California · Nonprofit
YES Nature to Neighborhoods
YES Nature to Neighborhoods (California) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,607,502 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($2,578,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $8.4M
What YES Nature to Neighborhoods does
Mission
In partnership with nature, YES nurtures leaders who champion the wellbeing of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
YES continued to build strong partnerships with local schools through the Richmond Outdoors Coalition (ROC), of which YES is the fiscal sponsor. The ROC completed year two of a three-year pilot program in two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school this past school year. Through this partnership, YES has collaborated with WCCUSD teachers, administrators, and counselors to engage students and their families in multiple, repeated, and reinforcing outdoor experiences all year. In Year 2 of implementation (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025), the ROC reached 1,414 Richmond children, youth, and adults, including 43 families, through outdoor programming. On average each individual participated in 34 hours of programming across an average of 5 different program experiences during the year.
$877,951 spentof which $214,962 as grants35% of program spendingA total of 80 youth ages 8-18 participated within YES's Youth Leadership Pathway programs. Youth ages 8-13 learned about their responsibility to the natural environment through regular outdoor and camping trips. Youth visited locations such as Point Reyes National Seashore and the East Bay Regional Park District, learning about diverse wildlife and ecosystems.Teens ages 14-18 continued an ongoing park enhancement project at Nicholl Park, and they organized awareness campaigns to prevent pet waste pollution from entering San Pablo Creek Watershed. Their efforts helped to protect and preserve local outdoor spaces, ensuring that Richmond youth and families are able to access the benefits of nature for years to come.
$825,311 spentof which $15,000 as grants33% of program spendingAdult programs support adults aged 18 and older in developing into civic-minded community members. 38 adults participated in adult programming in 2024-25. Adult programs support adults in developing and harnessing their strengths and passions to achieve their personal goals and grow as leaders. Participants gain leadership skills, individualized mentoring, and engage in community-based action projects.
$467,603 spent19% of program spending234 youth and families participated in 3 Family Camps experiencing weekend-long family camps. Campers participated in hiking, archery, ziplining, environmental education, and traditional camp games. In the process, they built their self-confidence and social and leadership skills; they were challenged in a new environment; and they formed new friendships and relationships with peers, older youth role models, and adult mentors. 61 youth and families explored outdoor spaces within their own communities at Nature Day Outings.YES supported 9 adults with Wellness Community Care Circles, 9 youth in a Wellness Club.13 received 1:1 counseling support, monthly mentor-ship, and regular wellness checks. 8 families received a small Resilience Fund with emergency cash during times of hardship, and 120 gift cards were distributed to 34 YES families during the December holiday.
$314,361 spentof which $9,200 as grants13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,485,226.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.8M to $7.4M (+55%).
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 12% · 2018 7% · 2019 9% · 2020 11% · 2021 24% · 2022 5% · 2023 10% · 2024 6% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of YES Nature to Neighborhoods’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Francis Tompkins
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $345k → $1.9M.
18 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 YES Nature to Neighborhoods’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
YES Nature to Neighborhoods has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
64% 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 YES Nature to Neighborhoods.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 27% · 2019 44% · 2020 42% · 2021 20% · 2022 14% · 2023 19% — 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
54% of YES Nature to Neighborhoods's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
57% of YES Nature to Neighborhoods'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 $5.0M that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
YES Nature to Neighborhoods runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like YES Nature to Neighborhoods
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YES Nature to Neighborhoods: 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 YES Nature to Neighborhoods?
- YES Nature to Neighborhoods (California) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,607,502 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($2,578,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does YES Nature to Neighborhoods have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $11,607,502 in grants to YES Nature to Neighborhoods, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YES Nature to Neighborhoods?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,578,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YES Nature to Neighborhoods 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 61 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