To promote and celebrate connections between nature, family, and community, by creating unique opportunities that advance cultural diversity, environmental appreciation, and youth empowerment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 65 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $492 a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$104K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $64K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$834K
67% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 67% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$413K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2025▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$428K
FY2021$677K
FY2022$920K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$2.0M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$358K
FY2021$824K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.9M
Net assets
$413K
FY2025▲ +29%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$284K
FY2021$333K
FY2022$246K
FY2023$205K
FY2024$320K
FY2025$413K

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2003.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $1.5M Management & general 11% · $217K Fundraising 7% · $140K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $104K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$77,500Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$26,731Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Yasmine Safinya’s $78K as Executive Dir. is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mark Olson$26,731$114,615$102,115$88,793$86,033$75,769
Yasmine Safinya$77,500—————

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

Programs and updates

Connects families and communities with nature at a forest camp.

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1 program · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Camps in Common strengthens connections between nature, family and community through meaningful overnight summer camp and community building programs for Oakland youth and families at Oakland Feather River Camp, which has provided outdoor educational and recreational opportunities for generations of Oaklanders since its founding in 1924.

$1.5Mprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$857K
Other incomeLn 4–11$54K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$217K
Fundraisingcol D$140K
Owns and owesPt X
$413K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$357K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$834K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$857K
Government grantsLn 1e$356K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$92K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$54K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$357K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$357K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$361K
Other assetsLn 15$900
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$834K
Net assetsLn 32$413K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 565
VolunteersI 6100
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$293K$357K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$261K$361K
Total assetsLn 16$1.0M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$690K$834K
Net assetsLn 32$320K$413K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$106K$47K$30K$29K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$845K$791K$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$42K$40K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$93K$93K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$163K$76K$71K$16K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$629$4K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$57K$44K$7K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$24K$10K$8K$7K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$98K$91K$5K$2K
TravelLn 17$38K$28K$10K$35
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$980$89$891
InterestLn 20$1K$1K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$37K$37K
InsuranceLn 23$64K$54K$8K$728
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$276K$253K$4K$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$7K$6K$971
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.5M$217K$140K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.0M$1.9M$94K$413K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.7M$1.6M$115K$320K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$1.3M−$41K$205K 990 PDF
FY2022 $920K$1.0M−$87K$246K 990 PDF
FY2021 $677K$824K−$147K$333K 990 PDF
FY2020 $428K$358K$70K$284K 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,985,847 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $750,363$856,803
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $911,916$1,059,869
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6$15,441
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $38,382$53,734
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,700,667$1,985,847
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $963,067$1,085,807
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $622,948$806,198
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,586,015$1,892,005
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $114,652$93,842
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $1,985,847 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $22,682 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$92,297
VIII-1e Government grants$356,014
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$408,492
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$856,803
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,059,869$1,059,869
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15,441$15,441
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $22,913$22,913
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $8,139$8,139
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,082,551 · Excluded from tax $46,493$1,985,847
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,892,005 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $47,427 · Management $30,149 · Fundraising $28,709$106,285
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $791,140 · Fundraising $53,463$844,603
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $39,967 · Management $1,580$41,547
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $93,372$93,372
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,777$5,777
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $23,823$23,823
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $75,730 · Management $71,247 · Fundraising $15,950$162,927
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $629 · Management $3,722 · Fundraising $6,416$10,767
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43,624 · Management $6,625 · Fundraising $6,774$57,023
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,731 · Management $7,822 · Fundraising $6,660$24,213
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $91,463 · Management $4,743 · Fundraising $2,292$98,498
IX-17 TravelPrograms $28,275 · Management $9,624 · Fundraising $35$37,934
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $89 · Management $891$980
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,112$1,112
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $36,643$36,643
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $54,495 · Management $8,346 · Fundraising $728$63,569
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $252,829 · Management $3,602 · Fundraising $19,178$275,609
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,352 · Management $971$7,323
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,535,123 · Management $216,677 · Fundraising $140,205$1,892,005
Part X · Balance sheet $1,247,836 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $292,814$356,518
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $97,165$45,308
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $331,960$457,102
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $6,840$7,505
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,594$19,043
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $260,762$361,460
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $900$900
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,010,035$1,247,836
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $50,228$23,484
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $640,225$810,928
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $690,453$834,412
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $229,761$391,813
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $89,821$21,611
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $319,582$413,424
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,010,035$1,247,836
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $413,424 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,985,847
XI-2 Total expenses$1,892,005
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$93,842
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$319,582
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$413,424

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