California · Nonprofit
MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT
MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $441,964 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ($116,326). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $442k
- Net assets
- $488k
What Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project does
Mission
To recover and restore the native salmon and steelhead populations of the Monterey Bay region and to develop and implement educational K-12 curricula regarding watershed science and conservation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Engaged in spawning adult Coho salmon broodstock to provide over 120,000 fertilized eggs to support regional recovery efforts for the species. Released over 80 adult Coho salmon to coastal watersheds of Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties to engage in natural spawning in conjunction with in-stream habitat restoration projects. Released over 20,000 juvenile Coho salmon to the Scott Creek watershed as a component of the Southern Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program. Objective: to prevent the extinction of Central Coast Coho salmon south of San Francisco Bay, and to promote and enhance regional efforts to recover the species.
$1,212,233 spent65% of program spendingContinued provision of virtual field trips and additional digital curriculum content for local K-12 classrooms to continue watershed sciences programs in a virtual format. Worked with area nonprofits to re-engage in-person field activities for local students. Objective: to provide compelling and immersive hands-on curricula and field trips focused on watershed conservation and the lifecycle of salmon and steelhead.
$372,995 spent20% of program spendingAssisted CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife with release of over 320,000 juvenile Chinook salmon directly to the waters of Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties in support of local sport and commercial fisheries. Objective: to increase community engagement and advocacy for salmon by enhancing local sport and commercial ocean salmon fisheries through coastal releases of hatchery-reared Chinook salmon.
$186,497 spent10% of program spendingEngaged in steelhead sampling/monitoring at the City of Santa Cruzs Felton Diversion facility to monitor population trends and adult return numbers for the San Lorenzo River. Supported regional recovery goals by collecting and sharing biological data with agency partners and other nonprofits/ municipal entities. Engaged over 50 volunteers in citizen science/advocacy to support the conservation of locally-
$0 spent0% of program spendingthreatened populations of steelhead. This included steelhead stranding rescues during summer months, and operation of antenna arrays in partnership with other local organizations/nonprofits.
$93,249 spent5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,864,974.
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 $746k to $293k (−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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 76% · 2021 78% · 2022 66% · 2023 53% · 2024 91% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Jeremy Streig
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $15k → $164k.
9 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT’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 BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
55% 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 BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 45% · 2019 38% · 2020 36% · 2021 48% · 2022 35% · 2023 60% — 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
36% of MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
55% of MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT'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 $199k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $243k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT?
- MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT (California) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $441,964 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ($116,326). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $441,964 in grants to MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $116,326 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT 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 16 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