Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$6,037,101

Total expenses

$3,506,613

Contributions and grants received

$5,660,882

Grants paid

$144,047

Program service revenue

$54,192

Investment income

$238,801

Other revenue

$83,226

Total assets, end of year

$27,506,303

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,162,760

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$25,343,543

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,924,458

Management and general expenses

$893,590

Fundraising expenses

$688,565

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,924,458

Program services were 54.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• STEWARDSHIP: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CURRENTLY OWNS AND/OR MANAGES 20 PROPERTIES TOTALING 2,075.905-ACRES. SAVE MOUNT DIABLO ALSO HOLDS PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 3 PROPERTIES, TOTALING 176-ACRES. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE 3/31/2024 TAX YEAR INCLUDE:- SUCCESSFULLY STEWARDED THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER OUR CARE (PLANTING NATIVE SPECIES, REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES, REGULAR PROPERTY MONITORING, ETC.).- MORE THAN 737 VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED OVER 8,211 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE 2023 - 2024 FISCAL YEAR. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ALL OUR ACTIVITIES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. RECURRENT STEWARDSHIP VOLUNTEERS INCLUDE 27 PROPERTY MONITORS AND 84 VOLUNTEER STEWARDS.- VOLUNTEERS: OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE THE HEROES AND HEROINES OF LAND PRESERVATION. THEY HELP MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE, WHETHER IT BE BY HELPING RESTORE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, BECOMING A HIKE LEADER, ASSISTING WITH EVENT REGISTRATION, STAFFING AID STATIONS, TAKING PHOTOS, OR SETTING-UP EQUIPMENT. THEIR HARD WORK AND GENEROSITY ARE WHAT HELP MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS SO SUCCESSFUL.- STEWARDS ALSO CONTINUED MONTHLY PROPERTY OUTINGS, AND ORGANIZED SMALL WORKDAYS FOR RESTORATION PLANTINGS, WEEDING, MULCHING, WATERING NATIVE PLANTINGS AND CLEAN-UP OUR PROPERTIES.- STAFF CONTINUED MONITORING IMPACTS TO VEGETATION IN THE JACKASS CANYON AREA, WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND CAL FIRE, WORKING TOGETHER TO THIN, CHIP AND MANAGE HAZARDOUS FUEL LOAD IN THE AREA.- WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE LINDSAY WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE, WE CONTINUED TO RELEASE REHABILITATED AMERICAN KESTRELS INTO THE MOUNT DIABLO FOOTHILLS, STRENGTHENING WILDLIFE CORRIDORS.- ADVANCED OUR 10,000 TREES AND NATIVE PLANTS PROJECT, PLANTING AND CARING FOR MORE THAN 3,000 PLANTS INTO OUR REHABILITATION SITES, MANY OF THOSE PLANTS BEING CALIFORNIA MILKWEED AND OTHER POLLINATOR PLANTS FOR MONARCH FORGE, BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.- WE MONITOR AND REMEDIATE STORM DAMAGE ON ALL OUR PROPERTIES. WE INSTALLED A SOLAR WELL AND A WILDLIFE TROUGH AT MC7 TO MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN WILDLIFE HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY IN MARSH CREEK. - STAFF WORKED WITH STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO CREATE A POLLINATOR GARDEN AT MC7, AND FENCED IT WITH CEDAR SPLIT-RAIL FENCING, TO PROTECT THE AREA FROM CATTLE THAT GRAZE FOR FIRE ABATEMENT. THIS IS ALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A GRANT FROM CDFW TO STRENGTHEN WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR LISTED SPECIES AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN MARSH CREEK.- STAFF LED THE 4TH ANNUAL PINE CANYON CLEAN-UP WITH THE MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB, AND THE BAY AREA CLIMBERS COALITION, WHERE WE REMOVED INVASIVE SPECIES, GRAFFITI, AND TRASH FROM THE PINE CANYON AREA, AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS FUEL LOAD FROM THE KNOBCONE POINT AREA WITH A CHIPPER.- WE HOSTED MAJOR CLEAN-UP WORKDAYS, INCLUDING A COASTAL CLEAN-UP WORKDAY IN KIRKER CREEK, WITH THE HELP OF A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE 10 GARBAGE BAGS OF TRASH. - WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PARTNERS TO RESTORE THE BALCERZAK INHOLDING, REMOVING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS FROM THE AREA. TO DATE WE HAVE REMOVED A VOLUME EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS OF METAL ALONE. ON OUR COASTAL CLEANUP DAY, WE REMOVED 3,000 LBS OF DEBRIS.- STAFF CONTINUES TO MANAGE THE PUBLIC TRAILS AT KNOBCONE POINT AND AT MANGINI RANCH EDUCATIONAL PRESERVE.- STEWARDSHIP STAFF LED 4 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DAYS AT CURRY CANYON RANCH FOR MDUSD STUDENTS IN THE BACR CARES PROGRAM, EFFECTIVELY CREATING AN INSPIRING WORKDAY IN THE HILLS.

  Expenses $700,164 · Grants $53,885 · Revenue $17,986

• LAND ACQUISITION & LAND USE: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CONTINUES LONG-TERM NEGOTIATIONS TO PROTECT IMPORTANT PROPERTIES. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE 3/31/2024 TAX YEAR INCLUDE:- CLOSED ESCROW AND ACQUIRED THE 6.69-ACRE KRANE POND PROPERTY FOR $400,000 AND OTHER PROJECT COSTS WITHIN THE MISSING MILE THAT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK. THE MISSING MILE IS ROUGHLY A SQUARE MILE ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF MOUNT DIABLO THAT CONTAINS MUCH PRIVATELY OWNED OPEN SPACE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN CONSERVED. THE KRANE POND PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS WITH MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK AND THIS PROPERTY HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST WATER SOURCES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MOUNT DIABLO WHICH MAKES IT CRITICAL FOR WILDLIFE. - ACQUIRED THE 10-ACRE BALCERZAK INHOLDING PROPERTY FOR $1,075,000 AND OTHER COSTS. THE PROPERTY IS AN INHOLDING, SURROUNDED BY MT. DIABLO STATE PARK, 3 MILES UP CURRY CANYON AND HAS BEEN ON OUR PRIORITY ACQUISITION LIST FOR A LONG TIME.- SECURED AN OPTION AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE 98.01-ACRE GINOCHIO SCHWENDEL RANCH, A HIGH RESOURCE PROPERTY, CONTIGUOUS WITH OTHER LAND SAVE MOUNT DIABLO HAS PROTECTED, IN OUR MOST IMPORTANT ACQUISITION AREA. THE OPTION AGREEMENT GIVES US UNTIL MARCH 2025 TO RAISE ABOUT $1.455 MILLION TO COVER ALL THE PROJECT COSTS.- LEVERAGED OUR RESOURCES AND ASSISTED EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN THEIR ACQUISITION OF THE 768-ACRE FINLEY ROAD RANCH NEXT TO MOUNT DIABLO. SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CONTRIBUTED FUNDS, STAFF TIME, AND OTHER RESOURCES TO THIS LAND ACQUISITION EFFORT. - WE CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE COMPLEX PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS, THE FRUITS OF WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT TO BEAR IN THE COMING YEARS. OUR PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THE EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY AND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, HAVE CONTINUED THE WORK TO PROTECT THE MARSH CREEK AND MORGAN TERRITORY AREAS AND PLACE CRITICAL PROTECTIONS OVER ESSENTIAL HABITAT CORRIDORS. WE MEET WITH LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS ALIKE TO PUSH FOR HIGH-QUALITY MITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. WE COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS ON STRATEGIC ADDITIONS TO THE OVERALL NETWORK OF PRESERVED LANDS ON AND AROUND MOUNT DIABLO.- LAND USE: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO REGULARLY MONITORS THE AGENDAS OF 55 DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMITTEES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES. THIS WORK CAN TAKE TIME AS WE RESEARCH, WRITE LETTERS, TESTIFY, AND COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS. WE RESPONDED TO MORE THAN A DOZEN LAND USE PROJECTS IN THE 2023 - 2024 FISCAL YEAR.- FURTHERED OUR DIABLO RANGE EXPANSION WORK DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERS AND ADVANCING ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO PROTECT IMPORTANT LANDS LIKE TESLA AND DEL PUERTO CANYON.- WE SUPPORTED OR LED THREE BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS, STATEWIDE PROP 4 CLIMATE BOND, A SAN BENITO COUNTY GROWTH CONTROL MEASURE A, AND NO ON MEASURE II IN DUBLIN TO DEFEND A TEN-YEAR-OLD URBAN LIMIT LINE WE HELPED CREATED THERE.

  Expenses $690,473 · Grants $49,038

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $533,821 · Grants $41,124 · Revenue $36,206

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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. 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

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

• NBC UNIVERSAL MEDIA LLC

  $15,000

  OPEN ROADS SUPPORT

• PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION

  $10,396

  SCIENCE & RESEARCH GRANT - CONDORS OF THE DIABLO RANGE

• CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT SAN BENITO

  $10,000

  SUPPORT FOR CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT SAN BENITO - YES ON MEASURE A

• CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION

  $0

  FOR USE WITHIN OPERATIONS

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

29 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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