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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,751,918
Total expenses
$1,839,192
Contributions and grants received
$1,001,814
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$698,784
Investment income
$33,969
Other revenue
$17,351
Total assets, end of year
$3,426,399
Total liabilities, end of year
$200,440
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,225,959
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,490,463
Management and general expenses
$270,256
Fundraising expenses
$78,473
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,490,463

Program services were 81.0% 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)

    $180,098

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $821,716

  • 2a · Program service revenue: HABITAT CONSERVATION

    total $309,164 · related or exempt $309,164

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OUTREACH & EDUCATION

    total $244,238 · related or exempt $244,238

  • 2c · Program service revenue: TRAIL MAINTENANCE & IM

    total $145,382 · related or exempt $145,382

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,969 · excluded $33,969

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $14,279

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $4,310

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $9,969 · excluded $9,969

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $7,382 · excluded $7,382

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,382

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,413 · program services $43,677 · management and general $27,795 · fundraising $7,941

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,008,485 · program services $851,221 · management and general $121,540 · fundraising $35,724

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $20,578 · program services $20,578

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $90,522 · program services $74,863 · management and general $12,098 · fundraising $3,561

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,854 · management and general $33,854

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $231,360 · program services $184,206 · management and general $43,718 · fundraising $3,436

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,371 · program services $343 · fundraising $17,028

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,028 · program services $52,922 · management and general $10,390 · fundraising $7,716

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,568 · program services $18,177 · management and general $4,176 · fundraising $215

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $21,535 · program services $19,625 · fundraising $1,910

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $52,309 · program services $47,886 · management and general $4,423

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $143,588 · program services $132,176 · management and general $11,412

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $34,368 · program services $32,667 · management and general $850 · fundraising $851

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,488 · program services $5,488

  • 24c · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSE

    total $3,534 · program services $3,534

  • 24d · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGE

    total $3,191 · program services $3,100 · fundraising $91

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,103,943 · end of year $912,527

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $30,207 · end of year $36,154

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $262,595 · end of year $340,662

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $234

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,849

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $929,645

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $351,961

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $604,869 · end of year $577,684

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,382,526 · end of year $1,554,289

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $18,270 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $69,445 · end of year $67,597

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $154,255 · end of year $132,843

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,218 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,566,240 · end of year $2,525,302

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $603,252 · end of year $700,657

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LAGUNA CANYON FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE CONSERVATION AND ONGOING PROTECTION OF THE SOUTH COAST WILDERNESS. WE ENVISION A THRIVING COASTAL ECOSYSTEM THAT SERVES AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, CONNECTION, AND REFUGE FOR ALL.

  • HABITAT CONSERVATION: FIELD CREW RESTORES AND MAINTAINS NATIVE HABITAT AND COMPLETES HABITAT MITIGATION AND WILDFIRE FUEL MANAGEMENT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS RUNNING A NATIVE PLANT NURSERY AND OFFERING HABITAT MAINTENANCE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,085,287 · Revenue $309,164

  • OUTREACH AND EDUCATION: VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OFFERS ONE-DAY AND LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING PATROLLING WILDERNESS PARK BACKCOUNTRY, LEADING HIKES, AND MORE. TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIELD TRIP PROGRAM INTRODUCES OVER 5,000 UNDERSERVED AND LOCAL YOUTH TO THE WILDERNESS EVERY YEAR.

    Expenses $283,703 · Revenue $244,238

  • TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT: TRAIL CREW MAINTAINS AND IMPROVES TRAILS IN ALISO AND WOOD CANYONS AND LAGUNA COAST WILDERNESS PARKS, CLOSES UNAUTHORIZED TRAILS TO PROTECT HABITAT, AND OFFERS TRAIL MAINTENANCE VOLUNTEER DAYS.

    Expenses $121,473 · Revenue $145,382

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Kremer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Scott Ferguson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Thomas

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Draper

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ken Frank

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Calen Offield

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Adele Heuer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Madeleine Peterson

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Larson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carey Strombotne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Norton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Derrick Ankerstar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Johanna Felder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sue Kempf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gayle Waite

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Merrill Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pam Passow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karin Vardaman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,667
    From this org
    $10,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Hallie Jones

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 09/2023)

    Total calculated
    $115,831
    From this org
    $106,837
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,994
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jacky Cordero

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,810
    From this org
    $107,510
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,300
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511089349300126

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