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GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION

GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,420 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ($47,602). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$480k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$123k
Net assets
$787k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What Gold Discovery Park Association does

Mission

The association supports a variety of programs for children and adults as well as programs that help preserve historical buildings and facilities to provide visitors with top quality educational experiences.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The association promotes and supports improvements to california state park and the marshall gold discovery park and museum. The association also provides interpretive services and organizes activities for the general public as well as maintaining the library.

    $407,120 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $407,120.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($341k) Expenses 100 ($285k) Net assets 100 ($486k)2018 Revenue 111 ($379k) Expenses 109 ($311k) Net assets 114 ($553k)2019 Revenue 100 ($340k) Expenses 147 ($418k) Net assets 98 ($475k)2020 Revenue 34 ($115k) Expenses 47 ($134k) Net assets 94 ($457k)2021 Revenue 69 ($235k) Expenses 51 ($146k) Net assets 112 ($546k)2022 Revenue 166 ($565k) Expenses 106 ($302k) Net assets 167 ($809k)2023 Revenue 122 ($417k) Expenses 176 ($502k) Net assets 149 ($724k)2024 Revenue 119 ($406k) Expenses 127 ($361k) Net assets 158 ($767k)2025 Revenue 141 ($480k) Expenses 161 ($460k) Net assets 162 ($787k)
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Revenue (141)Expenses (161)Net assets (162)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 2021 to 2022, from $547k to $813k (+49%).

$486k
$553k
$476k
$459k
$547k
$813k
$724k
$771k
$791k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 39% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

6% of GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$56k
’17
$68k
’18
−$78k
’19
−$19k
’20
$89k
’21
$264k
’22
−$85k
’23
$45k
’24
$20k
’25
18
months of
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

Denise Karapinar

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed7777108111010
Joined·+1+4+0+3+0+4+1+2
No longer listed·14002122
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $83k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION’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

GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

96% 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 GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION.

39%
largest funder
87%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 42% — 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.

Where its funders are

57% of GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION'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 $53k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve18.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

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

Organizations like GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION?
GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $123,420 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ($47,602). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $123,420 in grants to GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION?
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $47,602 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GOLD DISCOVERY PARK ASSOCIATION 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 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