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Ecolife Conservation

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Carlsbad, CA501(c)(3)Environment EIN 20-0147505Revenue $1.6M in FY2024

On file with the IRSecolifeconservation.org2810 Pio Pico Dr, 92008-1521 · Carlsbad, CATax-exempt since Sep 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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At ECOLIFE Conservation, our mission is to protect wildlife, natural resources, and the people that depend on them. We build fuel-efficient stoves and aquaponics systems to save ecosystems and save lives.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 37 volunteers and 10 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $62K a year · 4% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$90K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 81% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $623K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$216K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.6M
-18% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$765K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2024▼ -18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.6M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2024▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$765K
FY2024▲ +12%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$626K
FY2022$297K
FY2023$683K
FY2024$765K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $1.2M Management & general 11% · $176K Fundraising 7% · $114K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $90K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$90,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Fred Wollman
Chair/CFO
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Aj Van De Ven
Chair/Secretary (until 8/2024)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

William Toone’s $90K as Founder is at the 19th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Anne Middleton—$70,056$93,402$98,499
William Toone$90,000$87,577$90,001$97,525

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Builds fuel-efficient stoves and aquaponics systems to protect wildlife, resources, and people.

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1 program · $1.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Sustainable Agriculture

The organization provides aquaponic systems to communities for the purpose of reducing food insecurity, developing localized food distribution networks, and providing education on sustainable agriculture methods.

$1.2Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Witman Family FoundationFY2025$1K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$175K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.2M
Managementcol C$176K
Fundraisingcol D$114K
Owns and owesPt X
$765K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$180K
Total assetsLn 16$981K
LiabilitiesLn 26$216K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$11K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$406K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$175K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$314
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$149K
SavingsLn 2$31K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$180K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$623K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$800
Other assetsLn 15$55K
Total assetsLn 16$981K
LiabilitiesLn 26$216K
Net assetsLn 32$765K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 637
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$310K$180K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$450K$623K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K$800
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M$981K
LiabilitiesLn 26$565K$216K
Net assetsLn 32$683K$765K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$90K$61K$16K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$424K$288K$77K$59K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$24K$17K$4K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$41K$28K$7K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$39K$29K$9K$475
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$15K$15K
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$120K$90K$28K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$447$1K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$3K$5K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$60K$37K$14K$9K
TravelLn 17$5K$4K$178$569
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K
InterestLn 20$3K$3K$283
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$800$800
InsuranceLn 23$22K$15K$6K$481
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$676K$673K$3K$706
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.2M$176K$114K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.6M$1.5M$54K$765K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$1.6M$356K$683K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$1.7M−$374K$297K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.6M$1.4M$210K$626K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,594,155 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,784,183$1,407,853
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $19,633$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,924$11,083
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $130,041$175,219
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,937,781$1,594,155
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $626,807$579,112
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $45,371$15,333
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $909,155$945,547
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,581,333$1,539,992
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $356,448$54,163
Part VI · Governance 8 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,594,155 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$88,533 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$405,809
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,002,044
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$11,400
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,407,853
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $11,397$11,397
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$314−$314
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$3,389−$3,389
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $267,141$267,141
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $178,608 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $7,694$1,594,155
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,539,992 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $61,124 · Management $16,350 · Fundraising $12,526$90,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $287,655 · Management $76,946 · Fundraising $58,948$423,549
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $16,603 · Management $4,441 · Fundraising $3,402$24,446
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $28,079 · Management $7,315 · Fundraising $5,723$41,117
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $29,440 · Management $9,288 · Fundraising $475$39,203
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $15,333$15,333
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,837$3,837
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $90,078 · Management $28,421 · Fundraising $1,457$119,956
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $447 · Fundraising $1,002$1,449
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,462 · Management $5,422 · Fundraising $4,207$13,091
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $36,834 · Management $14,158 · Fundraising $9,270$60,262
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,027 · Management $178 · Fundraising $569$4,774
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,060$1,060
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,835 · Management $283$3,118
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $800$800
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $14,965 · Management $6,150 · Fundraising $481$21,596
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $672,834 · Management $2,861 · Fundraising $706$676,401
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,249,443 · Management $176,450 · Fundraising $114,099$1,539,992
Part X · Balance sheet $980,848 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $259,053$148,859
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $50,622$30,684
X-4 Accounts receivable$18,173
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $368,539$85,895
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $18,859$19,103
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,600$800
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $450,452$622,753
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $99,468$54,581
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,248,593$980,848
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $44,018$50,861
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $366,095$81,802
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $92,340$49,822
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $565,453$215,617
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $98,865$196,885
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $584,275$568,346
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $683,140$765,231
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,248,593$980,848
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $765,231 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,594,155
XI-2 Total expenses$1,539,992
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$54,163
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$683,140
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$27,928
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$765,231

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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