California · Nonprofit
NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,750 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($16,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Nature Center Associates of Los Angeles County does
Mission
To develop in children and adults an awareness and appreciation of the natural world
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program services/ visitor amenities: including but not limited to: animal care & food $8,589; supplies and equipment for fundraising events, such as pcnca's annual craft fair $5,539; amenities for visitors to the nature centers $3,769; visitor events and programs including sdcnca's halloween nature crawl $2,119 and wildlife rehabilitation $2,349, vrnca's indigenous peoples day $2,200; pcnca's amphitheater events $3,413, walker cabin restoration and display $2,190 and community lecture events $2,932; and other program events.
$35,500 spent$13,247 earned by the program46% of program spendingFire loss of cogs: cost of gift shop inventory lost following the major wild fire in alta dena in january 2025 that burned down the eaton canyon nature center.
$12,688 spent17% of program spendingRecruitment, training, and education/enrichment events for docent volunteers.manage and administrate program services.
$10,229 spent$813 earned by the program13% of program spendingAnimal care - provide refuge and rehabilitative care for abandoned and injured wildlife.
$8,589 spent$4,049 earned by the program11% of program spendingMuseum and conferences: retreat for natural areas staff & volunteers retreat held at the la zoo, which focused on programming, as well as further education and training.
$7,567 spent10% of program spendingAdvertising and promotion
$1,172 spent2% of program spendingMiscellaneous expenses that arose at the multiple centers throughout the year
$1,105 spent$151 earned by the program1% of program spendingWebsites for general public awareness of activities and events
The 8 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,850.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $1.9M (+10%).
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: 2021 5% · 2022 3% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $6k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY’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
NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k 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
NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY holds deeper cash reserves 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 NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY?
- NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,750 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($16,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $26,750 in grants to NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $16,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATURE CENTER ASSOCIATES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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