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WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST

EIN 82-4562776 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,242,324
Expenses 2024
$2,232,970

Program services were 89.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C60
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 5100

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

WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST PRACTICES, PROMOTES, AND DEVELOPS SYSTEMS OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE FOR LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL IMPACT.WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE EVOLUTION OF LAND STEWARDSHIP AND THE REDESIGN OF OUR FOOD SYSTEM TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE CLIMATE, BIODIVERSITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE TODAY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST HAS FOUR PRIMARY FIELDS OF FOCUS: LAND STEWARDSHIP, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, MONITORING AND RESEARCH, AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT. OUR APPROACH IS CIRCULAR WHERE THE REGENERATIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES WE MODEL ON THE LAND SERVE AS A LIVING LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING, WHICH IN TURN IMPROVES OUR LAND STEWARDSHIP PRACTICES AND TRAINS ADDITIONAL FARMERS AND RANCHERS. ALL OF THIS WORK BRINGS REGENERATIVELY PRODUCED PRODUCTS INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND CATALYZES THE FORCES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

  • WE ESTABLISHED THE 1,000-ACRE CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE AT JALAMA CANYON RANCH IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THE CENTER SERVES AS A GLOBAL HUB FOR REGENERATIVE LAND STEWARDSHIP, ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND MONITORING, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $1,998,937 · Revenue $309,992

  • WE HAVE INFLUENCED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON OVER 156,000 ACRES OF LAND THROUGH OUR CONSULTING AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.

  • WE HAVE DIRECTLY ENGAGED 2,200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ANOTHER 17,000+ THROUGH OUR OPT-IN DIGITAL COMMUNITY.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • STEVE FINKEL

    PRESIDENT / DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $243,231
    From this org
    $243,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,231
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $243,231

  • KEVIN BRINE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BETH COLLINS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • RYAN MUZZY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BOBBY TURNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SAMANTHA MACKS FRANZ

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $100,500
    From this org
    $100,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANASTASIA SMITH

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $107,800
    From this org
    $107,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • JESSE M SMITH

    DIRECTOR OF LAND STEWARDSHIP

    Total calculated
    $100,789
    From this org
    $100,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,242,324
    Expenses
    $2,232,970
    Contributions
    $1,932,332
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,462,134
    Expenses
    $1,982,443
    Contributions
    $2,045,472
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,165,313
    Expenses
    $1,578,583
    Contributions
    $1,908,855
    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
    $2,321,850
    Expenses
    $1,135,618
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,075,646

  • 2020 · 990-PF

    Revenue
    $2,089,854
    Expenses
    $660,500
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,026,542

  • 2019 · 990-PF

    Revenue
    $819,116
    Expenses
    $469,579
    Assets (EOY)
    $524,669

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.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.