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BLUE FOREST FINANCE INC

EIN 83-1666979 SACRAMENTO, CA

Revenue 2024
$8,932,160
Expenses 2024
$8,990,905

Program services were 77.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1000
Street
5960 S LAND PARK DR 1264

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).

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.

  • ZACHARY KNIGHT

    CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $231,178
    From this org
    $182,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,804
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,634
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,740
    Deferred
    $7,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,814
    Filer's total
    $231,178

  • NICHOLAS WOBBROCK

    CHIEF CONSERVATION OFFICER & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $210,120
    From this org
    $178,913
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,207
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,173
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,740
    Deferred
    $7,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,657
    Filer's total
    $210,120

  • SHERI ELLIOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICARDO BAYON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NEWSHA K AJAMI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIELA SALTZMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD REED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GORDON VERMEER

    CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $215,950
    From this org
    $182,895
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,055
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,817
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,078
    Deferred
    $7,703
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,352
    Filer's total
    $215,950

  • PHILIP SAKSA

    CHIEF SCIENTIST

    Total calculated
    $212,430
    From this org
    $193,240
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,190
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,740
    Deferred
    $7,730
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,460
    Filer's total
    $212,430

  • MACKENZIE CLOYES

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $178,834
    From this org
    $161,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,100
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,734
    Deferred
    $6,469
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,631
    Filer's total
    $178,834

  • FOREST CRANDALL

    DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS

    Total calculated
    $160,436
    From this org
    $144,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,708
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,228
    Deferred
    $5,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,108
    Filer's total
    $160,436

  • SEREN PENDLETON-KNOLL

    DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $160,427
    From this org
    $132,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,673
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,020
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,734
    Deferred
    $5,689
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,984
    Filer's total
    $160,427

  • MICAH ELIAS

    DIRECTOR OF NATURAL CAPITAL

    Total calculated
    $141,186
    From this org
    $125,534
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,652
    Hours/week
    50

  • LUKE CARPENTER

    DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS

    Total calculated
    $144,148
    From this org
    $124,358
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,790
    Hours/week
    50

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 — 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
    $8,932,160
    Expenses
    $8,990,905
    Contributions
    $6,138,844
    Grants paid
    $1,300,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,401,673
    Expenses
    $6,460,113
    Contributions
    $5,606,954
    Grants paid
    $850,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,334,916
    Expenses
    $3,436,552
    Contributions
    $4,244,407
    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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

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 10 September 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.