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LOS PADRES FOREST WATCH

EIN 20-1531390 SANTA BARBARA, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,591,327
Expenses 2024
$1,083,419

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 831

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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 Monitored development and resource extraction proposals throughout Los Padres National Forest, Carrizo Plain National Monument, and other public lands along Californias central coast, advocating for maximum environmental protection. 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. Ensured cancellation of a plan to drill 8 new oil wells in the forest. Monitored forest thinning operation on Tecuya Ridge. Spearheaded legal challenge to protect endangered steelhead trout. Secured passage of Room to Roam Act to protect our regions wildlife.

    Expenses $467,342

  • Public Education & Outreach Informed local communities about the value of our regions public lands, the threats and challenges facing these wild places, and opportunities to better protect these areas. Distributed information via our website, monthly e-news, news releases, webinars, and public events. Organized several outings with youth and families from underserved communities to introduce them to the outdoors and foster the next generation of public lands advocates. Orchestrated events in conjunction with Latino Conservation Week and undertook other initiatives to increase underrepresented voices in the outdoors.

    Expenses $357,730

  • Land Stewardship & Volunteer Programs: Managed 68 acres of private forestland in the San Emigdio Mountains that we acquired for conservation purposes. Organized crews to remove hundreds of pounds of toxic lead and trash throughout the forest, reducing pollution to soils and waterways. Cleaned up more than 900 lbs. of lead ammunition and over 500 lbs. of plastic across seven different derelict target shooting sites in Ventura County. Engaged volunteers, and provided educational and career growth to 7 interns and fellows, providing training and inspiration for tomorrows conservation leaders.

    Expenses $32,999

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jeff Kuyper

    Executive Dir

    Total calculated
    $124,384
    From this org
    $124,384
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Anna Delaski

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sam Thomas

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Terri Laine

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Patricia Krout

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Chris Collier

    Secretary

    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

    Vice President

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,591,327
    Expenses
    $1,083,419
    Contributions
    $1,519,098
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,591,327
    Expenses
    $1,083,419
    Contributions
    $1,519,098
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $974,075
    Expenses
    $954,033
    Contributions
    $852,300
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $570,644
    Expenses
    $596,257
    Contributions
    $561,830
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $878,987
    Expenses
    $738,838
    Assets (EOY)
    $597,937

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $750,971
    Expenses
    $601,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $458,354

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $775,941
    Expenses
    $641,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $306,656

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $493,054
    Expenses
    $538,316
    Assets (EOY)
    $174,084

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $528,929
    Expenses
    $424,379
    Assets (EOY)
    $217,496

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $291,786
    Expenses
    $333,086
    Assets (EOY)
    $112,022

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $367,775
    Expenses
    $336,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,943

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $375,063
    Expenses
    $306,327
    Assets (EOY)
    $122,816

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $264,699
    Expenses
    $282,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,746

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $285,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,706

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.