Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$525,566

Total expenses

$404,765

Contributions and grants received

$475,146

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$50,420

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,099,154

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,099,154

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$369,454

Management and general expenses

$30,176

Fundraising expenses

$5,135

Program service expenses (Part III)

$369,454

Program services were 91.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• ADVOCACY: The Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust has advocated for the protection of Los Cerritos Wetlands and the surrounding San Gabriel River estuary since 2001. In 2025, the Land Trust conducted environmental advocacy campaigns and provided oversight, collaboration, expertise, and defense of the wetlands in the following areas: We engaged experts to review a plan to use pumps to circulate water in Alamitos Bay, with the goal of demonstrating that more environmentally friendly pollution abatement alternatives are viable. We organized opposition to a proposal to construct environmentally damaging solar panels (intended to power oil operations) adjacent to sensitive publicly owned lands that are habitat for threatened species. We are monitoring proposed development projects within the Los Cerritos Wetlands Complex. We publicized and attended workshops on restoration designs to ensure the public is aware of the increased habitat protection this plan will provide.

  Expenses $141,031 · Grants $25,000

• COMMUNITY OUTREACH & PUBLIC EDUCATION: The Land Trust offers numerous education programs. Among these is the unique community service of free monthly guided nature walks through the wetlands led by trained ecologists and naturalists. These experts provide an immersive experience in our local wetlands while educating attendees about their history and importance. Due to the ongoing restoration of the Southern Area, we redirected our Raptor Ramble nature walk through Gum Grove Park. We host educational kayak tours of Steamshovel Slough, the most pristine part of the wetlands, led by a trained naturalist. The Land Trust also offers field trips for elementary classrooms, with an emphasis on students from Title I schools. We collaborate with the Long Beach parks district on their hands-on Be S.A.F.E. summer youth program by hosting youth from some of Long Beachs most urban neighborhoods at Zedler Marsh so they can learn about and explore the tidal salt marsh ecosystem.

  Expenses $116,258 · Grants $20,000

• RESTORATION, STEWARDSHIP & GENERAL MISSION: In 2025, the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust supported activities to advance the mission of preserving, protecting, and stewarding Los Cerritos Wetlands as a healthy, natural open space, with an emphasis on restoring habitat for the Beldings Savannah Sparrow. We sponsored extensive habitat restoration, including efforts to improve wetland water quality. We sponsored the removal of invasive plants, maintained a robust native plant demonstration garden, and publicized community-based restoration events.

  Expenses $112,165 · Grants $62,500

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

20 June 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.1

Source object

202621719349300102

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