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Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association

Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,826 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ($9,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$49k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$279k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 99%
01What it does

What Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association does

Mission

To support activities in 5 California State Parks

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Printed brochures and bookmarks for Poppy Reserve for handing out to visitors. Installed trail markers at Mitchell Caverns.

    $339 spent
    1% of program spending

  2. Paid for the cost to provide a virtual cell phone tour at the Poppy Preserve.

    $3,388 spent
    14% of program spending

  3. Provided training, materials, supplies for docents; meeting room fee for Tomo Kahni for training; docent recognition expenses.

    $762 spent
    3% of program spending

  4. Newsletter - Mailed to members and others including govt. officials and institutions (contains interpretive information).

    $982 spent
    4% of program spending

  5. Purchased cameras and flashlights at Mitchell Caverns. Purchased new TV and equipment to watch video at Poppy Reserve.

    $173 spent
    1% of program spending

  6. Contingency Fund for State Aides - Donated monies to park contingency fund for Poppy Preserve and Saddleback Butte. Funds are to be used hire/employ state park aides for the visitors centers there.

    $15,600 spent
    65% of program spending

  7. Website Fees - Paid hosting fees to maintain www.prmdia.org for 3 years.

    $688 spent
    3% of program spending

  8. Purchased Reference Material - Purchased historical documents regarding Mitchell Caverns for archives at site.

    $267 spent
    1% of program spending

  9. Resource Protection - Provided hydrogen peroxide wipes to wipe visitor shoes to prevent diseases from being introduced in the caves, particularly fungus that affects bats.

    $108 spent
    0% of program spending

  10. Supplies for events - ie. coffee pot, food, etc.

    $406 spent
    2% of program spending

  11. Interpretive Displays

    $164 spent
    1% of program spending

  12. Facilities Improvements - Purchased postcard rack at Mitchell Caverns. Posters for Saddle Back Butte.

    $1,080 spent
    4% of program spending

  13. Document Protection - Purchased protective storage containers

    $61 spent
    0% of program spending

  14. Community Outreach - Costs of activity to engage community interest

    $155 spent
    1% of program spending

The 14 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $24,173.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($71k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($239k)2018 Revenue 35 ($25k) Expenses 174 ($54k) Net assets 88 ($211k)2019 Revenue 218 ($155k) Expenses 389 ($120k) Net assets 103 ($246k)2020 Revenue 15 ($11k) Expenses 96 ($30k) Net assets 95 ($227k)2021 Revenue 13 ($10k) Expenses 90 ($28k) Net assets 88 ($209k)2022 Revenue 65 ($46k) Expenses 98 ($30k) Net assets 94 ($226k)2023 Revenue 134 ($95k) Expenses 145 ($45k) Net assets 115 ($276k)2024 Revenue 55 ($39k) Expenses 163 ($50k) Net assets 111 ($265k)2025 Revenue 69 ($49k) Expenses 113 ($35k) Net assets 117 ($279k)
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Revenue (69)Expenses (113)Net assets (117)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $226k to $276k (+22%).

$239k
$211k
$246k
$227k
$209k
$226k
$276k
$265k
$279k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$40k
’17
−$28k
’18
$35k
’19
−$19k
’20
−$18k
’21
$16k
’22
$51k
’23
−$11k
’24
$14k
’25
16
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $144.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
2
2
1
1

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association’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

Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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 Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association.

86%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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 Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association

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

Torrey Pines Docent Society80%Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park77%McArthur Burney Falls Interpretive Association77%Malibu Creek Docents77%Gold Discovery Park Association76%Sonoma Petaluma Parks Inc76%Poway-Midland Railroad Volunteers Inc76%California Pioneers of Santa Clara County76%

Nationally

Torrey Pines Docent Society80%Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park77%McArthur Burney Falls Interpretive Association77%Malibu Creek Docents77%Gold Discovery Park Association76%Sonoma Petaluma Parks Inc76%Poway-Midland Railroad Volunteers Inc76%California Pioneers of Santa Clara County76%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association?
Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,826 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ($9,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $10,826 in grants to Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association?
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Poppy ReserveMojave Desert Interpretive Association 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 3 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