California · Nonprofit
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,282 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($58,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $380k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $178k
- Net assets
- $636k
What South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition does
Mission
To reclaim, restore, and revitalize the creeks and rivers in the Santa Clara Valley watershed.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Cleaned multiple waterways in the Santa Clara Valley watershed which has allowed salmon to swim into areas where trash or debris had been blocking their way.
$223,152 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $223,152.
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 $96k to $332k (+245%).
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: 2018 87% · 2020 69% · 2021 73% · 2022 56% · 2023 83% · 2024 66% · 2026 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition’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. 2 of the last 10 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
Steve Holmes
Exec. Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $30k → $35k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition’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
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 52% · 2023 58% — 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.
Where its funders are
76% of South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition'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. Of the $43k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $135k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 88 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 88 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition: 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 South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition?
- South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,282 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($58,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $178,282 in grants to South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $58,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 7 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