2026-03-09T11:40:47-07:00 2025-09-30 990 2024-10-01 943039253 SAN FRANCISCO BAY WILDLIFE SOCIETY SANF 4085151889 P O Box 234 Newark CA 945600234 Cecilia Craig Vice President 4088282643 2026-02-28 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Namit Saksena POB 234 Newark CA 945600234 207536 0 X www.sfbayws.org X 1987 CA Nurture in the public an understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, its natural and cultural history, and to conserve, preserve, and restore bay lands as essential wildlife habitat. Environmental Education supports conservation awareness and builds stewardship in local communities. Biology programs support habitat preservation and restoration. Long term partnerships with Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and local corporations provide major funding for these efforts. Efforts also support public access and conservation education. 6 6 9 40 0 0 12825 18056 177813 176613 5823 6743 282 -11 196743 201401 0 0 0 0 176827 189278 0 0 4900 26944 44139 203771 233417 -7028 -32016 250009 215481 3076 564 246933 214917 X Nurture in the public an understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, its natural and cultural history, and to conserve, preserve, and restore bay lands as essential wildlife habitat. Environmental Education supports conservation awareness and builds stewardship in local communities. Biology programs support habitat preservation and restoration. Long term partnerships with Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and local corporations provide major funding for these efforts. Efforts also support public access and conservation education. 1 1 126922 0 125176 Environmental Education and Interpretation for Watershed Watchers program, funded by a contract from Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program. From Oct 2024 to Sep 2025: Reached over 3,344 people with public, group, outreach, and stewardship programs and activities. Programs: public, group and outreach programs (62); stewardship, volunteer coordination, and special events (24), summer camp (1). All public, group, and outreach programs included education on mercury pollution and impacts. 87 total programs offered. At least 1,441 K-12 students and 1,903 adults, with over 3,344 people in total attended these programs, with at least 7,472 people learning via social media platforms about programs. More details available upon request. 18819 0 16000 Warm Springs Vernal Pool Monitoring and Habitat Restoration, funded by Wildlife Heritage Foundation. For Warm Springs, Wildlife Heritage Foundation description: Warm Springs is a unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The income from the Wildlife Heritage Foundation funds a Wildlife Biologist Associate position to help monitor and protect endangered and threatened species in this unique vernal pool habitat. Primary responsibilities: conduct invasive weed management including hand pulling and herbicide application, assist with surveys including hydrological monitoring of vernal pools, aquatic surveys for vernal pool biota including tadpole shrimp and California tiger salamanders; vernal pool vegetation surveys; summer vegetation surveys; and invasive weed surveys. Other responsibilities include seed collection and processing, data management, cross support with other Refuges, data entry, report preparation, and supply and equipment inventories. 23392 0 23392 Summer Camp Support 2025 - tee-shirts, materials, payroll, part-time coordinator. Long-standing joint USFWS-SFBWS program for K-12 students from lower-income areas; high school students attend training and then lead camp activities. 66 attendees, funded by Cargill and Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program, with more than 30 volunteers and staff. 9960 0 1658 Restoration associate and Peninsula Programs Coordinator (funded partially by Cargill) provided restoration education and activities primarily on the east and west sides of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Used income left over from the prior fiscal year to support this year's activities. 4011 0 6000 CSU East Bay Monitoring Project with CSU Foundation grant, Farallon Islands Refuge Support, supported by donations; Bechtel support for Refuge Cleanup activities 1013 0 949 Sub-contract services to conduct specific STEM-related environmental education programs with Marshmallow Minds 0 0 3438 Transportation support for buses and other transport for K-12 students to visit Refuge, providing opportunities for environmental education and outreach to occur with program onsite. Support provided to under-represented and lower socioeconomic students/schools. Income for this fund raised in prior years; not used during COVID. Funded by donations. No bus trips expensed directly here this fiscal year, busses were funded from this account for Summer Camp transportation and is shown as a Summer Camp expense. 912 0 Volunteer event support for VA Alameda Tern unit. Supported by operating funds. 15896 0 12045 185029 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X X X Sirena Lao 4085151889 PO Box 234 Newark CA 945600234 Cecilia D Craig President and USFWS Liaison 4 0 X X 0 0 0 Namit Saksena Vice President 3 0 X X 0 0 0 Chris Kitting Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Ravi Kohli Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Heng Huei Chen Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Olivia Poulos Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18056 0 18056 SCVURPPP 900099 125176 125176 0 0 Cargill 900099 25000 25000 0 0 Wildlife Heritage Foundation 900099 16000 16000 0 0 CSU East Bay Monitoring, Bechtel Cleanup Support, Farallon Islands NWR Donation 900099 6000 6000 0 0 4437 4437 0 0 176613 6743 6743 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6069 6135 -66 -66 0 0 Credit Card Rewards 900099 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 201401 183345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160148 137181 22967 0 2804 2134 670 0 12598 11160 1438 0 13728 12680 1048 0 7759 2738 5021 0 338 338 0 0 15888 14122 883 883 11217 836 10381 0 0 0 0 0 734 734 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2110 1384 726 0 Purchases for Nature Store 3514 0 0 3514 Visitor Services Support 1722 1722 0 0 Sales TaX 503 0 0 503 Memberships 354 0 354 0 233417 185029 43488 4900 5356 624 203542 181208 0 0 30485 29096 10626 4553 250009 215481 65 127 3011 437 3076 564 X 190367 158351 56566 56566 246933 214917 250009 215481 X -32016 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 281310 204015 203420 190638 194668 1074051 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 281310 204015 203420 190638 194668 1074051 1074051 166 100 3115 5823 6743 15947 0 0 0 650 359 435 210 55 1709 1091707 0.98383 0.98958 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Credit Card Rewards RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 Pension Payable 437 437 Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Appointed an Executive Director who led an improved Nature Store investment at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station. The BOD approved double coverage between the outgoing Program Administrator and the incoming Executive Director, resulting in a larger-than-normal loss for the fiscal year. Form 990, Part III, Line 3 We moved to a new website, blog, and email provider, migrating fully to Google Workspace from the prior provider, finally resolving the open accounts payable with the provider, which had contributed to the fiscal-year loss. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Sent by email for review to BOD; reviewed earlier end-of-year reports in January 2026 BOD mtg Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The SFBWS Code of Ethics states, "refrain from voting on issues that may be perceived as a potential conflict of interest. Heng Huei Chen, Director, is Compliance Officer Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Staff compensation is determined based on experience and using salary bands from the US Government generally. Administration staff compensation is determined based on discussions with other similar sized not-for-profit organizations with similar missions. This is documented by the Executive Director and BOD President or VP. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 These documents are available upon request. In addition, we ensure our filings are available on Guidestar and Charity Navigator. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Rounding compounding delta