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ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY

EIN 33-0497525 ESCONDIDO, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,541,729
Expenses 2024
$1,378,724

Program services were 69.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C340
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 460791

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

THE MISSION OF THE ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY IS TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED. VISION: THROUGH THE CONSERVANCY'S LEADERSHIP, THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED WILL BECOME A MODEL OF VIBRANT URBAN COMMUNITIES AND VIABLE NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS THRIVING TOGETHER.

  • LAND PROGRAM EXPENSES ARE USED FOR MANAGING 3,000+/- ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND IN THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED AREA WHILE ALSO WORKING TO SAVE ADDITIONAL LAND. LANDS MANAGED ARE OWNED IN FEE OR CONTROLLED VIA A CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR OTHER LEGAL INSTRUMENT. EXPENSES INCLUDE THE SALARIES OF OUR LAND TEAM, GENERAL EXPENSES NEEDED TO RUN THE ORGANIZATION, HABITAT ACQUISITION EXPENSES AND HABITAT RESTORATION EXPENSES. SOME EXPENSES ARE PAID BY GRANTS AND DONATED FUNDS, AND OTHER EXPENSES ARE PAID FOR BY ENDOWMENTS FOR PRESERVES THAT ARE ENDOWED[AV1] [AV2] . THE MAIN PURPOSE OF OUR LAND PROGRAMS IS FULFILLING THE MISSION OF THE CONSERVANCY TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED.

    Expenses $552,728

  • OUR OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS SERVE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY. WE EDUCATE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ABOUT WHY WILDLANDS AND WILDLIFE ARE IMPORTANT. THESE PROGRAMS ARE SPONSORED BY GRANTS FROM INDIVIDUALS, OR ARE PAID PROGRAMMING PROVIDED BY SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSE OF THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDES ENGAGING YOUTH WITH A RANGE OF OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR CONNECTION TO NATURE AND SHAPE FUTURE LAND STEWARDS. EXPENSES INCLUDE THE SALARIES OF OUR EDUCATION TEAM AS WELL AS GENERAL EXPENSES OF THE CONSERVANCY'S OPERATIONS. THE CONSERVANCY'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS HELP FULFILL THE CONSERVANCY'S VISION FOR THE WATERSHED TO BECOME A MODEL OF VIBRANT URBAN COMMUNITIES AND VIABLE NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS THRIVING TOGETHER.

    Expenses $273,916 · Revenue $65,871

  • THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL, RESTORATION, AND FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM: THE PROJECT, BY THE ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY (CONSERVANCY), WILL ADDRESS INVASIVE, NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES ACROSS THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED IN NORTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY. IT WILL PRIMARILY UTILIZE MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF INVASIVE, NON-NATIVE PLANTS IN NATURE PRESERVES OWNED AND MANAGED BY THE GRANTEE, IN RIPARIAN AREAS, ALONG 8 MILES OF ESCONDIDO CREEK, FROM UPPER TO MID WATERSHED. IT WILL ALSO TREAT INVASIVE PLANTS ON NEIGHBORING, PRIVATELY-OWNED LANDS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH WATERSHED-SCALE CONTROL OF CERTAIN PLANTS AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN CONSERVATION. RETREATMENTS AND MONITORING OF PROGRESS WILL ENSURE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF GAINS. THE WORK WILL INCLUDE CUTTING WITH HAND TOOLS AND CHAINSAWS, PAINTING AND/OR TARGETED SPRAYING OF STUMPS WITH HERBICIDES, REPLANTING WITH NATIVE RIPARIAN VEGETATION IN A FEW SELECTED AREAS, AND WORKING WITH NEIGHBORS FOR TREATMENT AND MAINTENANCE.

    Expenses $136,550 · Grants $25,000

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.

  • ANN VAN LEER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $151,723
    From this org
    $151,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,394
    Bonus
    $5,329
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $151,723

  • LISA RUDER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • RICHARD MURPHY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • LEONARD WITTWER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • KEVIN BARNARD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • STEVE BARKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • KRYSTLE MILLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • BETSY KEITHLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • ED VAN LIEW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • ED PHILBRICK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • ANNE MIDDLETON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • JP THEBERGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • MARIANNE NELSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

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
    $1,541,729
    Expenses
    $1,378,724
    Contributions
    $1,167,674
    Grants paid
    $25,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,673,956
    Expenses
    $1,248,414
    Contributions
    $3,526,364
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,156,284
    Expenses
    $1,396,952
    Contributions
    $6,957,355
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,225,130
    Expenses
    $1,409,196
    Contributions
    $7,026,201
    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
    $6,089,005
    Expenses
    $1,530,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,111,161

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,646,804
    Expenses
    $1,205,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,136,899

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,600,962
    Expenses
    $1,205,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,136,899

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,199,427
    Expenses
    $1,364,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $48,980,962

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,317,502
    Expenses
    $777,258
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,855,135

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $501,313
    Expenses
    $504,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,588,379

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $444,812
    Expenses
    $467,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,188,594

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,116,891
    Expenses
    $433,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,082,308

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,116,891
    Expenses
    $433,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,082,308

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $380,098
    Expenses
    $547,411
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,468,312

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

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