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← VOLCAN MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by VOLCAN MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$563,061
Total expenses
$365,522
Contributions and grants received
$553,287
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$4,246
Investment income
$1,928
Other revenue
$3,600
Total assets, end of year
$4,697,031
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,003,065
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,693,966
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$271,832
Management and general expenses
$52,329
Fundraising expenses
$41,361
Program service expenses (Part III)
$271,832

Program services were 74.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $25,131

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $523,156

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $4,246 · related or exempt $4,246 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,928 · related or exempt $1,928 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $25,131

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,600 · related or exempt $600 · unrelated business $3,000 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,600

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $100,828 · program services $57,180 · management and general $22,985 · fundraising $20,663

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,947 · program services $28,025 · management and general $922 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,630 · program services $0 · management and general $3,630 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,999 · program services $0 · management and general $1,999 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,532 · program services $5,984 · management and general $4,548 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,649 · program services $1,649 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,922 · program services $206 · management and general $3,716 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $8,220 · fundraising $8,220

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $93,019 · program services $92,619 · management and general $0 · fundraising $400

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,584 · program services $1,884 · management and general $821 · fundraising $3,879

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,080 · program services $453 · management and general $2,745 · fundraising $1,882

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,349 · program services $1,888 · management and general $461 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $9,671 · program services $4,198 · management and general $5,473 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,106 · program services $3,803 · management and general $73 · fundraising $230

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18 · program services $18 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $31,989 · program services $31,989

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,265 · program services $8,265 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,161 · program services $1,366 · management and general $4,719 · fundraising $76

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food and Beverage

    total $4,187 · program services $2,240 · management and general $77 · fundraising $1,870

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Service Fees

    total $3,509 · program services $137 · management and general $62 · fundraising $3,310

  • 24c · Other expenses: Membership & Govt Fees

    total $260 · program services $260 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Property Maintenance

    total $28,702 · program services $28,702 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,895 · program services $966 · management and general $98 · fundraising $831

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $123 · end of year $35

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $523,915 · end of year $417,768

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,885 · end of year $3,405

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

    $4,279,530

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

    $59,904

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,923,218 · end of year $4,219,626

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $74,161 · end of year $56,197

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $1,000,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,084 · end of year $3,065

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,516,218 · end of year $3,693,966

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve the 15-mile long Volcan Mountain Range in its natural state for all generations.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve the 15-mile long Volcan Mountains range in its natural state for all generations.

  • Acquisitions & Land Preservation: For over 35 years, VMF has been preserving land within the 15-mile long Volcan Mountain Range by facilitating strategic acquisitions, and since 2009 by directly acquiring and managing 396 acres of key conserved lands. Since 1989, more than 19,000 acres of land have been acquired by conservation agencies and organizations, bringing conserved land within the 52,000 acre range to roughly 42,000 acres. VMF actively monitors land ownership within the range for opportunities and raises funds for, and maintains, a substantial land acquisition fund so that it can move quickly to purchase high-value conservation property as it becomes available from willing sellers. Building and maintaining partnerships with public agencies and conservation organizations that can own, manage and fund conservation lands is an ongoing, instrumental part of VMF's preservation activities as we continue to work to see that all lands within the range are preserved.

    Expenses $78,984 · Revenue $4,246

  • Stewardship: Habitat Conservation, Monitoring & Natural Resource Management Although the Volcan Mountain Foundation only first became a land owner and manager in 2009, VMF has been partnering with San Diego County Parks & Recreation rangers and staff for over two decades on botanical and rare plant field surveys, habitat restoration projects, and building and maintaining trails. That experience is now brought to bear on the nearly 400 acres that VMF owns and manages on Volcan Mountain. VMF staff and volunteers have worked to restore forest health through coordinated conifer replanting efforts after devastating wildfires. We work to ensure ongoing oak forest and headwaters health in the face of invasive pests, like the gold-spotted oak borer, with a multigenerational oak replanting project, and through removal of invasive species, like bull thistle and the Chinese tree of heaven. VMF's volunteer Wildlife Imaging Team monitors and tracks wildlife presence on VMF and adjacent properties in partnership with Volcan Mountain neighbors, regional wildlife biologists, San Diego Natural History Museum and others.

    Expenses $102,874

  • Environmental Education & Community Outreach: VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center is an inspiring site to experience and learn about the importance of the forests and headwaters of San Diego County. Water from the Volcan Mountain Range feed four of the largest watersheds in San Diego County. For thousands of years, Native Americans have known the importance of Volcan Mountain; calling it Hahachepang--'where the waters come from'. Now school kids, families and adult life-long learners come to the Nature Center to discover and learn about what watersheds are and the importance of keeping them, and their headwaters healthy. Visitors make uplifting nature connections and experience history and culture in ancient conifer and oak forests. By offering motivating experiences and developing critical ecoliteracy VMF is cultivating the future generations of nature-loving conservation stewards that will protect Volcan Mountain and the world's environment.

    Expenses $89,974

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eric Jones

    President

    Total calculated
    $58,560
    From this org
    $58,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Susan Meyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $42,320
    From this org
    $42,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jay Evarts

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • David Rubenson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Toni Marquette

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vicki Bergstrom

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Valerie Cournoyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeffrey Holt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael Pinto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Greg Schuett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kathy Wilder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Cody Petterson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael Beck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Howard Levenson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jeffrey Lincer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2022
Filed
6 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302839349300705

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