The mission of Marin Conservation League is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural assets of Marin in a changing environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2022 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $261K a year · 46% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 9.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $49K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19K
0.7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$467K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$290K
To programs
71%
Net assets
$2.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$467K
FY2022▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$660K
FY2021$503K
FY2022$467K
FY2023$267K
FY2024$832K
FY2025$686K
Expenses
$290K
FY2022▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$276K
FY2021$278K
FY2022$290K
FY2023$293K
FY2024$320K
FY2025$391K
Net assets
$2.7M
FY2022▼ -14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$3.1M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.6M
FY2025$4.1M

From the FY2022 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1953.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $207K Management & general 8% · $24K Fundraising 20% · $59K

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

21 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
1st Vice Pres.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
2nd Vice Pres.
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rebecca Schwartz Lesberg’s $66K as Executive Dir. is at the 47th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Kate Shilvock—$85,000
Rebecca Schwartz Lesberg$66,113—

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Preserves, protects, and enhances Marin's natural assets in a changing environment.

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1 program · $207K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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The corporation works to preserve, protect and enhance the natural assets of marin county. In 2022, among other things, it produced newsletters, conducted educational activities, and advocated local government to adopt and follow environmentally sound policies.

$207Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 1 grant · $5K · 2025–2025
Marin Link INCCA · FY2025$5,003

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$467K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$362K
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Money outPt IX
$290K
Ln 25
Programscol B$207K
Managementcol C$24K
Fundraisingcol D$59K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$240K
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$362K
Investment incomeLn 3$101K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7$34K
Total revenueLn 12$467K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$40K
SavingsLn 2$200K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$240K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$51K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 650
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$199K$240K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.9M$2.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$25K$51K
Total assetsLn 16$3.1M$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$19K
Net assetsLn 32$3.1M$2.7M
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$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$93K$67K$10K$16K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$1K$169$262
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$6K$876$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$11K$11K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$1K$176$272
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$27K$20K$5K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$12K$9K$2K$992
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$1K$1K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$1K$233$109
InsuranceLn 23$6K$4K$962$452
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$102K$65K$37K
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$20K$4K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$290K$207K$24K$59K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $686K$391K$295K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $832K$320K$512K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $267K$293K−$26K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $467K$290K$176K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $503K$278K$225K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $660K$276K$384K$2.8M 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
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Part I · Summary $466,782 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $151,494$362,220
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $351,857$101,445
I-11 Other revenue$3,117
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $503,351$466,782
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $118,511$102,263
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $159,690$188,231
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $278,201$290,494
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $225,150$176,288
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $466,782 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$100,194
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$262,026
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$362,220
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $67,808$67,808
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $33,637$33,637
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $3,117$3,117
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $104,562$466,782
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $290,494 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 staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $66,787 · Management $10,203 · Fundraising $15,769$92,759
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,109 · Management $169 · Fundraising $262$1,540
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,734 · Management $876 · Fundraising $1,354$7,964
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $11,036$11,036
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,154 · Management $176 · Fundraising $272$1,602
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,431 · Management $4,724 · Fundraising $2,187$27,342
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,300 · Management $2,108 · Fundraising $992$12,400
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,030$1,030
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,031 · Management $233 · Fundraising $109$1,373
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,245 · Management $962 · Fundraising $452$5,659
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $65,235 · Fundraising $36,794$102,029
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $20,229 · Management $4,323 · Fundraising $1,208$25,760
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $207,321 · Management $23,774 · Fundraising $59,399$290,494
Part X · Balance sheet $2,686,664 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $34,452$40,142
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $164,526$200,185
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,630$75
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,792$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $25,042$50,524
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,886,866$2,395,738
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,117,308$2,686,664
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,960$19,030
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,960$19,030
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,082,952$2,635,008
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $31,396$32,626
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,114,348$2,667,634
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,117,308$2,686,664
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,667,634 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$466,782
XI-2 Total expenses$290,494
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$176,288
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,114,348
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$623,424
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$422
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,667,634

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