2026-08-19T11:20:24-05:00 2025-12-31 CROSBY & KANEDA CPAS 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2025-01-01 942788588 San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory SANF 4089466548 1905 Concourse Dr Units E F San Jose CA 95131 Chris Overington Executive Director 4089466548 2026-08-19 1 Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Chris Overington 1905 Concourse Dr Units E F San Jose CA 95131 2082755 0 X www.sfbbo.org X 1981 CA The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory uses science to conserve birds and habitats. Our avian monitoring and habitat restoration activities provide critical data that we use to educate land managers and the public, and contribute to informed conservation decisions. 8 7 30 125 0 0 1078846 1601422 955771 457532 5268 22111 602 1690 2040487 2082755 0 0 0 0 1126523 1491266 0 0 168718 372020 403552 1498543 1894818 541944 187937 917123 1136167 146545 177652 770578 958515 X The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to promote sustainability in the Bay Area and beyond by engaging communities in avian science, habitat restoration, and education. 0 0 904985 457532 Our science programs are the Snowy Plover and Least Tern Program, Waterbird Program, Landbird Program, Climate Change Program, Habitats Program. The Snowy Plover and Least Tern Recovery Program works toward the recovery of the federally threatened Western snowy plover and endangered California least tern. Biologists monitor breeding snowy plovers and least terns by surveying former salt ponds, stormwater retention ponds, and other suitable habitat of the San Francisco Bay where the birds breed. Program biologists work closely with local land managers and restoration projects to implement management practices to help recover the populations of these sensitive species in the Bay. The Waterbirds Program collects crucial data on the ecology and management ecosystems at a landscape-scale across California. Program biologists and over 100 volunteers collect and analyze large-scale data on waterbird abundance, distribution, foraging, breeding, and disease ecology from across the Bay Area. These data inform management of the largest tidal marsh restoration on the Pacific Coast of North America. In 2025 we continued new initiatives on Oakland Herons, phalarope foraging, and North Bay Colonial Waterbird monitoring. We also started several major new efforts: (1) drafting the first ever rangewide model of North American phalaropes with a novel two-species statistical model, (2) expanding our monitoring of gull and corvid abatement effectiveness to a new site in North Bay, (3) a new collaboration banding California Gulls with researchers from San Jose State University, and (4) co-authoring two region-wide analyses of waterbird health, the SF Bay State of the Birds and Our Estuary reports. The Landbird Program's bird banding has been ongoing for 44 years, involved hundreds of community volunteers who we train, and has been the basis of seven scientific papers in the last 5 years. Currently we involve 65 volunteers in bird banding, and collaborate with other researchers as well as local students embarking on research careers to understand avian responses to climate change and habitat restoration and improve research methods. We also host dozens of students every year ranging from middle school to college to learn about conservation ecology, in collaboration with the Education-Outreach Program and our Student Opportunities in Avian Research partners. 616522 The Habitats Program is a science-based restoration program focused on sustainable restoration of tidal marsh-upland transition zone habitats. In 2025, we added another 5 acres of restoration work at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, grew and planted over 40,000 native plants, and continued managing 27 acres of restored habitat around the Bay. We started work planting and managing 17 acres of newly constructed levee slopes in North San Jose, which will continue for the next 3 years. Restoring tidal marsh-upland transition zones provides critical high tide refugia for tidal marsh fauna, including the federally endangered Ridgway's rail and salt marsh harvest mouse. Healthy marsh vegetation also protects bayside communities from flooding by absorbing energy from incoming storm surges and accelerating sediment accumulation. Ecologists use applied research to find innovative methods for restoration, and work with land managers to integrate transition zone habitat into larger restoration projects. We expanded our successful partnership with Valley Water, Santa Clara County Parks, and educational nonprofit Marshmallow Minds to teach 6th - 8th graders from Title I schools about San Francisco Bay ecology and host them for restoration work and a short hike at Alviso Marina County Park. 38293 Our Education & Outreach Program connects people with our mission to promote sustainability in the Bay Area and beyond by engaging communities in avian science, habitat restoration, and education. We offer youth and adults activities virtually and in the field to teach them about birds, conservation, and science. We also participate in region-wide efforts to compile long term datasets to guide restoration and conservation planning efforts, and offer opportunities for the general public to be involved in scientific research by participating as volunteer community scientists in our scientific and habitat programs. 1559800 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X Chris Overington 4089466548 1905 Concourse Dr Units E F San Jose CA 95131 Chris Overington Executive Director 6.25 X X 93842 0 17783 Lynne Trulio Co-Chair 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Bruce Paton Co-Chair 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Debbie Wong Secretary 1.25 X X 0 0 0 Caroline Selfridge Treasurer 3.50 X X 0 0 0 Karan Gathani Board Member 3.00 X 0 0 0 Elaine Lea-Chou Board Member 2.50 X 0 0 0 Lisa Myers Board Member 1.25 X 0 0 0 93842 0 17783 0 0 0 0 0 28430 1194421 378571 28617 1601422 Habitat & restoration 900099 457532 457532 457532 22111 22111 Other income 900099 1690 1690 1690 2082755 457532 0 23801 118093 43695 35428 38970 1140405 979470 76768 84167 136810 119895 8093 8822 95958 78621 8265 9072 13103 13103 59814 59814 47002 28267 384 18351 26991 24482 1131 1378 19637 17951 774 912 34138 32558 670 910 380 380 18226 17072 1154 20675 18715 900 1060 Program expenses 101057 101057 Donated goods 28617 28617 Uncollectible receivabl 19224 19224 Dues, licenses, service 14688 9586 406 4696 1894818 1559800 166300 168718 143746 137890 145767 79989 284984 436399 24105 38455 116085 58477 37366 57608 281155 385826 917123 1136167 101545 157652 45000 20000 146545 177652 X 735780 818592 34798 139923 770578 958515 917123 1136167 187937 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 920177 673090 650744 1078846 1601422 4924279 920177 673090 650744 1078846 1601422 4924279 203422 4720857 963 3798 59 5400 13214 23434 974 5028 224 602 1690 8518 4956231 2831531 0.95250 0.94070 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 101100 11088 112188 0.90117 0.09883 0 0 95509 49732 45777 20576 8745 11831 57608 X Software 1 23839 FMV X Auction items 16 4778 FMV 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 SFBBO has one class of Members. Any person is eligible for membership and admitted as a Member on approval of the membership application by the Board and on timely payment of such dues and fees fixed by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Members have the right to vote on the election and the removal of directors. Members also have the right to vote on the disposition of all or substantially all of SFBBO's assets, any merger and its principal terms and any amendment of those terms, any election to dissolve SFBBO, and certain amendments of SFBBO's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b Members have the right to vote on the election and the removal of directors. Members also have the right to vote on the disposition of all or substantially all of SFBBO's assets, any merger and its principal terms and any amendment of those terms, any election to dissolve SFBBO, and certain amendments of SFBBO's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A copy of Form 990 was provided to each voting member of the board prior to filing it with the IRS. The Finance Committee must approve the Form 990 prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Upon election, hiring, or appointment, and annually thereafter, insiders (or directors) should complete an Annual Disclosure Questionnaire in the form provided by the SFBBO. On this Questionnaire, the insider should disclose affiliations that constitute or could result in a conflict of interest, and confirm his or her commitment to compliance with this Policy. The insider should update this disclosure as appropriate. The Board will perform an annual review of this Policy and amend this Policy as appropriate, as contemplated by Section 6.10 of the Bylaws. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Board reviews the compensation of the Executive Director, including direct and indirect remuneration, benefits, and gifts or favors that are not insubstantial, when the individual is hired, when the individual's term of employment is extended or renewed, or when the individual's compensation is modified, unless the modification extends to all SFBBO's employees. The compensation arrangement must be approved by the Board before SFBBO makes any payments. The Board considers comparability data that demonstrate the fair market value of the compensation in question. The Board documents how it reached its decisions, including the data on which it relied. The Board approves the compensation of Covered Individuals only if the compensation is just and reasonable. The Board reviews the compensation of key employees, including direct and indirect remuneration, benefits, and gifts or favors that are not insubstantial, when the individual is hired, when the individual's term of employment is extended or renewed, or when the individual's compensation is modified, unless the modification extends to all SFBBO's employees. The compensation arrangement must be approved by the Board before SFBBO makes any payments. The Board considers comparability data that demonstrate the fair market value of the compensation in question. The Board documents how it reached its decisions, including the data on which it relied. The Board approves the compensation of Covered Individuals only if the compensation is just and reasonable. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 As required by the Nonprofit Integrity Act in California and IRS regulations, certain documents are available to the public upon request.