2024-04-08T13:40:38-07:00 2023-08-31 200276349 MUN CPAs LLP 2901 Douglas Blvd Ste 290 Roseville CA 95661 990 2022-09-01 472409361 California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation CALI 9163872264 1231 I Street 205 Sacramento CA 95814 Paul Buttner Chairman 2024-04-08 true Paul Buttner 999009999 true Erica Pastor P01393464 9167744208 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Paul Buttner 1231 I Street 205 Sacramento CA 958142933 212847 false X N/A X 2014 CA Enhance the ecological value of California rice fields to help sustain the millions of waterbirds and other wildlife in the pacific flyway for future generations. 5 5 0 7 0 319014 212847 0 0 0 319014 212847 0 0 0 0 0 230217 131917 230217 131917 88797 80930 197591 278521 50 50 197541 278471 Enhance the ecological value of California rice fields to help sustain the millions of waterbirds and other wildlife in the pacific flyway for future generations. false false 121503 Recently, our Foundation was called upon to deploy extra investments from the State of California get critical waterbird habitat out onto the dry Sacramento Valley landscape during the recent epic drought. These State investments allowed us to strategically flood nearly 100,000 acres of rice fields over two years to help offset the significant deficit of winter-flooded waterfowl habitat during the drought. Even though we are back to something more normal for now, we are always focused on the perennial need to provide flooded habitat for migratory waterbirds that experience a seasonal lack of habitat every fall and spring season. In addition, we are also involved in innovative projects to help struggling salmon populations. We accomplish this through implementation of several ongoing projects.Bid4Birds Habitat Program: This innovative habitat enhancement program focuses on creating critical shorebird and waterfowl habitat at the precise time periods when habitat is the most scarce. This special targeting of habitat investment, precisely where and when its most needed, provides cost-efficiencies by spending our donor funds within the exact weeks/months that are most critical. Thanks to our donors, this is our main perennial program delivering world-class waterbird habitat year-over-year.California Ricelands Salmon Project (Salmon.Calrice.org): This is a significant, cutting-edge research/pilot project to study and develop new innovative methods to raise juvenile salmon in winter-flooded rice fields. The project is supported by the Foundation, NRCS and many other funding partners. Since 2018, special salmon-rearing management practices have been pilot-tested and successful migration of rice-reared salmon out to the ocean has been tracked using state of the acoustic telemetry tags. Early results on survival rates look very good, showing enhanced survival for the salmon that are using these specially-managed rice fields. This is due to the fact that the winter-flooded rice fields are full of zooplanktonthe exact food source that juvenile salmon need at this stage of their life. Fish Food Program: The Foundation is also helping our salmon conservation partners with another innovative program to help juvenile salmon that cannot access the food in their historic floodplain due to flood protection levees. The Foundation is helping to find participating rice growers who are willing the grow the fish food in their fields and strategically export it to the river where juvenile salmon in the main river channel can access it and experience growth benefits. 121503 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 1 0 true 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true false false false CA X Kim DeVincenzi 9163872264 1231 I Street Suite 205 Sacramento CA 958142933 X Mark Biddlecomb Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Buttner Chair/Ex Dir. 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MIke DeWitt Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Meghan Hertel Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Josh Sheppard Sec/Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 212847 212847 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212847 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8006 8006 0 0 0 121503 121503 0 2408 2408 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 131917 121503 10414 0 197591 278521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 197591 278521 50 50 50 50 X 197541 278471 197541 278471 197591 278521 80930 X true X false true false X 189322 114817 317847 319014 212847 1153847 0 0 189322 114817 317847 319014 212847 1153847 0 1153847 0 0 0 1153847 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Foundation qualifies for exemption from income taxes under provision Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 23701 (d) of the California Corporations Code. Accordingly, there is no provision for income taxes recorded in the financial statements. As required by the Income Tax Topic of FASB ASC 740, the Foundation recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more-likely-than-not to be sustained. The Foundation does not believe its financial statements include any uncertain tax positions. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Management reviews the 990 before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, financial information, and policies are available upon request at the foundation's office. California Rice Commission 1231 I Street Suite 205 SACRAMENTO CA 95814 680436818 PROMOTION, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH FOR C CA 501(c)(6) N/A false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false California Rice Commission c 132453 Cash