San Francisco Conservation Corps FY2020 filing

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San Francisco, CA501(c)(3)EIN 94-2934014Revenue $4.0M in FY2020

On file with the IRSsfcc.org3450 3rd Street 1-D, 94124-1444 · San Francisco, CATax-exempt since Dec 1984Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC) offers young people opportunities to develop themselves by developing their academic abilities and marketable job skills while addressing community needs through service work.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$194K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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 deficit $108K a year · 2% 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
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$194K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.8 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $50K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
67% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 67% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.0M
Spent
$3.7M
To programs
94%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$4.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.0M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$5.8M
FY2023$5.8M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$2.6M
Expenses
$3.7M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$3.3M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$2.3M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$764K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Dec 1984.

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

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $3.5M Management & general 6% · $236K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $194K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director (through 8/2019)
$168,893Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$18,750Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$6,251Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
James Walker$185,000$86,335————
Marilee Eckert—$134,808$165,980$169,200$162,218$18,750
Debra Gore-Mann—————$168,893
Thomas Bowmar—$117,300$108,759———
Anil Kupuria—————$6,251

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
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Empowers youth through service, building skills and academics while improving communities.

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3 programs · $3.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

The Recycling program provides job readiness and technical skills training to young adults. Training is provided on a weekly basis to Corpsmembers who develop skills and environmental knowledge as they undertake various projects to benefit the environment.

$1.9Mprogram expense
02

The Horticultural program also provides job readiness and technical skills training to young adults, with a focus on job skills development and learning agricultural skills through participation in farming and land management.

$994Kprogram expense
03

The San Francisco Conversation Corps, in collaboration with the John Muir Charter School, offers young adults in the Corps an opportunity to be enrolled in one of 3 possible Career Pathways.

$614Kprogram 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 3 funders$50K
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$11
Money outPt IX
$3.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.5M
Managementcol C$236K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$263K
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$11
Total revenueLn 12$4.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$263K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$263K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$16K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M
Other assetsLn 15$25K
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5266
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$211K$263K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10K$16K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.6M$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.7M$5.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.1M$1.9M$156K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$257K$254K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$59K$54K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$6K$504
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$258K$238K$19K
Office expensesLn 13$80K$74K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$17K$16K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$285K$263K$21K
TravelLn 17$4K$3K$283
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$1K$114
InterestLn 20$59K$54K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$160K$148K$12K
InsuranceLn 23$62K$57K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$339K$339K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$49K$46K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.7M$3.5M$236K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.6M$3.3M−$684K$764K 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.6M$6.3M−$738K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.8M$6.2M−$411K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.8M$5.4M$400K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.9M$4.3M$520K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $4.0M$3.7M$264K$1.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,980,344 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $933,753$1,365,491
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,787,429$2,614,842
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,163$11
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $11,289$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,733,634$3,980,344
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $24,458$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,109,337$2,396,619
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,246,651$1,319,270
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,380,446$3,715,889
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$646,812$264,455
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,980,344 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $5,804 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$1,295,117
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$70,374
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,365,491
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,609,038 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,609,038
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11$11
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,614,842 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11$3,980,344
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,715,889 across 15 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,925,223 · Management $156,131$2,081,354
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $254,484 · Management $2,066$256,550
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $54,029 · Management $4,686$58,715
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $6,217 · Management $504$6,721
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $238,266 · Management $19,319$257,585
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $73,704 · Management $5,976$79,680
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $15,554 · Management $1,261$16,815
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $263,206 · Management $21,341$284,547
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,486 · Management $283$3,769
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,401 · Management $114$1,515
IX-20 InterestPrograms $54,417 · Management $4,412$58,829
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $147,710 · Management $11,977$159,687
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $57,441 · Management $4,657$62,098
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $338,631 · Management $0$338,631
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $45,689 · Management $3,704$49,393
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,479,458 · Management $236,431 · Fundraising $0$3,715,889
Part X · Balance sheet $5,015,650 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $210,906$262,615
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $770,003$1,885,619
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $24,300$70,254
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,627,576$2,756,773
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $9,534$15,784
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $76,622$24,605
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,718,941$5,015,650
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $562,826$1,291,731
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,346,394$3,340,949
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$260,923−$213,938
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,633,470$1,888,639
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,372,547$1,674,701
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,718,941$5,015,650
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,674,701 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,980,344
XI-2 Total expenses$3,715,889
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$264,455
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,372,547
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,251
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$31,448
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,674,701

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