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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ENDANGERED HABITATS LEAGUE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,103,617
Total expenses
$1,315,073
Contributions and grants received
$919,180
Grants paid
$753,749
Program service revenue
$134,393
Investment income
$50,044
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,232,915
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,232,915
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,274,828
Management and general expenses
$40,245
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,274,828

Program services were 96.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $6

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $919,174

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Reimbured expenses

    total $134,343

  • 2b · Program service revenue: List rental

    total $50

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,044

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $102,000 · program services $102,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $651,749 · program services $651,749

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,500 · program services $120,000 · management and general $32,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,000 · program services $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,184 · program services $9,439 · management and general $2,745

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $160,000 · program services $160,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $21,828 · program services $21,828

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,965 · program services $8,965

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,923 · program services $1,923

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,935 · program services $3,935

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $180,000 · program services $180,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,989 · program services $6,989

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $41,912 · end of year $43,115

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,086,383 · end of year $804,800

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $310,000 · end of year $385,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $1,438,295 · end of year $1,232,915

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EHL leads the way toward a better future for southern California through the creation of secure intact native landscapes where diverse, abundant wildlife thrives, by building sustainable human communities with a high quality of life for everyone, and by protecting rural and agricultural lands from being overrun by urban sprawl.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LONG-TERM LAND USE PLANNING STRATEGIES The Endangered Habitats League is dedicated to protecting the many ecosystems of Southern California and to sensitive, sustainable land uses to benefit the regions inhabitants.

  • Since 1991, the Endangered Habitats League has worked on Californias Natural Communities Conservation Planning program. EHL works with local and state advisory groups, reviews and analyzes technical documents, appears in legal proceedings, comments on and/or initiates relevant scientific studies for regional climate action and land use programs. EHL served on the Tejon Ranch Conservancy Board of Directors and on advisory committees in San Diego and Orange Counties, in the former to adopt a new North County habitat plan and in the latter to direct Measure M funding to create connectivity between NCCP regions. In San Bernardino County, in 2025, EHL made progress in its goal to preserve vital habitat for the endangered San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat and restore the upper Santa Ana River. The launch of the Greater Prado Basin Habitat Conservation Plan complements this effort. In Riverside County, EHL worked to protect a regional wildlife linkage along Temecula Creek. EHL participated in a consortium that introduces fishermen to gear systems that do not entangle whales.

    Expenses $431,004 · Grants $102,000

  • EHL takes an active role in cross-border protection of habitats common to Baja California and southern California. EHL partners with Terra Peninsular and Jardin Botanico de San Quintin, Baja-based non-profits which protect habitat in Baja California through land purchases and conservation agreements with land owners, and through education programs for local residents. In 2007 and again in 2012, EHL assisted with important transactions that protected key coastal properties. In 2024, EHL continued assistance to Terra Peninsular for the stewardship of these lands, the undertaking of supporting scientific studies, and, in particular, by protecting legal rights to an essential estuary in the preserve.

    Expenses $663,824 · Grants $651,749

  • In 2006, EHL established the Endangered Habitats Conservancy for the purpose of holding land and conservation easements and managing them for their habitat values. The Conservancy has undertaken extensive habitat restoration programs along the San Diego River and elsewhere, primarily in San Diego County. In 2007, the first acquisition of 314 acres of coastal sage scrub habitat was completed, forming a southern extension of the Crestridge Ecological Preserve. Work continued on acquisition of a two-mile stretch of river basin for habitat restoration and park uses with additional purchases in 2008 and 2009 for a cumulative investment of more than 10,000,000. In 2013, EHL completed the transfer of ownership and management of these lands to EHC. In 2024, EHL continued facilitating the purchase of additional conservation property through a grant for transaction costs and operating support.

    Expenses $180,000 · Grants $180,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Beck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $161,536
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,000
    Other
    $39,536
    Hours/week
    5 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $122,000 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $39,536 related
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported + $161,536 related

  • Daniel Silver

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $125,000
    From this org
    $125,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jess Morton

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $37,500
    From this org
    $37,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Jane Block

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter DeSimone

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Messer

    Director

    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

None.

Answered no

  • 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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
2 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202630929349301143

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