California · Nonprofit
TAHOE FUND
TAHOE FUND (California) receives grants from 110 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,399,593 to it, the largest being Tahoe Community Foundation ($11,678,759). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 110
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Tahoe Fund does
Mission
To use the power of philanthropy to improve the Lake Tahoe environment for all to enjoy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Recreation: the Tahoe Fund provides grants to critical environment improvement projects in lake tahoe that will create sustainable outdoor recreation. The Tahoe Fund provided funding for a number of sustainable recreation projects around the basin, including the extension of the east shore trail with funding for new parking lots along sr28, the meeks ridge trail on the west shore of tahoe, and grooming of xc trails with nevada nordic.
$834,649 spentof which $700,520 as grants34% of program spendingStewardship: the Tahoe Fund executes initiatives and provides grants to critical environment improvement projects in lake tahoe that encourage greater stewardship of the tahoe basin. Tahoe Fund awarded a number of grants to organizations that are expanding access and inclusion in tahoe, including sos outreach to get underserved kids out skiing and riding, accessiblity improvements at watermans landing, new interpretive panels at the crystal bay fire lookout and murals in forest service pit toilets. The Tahoe Fund continued to fund the regional stewardship collaboration called take care tahoe with new messages and billboards on major highways into tahoe and was a major funding partner in the execution of the new destination stewardship plan.
$784,031 spentof which $280,495 as grants32% of program spendingForest health: the Tahoe Fund provides grants to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration in the tahoe basin to prevent catastrophic wildfire. Some of the highlights included a new mastication machine for south lake tahoe, sponsorship of the ca governors wildfire task force convening, and scholarships for foresty students at lake tahoe community college.
$470,664 spentof which $251,703 as grants19% of program spendingConservation: the Tahoe Fund provides grants to critical environment improvement projects in lake tahoe that will help to restore lake clarity. The Tahoe Fund granted money to roving ais inspectors to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species, and the kahle complete streets project that will reduce run-off into the lake.
$250,690 spentof which $181,523 as grants10% of program spendingOutreach: the Tahoe Fund, on its own and in collaboration with other organizations, raises awareness of the environmental needs of lake tahoe and the basin. The Tahoe Fund actively participates in the lake tahoe partnership, a collaboration of public and private groups in the basin that are all focused on protecting the environment through environmental improvement projects. In addition, the Tahoe Fund is a member of the california tahoe alliance that is dedicated to lobbying for funding for the environmental improvement program. Through these efforts the Tahoe Fund met with elected officials in california, nevada and federally to educate on the need for more public support of environmental projects. The Tahoe Fund sponsored and organized the 2024 lake tahoe summit, a discussion of the importance of protecting and restoring lake tahoe. The summit was attended by the senators and congressmen of california and nevada, the nevada governor and the us secretary of transportation. It was also livestreamed to an audience of more than 1000 online. The Tahoe Fund also helps promote lake tahoe license plates. The plates program supports hiking and biking trails and watershed restoration…
$89,157 spent$6,000 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,429,191.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.7M to $8.7M (+85%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of TAHOE FUND’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 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.
Chief executive
Amy Berry
CEO
Board chair
Verdi Disesa
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $649k → $1.6M.
26 of 110 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 TAHOE FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 110 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
TAHOE FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 TAHOE FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 29% · 2019 54% · 2020 22% · 2021 19% · 2022 16% · 2023 31% — 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
56% of TAHOE FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
88% of TAHOE FUND'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 $2.3M that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside California, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
TAHOE FUND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like TAHOE 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TAHOE 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 TAHOE FUND?
- TAHOE FUND (California) receives grants from 110 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,399,593 to it, the largest being Tahoe Community Foundation ($11,678,759). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TAHOE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 110 organizations giving $19,399,593 in grants to TAHOE FUND, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TAHOE FUND?
- Tahoe Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,678,759 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TAHOE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 110 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