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COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT

EIN 94-2998086 HUNTINGTON PK, CA

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Revenue 2024
$8,062,410
Expenses 2024
$7,882,417

Program services were 68.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C010
Classification
1000
Street
6325 PACIFIC BLVD STE 300

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 CBE IS TO BUILD PEOPLE'S POWER IN CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE BY PREVENTING AND REDUCING POLLUTION AND BUILDING GREEN, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTS. CBE PROVIDES RESIDENTS IN BLIGHTED AND HEAVILY POLLUTED URBAN COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA WITH ORGANIZING SKILLS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, SO THAT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY CONFRONT THREATS TO THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOXIN-FREE COMMUNITIES.

  • PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDED CONDUCTING RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION WITH THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCACY. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS WITH THE INTEREST OF PROMOTING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES.

    Expenses $5,400,929 · Revenue $1,188,551

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.

  • Torri Estrada

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Oscar Gutierrez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrian Martinez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lizette Ruiz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caroline Farrell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jason A Douglas PhD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Iliana Alvarado

    DIRECTOR OF FIN & OPS

    Total calculated
    $139,369
    From this org
    $110,891
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,478
    Hours/week
    50

  • Darryl Molina Sarmiento

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $184,479
    From this org
    $158,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,392
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,087
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,392
    Filer's total
    $184,479

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
    $8,062,410
    Expenses
    $7,882,417
    Contributions
    $6,826,924
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,826,461
    Expenses
    $6,001,139
    Contributions
    $4,583,010
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,418,777
    Expenses
    $4,803,145
    Contributions
    $6,452,558
    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
    $4,750,010
    Expenses
    $3,612,650
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,907,151

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,656,695
    Expenses
    $3,320,849
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,219,234

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,113,618
    Expenses
    $2,853,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,363,719

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,454,112
    Expenses
    $2,444,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,121,578

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,805,562
    Expenses
    $2,209,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,063,308

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,958,470
    Expenses
    $2,066,472
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,667,285

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,989,858
    Expenses
    $1,960,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,416,390

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,824,796
    Expenses
    $1,953,162
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,396,845

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,254,704
    Expenses
    $1,836,470
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,524,425

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 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.