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FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC

FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,764 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($389,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$564k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$503k
Net assets
$321k
3/5 repeat funders
01What it does

What Friends of Sunset Dunes Fka Friends of Great Highway Park Inc does

Mission

Friends of sunset dunes is an all-volunteer organization that seeks to create an accessible and joyous oceanfront for all in san francisco.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Public art and amenities to the park for the benefit of all San Franciscans including 11 new murals, 5 sculptures, a skate park and bicycle skills area, and hammocks. Our volunteers also help care for the park, removing graffiti and shoveling sand. And we seek to revitalize and restore the coastal environment, partnering with governmental and non-governmental organizations on dune restoration and environmental protection projects.

    $247,275 spent
    66% of program spending
  2. Free events in the park, including hosting the Great Hauntway for over 10,000 people, holiday events for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Easter, and Christmas, and weekly Sundays at the Beach programming.

    $129,941 spent
    34% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $377,216.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($50k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($9k)2024 Revenue 394 ($196k) Expenses 155 ($63k) Net assets 1518 ($142k)2025 Revenue 1133 ($564k) Expenses 952 ($385k) Net assets 3421 ($321k)
202320242025
Revenue (1133)Expenses (952)Net assets (3421)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $142k to $321k (+125%).

$9k
$142k
$321k
202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’23
$133k
’24
$179k
’25
10
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK 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

FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC.

77%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

98% of FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.

UT

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $493k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin32% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)237% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC?
FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,764 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($389,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $502,764 in grants to FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $389,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF SUNSET DUNES FKA FRIENDS OF GREAT HIGHWAY PARK 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 5 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