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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$763krevenue
FY2025 · +114% in 3 yrs17staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−10.5%
Months of reserve0.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+16.4%
Middle half of peersMedianEarth Discovery Institute
Where the money goes FY2025 · $843k spent
Programs$732k87%Management and general$75k9%Fundraising$36k4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 24% of revenue stopped after FY2022
Endangered Habitats Conservancy gave $85k in FY2022, 24% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$38k in FY2023 and −$80k in FY2025. Cash covers 0.8 months, under the peer median of 8.4.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 16% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 9 of its 9 returns, 82% of revenue in FY2025. $665k is traced federal awards from Department of the Interior.
990 Part VIII · USAspending8funders
$106ka year, last 3 years
49%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Endangered Habitats ConservancyOn and off$85kParks CaliforniaNew in FY2023$35kSempra FoundationOn and off$430Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$45k$72k$36k$67k$75k$55k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund