California · Nonprofit
PADDLE FOR PEACE
PADDLE FOR PEACE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $297k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $90k
- Net assets
- $143k
What Paddle for Peace does
Mission
Paddle for Peace is driven by the mission to provide equitable access to coastal environments, particularly for bipoc (black, indigenous, and people of color) and underserved communities. We recognize the importance of creating inclusive spaces that allow everyone to experience the beauty and wonder of the ocean.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rising tides: a leadership program for high school students that teaches leadership skills to be an effective leader in the outdoor space. Participants help with younger kids to practice their leadership skills. Participants also receive surf coaching, environmental stewardship and ocean safety education. Aims to create more outdoor leaders of color, provide leadership skills, diversify the coast and surfing, offer paid internships with Paddle for Peace, and inspire careers in outdoor spaces, ocean conservation, and marine biology.
$100,351 spentof which $300 as grants51% of program spendingCoastal ninja academy: this program is designed to bring the beach to the classroom for title 1 schools. We teach marine science, ocean conservation, ocean safety and then bring the kids to the beach on the 5th week for a fieldtrip.
$71,818 spent37% of program spendingSurf and science program: this program is designed to take bipoc and inner city kids to the beach to teach them to surf, learn about ocena safety and ocean conservation education, and provide overall access to the coast by removing barriers and providing representation in coastal spaces.
$23,973 spentof which $2,918 as grants12% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $196,142.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $38k to $147k (+282%).
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 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PADDLE FOR PEACE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Marisa Bell
CEO
Board chair
Natalie Paschal
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of PADDLE FOR PEACE’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
PADDLE FOR PEACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
97% of PADDLE FOR PEACE's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
PADDLE FOR PEACE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PADDLE FOR PEACE
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
81% 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 PADDLE FOR PEACE: 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 PADDLE FOR PEACE?
- PADDLE FOR PEACE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $90,000 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PADDLE FOR PEACE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $90,000 in grants to PADDLE FOR PEACE.
- Who is the largest funder of PADDLE FOR PEACE?
- THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PADDLE FOR PEACE 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 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