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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by REDWOOD FOREST FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$53,643,874
Total expenses
$3,716,779
Contributions and grants received
$589,895
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$55,564
Investment income
$112,227
Other revenue
$52,886,188
Total assets, end of year
$90,117,943
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,817,116
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$68,300,827
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,291,329
Management and general expenses
$386,724
Fundraising expenses
$38,726
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,291,329

Program services were 88.6% 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)

    $294,412

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $295,483

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM INCOME

    total $55,564 · related or exempt $55,564

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $41,920 · excluded $41,920

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,392 · other assets $875,121

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $5,437 · other assets $804,769

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$45 · other assets $70,352

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $70,307 · related or exempt $70,307

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $6,663,145

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $734,085

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,929,060 · related or exempt $5,929,060

  • 11a · Other revenue: CANCELLATION OF DEBT

    total $46,957,128 · related or exempt $46,957,128

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $46,957,128

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $88,000 · management and general $88,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,087,656 · program services $830,355 · management and general $257,301

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $236 · program services $236

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,748 · program services $43,585 · management and general $2,163

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $30,657 · program services $30,657

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,261 · program services $21,221 · management and general $19,440 · fundraising $27,600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $26,264 · program services $15,138 · fundraising $11,126

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $33,744 · program services $33,744

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,173 · program services $7,569 · management and general $5,604

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,428 · program services $3,628 · management and general $800

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,190,342 · program services $1,190,342

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $184,283 · program services $184,283

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $75,779 · program services $75,779

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $465,298 · program services $465,298

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONSERVATION

    total $262,200 · program services $262,200

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAX & LICENSES

    total $99,408 · program services $94,660 · management and general $4,748

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION

    total $41,302 · program services $32,634 · management and general $8,668

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,655,789 · end of year $4,142,451

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,235 · end of year $332,768

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $155,380 · end of year $166,994

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $319,688 · end of year $104,363

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $208,191 · end of year $138,794

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $115,854 · end of year $107,322

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

    $88,595,274

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

    $3,470,023

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $85,010,461 · end of year $85,125,251

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $213,269 · end of year $319,535

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $70,882,597 · end of year $21,497,581

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,355,292 · end of year $68,284,031

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,440 · end of year $16,796

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO ACQUIRE, PROTECT, RESTORE AND MANAGE FORESTLANDS AND OTHER RESOURCES IN THE REDWOOD REGION FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES LOCATED THERE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO ACQUIRE, PROTECT, RESTORE, AND MANAGE FORESTLANDS AND OTHER RELATED RESOURCES IN THE REDWOOD REGION FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES LOCATED THERE.

  • THE FOUNDATION PROTECTS AND MANAGES FORESTLAND TO ENSURE ECOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE, INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY PRACTICES PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT IN FORESTLAND MANAGEMENT, WATERSHED AND HABITAT RESTORATION, TIMBER HARVESTING, AND FOREST PRODUCTS PROCESSING. THIS IS FOR THE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF ALL THE CITIZENS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA REGION IN PERPETUITY.

    Expenses $38,595 · Revenue $70,352

  • IN CONTINUANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION'S DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING FULLY INVENTORYING, ASSESSING AND EVALUATING ITS FORESTLANDS, THE ORGANIZATION IS REGISTERED ON THE CLIMATE ACTION RESERVE REGISTRY FOR CARBON CREDITS AND SELLS CARBON CREDITS FOR THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OFFSET BY THE ORGANIZATION'S FORESTLANDS.

    Expenses $3,252,734 · Revenue $5,929,200

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Candace Skarlatos

    TREASURER & CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Romm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Gienger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Balok

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Robert Hrubes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen Moxon

    INTERIM PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $88,000
    From this org
    $88,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • USAL REDWOOD FOREST COMPANY LLC

    SUPPORT THE PURPOSES OF REDWOOD FOREST FOUNDATION, INC · DE · income $7,922,409 · assets $66,798,534

    Directly controlled by REDWOOD FOREST FOUNDATION INC

  • REDWOOD REGION RENEWABLES LLC

    PRODUCE AND SELL RENEWABLE PRODUCTS FROM FOREST BIOMASS FOR RFFI'S BENEFIT · CA · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by REDWOOD FOREST FOUNDATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543019349300444

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