Carmel River Steelhead Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770093979
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Monterey, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8316018649
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,609
- Expenses
- $58,539
- Assets
- $75,316
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Steve Park (President)
- Frank Emerson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Steve Park (President)
- Brian LeNeve (Director)
- Frank Emerson (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Restoration and conservation of the federally threatened steelhead fishery on the Carmel River and its watershed. The primary goal is to restore the Careml River watershed to as natural a state as possible so that it will maintain an annual run of adult steelhead in excess of 2,000 fish.
What it reported doing in 2025
Rescued stranded fish from drying streches of the Carmel River and its tributaries. Rebuilt habitat for the steelhead and other species. Advocated for adequate water for the steelhead and other fish.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -23.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.