Sustainability Park Recycling And Wildlife Legal Defense Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202501877
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- El Cerrito, CA, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recycling Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,967
- Expenses
- $101,307
- Assets
- $255,636
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NORMAN LA FORCE (President)
People named in this filing
- NORMAN LA FORCE (President)
- STEVE LAUTZE (Treasurer)
- DAVID TAM (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to promote sound planning for a sustainable environment while meeting the needs of California's growing population.
What it reported doing in 2025
Continued to monitor our work to protect Point Molate from development.East Bay Regional Park District has purchased the land.We are involved with issues concerning the expansion of mountain bike use on East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) trails and how EBRPD evaluates their impact.Acting as Fiscal Agent for Richmond Hills coalition.Supporting CA Native Plant Society East Bay Chapter on expansion of mountain bike on East Bay Regional Park trail issues.We are acting as fiscal agent for the Richmond Hills coalition which is fighting a development.Preparation work on proposed Wildcat Canyon Regional Park Flow Trail for mountain biking. EIR hearing set for 2026.Involvement in East Bay Regional Park District master plan amendment, BCDC work on countering sea level rise.
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
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -94.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.52; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.