% · 2019 2% · 2020 1% · 2021 14% · 2022 12% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Javier Guerrero
President & CEO
Board chair
Michael Berlin
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $79k → $726k.
17 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $5.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Leichtag Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money COASTAL ROOTS FARM raised.
From the IRS filings of COASTAL ROOTS FARM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 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
COASTAL ROOTS FARM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
62% 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 COASTAL ROOTS FARM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 38% · 2019 40% · 2020 18% · 2021 20% · 2022 16% · 2023 33% — 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
30% of COASTAL ROOTS FARM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
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
55% of COASTAL ROOTS FARM'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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Organizations like COASTAL ROOTS FARM
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COASTAL ROOTS FARM: 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 COASTAL ROOTS FARM?
- COASTAL ROOTS FARM (California) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,648,660 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ($951,240). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COASTAL ROOTS FARM have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $4,648,660 in grants to COASTAL ROOTS FARM, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COASTAL ROOTS FARM?
- JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO is the largest funder on record, with $951,240 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COASTAL ROOTS FARM 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 82 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing