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WISHTOYO FOUNDATION

EIN 95-4124859 VENTURA, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,648,119
Expenses 2024
$1,731,762

Program services were 67.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A230
Classification
1000
Street
9452 TELEPHONE RD 432

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

WISHTOYO IS PLACE, ORGANIZATION, AND MOVEMENT INSPIRING PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH OUR EARTH AGAIN. WISHTOYO SERVES AS A "RAINBOW BRIDGE" LINKING CHUMASH AND INDIGENOUS LIFEWAYS WITH THE PROTECTION OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, UTILIZING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND JUSTICE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WISHTOYO IS PLACE, ORGANIZATION, AND MOVEMENT INSPIRING PEOPLE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH OUR EARTH AGAIN. THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS MISSION WORK OF ITS COMPREHENSIVE WATER MONITORING PROGRAM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND CONSERVANCY RESTORATION.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: WISHTOYO'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAM PROTECTS AND PRESERVES THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CULTURE OF CHUMASH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH ADVOCACY, LEGAL ACTION, AND PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION, AND RESTORATION PROJECTS. IN 2024 WE CONTINUED TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND HEALTH OF WATERBODIES AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS, WHICH ARE VITAL NATURAL RESOURCES FOR ALL INHABITANTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE LIFEBLOOD OF CHUMASH CULTURE. TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND SACRED PLACES WE SUCCESSFULLY: UTILIZED LEGAL ACTION BY WAY OF STATE AND FEDERAL LITIGATION UNDER LAWS INCLUDING THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ADVOCATED FOR STRONGER LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PERMITS AND LEGISLATION; CONDUCTED WATERSHED MONITORING AND HABITAT RESTORATION; MOBILIZED CONTINUED FROM "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION": COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AT OUR NEW FIRST NATIONS ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL CONSERVANCY. WISHTOYO ALSO CONTINUED TO UTILIZE ITS VENTURA COASTKEEPER ("VCK") PROGRAM. WISHTOYO FOUNDED VCK IN 2000 AS THE 54TH MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE TO FOCUS ON WATER QUALITY PROTECTION IN VENTURA COUNTY WATERSHEDS.

    Expenses $527,384

  • CULTURAL PRESERVATION: WISHTOYO'S CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM PROTECTS AND PRESERVES THE ANCIENT WISDOM, PRACTICES, AND CULTURE OF CHUMASH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH. OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, AND PROTECT CHUMASH LIFEWAYS, CULTURE, HISTORY, AND INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, FOR THE CHUMASH COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR PROJECTS AND CAPACITY, FROM OUR POPULAR SMUWIC LANGUAGE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, TRADITIONAL LAND TENDING MENTORSHIP, AND BASKETRY PROGRAMS. IN THIS WAY, KNOWLEDGE AND TRADITIONS CAN CONTINUE TO BE PASSED INTER-GENERATIONALLY, AND NON-NATIVE COMMUNITIES CAN ENGAGE IN CULTURAL APPRECIATION AND DEEPER UNDERSTANDING. IN 2024 WISHTOYO CONTINUED PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONTINUED FROM "PLANNING, DESIGN, AND": IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW FIRST NATIONS CULTURAL & ECOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY. IN 2024 WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR LONGSTANDING WORK TOWARD THE FULL BUILD OUT OF WISHTOYO'S AUTHENTIC CHUMASH VILLAGE IN PRESENT DAY MALIBU, AND THE THOMAS FIRE AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING AT THE VILLAGE PRESENTED US WITH BOTH SETBACKS (LOSS OF A TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE AND RESTORATION AREAS) AND OPPORTUNITIES (NEW RESTORATION WORK AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS BASED IN INDIGENOUS FIRE MANAGEMENT).

    Expenses $432,506

  • CHUMASH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: WISHTOYO'S CHUMASH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PROTECTS AND PRESERVES THE WORLD'S NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH. GENERALLY, WE PROVIDE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS TO OVER 1,200 YOUTH AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PER YEAR, TEACHING AWARENESS OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, ANCIENT CHUMASH VALUES OF SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE PEOPLES. OUR CHUMASH TRIBAL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS EDUCATION PROGRAM AND FIRST NATIONS SUMMER FIELD STUDIES, AND OTHER EDUCATION INITIATIVES GEARED TOWARDS K-12 STUDENTS, MAINTAIN OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING SUPPORTIVE COASTAL PARTNERSHIPS AND CONSTITUENCIES AMONGST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. SPECIFICALLY, OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS AIM TO PROVIDE CONTINUED FROM "AIM TO PROVIDE": IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCES FOR YOUTH SO THEY FEEL EMPOWERED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENT THROUGH CAREER CHOICES AND BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. WE SEEK TO REMEDY INEQUALITIES AND DISADVANTAGES IN MAINSTREAM EDUCATION BY FOCUSING ON UNDERSERVED AND INTERTRIBAL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $202,825

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.

  • MATI WAIYA

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $179,577
    From this org
    $162,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,087
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,490
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,087
    Filer's total
    $179,577

  • DEBORAH SANCHEZ

    BOARD CHAIR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRY TAMMINEN

    VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAN WARD

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALI SAHABI

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL NOVOA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAX GAIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN VAN SCHILFGAARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUG DE LUCA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WAILANI O'HERLIHY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULETTE LUHUI ISHA WARD

    ASSOCIATE & CULTURAL RESOU

    Total calculated
    $125,162
    From this org
    $109,380
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,782
    Hours/week
    40

  • LETICIA SEGURA

    DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $111,930
    From this org
    $111,930
    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
    $1,648,119
    Expenses
    $1,731,762
    Contributions
    $950,475
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,855,950
    Expenses
    $1,733,475
    Contributions
    $1,073,307
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,669,201
    Expenses
    $1,533,930
    Contributions
    $438,346
    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
    $424,232
    Expenses
    $1,422,653
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,122,077

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,937,684
    Expenses
    $2,292,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,241,330

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,579,684
    Expenses
    $1,854,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,428,132

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,545,451
    Expenses
    $1,182,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,590,179

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,545,451
    Expenses
    $1,182,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,590,179

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,279,906
    Expenses
    $1,014,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $824,652

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,321,056
    Expenses
    $1,060,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $846,758

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $790,970
    Expenses
    $522,456
    Assets (EOY)
    $519,056

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,109,836
    Expenses
    $1,041,532
    Assets (EOY)
    $246,569

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $624,174
    Expenses
    $609,635
    Assets (EOY)
    $201,643

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