Totals
- Total revenue
- $8,847,774
- Total expenses
- $6,293,737
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,162,473
- Grants paid
- $25,000
- Program service revenue
- $1,343,748
- Investment income
- $335,784
- Other revenue
- $5,769
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,924,441
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,132,780
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $8,791,661
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,589,593
- Management and general expenses
- $742,915
- Fundraising expenses
- $961,229
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,589,593
Program services were 72.9% 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)
$170,158
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$6,992,315
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$96,300
-
2a · Program service revenue: Client services
total $1,343,748 · related or exempt $1,343,748
-
3 · Investment income
total $335,784 · excluded $335,784
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Other
total $5,769 · excluded $5,769
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$5,769
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $25,000 · program services $25,000
-
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 $630,156 · program services $261,326 · management and general $205,504 · fundraising $163,326
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,025,501 · program services $2,359,494 · management and general $227,093 · fundraising $438,914
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $130,922 · program services $106,257 · management and general $6,809 · fundraising $17,856
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $464,027 · program services $366,359 · management and general $30,973 · fundraising $66,695
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $266,104 · program services $197,976 · management and general $26,217 · fundraising $41,911
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $27,868 · management and general $27,868
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $66,000 · program services $66,000
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $16,368 · management and general $16,368
-
11g · Fees: other
total $545,075 · program services $460,252 · management and general $56,513 · fundraising $28,310
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,010 · program services $4,010
-
13 · Office expenses
total $262,383 · program services $207,133 · management and general $10,670 · fundraising $44,580
-
14 · Information technology
total $119,408 · program services $64,533 · management and general $21,411 · fundraising $33,464
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $328,448 · program services $235,108 · management and general $35,550 · fundraising $57,790
-
17 · Travel
total $62,272 · program services $57,437 · management and general $237 · fundraising $4,598
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $87,040 · program services $37,842 · management and general $19,967 · fundraising $29,231
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $155,925 · program services $107,024 · management and general $18,638 · fundraising $30,263
-
23 · Insurance
total $37,504 · program services $23,642 · management and general $12,505 · fundraising $1,357
-
24a · Other expenses: Recruitment
total $39,726 · program services $10,200 · management and general $26,592 · fundraising $2,934
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,319,050 · end of year $1,598,422
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $54,509 · end of year $75,943
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $511,892 · end of year $1,697,396
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $290,724 · end of year $354,629
-
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
beginning of year $138,032 · end of year $131,522
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$776,478
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$455,966
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $476,437 · end of year $320,512
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,971,907 · end of year $5,188,124
-
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 $805,234 · end of year $557,893
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $390,392 · end of year $484,370
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $15,000
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $924,769 · end of year $648,410
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $3,258,325 · end of year $3,210,680
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,979,299 · end of year $5,580,981
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different interests to catalyze conservation success. By listening deeply and honoring all perspectives, we build common ground from which to forge a better path forward for our Golden State.
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Water for the Future - Sustainable Conservation works with the people who drink, manage, and irrigate with groundwater to implement on-farm recharge and build large-scale watershed modeling across the Central Valley. We work year-round to develop the frameworks and partnerships necessary for a sustainable water future for people, farms, and the environment.
Expenses $2,010,860 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $886,540
-
Soil Health - Healthier soil benefits the crops that grow out of it, the water that flows through it, and the people that depend on it. While healthy soil practices that benefit carbon sequestration are well-researched, our collective understanding of the water benefits of healthy soils is more limited. Sustainable Conservation works in the soil-water nexus to understand how improving our soils can help California build a more sustainable water supply and protect water quality.
Expenses $892,126 · Revenue $3,863
-
Dairies- Waste Not program - Nitrate is the most common pollutant from human activities primarily from over application of manure and synthetic fertilizers on crops vital to Californias agricultural economy and our collective health. But it doesnt need to be this way. Sustainable Conservation promotes appropriate, scalable solutions to reimagine waste by reusing manure nutrients, connecting farmers and their land to a circular resource economy, reducing groundwater and greenhouse gas pollution, and building soil health.
Expenses $844,352 · Revenue $280,393
-
Accelerating Restoration - Despite notable recent successes in accelerating restoration permitting, Californias current regulatory process does not meet our urgent need for landscape-level restoration projects to bolster our climate resilience. For over 20 years, Sustainable Conservation has partnered with government agencies and restorationists to increase the pace and scale of ecological restoration. By developing expedited permitting tools, we work to put habitat restoration on a more efficient regulatory path separate from traditional development.
Expenses $842,255 · Revenue $172,952
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Ashley Boren
CEO
- Total calculated
- $243,533
- From this org
- $210,340
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,193
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $210,340
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $10,687
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,506
- Filer's total
- $243,533
-
Michael Behrens
Chief Development Officer
- Total calculated
- $195,604
- From this org
- $167,186
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,418
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $167,186
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $8,369
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,049
- Filer's total
- $195,604
-
Erika Lovejoy
Sr Program Dir AcR
- Total calculated
- $170,677
- From this org
- $143,360
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,317
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $143,360
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,268
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,049
- Filer's total
- $170,677
-
Ryan Flaherty
Dir Bus Prtnrships
- Total calculated
- $169,104
- From this org
- $145,242
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,862
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,242
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,995
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,867
- Filer's total
- $169,104
-
Pinky Keswani
Chief People Offcr
- Total calculated
- $165,447
- From this org
- $144,580
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,867
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $144,580
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,268
- Nontaxable benefits
- $13,599
- Filer's total
- $165,447
-
Sarah Massell
Program Director
- Total calculated
- $163,857
- From this org
- $136,062
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,795
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $136,062
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,106
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,689
- Filer's total
- $163,857
-
Regina Pacheu
CFO
- Total calculated
- $162,958
- From this org
- $133,128
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,830
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,128
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $7,880
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,950
- Filer's total
- $162,958
-
Richael Keller
Senior Director
- Total calculated
- $149,478
- From this org
- $133,434
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,044
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Dan Dooley
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer Hernandez
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jon Reiter
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Laurie Dachs
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Frantz
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Leslie Friedman-Johnson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jenny Hoang
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sally Liu
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adan Ortega
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ginger Oros
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Miles Reiter
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Celeste Cantu
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff Loomans
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mohsen Mortada
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. 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
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
-
Sierra Orchards
$25,000
Regrant for farm equipment
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202541899349301259
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