Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$26,800,533

Total expenses

$6,767,301

Contributions and grants received

$25,446,742

Grants paid

$2,150,882

Program service revenue

$1,031,855

Investment income

$319,372

Other revenue

$2,564

Total assets, end of year

$30,389,243

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,350,807

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$25,038,436

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,670,801

Management and general expenses

$344,757

Fundraising expenses

$751,743

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,670,801

Program services were 83.8% 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

• ACCESS & BELONGING:EVERYONE DESERVES TO EXPERIENCE NATURE AND TO FEEL A CONNECTION TO PLACE. AT PARKS CALIFORNIA, WE BELIEVE THAT A CONNECTION TO NATURE IS FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR WELL-BEING. PHYSICAL, MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES ALL IMPROVE DRASTICALLY WHEN WE CAN ACCESS AND INTERACT WITH NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CAN FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN OUR ENVIRONMENT. IN 2023 PARKS CALIFORNIA DEEPENED OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING ACCESS TO PARKS BY EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL AND URBAN PARKS AND WORKING TO FACILITATE PEOPLE-TO-PARK CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN POSSIBLE. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.TO HELP CLOSE NATURE-EQUITY GAPS, WE ARE WORKING TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO NATURE AND CONNECT COMMUNITIES TO PARKS BY IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING BARRIERS THAT HAVE KEPT THEM FROM EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND OUR TREASURED NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. PROJECTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SCHOOL FIELD TRIP - PASSPORT, ADVENTURE PASS GRANT, ROUTE TO PARKS GRANT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - URBAN PARKS PROGRAMMING & LOW-COST ACCOMMODATION STUDY, ARTS IN CALIFORNIA PARKS (NEW MULTI-YEAR GRANTS PROGRAM), AND UNTOLD STORIES/INCLUSIVE HISTORY (SHARING THE FULL BREADTH OF PAST, AND CONNECTING PARK SITES TO THE CURRENT WORLD OF VISITORS).CLIMATE & STEWARDSHIP:INNATELY, NATURE HAS ESSENTIAL WORTH. AT PARKS CALIFORNIA, WE BELIEVE THAT FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR PLANETARY HEALTH ARE INTACT AND FLOURISHING NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS. HOME TO THE LARGEST AND MOST DIVERSE STATE PARK SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY, CALIFORNIA'S PARKS HAVE 1.6 MILLION ACRES, 340 MILES OF COASTLINE, 970 MILES OF LAKE AND RIVER FRONTAGE, AND 4,500 MILES OF TRAILS. STATE PARKS PROTECT CRITICAL ECOSYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE FAR BEYOND THE PARK BOUNDARIES, BUT YET OUR PARKS FACE CHALLENGES FROM CLIMATE IMPACTS AND INCREASED VISITATION. THAT IS WHY, WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE, TO ACCELERATE AND SCALE EFFORTS TO TAKE ON THE CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES FACING OUR VALUED LANDSCAPES. PROJECTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LANDSCAPE STEWARDSHIP, CLIMATE FELLOWSHIP, AND INNOVATING TOOLS & TRAINING (SUCH AS VISITOR USE MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT AND EARLY DETECTION RAPID RESPONSE). PARKS FOR THE FUTURE:THE HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA'S PARKS BENEFIT FROM COLLABORATIVE STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. PARKS CALIFORNIA IS BASED ON A NEW AND MORE SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. TOGETHER, WE ENSURE PROTECTED LANDS REMAIN RESILIENT WHILE MEETING THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE. PARKS FOR THE FUTURE TAKE ON MULTIPLE MEANINGS. IT SPEAKS TO OUR NEED FOR PARKS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE, HOW WE STEWARD THESE PLACES TO ENSURE THEIR AND OUR SURVIVAL, AND OF OUR NEED TO INNOVATE TO ENSURE PARKS REMAIN RELEVANT AND ACCESSIBLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. PROJECTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REIMAGINING BIG BASIN, NONPROFIT PARTNER STUDY, VIRTUAL ADVENTURE APP, AND OUTERSPATIAL APP, AND CAREER PATHWAYS GRANT.

  Expenses $5,670,801 · Grants $2,150,882 · Revenue $1,034,419

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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

• COMPUTER USING EDUCATORS AKA CUE

  $171,000

  TO SUPPORT PASSPORTS 2.0

• SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FUND

  $105,000

  TO SUPPORT ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROJECT

• THE STEWARDSHIP NETWORK

  $88,650

  TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR LANDSCAPE-SCALE PARTNERSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA

• SAN JOAQUIN RIVER PARKWAY AND CONSERVATION TRUST

  $73,644

  2023 ADVENTURE PASS GRANT

• LOWELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  $68,400

  2023 ADVENTURE PASS GRANT

• CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY

  $56,000

  CAREER PATHWAYS GRANT PROGRAM

• SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE

  $55,807

  BIG BASIN GRANT

• MEWATER FOUNDATION

  $53,974

  2023 ADVENTURE PASS GRANT

• GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY AKA GGNPC

  $52,283

  TO SUPPORT DATA MANAGEMENT TRAININGS

• ADVENTURE RISK CHALLENGE

  $45,000

  2023-2024 ROUTE TO PARKS GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

7 August 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202412349349300026

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