To protect, conserve, and restore the watersheds of Alpine County by promoting sustainable community and science-based collaborative solutions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$55K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $24K a year · 7% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$55K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $18K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$121K
-59% vs prior year
Net assets
$42K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$121K
FY2022▼ -59%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$200K
FY2021$293K
FY2022$121K
FY2023$291K
FY2024$316K
FY2025$411K
Expenses
—
FY2022
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$317K
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$244K
FY2024$288K
FY2025$368K
Net assets
$42K
FY2022▼ -32%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$85K
FY2021$61K
FY2022$42K
FY2023$90K
FY2024$118K
FY2025$146K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending September 2022) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2006.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990-EZ; $55K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$55,430Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer/Secr
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Former V. Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kimra McAfee’s $65K as Executive Director is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kimra McAfee$64,743$56,927$52,787$55,430$47,343$45,760

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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Programs and updates

Protects and restores local waterways through community partnerships.

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1 program · $269K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Due to the pandemic and wildfires, AWGs volunteer activities and in-person community outreach and environmental education continued to be curtailed in 2021. A total of 161 volunteers participated in 10 different restoration and monitoring activities during 2021, contributing approximately 609 volunteer hours.

$269Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$18K

By the numbers

The FY2022 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$121K
Other income$121K
Owns and owes
$42K
net assets
Liabilities$15K
People
8
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$121K
Total revenue$121K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$15K
Net assets$42K
Operations
Employees4
Volunteers321
Fiscal year endsSeptember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $411K$368K$43K$146K 990 PDF
FY2024 $316K$288K$28K$118K 990 PDF
FY2023 $291K$244K$47K$90K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $121K$42K 990 PDF
FY2021 $293K$317K−$24K$61K 990 PDF
FY2020 $200K$85K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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