California · Nonprofit
FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE 54 FUND ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $222k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $82k
What Fishery Foundation of California does
Mission
To improve fisheries resources in the state of california.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fish and habitat monitoring: the Fishery Foundation of California (ffc) has been actively involved in the sacramento/san joaquin delta for 30 plus years both as a stakeholder and active participant in its adaptive management. Past and present activities include monitoring and evaluation of restored tidal and seasonal wetlands, tracking temporal and spatial distribution of salmon and steel head, the spatial documentation of fish community assemblages, and collection of year round water quality data. Ffc has increased awareness of delta issues and has furthered the scientific knowledge by publishing its many findings in the calfed and iep on journals and on the comprehensive assessment and monitoring program (camp) web site. Ffc staff serve on a number of scientific advisory committees in the central valley. The ffc is currently working with the department of water resources to reduce the number of predatory fish in clifton court forebay to increase survival of status fish moving throught the forebay. Salmon acclimation: ffc has been acclimating state and federal hatchery salmon since 1994. The project has been shown to increase survival of the salmon by 200-300 percent. The ffc…
$202,493 spent$221,536 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $202,493.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $90k to $35k (−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.
0% of FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA’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.
Where its funders are
100% of FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
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
FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $60k on record.
- Department of the Interior$60k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA: 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 FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA?
- FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE 54 FUND ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA?
- THE 54 FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FISHERY FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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