Friends of Riversides Hills

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262292471
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Riverside, CA, USA
Phone
9516403868
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,718
Expenses
$67,142
Assets
$738,710
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gurumantra Khalsa (Chief Executive Officer)

People named in this filing

  • Gurumantra Khalsa (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Arlee Montalvo (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Leonard Nunney (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

OUR MISSION is to maintain and enhance the quality of life in the greater Riverside area by maximizing the preservation of the regions scenic hills and greenbelt its ridgelines arroyos and wildlife areas and by promoting the establishment of linked natural open space areas for use as wildlife corridors and recreational trails.

What it reported doing in 2025

FRH worked with their legal team to provide comments on CEQA and NEPA documents including Notices of Preparation Negative Declarations Environmental Initial Studies and Environmental Impact Reports for proposed projects in the greater Riverside - Santa Ana River Watershed area. FRH encouraged compliance with conservation policies and local state and federal laws that protect conservation reserves wildlife water and environmental quality. Special focus was given to environmental sustainability fire safety pollution potential and upholding of voter approved initiatives. FRH pursued litigation and legal settlements to uphold environmental laws and quality of life for wildlife and human communities throughout the region involving thousands of residents. FRH negotiated project improvements including the placements of homes native landscaping and open spaces. FRH also worked on setbacks for trails and watercourses the improvement of public trails access noise reduction reduced light pollution improved wildlife corridors and enhanced fire protection for both homes and conservation lands. Settlement funds are sometimes granted to FRH and may be used to support conservation goals legal fees conservation easements public trail improvements habitat restoration wildland preservation and environmental education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -224.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -32.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.