California · Nonprofit
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND (California) receives grants from 158 organizations whose IRS filings report $446,908,758 to it, the largest being THE BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($85,457,000). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $80M
- Funders on record
- 158
- Grants received
- $447M
- Net assets
- $138M
What Resources Legacy Fund does
Mission
Resources Legacy Fund builds alliances that advance bold solutions to secure a just and resilient world for people and nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rlf's work in conservation focused on protecting and restoring ecologically and culturally significant lands and waters.
$46,213,377 spentof which $24,107,748 as grants$661,319 earned by the program51% of program spendingRlf's work to address climate change focused on creating economic opportunity and healthy communities, promoting the use of nature-based climate solutions, and strengthening community resilience to wildfire, floods, drought, and extreme heat. As a fiscal sponsor, rlf provided administrative (human resources, legal, financial, technology) services to projects focused on environmental causes.
$40,964,187 spentof which $21,369,447 as grants$586,202 earned by the program45% of program spendingRlf's work to advance community-based environmental change focused on supporting community advocates and leaders in efforts to address environmental threats, improve public health, and ensure access to nature.
$4,221,159 spentof which $2,202,017 as grants$60,405 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $91,398,723.
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 2022 to 2023, from $122M to $175M (+44%).
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% · 2023 1% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Barton Thompson Jr
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $44M → $88M.
25 of 158 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $94k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Fund for a Better Future Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money RESOURCES LEGACY FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 158 funders by total. 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
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 43% · 2019 23% · 2020 17% · 2021 14% · 2022 43% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
36% of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND is better cushioned than half of the 330 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 330 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding RESOURCES LEGACY FUND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of the Interior$750k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RESOURCES LEGACY FUND: 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 RESOURCES LEGACY FUND?
- RESOURCES LEGACY FUND (California) receives grants from 158 organizations whose IRS filings report $446,908,758 to it, the largest being THE BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($85,457,000). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RESOURCES LEGACY FUND have?
- IRS filings report 158 organizations giving $446,908,758 in grants to RESOURCES LEGACY FUND, 74 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND?
- THE BLOOMBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $85,457,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RESOURCES LEGACY FUND 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 158 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing