California · Nonprofit
OSC2
OSC2 (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,000 to it, the largest being Holistic Underground ($13,000). 0 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 FY2024
- $610k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $308k
What Osc2 does
Mission
Address the toughest sustainability problems facing our industry and our planet by building new regenerative business models and agricultural systems
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Membership (core, rising star, tending leaders)core chapter -in december of 2012, we launched our first member group, the core chapter. This membership is for established, mission-aligned, founders and ceo's in the natural products industry.rising star chapter - in 2017, we launched our second member group, the rising star chapter. This membership is for emerging, mission-aligned, founders and ceo's in the natural products industry. Tending leaders chapter - the tending leaders chapter (tlc) is a committed group of founders, graduated ceos and c-level executives who are dedicated to supporting one another and the next generation of purpose-driven leaders.annual membership fee is being collected to all participating companies.
$102,666 spent$266,700 earned by the program33% of program spendingJ.e.d.I. Collaborativej.e.d.I collaborative is a project of one step closer that aims to help natural products companies and leaders increase their ability to actualize justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts through providing educational programming, resources, and training programs designed to increase the awareness, knowledge, and skills within the company it also aims to empower companies and leaders to increase their capacity to create space for and work alongside underrepresented communities to thrive in the natural products industry1. The self-guided pathway offers industry leaders a free toolkit to kickstart jedi efforts in their organizations. It includes a 10-step journey with actions like forming a jedi committee, drafting a statement, setting commitments, and creating an action plan for transformation.2. The jumpstart pathway enhances industry leaders' accountability in prioritizing jedi work. It guides leaders through a 10-step journey, requiring proof of completion for steps like forming a committee, drafting a statement, setting commitments, and devising an action plan.3. In the trailblazer pathway, industry leaders attend nine monthly meetings to develop…
$39,484 spent$91,050 earned by the program13% of program spendingPackaging collaborativethis aims of eliminating petroleum-based plastics from landfills, oceans, and the natural environment, substituting them with renewable and compostable alternatives.1. The campaign's second phase ran from expo west in march 2023 to plastic free july, covering five months. It included webinars, events, advocacy, and brand story sharing to celebrate cpg brand progress globally.2. One step closer to zero waste packaging is a collective campaign targeting the reduction or elimination of single-use plastics.3. Osc utilized an omni-channel social strategy, engaging participants through various digital platforms like linkedin, twitter, and instagram for education and inspiration.
$90,830 spent$104,180 earned by the program30% of program spendingWomen's peer mentoring circle a year-long peer mentoring circle designed to accelerate the advancement of female and/or women-identifying intersectional leaders through connection, shared experience, development, and peer to peer mentoring. Sessions topics and guest speakers will include 1. Unlocking confidence & calm in the complexity of life, lisa aire founder of vista caballo2. Guiding your career: make the most of your current role & set-up your next opportunity, stephanie pierce founder of from flux to flow)3. Have a broader social impact with your personal wealth, mickayla rosard partner at groove capital4. Women on boards, cassie burr wob executive director5. Quarterly helping each other solve problem sessions"member committees n 2019, osc introduced member committees as a platform for ceo chapter members to participate in decisions affecting the organization and its initiatives. 1. Membership committee - the goal of this committee is to recruit and welcome new one step closer ceo chapter members. 2. Surprise & delight committee - the goal of this committee is to find ways to best serve our members during meetings with dynamic content, speakers and delightful surprises.3.…
$74,852 spent$147,764 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $307,832.
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 2019 to 2020, from $122k to $279k (+129%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of OSC2’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
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 OSC2’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 OSC2'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. $13k 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
OSC2 runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OSC2
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OSC2: 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 OSC2?
- OSC2 (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,000 to it, the largest being Holistic Underground ($13,000). 0 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 OSC2 have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $13,000 in grants to OSC2.
- Who is the largest funder of OSC2?
- Holistic Underground is the largest funder on record, with $13,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OSC2 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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