California · Nonprofit
LAGUNA GREENBELT INC
LAGUNA GREENBELT INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $408,929 to it, the largest being THE MARISLA FOUNDATION ($325,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $409k
- Net assets
- $600k
What Laguna Greenbelt Inc does
Mission
The specific purposes shall be to engage in and otherwise promote for the benefit of the general public the preservation and acquisition of natural resources of the county of orange, including but not limited to open spaces, fresh and sea water resources, marshland, swamps, woodland, slopes, ridgelines and open spaces and the plant, and animal life therein and engage in and otherwise promote the study of, and to engage the public, regarding local natural resources including plants, animals, birds and other wildlife.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Aquiring and preserving open space: wildlife corridor we continue our campaign to complete the wildlife corridor linking our coastal wilderness parks with inland/mountain parks and open spaces in orange county. We further addressed our mission to acquire and preserve open space, particularly in parcel 5, an open entrance to our park. To do so, our officers and our contracted project consultants.1. Met regularly with the wildlife corridor working group; met with the southern region of the state's 30 x 30 project; met with elected officials and groups in neighboring cities, and were in attendance at statewide planning meetings. 2. Sought and received external funding for research and development of the corridor. 3. Laguna greenbelt, inc. Hired and supervised interns experienced in land planning. 4. Produced monthly digital newsletters and updates of websites and broadened our social media presence to promote the project and report our progress in the same media.5. Met continually with representatives of the statewide 30x30 project after being identified as the top priority for future funding.6. Met with irvine council members to resist creation of a new trail, open to human and…
$109,035 spent79% of program spendingEducation: in accordance with our bylaws, we furthered education through:1. A scholarship to two graduating high school students based on their demonstrated interest and commitment to open space preservation. 2. Mini-grants to laguna beach faculty to travel to the parks and to initiate environmentalprojects at their schools . 3. Presenting to local irvine high school's students a hands-on exploration of options for corridor placement, using maps and noting limitations and hazards. 4. The organization mailed 17,000 residents in the city of laguna beach and selected areas nearby, therevised "living with wildlife," brochure.5. Hosting an educational tour of the corridor plans for our state secretary of natural resources and other dignitaries. Board members gave an in-person lecture to uc irvine graduate students and their professor; that tour of the park and planned corridor route revealed the successes and the remaining challenges to completion of the corridor.
$26,445 spent19% of program spendingFinancial support to other 501(c)3 organizations aligned with laguna greenbelt mission to preserve open space. We made a financial contribution to another non-profit to continue its improvement and preservation of a coastal area.
$2,300 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $137,780.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $637k to $672k (+6%).
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.
85% of LAGUNA GREENBELT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $96k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 LAGUNA GREENBELT 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
LAGUNA GREENBELT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 74% · 2022 91% · 2023 78% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of LAGUNA GREENBELT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of LAGUNA GREENBELT INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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.
Against its field
LAGUNA GREENBELT INC has grown faster than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LAGUNA GREENBELT INC
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 LAGUNA GREENBELT INC: 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 LAGUNA GREENBELT INC?
- LAGUNA GREENBELT INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $408,929 to it, the largest being THE MARISLA FOUNDATION ($325,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAGUNA GREENBELT INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $408,929 in grants to LAGUNA GREENBELT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAGUNA GREENBELT INC?
- THE MARISLA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAGUNA GREENBELT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 11 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