California · Nonprofit
MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY
MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,580 to it, the largest being NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ($13,964). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $209k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $440k
What Monterey Audubon Society does
Mission
The Monterey Audubon Society is a volunteer organization dedicated to conserving and celebrating the birds and wildlife of the greater monterey bay region. Our chapter includes 1,200 members throughout monterey and parts of santa cruz and san benito counties. We engage in an array of educational, community science, and advocacy initiatives geared toward protecting the region's birds and its biological diversity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ancillary program support in education, outreach, bird conservation/preservation. Promote nature literacy by hosting multiple free monthly field trips focusing on beginners, youth, and participants with disabilities, conducting presentations at schools and senior centers, and engaging in public outreach at farmer's markets and nature-themed community events, like earth day and wildlife day, inviting people of all backgrounds to connect with the birds around them.advocate for policies that balance access to nature along with the protection of sensitive sites and species, leading to fruitful partnerships with local government agencies, cities, and nonprofits. The following are some examples of this outreach: bird banding handling and demos using avian biometrics, public dissemination of seabird monitoring program information using ebird software apps and other methods, avian census work throughout monterey county and logistical support for our young birders birding program, snowy plover guardian volunteer program and other related efforts.there are two grants, the larger grant will encompass hiring a graphic designer to create a descriptive map of locations and bird species in…
$46,578 spentof which $6,000 as grants55% of program spendingBlack oystercatcher nesting and census monitoring program, funding two biologists to tabulate nesting and reproductive success and viability rates along the monterey bay area shoreline. Numerous volunteer efforts as well as paid professionals. General public as well as bird lovers benefit from the project.
$15,000 spent18% of program spendingWhaletail intern training for black oystercatcher biometrics - recruited and paid interns from csu monterey bay's undergraduate research opportunity center to assist with monitoring of nesting black oystercatchers in the monterey bay region during the summer of 2023, allowing them to forge a meaningful connection to the coast and develop skills that will help them excel in their chosen field of study.the interns were supported in creating a scholastic project, in either formal ecological research or policy guidance, with the help of monterey audubon staff who served as the main mentor for the duration of the internship. The interns created a research project for a formal symposium presentation.the monterey audubon staff mentor provided formal introductory sessions related to coastal ecology, public outreach, and shorebird biology. A key part of this project was to financially support the interns by paying them to conduct scientific research.
$11,976 spent14% of program spendingPt. Pinos seawatch - census of migratory seabirds along the fall/winter flyway of the pacific coast in monterey bay region from a fixed land-based observation point at pt. Pinos in pacific grove, ca. Numerous interactions with the public as programs are active throughout the day from sun-up until sunset for a 6-week period.
$6,375 spent7% of program spendingToro creek bird banding program (maps) - avian productivity survey (nesting success) and bird banding program. Establishes baseline breeding success and population estimate in the toro creek riparian corridor at the ft. Ord national monument. Over 100 students in past years have benefited from activities.
$5,280 spent6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,209.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $341k to $403k (+18%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY’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. 1 of the last 4 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $9k → $1k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY’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
MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 95% — 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
MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY
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
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY?
- MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,580 to it, the largest being NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ($13,964). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $29,580 in grants to MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY?
- NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,964 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTEREY AUDUBON SOCIETY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 7 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