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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FUND.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 13 July 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,175,537
Total expenses
$2,413,793
Contributions and grants received
$1,469,691
Grants paid
$500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$327,303
Other revenue
$33,149
Total assets, end of year
$2,639,727
Total liabilities, end of year
$113,950
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,525,777
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,153,602
Management and general expenses
$151,053
Fundraising expenses
$109,138
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,153,602

Program services were 89.2% 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)

    $618,004

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $851,687

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,463

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$327,303 · related or exempt -$327,303

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $95,410

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $83,802

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,608 · excluded $11,608

  • 11a · Other revenue: WORKERS COMP REFUND/OT

    total $21,541 · related or exempt $21,541

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,541

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,096,733 · program services $971,998 · management and general $65,579 · fundraising $59,156

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,451 · program services $83,569 · management and general $9,593 · fundraising $289

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,481 · program services $5,769 · management and general $179 · fundraising $2,533

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,362 · program services $877 · management and general $10,186 · fundraising $12,299

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,842 · program services $11,732 · management and general $4,832 · fundraising $278

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $972 · fundraising $972

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $90,565 · program services $83,913 · management and general $6,588 · fundraising $64

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $186,309 · program services $173,895 · management and general $8,714 · fundraising $3,700

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONTRACT SUPPORT

    total $109,445 · program services $109,005 · fundraising $440

  • 24c · Other expenses: INTERN STIPENDS

    total $104,473 · program services $103,393 · management and general $1,080

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $70,712 · program services $5,432 · management and general $40,878 · fundraising $24,402

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $112,448 · program services $104,019 · management and general $3,424 · fundraising $5,005

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $490,465 · end of year $655,129

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,053,638 · end of year $1,653,901

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $246,753 · end of year $49,187

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $466,176 · end of year $1,010

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $9,672

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

    $12,181

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

    $12,181

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,602,044 · end of year $274,477

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $6,023

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $104,714 · end of year $113,950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,565,664 · end of year $1,416,049

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,198,369 · end of year $1,109,728

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS FUND (THE FUND) WORKS TO PROTECT AND ENCOURAGE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. THE FUND ACHIEVES THIS BY SUPPORTING NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) EFFORTS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND PROTECTION, TRAILS AND HABITAT RESTORATION AND OUTREACH, STEWARDSHIP AND PHILANTHROPY.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $1,432,806 · Grants $500,000

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $508,240

  • SEE SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $107,897

  • OUTREACH AND OTHER SPECIAL INITIATIVES: THE FUND PROVIDES YEARLY SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE NPS AND ITS PARTNER PARK ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, SUCH AS THE MOUNTED VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE UNIT, NATIONAL TRAILS DAY, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES. THE FUND ALSO SUPPORTS VARIOUS CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECTS INCLUDING ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AT THE SATWIWA NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE CENTER.

    Expenses $104,659

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marc Kaplan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Thomas Liu

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Kovacs

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dennis H Washburn

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carol Henry

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annmarie Greenwood

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Bliss

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tes Macaraya

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deanna Armbruster

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $70,848
    From this org
    $70,848
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $70,848
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $70,848

  • Nicole Kaplan

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $24,599
    From this org
    $24,599
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $24,599
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $24,599

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

  • NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

    $500,000

    THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT IS TO RESTORE VISITOR SERVICES TO PARAMOUNT RANCH FOLLOWING THE 2018 WOOLSEY FIRE. THE NPS REQUESTS $500,000 FROM THE HELIUM ACT TO BE MATCHED BY OUR CONTRIBUTION OF $500,000.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
31 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323049349302727

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