Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,534,171
- Total expenses
- $1,428,129
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,488,098
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $41,097
- Investment income
- $2,311
- Other revenue
- $2,665
- Total assets, end of year
- $610,721
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $352,644
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $258,077
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,200,112
- Management and general expenses
- $155,397
- Fundraising expenses
- $72,620
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,200,112
Program services were 84.0% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,079,168
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$408,930
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2a · Program service revenue: Fees for Service
total $41,097 · related or exempt $41,097
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3 · Investment income
total $2,311 · excluded $2,311
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $2,665 · related or exempt $2,665
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,665
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $133,027 · program services $86,846 · management and general $13,542 · fundraising $32,639
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $461,302 · program services $350,856 · management and general $74,699 · fundraising $35,747
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $102,370 · program services $95,132 · management and general $6,900 · fundraising $338
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $48,974 · program services $40,864 · management and general $7,183 · fundraising $927
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $21,890 · program services $11,484 · management and general $10,406
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $20,779 · program services $20,779
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $2,000 · fundraising $2,000
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $496,799 · program services $493,398 · management and general $3,401
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $2,370 · program services $282 · management and general $1,530 · fundraising $558
-
14 · Information technology
total $17,994 · program services $9,621 · management and general $8,373
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $33,536 · program services $14,633 · management and general $18,903
-
17 · Travel
total $40,157 · program services $38,795 · management and general $1,362
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $3,990 · program services $15 · management and general $3,615 · fundraising $360
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,426 · program services $4,426
-
23 · Insurance
total $4,001 · program services $1,194 · management and general $2,807
-
24a · Other expenses: Technical and Field Work
total $17,722 · program services $17,722
-
24b · Other expenses: Staff training and development
total $3,556 · program services $1,235 · management and general $2,321
-
24c · Other expenses: Facilities and Food
total $3,118 · program services $630 · management and general $2,488
-
24d · Other expenses: Payroll Service
total $2,683 · program services $1,583 · management and general $1,100
-
24e · All other expenses
total $7,435 · program services $10,617 · management and general -$3,233 · fundraising $51
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $42,819 · end of year $210,213
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $143,043 · end of year $390,321
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $7,274 · end of year $2,274
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$23,053
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$17,266
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $10,213 · end of year $5,787
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $285,751 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,372 · end of year $2,126
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $47,572 · end of year $231,590
-
25 · Other liabilities
end of year $121,054
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $237,928 · end of year $30,804
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $205,972 · end of year $227,273
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The Sierra Fund mission is to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada. We rely on the principles of science, stewardship, environmental justice, and policy advocacy to promote headwater resiliency for the environment and communities impacted by the California Gold Rush. We identify, articulate, assess and implement ways to address these lasting impacts as demonstrated in the body of work that we have developed since our founding in 2001.
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Program: Increasing Sierra Forest Health and Watershed Resiliency to Protect the Regions Health and EnvironmentRestored State Funding and Co-led Legislative Tour for Sierra Conservation The Sierra Fund (TSF) co-chairs a collaboration with American River Conservancy, Sierra Forest Legacy, and Sierra Institute for Community and Environment that recently helped secure natural resource funding benefiting the Sierra. Hundreds of land trusts, conservation nonprofits, and agencies rely on state funds to do the work of protecting the Sierra Nevada. In 2023, the Governors budget proposed cutting millions of dollars from conservation grant programs. Our collaborative advocacy effort helped restore millions of dollars in the budget. For example, $187M was retained at the Wildlife Conservation Board; $16M was restored for the Cascades and High Sierra Upper Watersheds Program; and fire funding for the Sierra Nevada Conservancy was saved. Also in 2023, the collaborative took over 20 legislative staffers on a two-day tour of the Sierra, showcasing the devastating extreme fire impacts and solutions to build a more resilient Sierra. Organized Training Skilling-up Restoration Specialists TSF helped to run the second annual CA Process Based Restoration (Cal PBR) Network Build Like a Beaver training near Lake Almanor, to skill up over 70 restoration professionals. In contrast to more traditional interventions relying on heavy machinery, process-based restoration utilizes cost-effective enhancements, such as beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures, to leverage the systems natural energy for restoration. Process-based restoration can increase the ability of degraded meadow systems to retain water, support biodiversity, create fire resiliency, and adapt to climate change.Completed Phase 1 at Forest Health Demonstration Site TSF finished Phase 1 of the first-of-its-kind forest health project combining hydraulic mine restoration with fuels reduction that is being done at Grizzly Creek Hydraulic Mine Site in the Tahoe National Forest. TSF demonstrated how material from fuel load reduction to address wildfires can be used to create post-assisted log structures that capture sediment and reduce erosion. TSF also demonstrated how biochar can be applied at the site to restore soil health and act like a filter to improve water quality runoff. TSF took various conservation/restoration leaders to the site, to show how biochar is effective at reducing silts, clays, and particulate-bound mercury from getting into the run-off, all while improving soil health and capturing carbon.
Expenses $1,200,112 · Revenue $41,097
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Program: Collaborating with Tribes to Support their Visions for Indigenous Guardianship of the SierraCo-organized the First Tribal Summit on Sierra Forest Health TSF was honored to partner with the United Auburn Indian Community Preservation Department (who hosted the event), Todds Valley Miwok Maidu Cultural Foundation, and the University of California, Davis - Institute of the Environment to co-organize the first Tribal Summit on Sierra Nevada Forest Health in September. The two-day gathering allowed over 45 tribal members and leaders of various tribal stewardship projects to share insights, challenges, and future opportunities to advance Indigenous-led forest management. It was a powerful gathering featuring indigenous cuisine, Native American art, tours of the Maidu Museum, and terrific tribal speakers and discussion.Well installation, Fuel-load Reduction, and Invasive Species removal on Deer Creek CHIRP Property Completed TSF and the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP, the nonprofit of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe) completed many improvements on CHIRPs 32-acre property along Deer Creek. Work included fuel reduction, invasive species removal, and installation of a well to support native planting. The site is a good example of multi-faceted tribal land management, and this is just the first stage of the property revitalization. TSF also led a tour showcasing the site for others doing work to advance climate resilience with tribes attending from other states beyond California.
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Program: Protecting Public Health and Restoring Ecosystems by Advancing Mine RestorationDecision Includes Mine Restoration in Forest Health Work for Tahoe National Forest Thanks to TSFs leadership, hydraulic mine restoration was included in the North Yuba Landscape Resilience Project NEPA Record of Decision for Tahoe National Forest. This will allow for forest health projects to include treatments to address hydraulic mine restoration. Before this, forest projects were not encouraged, or possibly even allowed, by the National Forest to address hydraulic mine restoration in their proposals. Now, hydraulic mine restoration will be a part of the NEPA decision for this region for the next 30 years and beyond to heal these mine-scarred lands.Released Analysis Showing Economic Benefits of Restoring Hydraulic Mines TSF shared eye-opening results with the Yuba Water Agency from our Benefit-Cost Analysis of Hydraulic Mine Restoration, done with the World Resources Institute and funded by the Bay Area Council. The analysis found that for the study area, Oregon Creek and the Middle Yuba, hydraulic mine sites contribute 80-90% of the sediment filling up downstream water agency dams, thereby costing the agency millions to remove sediment to operate their facilities. For example, Yuba Water has spent $20M in the last five years alone to remove sediment from Log Cabin and Our House Dams. The analysis found that for every $1 spent on addressing the source of the problem by restoring the upstream hydraulic mine sites, the agency would save $2.90 in downstream operations.
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Carrie Monohan
Program Dir.
- Total calculated
- $129,150
- From this org
- $129,150
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Joan Clayburgh
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $123,551
- From this org
- $123,551
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Robert Meacher
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alison Harvey
Secretary/Treas
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Coleen Shade
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nils Moe
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim Seward
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Martha Davis
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian Wallace
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 11 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202413169349302086
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