Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$555,019

Total expenses

$840,536

Contributions and grants received

$183,162

Grants paid

$50,000

Program service revenue

$371,739

Investment income

$118

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$131,272

Total liabilities, end of year

$10,968

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$120,304

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$805,165

Management and general expenses

$34,969

Fundraising expenses

$402

Program service expenses (Part III)

$805,165

Program services were 95.8% 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 · 2025

• CLEAN CITIES - ZEROLITTER PROGRAM THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES YEARLONG INTERNSHIPS AT 6 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. IT INSPIRES STUDENTS TO EXPAND THEIR THINKING ABOUT TRASH, LANDFILLS, AND THE IDEAS BEHIND A "DISPOSABLE CULTURE". THEY EXAMINE THEIR CAPACITY TO AFFECT CHANGE IN REDUCING THEIR CAMPUSES' WASTE STREAMS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTHY WATERSHEDS. STUDENTS PROMOTE RECYCLING AT HOME, INVESTIGATE THEIR WASTE-MAKING PATTERNS IN SCHOOL, AND GENERAL LITTERING BEHAVIORS IN PUBLIC SPACES. THEY USE COMPUTER TABLETS AND A SPECIAL MAPPING APPLICATION [ZEROLITTER.ORG](HTTP://ZEROLITTER.ORG). IN 2025-26 WE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE LITTER PICKUPS IN 6 HIGH SCHOOLS IN 2 COUNTIES, ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA, WORKING WITH 2,500 STUDENTS. STUDENTS HAVE REMOVED AND CLASSIFIED NEARLY 250,000 PIECES OF LITTER. THE PROGRAM EMPLOYED 134 INTERNS. THEY ALSO DEVELOPED A NEW OVTA TECHNOLOGY TO HELP 4 CITIES MEET THEIR ZERO WASTE GOALS, GENERATING REPORTABLE DATA TO EPACLEAN WATER - SUSTAINABLE WATERSHEDS ACTION TEAMS THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES YEAR-LONG AFTER-SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS AT 8 PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. STUDENTS ENGAGE IN A VARIETY OF HANDS-ON RESTORATION ACTIVITIES, FROM WORKING WITH LOCAL PROFESSIONAL SITE PARTNERS TO DESIGNING THEIR RESTORATION PROJECTS ON CAMPUS. THESE INTERNSHIPS OFFER STEWARDSHIP AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEENS, FEATURING WATERSHED EDUCATION AND RESTORATION AND MARINE DEBRIS EDUCATION AND REDUCTION. IN 2025-26, 132 PARTICIPATING TEENS MET WEEKLY AFTER SCHOOL FOR 32 WEEKS TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR LOCAL WATERSHED AND WORK OUT IN THE FIELD ONCE A MONTH. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AT SEVERAL CITY COUNCILS. THEY RESTORED CREEK SIDE HABITATS AT MARSH CREEK, PINOLE CREEK, AND SAN LORENZO CREEK. CLEAN AIR - SOMETHING IS IN THE AIR (SITA)THE SITA PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND AIR POLLUTION AND TAKE ACTION TO BETTER THEIR ENVIRONMENTS. PROJECTS INCLUDE THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PROJECT. IN 2025-26, 132 INTERNS WORKING IN GROUPS AS YOUTH FOR CLEAN AIR ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR PEERS TO MITIGATE TO STUDY THE IMP-ACTS OF RESUSPENDED TIRE WEAR PARTICLES IN HUMAN HEALTH AND IN WILDLIFE DEATHS (SALMON) AND THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION; THEY CALCULATED THE CARBON FOOTPRINT FOR SEVERAL CAMPUSES AND RECOMMENDED MEASURES TO REDUCE EMISSIONS CAUSED BY VEHICLES, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM SCHOOLS, REDUCTION IN SINGLE-SUE PLASTICS AND QUANTIFIED THE IMPACT THAT PLASTIC PRODUCTION HAS IN THE EMISSION OG GLOBAL WARMING GASES (GHG), AS WELL AS IMPACTS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES SUCH AS OIL REFINERIES, SCHOOL BUILDING'S GENERATORS, AUTO-BODY SHOPS, AND OTHERS.

  Expenses $805,165 · Grants $50,000 · Revenue $371,739

As filed on the 2025 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.

Grants on this return

• FRIENDS OF THE OSA

  $50,000

  SEE MISSION STATEMENT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

17 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202642399349300939

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