Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,070,772
- Total expenses
- $7,504,789
- Contributions and grants received
- $888,887
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $5,966,963
- Investment income
- $212,410
- Other revenue
- $2,512
- Total assets, end of year
- $6,660,917
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,640,827
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $5,020,090
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $6,913,313
- Management and general expenses
- $498,703
- Fundraising expenses
- $92,773
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $6,913,313
Program services were 92.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$888,887
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2a · Program service revenue: PARK USE FEES
total $5,398,845 · related or exempt $5,398,845
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2b · Program service revenue: RETAIL SALES
total $568,118 · related or exempt $568,118
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3 · Investment income
total $212,410 · excluded $212,410
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
total $2,512 · related or exempt $2,512
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,512
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $353,649 · program services $231,572 · management and general $122,077
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,356,234 · program services $3,070,634 · management and general $218,540 · fundraising $67,060
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $94,292 · program services $89,430 · management and general $4,862
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $157,666 · program services $149,537 · management and general $8,129
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $298,699 · program services $267,670 · management and general $25,909 · fundraising $5,120
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $2,527 · program services $2,201 · management and general $318 · fundraising $8
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $20,500 · program services $17,858 · management and general $2,576 · fundraising $66
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $70,909 · program services $61,771 · management and general $8,910 · fundraising $228
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $193,138 · program services $148,664 · management and general $44,474
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $104,225 · program services $81,626 · management and general $22,599
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17 · Travel
total $42,952 · program services $41,822 · management and general $1,130
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,599 · program services $7,305 · management and general $2,234 · fundraising $60
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $5,767 · program services $5,767
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23 · Insurance
total $40,417 · program services $33,922 · management and general $6,495
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24a · Other expenses: INTERPRETIVE & CSP SUPPORT
total $1,556,451 · program services $1,556,451
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24b · Other expenses: PROJECT CONSULTING
total $417,464 · program services $417,464
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24c · Other expenses: RETAIL PURCHASES
total $232,099 · program services $230,621 · management and general $1,478
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24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
total $178,659 · program services $155,840 · management and general $12,242 · fundraising $10,577
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24e · All other expenses
total $369,542 · program services $343,158 · management and general $16,730 · fundraising $9,654
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $484,028 · end of year $481,059
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $5,009,734 · end of year $4,112,062
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $321,883 · end of year $375,908
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $130,876 · end of year $129,449
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $3,942 · end of year $4,053
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,443,529
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$261,311
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,187,985 · end of year $1,182,218
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $448,304 · end of year $376,168
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,684,341 · end of year $1,264,659
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $448,304 · end of year $376,168
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,178,453 · end of year $4,213,036
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $275,654 · end of year $807,054
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS IS A VITAL PARTNER TO CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, CREATIVELY WORKING TO ENSURE PARKS AND BEACHES THROUGHOUT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY AND COASTAL SAN MATEO COUNTY ARE THRIVING AND AVAILABLE TO ALL.
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Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is a vital partner to California State Parks, creatively working to ensure parks and beaches throughout Santa Cruz County and Coastal San Mateo County are thriving and available to all. Friends innovative and collaborative community partnership invests in our cherished state parks and beaches, providing services and funding to support education, equity and inclusion, conservation, facilities improvements, historic preservation, and cultural events. Friends: provides visitor services in the parks by Visitor Service Aides (VSAs) and Senior Visitor Service Aides (SVSAs); operates stores in five parks and online; provides revenue for parks improvement projects and funding for Park employees to deliver interpretive services to the public, as well as maintenance services. Friends also provides staff to assist with: fundraising, grant-writing and membership; volunteer recruitment; event and project management; historic preservation, technology; equity and outreach; accounting; strategic planning; and communications and public relations.Specific accomplishments during the past year include, but are not limited to: Served 2982 students in-person and 1594 students online in our Kids2Parks equityfield trip program. Funded two State Parks facilities Maintenance staff at Castle Rock State Park and 19 State Parks facilities positions. Employed 92 Field Staff to support park operations. Funded volunteer and staff training, supplies, and support services. Funded 36 State Park Interpreters who provided educational programs at local parksand beaches. Participated in outreach events in State Parks, Museums and in the community. Coordinated projects at the Castro Adobe State Historic Park including fabrication and installation of interpretation designs and managing the adjacent Kimbro and McClune properties for park purposes.Documented policies and procedures of the Edna Kimbro Early California HistoryArchives, including transferring ownership to Friends and accepting the Brancifortecollection. Administered the Beach Wheelchair program, including supporting the annual SharedAdventures Day. Completed and assessed the pilot Equity Fellowship program in collaboration withState Parks, Mountain Parks Foundation and Portola and Castle Rock Foundation. Continued support of the long-term recovery of Big Basin State Park includingoperating an online reservation system for day-use and seasonal shuttle operations,assisting in the creation of temporary camping at Rancho del Oso, and funds to improve in-park communications. Supported Seacliff recovery planning and utilized the Seacliff Recovery Fund to pay for fence panels and to repair the Moosehead Trail and Beach Gate Entry. Created the Wilder Ranch Recovery Fund after storms flooded the visitor center, store and barn. Facilitated the payment for engineering plans to rebuild the Montara State Beachstaircase utilizing funds from Coastside State Parks Association.
Expenses $6,913,313 · Revenue $5,969,475
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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BONNY HAWLEY
EXECUTIVE DIR.
- Total calculated
- $220,245
- From this org
- $207,625
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,620
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $207,625
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $12,458
- Nontaxable benefits
- $162
- Filer's total
- $220,245
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PEGGY SUE DANIELSON
OPERATIONS DIR.
- Total calculated
- $156,856
- From this org
- $147,977
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,879
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $147,977
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,879
- Filer's total
- $156,856
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DAVE JOHNSON
IT DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $139,054
- From this org
- $131,183
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,871
- Hours/week
- 40
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LAURA PASCAL
FINANCE DIR.
- Total calculated
- $133,404
- From this org
- $124,760
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,644
- Hours/week
- 40
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JESSICA KUSZ
PROJECT MANAGER
- Total calculated
- $124,317
- From this org
- $119,767
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,550
- Hours/week
- 40
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NIKOLARA DUNBAR-JANSONS
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MAGGIE MATHIAS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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STUART KITAYAMA
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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GEORGANN SCALLY
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ANN LAUTEN FAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BARNEY LEVY JR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHARLENE DUVAL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CHARLIE KIEFFER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CURT SIMMONS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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ED NEWMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CRISSY CANLAS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 13 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202511339349304251
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