2025-11-18T14:50:09-05:00 2024-12-31 841734816 Daren M McDonald CPA Chartered 913 Tahoe Boulevard Suite 12 Incline Village NV 89451 990 2024-01-01 942538013 Sierra State Parks Foundation % Michael Myers SIER 5305839911 PO Box 28 Tahoe City CA 96145 MICHAEL MYERS Executive Director 5305839911 2025-08-01 false true DAREN M MCDONALD CPA JD P00641592 7752984138 2025-11-18 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Michael Myers PO Box 28 Tahoe City CA 96145 1403389 false X www.sierrastateparks.org X 1974 CA The Sierra State Parks Foundation provides critically needed financial and professional support to the Lake Tahoe-Donner Sierra State Parks for Education, Restoration, and Cultural and Environmental Preservation in partnership with California State Parks. 10 10 4 62 0 0 241110 280304 275110 271306 67606 59423 376498 396335 960324 1007368 176279 140083 0 623005 791813 0 149921 153360 163014 952644 1094910 7680 -87542 1958757 1880881 21260 30926 1937497 1849955 X The Sierra State Parks Foundation provides critically needed financial and professional support to the Lake Tahoe-Donner Sierra State Parks for Education, Restoration, and Cultural and Environmental Preservation in partnership with California State Parks. false false 696119 275110 Education/Interpretation: 1. Our historic house museum guides team for Vikinghsolm and the Hellman-Ehrman Estate inspired 15,781 visitors with historic house museum tours, including 950 free tours to school children and 1,323 to vistors arriving by by boat to reduce vehicular trips. 2. SSPF staff welcomed 58,519 visitors to the visitor centers operated by SSPF (Sugar Pine Point and Vikingsholm). In addition, our staff supplemented state parks staff at the Donner Memorial State Park Visitor Center for 6 months in 2024. 3. We collaborated with state parks with the production of major outreach events that included: Donner Legacy Day, Free Ski Day at the Park, and California State Parks Week events. 4. SSPF supported a large variety of educational programming provided by the talented interpretive staff of California State Parks. Our support included considerable financial contributions to pay for park interpretive staff, purchasing the equipment and materials to support these programs and professional support that helped in program development and implementation. These collaborative efforts that bought free educational and interpretive program to over 28,368 park visitors including 2,482 in-person students and 7,280 virtual students in 2024. These programs ranged from rafting experiences on Donner Lake, supporting the Docent Program that brings daily historic tours at the Donner Visitor Center and school group programming, Junior Rangers, tabling that brought programs to where people are at Emerald Bay and Sugar Pine Point SP, and virtual school programs to classrooms around the country. 140083 140083 Cultural and Natural Resource Restoration: 1. SSPF funded restoration and on-going maintenance projects at Vikingsholm. We have also established an endowment to help fund future projects. 2024 highlights included the completion of the restoration of the garage and lakeside entry doors; we worked with State Parks to forward the on-going projects of the turret restoration, roof repairs and lakeside site improvements to stop the degration of the landscape by the estimated 1.5 million visitors to this popular Emerald Bay beach. 2. We continued to support the maintenance and restoration needs of the Hellman-Ehrman Estate (Pine Lodge) to include the historic garden, repairs to exterior and interior plaster repair needs, siding and roof repairs and general upkeep. Advocacy and Outreach: Our Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee including out Board President and the Executive Director remained involved in advocacy work by attending meetings, creating opportunities to educate community members, legislators and state park officials about the partnership value of SSPF and pertinent park related projects within our jurisdiction. In out 50th year as an organization, we were awarded a golden Bear Award by the California State Parks and Recreation Commission that recognizes individuals and organizations who have made a significant impact to the betterment of California State parks. 836202 true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Michael Myers 5305839911 PO Box 28 Tahoe City CA 96145 Heidi Doyle Executive Director 0.00 0.00 X 67457 0 0 Michael Myers Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X X 62192 0 0 Barton Tretheway Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rosie Smith Secretary 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Norma Santiago President 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Levin Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Grove Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Robertson Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kerry Andres Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Suzanne Larsen Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Wes Kuguni Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 129649 0 0 0 true false false 48781 231523 8122 280304 Interpretive Programs 713990 3085 3085 Park Tour Operations 713990 268221 268221 271306 59423 59423 48781 0 791773 396021 395752 395752 Miscellaneous Revenue 713990 583 583 583 1007368 667641 0 59423 140083 140083 166217 129649 16622 19946 489138 378394 35288 75456 76892 49488 15968 11436 59566 47428 4152 7986 6019 6019 17000 1000 14000 2000 13497 5868 934 6695 3336 856 178 2302 13936 5299 4318 4319 14028 10604 993 2431 7629 2905 2359 2365 Bank and CC Discount Fees 29695 26341 688 2666 Supplies 12803 10625 730 1448 Non-Cash Services 8122 8122 Telephone 4711 2456 1095 1160 32238 17084 5443 9711 1094910 836202 108787 149921 544172 665879 82629 73655 113685 132091 5393 13378 1212878 995878 1958757 1880881 21260 30926 21260 30926 X 1029409 949337 908088 900618 1937497 1849955 1958757 1880881 -87542 0 X false false false X 271836 493398 300848 235218 272182 1573482 7533 195826 589316 651608 684615 2128898 279369 689224 890164 886826 956797 3702380 0 0 0 0 0 0 3702380 18726 381 2300 67606 59423 148436 18726 381 2300 67606 59423 148436 583 583 298095 689605 892464 954432 1016803 3851399 0.96130 0.96760 0.04000 0.03000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 193027 96430 289457 145207 47820 193027 91972 53235 145207 75207 16765 91972 62080 13127 75207 false false Big Bluegras 20907 20907 10174 Music Castle 13010 13010 2203 5 58639 58639 31398 92556 92556 43775 43775 48781 true State of California 1416 9th Street Sacramento CA 95814 140083 To Support CA State Parks System X false false false false false false false false false HEIDI DOYLE Executive Director 67457 67457 Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 Form 990 was provided to the Board of Directors at a regularly scheduled meeting, and thereafter was available for comment and questions for 14 days before the return was filed. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The Board of Directors reviews the conflict of interest policy annually, and all Board members are requried to disclose any conflicts that exist. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a The Board of Directors annually prepares a perforance review of the top management of the organization and independently determines any comensation that is awarded. Other officer or key employee compensation Part VI line 15b The Board of Directors reviews local area rates for executive directors, and annually reviews the executive director performance. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 No other documents available to the public. Part III response or note to any other line in Part III Organization Mission The Sierra State Parks Foundation (SSPF) believes that the Lake Tahoe and Truckee Area California State Parks are unique treasurers that are worthy of our support. We fund projects and educational programs that connect people with our rich natural resources and cultural heritage. Because of our work, our parks will continue to be places of education and inspiration for generations to come.