See statement attachedthe mission of Slide Ranch is to connect children to nature. Slide Ranch cultivates healthy bodies and minds and fosters future generations of environmental stewards. Founded in 1970, Slide Ranch is a non-profit educational farm and nature center located north of san francisco within the golden gate national recreation area (ggnra) and serves over 10,000 youth and adults annually from all over the san francisco bay area. By farming, cooking, caring for animals and exploring coastal wilderness, Slide Ranch teaches people of all ages to see the connection between their own health, a healthy food system and a healthy environment. Slide Ranch offers school and community group programs, family programs, summer camp, a teacher-in-residence internship program for emerging teachers, stewardship opportunities for volunteers and opportunities for self-guided exploration.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$155K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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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
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $68K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$155K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
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
$270K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.0M
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2024▼ -21%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.0M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2024+0.01%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2024▼ -20%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.4M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$1.8M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1970.

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $1.1M Management & general 11% · $159K Fundraising 14% · $216K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $155K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$155,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Myla Marks’s $155K as Executive Director is at the 67th 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

NameFY2024FY2022FY2021FY2020
Myla Marks$155,000———
Maika Llorens Gulati—$126,411$135,000$136,084

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Connects children to nature through farming, animal care, and wilderness exploration.

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2 programs · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The school and community group program is slide ranchs primary education program, providing day and overnight field trip programs to san francisco bay area school groups and community organizations to over 4,000 participants annually.

$727Kprogram expense
02

Each year, seven interns are selected from a highly competitive group of applicants to participate in an eleven-month residential teaching internship; four additional interns come for a three-month summer internship.

$389Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$540K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$334K
Other incomeLn 4–11$165K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$159K
Fundraisingcol D$216K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$571K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$270K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$334K
Government grantsLn 1e$134K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$4K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$540K
Other incomeLn 4–11$165K
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$571K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$571K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$270K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 523
VolunteersI 60
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$238K$571K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$278K$270K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$919K$727K$57K$135K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$79K$62K$6K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$66K$46K$8K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$66K$33K$20K$13K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$3K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$13K$11K$1K$882
TravelLn 17$4K$783$1K$2K
InterestLn 20$4K$0$4K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$104K$54K$30K$20K
InsuranceLn 23$124K$110K$7K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$55K$37K$10K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$57K$34K$15K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.1M$159K$216K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.0M$1.5M−$452K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.5M−$183K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.3M−$105K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$1.5M$438K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.5M−$39K$2.1M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,038,918 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $424,077$334,480
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $565,170$539,678
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $318,647$164,760
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,307,894$1,038,918
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $974,301$1,063,261
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $516,757$428,017
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,491,058$1,491,278
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$183,164−$452,360
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
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 $1,038,918 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$4,039
VIII-1e Government grants$133,750
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$196,691
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$334,480
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$539,678
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $164,760 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$164,760
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $704,438 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,038,918
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,491,278 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $727,128 · Management $57,186 · Fundraising $134,595$918,909
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $61,563 · Management $5,661 · Fundraising $11,321$78,545
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,624 · Management $7,812 · Fundraising $12,371$65,807
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $32,961 · Management $19,777 · Fundraising $13,184$65,922
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,650 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,650
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,593 · Management $1,248 · Fundraising $882$12,723
IX-17 TravelPrograms $783 · Management $1,225 · Fundraising $2,049$4,057
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $3,840 · Fundraising $0$3,840
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $53,559 · Management $30,364 · Fundraising $19,765$103,688
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $110,431 · Management $7,157 · Fundraising $6,224$123,812
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $37,174 · Management $9,540 · Fundraising $7,799$54,513
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $33,727 · Management $15,181 · Fundraising $7,904$56,812
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,116,193 · Management $158,991 · Fundraising $216,094$1,491,278
Part X · Balance sheet $2,081,864 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $237,896$571,264
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $17,516$10,844
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,603,444$1,499,756
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,542,458$2,081,864
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $44,955$50,242
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $88,725$79,055
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $278,425$270,191
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,214,033$1,761,673
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $50,000$50,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,264,033$1,811,673
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,542,458$2,081,864
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,811,673 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,038,918
XI-2 Total expenses$1,491,278
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$452,360
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,264,033
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,811,673

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