Nonprofit · EIN 74-3184848
GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK
Tax-exempt · SAN DIEGO, CA 92105
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 (amended) | $1,854,435 | $1,898,276 | -$43,841 | $1,852,941 | $1,627,262 | $225,679 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,578,323 | $1,349,383 | $228,940 | $1,473,188 | $1,203,668 | $269,520 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,432,695 | $1,404,062 | $28,633 | $1,708,178 | $1,667,598 | $40,580 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,818,463
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $17,022
- Other revenue
- $18,950
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $59,859
- Other salaries and wages
- $539,422
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $685,270
- Professional fundraising fees
- $7,291
- Depreciation
- $10,352
- Program services (functional)
- $1,858,740
- Management and general (functional)
- $32,245
- Fundraising (functional)
- $7,291
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,473,188
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,852,941
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,627,262
- Net assets, end of year
- $225,679
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $29,616
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $209,228
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $16,451
- Gross receipts
- $1,854,435
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 250
- Year formed
- 2006
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Reynolds | Executive Director | 35 | $59,859 |
| Ed Lopez | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Charles Davis | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Dr Hugh Bud Mehan | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Jeff Martson | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Melissa Corona | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Teri Hughes-Oelrich | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Vicki Estrada | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Elena Aguilar | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Glorya Escobar | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Nichol Soto | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| John Gohl | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Cheryl Pryatel | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Reynolds | Executive Director | 35 | $42,440 |
| Derryl Williams | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Ed Lopez | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Charles Davis | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Dr Hugh Bud Mehan | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Jeff Martson | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Roxanne Kilbourne | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Margaretta Hickman | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Melissa Corona | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Teri Hughes-Oelrich | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Vicki Estrada | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| John Gohl | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Cheryl Pryatel | Sec Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Reynolds | Executive Director | 35 | $40,480 |
| Derryl Williams | President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| Ed Lopez | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Charles Davis | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Dr Hugh Bud Mehan | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Jeff Martson | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Roxanne Kilbourne | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Margaretta Hickman | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Melissa Corona | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Teri Hufghes-Oelrich | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Vicki Estrada | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| John Gohl | Board Member Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Cheryl Pryatel | Sec Treasurer Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 5106 FEDERAL BLVD STE 203, SAN DIEGO, CA 92105-5455
- Signed the 990
- Leslie Reynolds, Officer
- Phone
- (619) 543-0430
- Website
- groundworksandiego.org
- Return prepared by
- Blitz Lee & Company
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 74-3184848 or by the name GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek works at the intersection of social,environmental, and climate justice, grounded in strong university and communitypartnerships, to deliver education, green infrastructure, and climate safeneighborhoods. Groundworks mission is to bring about the regeneration, improvementand management of the environment through community-based partnerships which empowerpeople, businesses and organizations to promote economic and social well-being.Groundwork is committed to revitalizing the Chollas Creek Watershed and itscommunities.Groundwork San Diego has spent 18 years building trusted relationships in the Chollas Creek Watershed through environmental and climate justice initiatives led by and for the community. Our flagship EarthLab Climate Action Center, developed on previously vacant land at Millennial Tech Middle School, has educated thousands of students and families about environmental science and climate resilience. We maintain active partnerships with local
Program accomplishments
- Watershed InfrastructurePlanning, design, and construction of community-driven climate resilience projectscontinue to be a central component of Groundworks work in the Chollas Creek Watershed. One of only a select group of NGOs approved to deliver capital projects approved to improve City assets, Groundwork has generated over $11.2M in funding to restore and transform Chollas Creek and support its neighborhoods by advancing climate-resilient parks; active transportation bikeways; expanded tree canopies. These projects aim to reconnect communities through climate-resilient infrastructure and honor the Kumeyaay history in the watershed through cultural signage.EducationThe Groundwork EarthLab Educators deliver place-based learning experiences and projects during the school day, after school, and in the summer to over 1500 K-12 youth of the San Diego Unified School Districts Lincoln Cluster. The Experiential Early Learning Program provided students with outdoor STEAM education that increased understanding of ecological dynamics affecting their community. The Middle School project-based learnn program empowered students in grades 68 to tackle real-world, local climate action topics through interdisciplinary projects, such as reimagining their neighborhood as climate-resilient, implementing sustainable urban agriculture, and utilizing blue-green infrastructure to prevent flooding and increase access to green spaces. The Green Team Leadership Development Internship provide a year-long program focused on youth leadership, advocacy, and climate action. With the addition of a hydroponic farm at the EarthLab this year, our educators have added projects that inform students on the nexus between climate impacts and food production along with education about of the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables. Climate-safe NeighborhoodsThe Chollas Creek Watershed exemplifies compounded impacts of historic environmentalinjustice and redlining. Creek channelization and freeway construction has dividedneighborhoods, displacing hundreds of families and businesses, particularly BIPOCresidents who had rare opportunities for property ownership in Southeastern SanDiego. With the launch of the Chollas Blue Green Collaborative, composed of residents, landowners, planning agencies, regulators, developers, and industry leaders, a comprehensive Chollas Blue Green Vision for the watershed infrastructure was created. The Vision enshrines the Collaboratives recommended constellation of multi-benefit nature-based solutions/typologies that match the complexity of the watersheds climate challenges and opportunities to build resilience. The document guides and empowers the community and public decision-makers in capital project development to combat extreme weather events in the watershed.Expenses $1,858,740
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 74-3184848
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2007
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C32)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,852,941
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,854,435
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,854,435 | $1,898,276 | $1,852,941 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,578,323 | $1,349,383 | $1,473,188 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,432,695 | $1,404,062 | $1,708,178 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 74-3184848).
Questions about GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK
- What is the EIN of GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK is 74-3184848.
- Is GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
- Are donations to GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 13 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $59,859 (Leslie Reynolds, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does GROUNDWORK SAN DIEGO - CHOLLAS CREEK have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,854,435, expenses of $1,898,276 and total assets of $1,852,941 at year end.
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