California · Nonprofit
Emerald Keepers
Emerald Keepers (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,100 to it, the largest being DIANNE & THOMAS LOOKABAUGH FOUNDATION ($4,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $256k
What Emerald Keepers does
Mission
To educate the Community of Coronado to develop more sustainable practices for the health of our oceans, our beach community and the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Educational Outreach: Wrote and published weekly articles in two local newspapers and published 1-3 social media posts per week to educate the public about important environmental issues, share practical tips and techniques for more sustainable living, promote Emerald Keepers many community programs, and celebrate our community members with Emerald Keeper of the month features. Maintained our website providing many educational resources to help the community on their journey to living more sustainably
$23,263 spent38% of program spendingCHS Intern Program: Organized and ran an internship for high school students in collaboration with the local high school. Interns acquire transferable skills for success by working on passion projects to reduce waste and make our city more sustainable, teaching younger students about environmental issues, speaking in public forums including at school assemblies and in front of City Council. Interns volunteer at community outreach events to educate the public about sustainability practices and build community relationships. Interns maintain gardens on school grounds, learn about growing crops and composting, donate food to a local food pantry, and teach other students about their work in the garden.
$13,516 spent22% of program spendingChalk Walk: Hosted high school artists for environment-themed chalk walk with educational booths. An estimated 4,000 people visited the chalk art-work produced by the students and the booths, and watched short films educating about plastics, waste sorting and sustainable swaps. Student attendees received educational puzzle booklets entirely produced by Emerald Keepers.
$7,173 spent12% of program spendingWalking and Biking Education Tour
$620 spent1% of program spendingMotor Cars on Mainstreet: Electric Vehicle Exhibit: Hosted the EV exhibit featuring hybrid, electric, and hydrogen powered vehicles to educate the public about alternatives to gasoline powered cars.
$4,936 spent8% of program spendingCoronado Flower Show: Hosted an educational booth educating the public about eco-friendly yards and local pollinators. Green Ribbon program included judging and awarding ribbons for earth-friendly home fronts throughout Coronado.
$6,015 spent10% of program spendingEarth Month Education & Celebration: Educated and celebrated earth month including poster competition, educational film screening, and themed coloring contest.
$5,504 spent9% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $61,027.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $52k to $175k (+234%).
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.
97% of Emerald Keepers’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of Emerald Keepers’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
Emerald Keepers leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 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
99% of Emerald Keepers's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Emerald Keepers runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Emerald Keepers
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.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Emerald Keepers: 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 Emerald Keepers?
- Emerald Keepers (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,100 to it, the largest being DIANNE & THOMAS LOOKABAUGH FOUNDATION ($4,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Emerald Keepers have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,100 in grants to Emerald Keepers, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Emerald Keepers?
- DIANNE & THOMAS LOOKABAUGH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Emerald Keepers 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 2021–2024), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing