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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by YOSEMITE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$23,940,076
Total expenses
$17,597,546
Contributions and grants received
$21,005,224
Grants paid
$6,100,052
Program service revenue
$1,393,029
Investment income
$199,771
Other revenue
$1,342,052
Total assets, end of year
$41,019,518
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,168,331
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$35,851,187
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,627,116
Management and general expenses
$1,674,208
Fundraising expenses
$3,296,222
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,627,116

Program services were 71.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $21,005,224

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $678,639

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $1,393,029 · related or exempt $1,393,029

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $419,018 · excluded $419,018

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $67,330

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $152,181

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$84,851

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$84,851 · excluded -$84,851

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,593,922

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

    securities $7,813,169

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$219,247

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$219,247 · excluded -$219,247

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,285,523

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,905,700

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,379,823 · related or exempt $1,379,823

  • 11a · Other revenue: DONOR EVENTS

    total $41,280 · excluded $41,280

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,800 · excluded $5,800

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $47,080

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,100,052 · program services $6,100,052

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,006,244 · program services $229,161 · management and general $440,798 · fundraising $336,285

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,452,266 · program services $2,862,977 · management and general $372,883 · fundraising $216,406

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $169,512 · program services $142,385 · management and general $18,000 · fundraising $9,127

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $493,621 · program services $398,542 · management and general $58,229 · fundraising $36,850

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $476,074 · program services $275,517 · management and general $84,328 · fundraising $116,229

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $138,353 · management and general $20,075 · fundraising $118,278

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,333 · management and general $60,333

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $229,250 · fundraising $229,250

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $91,824 · management and general $91,824

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $814,482 · program services $427,950 · management and general $167,357 · fundraising $219,175

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $869,845 · program services $869,575 · management and general $270

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $529,409 · program services $346,189 · management and general $77,392 · fundraising $105,828

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $220,761 · program services $163,746 · management and general $20,444 · fundraising $36,571

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,657 · program services $36,733 · management and general $2,477 · fundraising $2,447

  • 17 · Travel

    total $162,634 · program services $89,913 · management and general $58,094 · fundraising $14,627

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $181,619 · program services $68,921 · management and general $107,049 · fundraising $5,649

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $40,649 · program services $25,322 · management and general $11,049 · fundraising $4,278

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $50,743 · program services $39,724 · management and general $2,928 · fundraising $8,091

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING & POSTAGE

    total $1,924,226 · program services $187,708 · management and general $10,427 · fundraising $1,726,091

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & MERCHANT FEES

    total $207,309 · program services $99,324 · management and general $17,871 · fundraising $90,114

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEDIA & PUBLICATION PRO

    total $190,344 · program services $190,344 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $53,410 · program services $7,868 · management and general $33,700 · fundraising $11,842

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $92,929 · program services $65,165 · management and general $18,680 · fundraising $9,084

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $2,663,830 · program services $1,213,504 · management and general $12,589 · fundraising $1,437,737

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,770,076 · end of year $12,419,331

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,662,646 · end of year $27,251

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $485,114 · end of year $4,298,510

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $608,966 · end of year $76,018

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $542,917 · end of year $657,629

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $274,519 · end of year $701,308

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

    $5,305,976

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

    $560,274

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,174,704 · end of year $4,745,702

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,522,256 · end of year $17,179,002

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $165,008 · end of year $129,905

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $282,867 · end of year $784,862

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $977,410 · end of year $1,177,496

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $4,630,434 · end of year $3,196,176

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,469 · end of year $794,659

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,201,932 · end of year $28,543,586

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,662,828 · end of year $7,307,601

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY INSPIRES PEOPLE TO SUPPORT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT PRESERVE YOSEMITE AND ENRICH THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

  • PARK ENHANCEMENTS -EVERY YEAR, THE CONSERVANCY PROVIDES GRANTS TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK BASED ON THE HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS OF THE PARK. THESE GRANTS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL FUNDING FOR TRAIL REPAIR, HABITAT RESTORATION, CULTURAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, VISITOR SERVICES, AND MORE. TO DATE THE CONSERVANCY HAS PROVIDED $152 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MORE THAN 800 COMPLETED PROJECTS TO PRESERVE YOSEMITE AND ENRICH THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE FOR ALL. THROUGH THE GENEROUS DONATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS, THE CONSERVANCY PROVIDED OVER $14 MILLION IN CASH AND NON-CASH SUPPORT TO YOSEMITE IN 2022.

    Expenses $8,031,449 · Grants $6,100,052

  • PARK PROGRAMS-THE CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS THE PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION RELATED ROLES OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MISSION THROUGH A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO OF PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE CONSERVANCY'S OUTDOOR ADVENTURES ENHANCE THE YOSEMITE EXPERIENCE FOR PARK VISITORS THROUGH DOZENS OF INTERPRETIVE AND EDUCATIONAL DAY HIKES, BACKPACKING TRIPS AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN GEOLOGY, BOTANY, NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND THE ARTS. THE CONSERVANCY ALSO CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL FIELD PROGRAMS ON A CUSTOM BASIS AND BY CONTRACT WITH TRAVEL PROVIDERS. (SEE SCHEDULE O)IN ADDITION, THE CONSERVANCY SUPPORTS ART PROGRAMS, AND THE PARSON'S MEMORIAL LODGE SUMMER SERIES. THE CONSERVANCY ALSO HELPS INSPIRE AND TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEWARDS BY SUPPORTING INTERNSHIPS, JUNIOR RANGER ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE PARK, AND HELPS SUSTAIN YOSEMITE-FOCUSED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED.THE CONSERVANCY'S WILDERNESS OPERATIONS PROGRAM ASSISTS THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN ENSURING THAT YOSEMITE BACKCOUNTRY VISITORS ARE EDUCATED ABOUT AND PREPARED FOR WILDERNESS TRAVEL. CONSERVANCY WILDERNESS STAFF MANAGE THE WILDERNESS RESERVATION SYSTEM, ISSUE PERMITS, SPONSOR THE BEAR-PROOF FOOD CANISTER RENTAL PROGRAM, OPERATE THE OSTRANDER SKI HUT, SELL INTERPRETIVE AND ORIENTATION MATERIALS, AND PROVIDE VISITORS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ENJOYABLE AND RESPECTFUL WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE.THE CONSERVANCY'S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM RECRUITS, TRAINS AND MANAGES VOLUNTEERS WHO SUPPORT YOSEMITE THROUGH NUMEROUS WEEK-LONG NATURAL RESOURCE RESTORATION PROJECTS AND THROUGH A MONTH-LONG "VISITOR INFORMATION ASSISTANT" PROGRAM THAT IMPROVES THE EXPERIENCE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PARK VISITORS ANNUALLY.

    Expenses $3,176,721 · Revenue $1,393,029

  • RETAIL AND PUBLISHING-THIS PROGRAM COMPRISES SALES CONDUCTED AT VISITOR CENTER BOOKSTORES, INFORMATION CENTERS AND WILDERNESS CENTERS, THROUGH AN ONLINE STORE, AND TO WHOLESALE VENDORS. IN ADDITION TO SELLING MAPS, GUIDES, NATIVE AMERICAN HANDCRAFTS, APPAREL AND OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO YOSEMITE AND THE SIERRA NEVADA, THE CONSERVANCY PUBLISHES AND SELLS BOOKS THAT EDUCATE PEOPLE AND INSPIRE THEM TO CONNECT WITH AND CARE FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS.

    Expenses $1,418,946 · Revenue $1,379,823

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Matt Adams

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dana Dornsife

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steve Ciesinski

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jan Avent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane Ciesinski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Dornsife

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jewell Engstrom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robyn Miller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juan Sanchez Munoz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Myers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phillip L Pillsbury Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawson Rankin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rod Rempt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alain Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Rossetti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Stanger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Sundby

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Witter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Dean

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $554,671
    From this org
    $313,628
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $241,043
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,278
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $198,350
    Deferred
    $228,955
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,088
    Filer's total
    $554,671
  • Gerald Edelbrock

    VICE PRESIDENT & COO

    Total calculated
    $236,243
    From this org
    $218,463
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,780
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,103
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Deferred
    $15,292
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,488
    Filer's total
    $236,243
  • Kevin Gay

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $220,187
    From this org
    $196,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,933
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,894
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Deferred
    $13,906
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,027
    Filer's total
    $220,187
  • Marion Ingersoll

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $216,002
    From this org
    $192,724
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,278
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,364
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Deferred
    $13,491
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,787
    Filer's total
    $216,002
  • Kimiko Martinez

    CHIEF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $189,007
    From this org
    $169,852
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,492
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $360
    Deferred
    $6,997
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,158
    Filer's total
    $189,007
  • Caitlin Allard

    PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,408
    From this org
    $139,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,857
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,391
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,160
    Deferred
    $9,769
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,088
    Filer's total
    $161,408
  • Adonia Ripple

    DIR. OF YOSEMITE OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $148,928
    From this org
    $127,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,040
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julia Hejl

    PHILANTHROPY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $146,068
    From this org
    $127,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,968
    Hours/week
    40
  • Isabelle Luebbers

    SENIOR ANNUAL GIVING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,501
    From this org
    $127,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,054
    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. 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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE PRESIDENT/CEO, FRANK DEAN, RECEIVED A TAXABLE HOUSING STIPEND OF $12,000 DURING 2022 REPORTED IN COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 4B
FRANK DEAN, PRESIDENT & CEO, PARTICIPATED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAMS. YOSEMITE CONSERVANCY CONTRIBUTED A NON-VESTED CONTRIBUTION OF $220,859 TO HIS 457(F) PLAN WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN NONTAXABLE WAGES.

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

  • YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

    $6,100,052

    SEE PART IVGRANTS ARE GIVEN TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK FOR PROJECTS THAT PRESERVE THE PARK AND ENHANCE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY (4)

    T · INVESTMENTS · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
5 June 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341609349300724

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