Sequoia Forestkeeper
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 912154817
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- Rohnert Park, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7604170268
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Forest Conservation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,932
- Expenses
- $21,014
- Assets
- $19,668
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- CRAIG SWOLGAARD (Chairman)
- MAYA KHOSLA (Treasurer)
- CHARLENE LITTLE (Director)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To protect and restore the ecosystem of the southern sierra Nevada - including both the sequoia national forest and the giant sequoia monument - through monitoring, enforcement, litigation, and public awareness.by acting as the eyes, ears, and voice of the forest, sfk seeks to improve land management practices; promote land stewardship; promote enforcement of existing laws and regulations; implement public awareness programs and offer assistance to local land management agencies.
What it reported doing in 2024
Southern sierra project review program
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.7%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.