California · Nonprofit
NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE
NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $269 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($269). 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
- $408k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $269
- Net assets
- $136k
What New Leaf Collaborative does
Mission
New Leaf Collaborative provides hands-on, learning and leadership opportunities, in science, nature and environmental literacy to inspire curiosity and connection in our youth and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community science workshops provided more than 700 hands-on science learning experiences to over 2600 students at 7 schools, the boys & girls martinez clubhouse and through several steam fairs and community events. Csw delivered ngss-aligned, hands-on science labs for k-8 youth. Students engineered marble runs, circuits, bridges, and slime to explore forces, energy, and matter in real time. Open saturdays and tinker time engaged families and 60+ youth in creative stem projects and informal learning. Youth mentors earned stipends and leadership skills while supporting younger students at workshops.
$121,424 spent48% of program spendingCommunity garden workshops provided nature-based educational experiences to 1018 students in contra costa county. Nlc hosted six community garden events welcoming over 130 community members to plant native plants, harvest local food, and participate in art projects celebrating the biodiversity of local native plants. Cgw integrated garden science, nutrition, and sel across school and club gardens in martinez, crockett, and rodeo. Students planted seasonal crops tended orchard trees, and tasted produce while studying plant adaptations. Youth investigated soil, worms, and decomposition using buried pumpkin experiments and multi-station labs. Garden art clubs created upcycled art that beautified shared spaces and fostered stewardship.
$31,696 spent12% of program spendingEarth ambassadors delivered eco-lit lessons and green team trainings at all musd elementary, junior high, and high schools, reaching nearly 3700 students. Students practiced sorting landfill, recycling, and compost waste through run to sort and recycling games. Green teams led lunch-time sorting and created posters to improve campus recycling systems. Together with the community, nlc collected over 1000 lbs of soft plastics for a nextrex bench at the musd garden. In partnership with the national park service, nlc hosted 2 eco-kids workshops, providing nature-based environmental experiences to 47 students, 9 of whom we granted scholarships to increase access for youth.
$72,324 spent28% of program spendingAs an extension of the community science workshop program, nlc served as interim director of the global alliance of community science workshops (gacsw). Gacsw is a community partner that supports and promotes community science workshops. Nlc performed administrative duties to support the development of several csw programs and facilitated the annual gathering of all csw programs and affiliates.
$28,533 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $253,977.
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 2024 to 2025, from $54k to $147k (+171%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 28% · 2022 25% · 2023 3% · 2024 19% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Harriette Heibel
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $92 → $39.
1 of 1 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 NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE'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. $269 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE
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
79% 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 NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE: 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 NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE?
- NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $269 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($269). 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 NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $269 in grants to NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $269 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW LEAF COLLABORATIVE 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 1 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