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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,779,709
Total expenses
$2,794,025
Contributions and grants received
$1,440,746
Grants paid
$927,495
Program service revenue
$1,322,901
Investment income
$16,062
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,545,552
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,007,663
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$537,889
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,507,247
Management and general expenses
$286,778
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,507,247

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $206,996

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,233,750

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,813

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $1,322,901 · related or exempt $1,322,901

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,062 · excluded $16,062

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $927,495 · program services $927,495

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,588 · program services $109,571 · management and general $24,017

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $322,847 · program services $264,804 · management and general $58,043

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,410 · program services $6,898 · management and general $1,512

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,736 · program services $16,188 · management and general $3,548

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $37,268 · program services $30,568 · management and general $6,700

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $23 · program services $20 · management and general $3

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $138,683 · program services $119,774 · management and general $18,909

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $450 · management and general $450

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $954,100 · program services $824,013 · management and general $130,087

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,554 · program services $1,491 · management and general $7,063

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $741 · program services $119 · management and general $622

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,213 · program services $184 · management and general $1,029

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,088 · program services $53 · management and general $5,035

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $272 · program services $272

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,099 · program services $1,732 · management and general $7,367

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGAM COSTS

    total $211,627 · program services $201,627 · management and general $10,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES AND SERVICE C

    total $11,783 · program services $1,789 · management and general $9,994

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $1,418 · program services $215 · management and general $1,203

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES, FEES, AND LICENS

    total $932 · program services $141 · management and general $791

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $698 · program services $293 · management and general $405

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $627,718 · end of year $1,356,169

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $126,111

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $366,484 · end of year $33,250

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $131,348 · end of year $5,704

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $23,744 · end of year $24,318

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,769 · end of year $47,470

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $359,678 · end of year $960,193

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $166,666

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $182,060 · end of year $293,158

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $369,121 · end of year $244,731

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, IMPROVE AND PROMOTE THE USE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS AND OPEN SPACES FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES TO BENEFIT ALL GENERATIONS IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

  • INVEST IN PEOPLE: TIME IN NATURE CAN IMPROVE MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH. HOWEVER, NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THOSE BENEFITS. WE DEVELOP PROGRAMS DESIGNED WITH COMMUNITY TO BROADEN REPRESENTATIVE PARTICIPATION IN AND BENEFIT FROM OUR PARKS.

    Expenses $1,417,063 · Grants $463,748 · Revenue $748,805

  • INVEST IN PLACES: PARKS AND OUTDOOR SPACES SUPPORT OUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. HOWEVER, PARKS ACREAGE IS NOT DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY AND BASIC PARK UPGRADES ARE UNDERFUNDED. WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PARK IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGNS.

    Expenses $1,090,184 · Grants $463,747 · Revenue $574,096

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lilia Chagolla

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Francisco Paco Estrada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lesley Harris Esq

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Namba

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheila Peck

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Corwin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Hayden

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adriana Mata

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mariah Roberts

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,588
    From this org
    $133,588
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • CITY OF CAPITOLA

    $875,514

    CAPITOLA CAPITAL PROJECT

  • SIMPKINS FAMILY SWIM COMPLEX

    $10,694

    PROGRAM FEES FOR POOL GUARDS

  • SCC RESIDENTS FOR CLEAN WATER FIRE SAFETY & CLIMATE RESILIENCE

    $10,000

    DONATION TO CAMPAIGN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349327141

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