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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOS PADRES FOREST WATCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$974,075
Total expenses
$954,033
Contributions and grants received
$852,300
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$13,417
Other revenue
$108,358
Total assets, end of year
$763,112
Total liabilities, end of year
$174,116
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$588,996
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$741,786
Management and general expenses
$17,160
Fundraising expenses
$195,087
Program service expenses (Part III)
$741,786

Program services were 77.8% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $230

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $33,600

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $818,470

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $13,459 · excluded $13,459

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,991

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

    securities $5,033

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$42

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$42 · related or exempt -$42

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $222,063

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $123,862

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $98,201 · excluded $98,201

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $27,384

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $17,227

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $10,157 · related or exempt $10,157

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,712 · program services $103,774 · management and general $10,960 · fundraising $19,978

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $464,252 · program services $339,161 · management and general $2,498 · fundraising $122,593

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,887 · program services $47,247 · management and general $1,430 · fundraising $15,210

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,450 · program services $33,612 · management and general $1,017 · fundraising $10,821

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,916 · program services $2,896 · management and general $88 · fundraising $932

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $900 · program services $900

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,528 · program services $5,568 · management and general $84 · fundraising $876

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $29,212 · program services $29,212

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $62,771 · program services $62,771

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,234 · program services $6,505 · management and general $823 · fundraising $906

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,902 · program services $11,902

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,335 · program services $8,335

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $71,565 · program services $71,565

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $20,499 · fundraising $20,499

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS ADVOCACY

    total $13,389 · program services $13,389

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $5,068 · program services $1,960 · fundraising $3,108

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,413 · program services $2,989 · management and general $260 · fundraising $164

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,001

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $511,742 · end of year $565,123

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

    $192,202

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

    $15,784

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $176,418

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,970 · end of year $21,571

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $172,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,759 · end of year $2,116

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $514,568 · end of year $568,954

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $54,386 · end of year $20,042

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LOS PADRES FORESTWATCH PROTECTS THE LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST AND THE CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND WHEN NECESSARY, LEGAL ACTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES, CLIMATE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECTING LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS ALONG CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST.

  • ADVOCACY & MONITORING - TRACKED DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION PROPOSALS THROUGHOUT THE LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, THE CARRIZO PLAIN AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS ALONG CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST. SUBMITTED COMMENT LETTERS, FILED APPEALS, MET WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, COLLABORATED WITH SCIENTISTS, AND CONDUCTED ON-THE-GROUND MONITORING AND SURVEYS TO PROTECT LAND, RIVERS, PLANTS AND WILDLIFE. LED CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT WILDLIFE TRAVELWAYS IN VENTURA COUNTY. SECURED LEGAL AGREEMENT TO CLOSE AND REMOVE 11 DEFUNCT OIL WELLS. PROTECTED STEELHEAD HABITAT IN LOCAL CREEKS AND RIVERS. DEFENDED PINE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER FORESTS FROM LOGGING AND VEGETATION CLEARING.

    Expenses $425,846

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION & OUTREACH - INFORMED LOCAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE VALUE OF OUR REGION'S PUBLIC LANDS, THE THREATS AND CHALLENGES FACING THESE WILD PLACES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER PROTECT THESE AREAS. DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION VIA OUR WEBSITE, MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTER, PRESS RELEASES, AND PUBLIC EVENTS. ORGANIZED SEVERAL OUTINGS WITH YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE OUTDOORS AND TO FOSTER THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC LANDS ADVOCATES. ORGANIZED EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH LATINO CONSERVATION WEEK AND UNDERTOOK OTHER INITIATIVES TO INCREASE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN THE OUTDOORS AND WITHIN THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT.

    Expenses $304,468

  • LAND STEWARDSHIP & VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS: ACQUIRED 68 ACRES OF FORESTLAND IN THE SAN EMIGDIO MOUNTAINS FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES. ORGANIZED CREWS TO REMOVE HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC LEAD AND TRASH THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL FOREST, REDUCING POLLUTION TO SOILS AND WATERWAYS. ENLISTED VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE INVASIVE CAPE IVY FROM CREEKS AND CANYONS IN THE SANTA BARBARA FRONTCOUNTRY TO BENEFIT NATIVE PLANTS AND BIODIVERSITY.

    Expenses $11,472

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeff Kuyper

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,970
    From this org
    $120,736
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,234
    Hours/week
    50
  • Anna Delaski

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sam Thomas

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Terri Laine

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Patricia Krout

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Chris Collier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vic Thasiah

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Nathan Wallace

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Emily Cotter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Macy McGinness

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Allan Morton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rachael Barkley

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349310945

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