Nonprofit · EIN 82-2478090
OC HABITATS
Tax-exempt · SANTA ANA, CA 92705
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990-EZ | $177,171 | $160,224 | $16,947 | $132,182 | $4,374 | $127,808 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $115,955 | $111,496 | $4,459 | $117,781 | $6,920 | $110,861 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990-EZ | $82,385 | $78,187 | $4,198 | $109,603 | $3,201 | $106,402 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $98,810
- Membership dues
- $2,950
- Program service revenue
- $69,344
- Investment income
- $2,840
- Net income from fundraising events
- $2,982
- Other revenue
- $245
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $119,294
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $3,042
- Occupancy
- $14,613
- Printing, publications and postage
- $826
- Other expenses
- $22,449
- Program services (functional)
- $109,018
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $117,781
- Total assets, end of year
- $132,182
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,374
- Net assets, end of year
- $127,808
- Cash, savings and investments
- $99,344
- Gross receipts
- $177,179
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-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Chartier-Grable | Past President and Treasurer | 40 | $0 |
| Cheryl Dyas | Treasurer and President | 8 | $0 |
| Susie Gottlieb | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Anella Aquino | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Berube | Board Member and Advisor | 1 | $0 |
| Bianca Borja-Barba | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Melissa King | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Sydney Rilum | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Julia Roether | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Austin Muckenthaler | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Jessica Brogna | Jr. Board Member | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Chartier-Grable | CEO, President, Executive Director | 40 | $0 |
| Cheryl Dyas | Bookkeeper/Treasurer | 6 | $0 |
| Susie Gottlieb | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Melissa King | Board Member, Monitoring Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Wendy Berube | Board Member, Education Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Sanjay Das | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Bianca Borja-Barba | Board Member, Fundraising Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Sheen Sidhu | Junior Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Alice Carter | Advisor | 0 | $0 |
| Sydney Rilum | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Marjorie King | Advisor | 2 | $0 |
| Jo King | Advisor | 1 | $0 |
| Lucio Chen | Advisor | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Chartier-Grable | CEO, President, Executive Director | 40 | $0 |
| Cheryl Dyas | Bookkeeper/Treasurer | 4 | $0 |
| Susie Gottlieb | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Melissa King | Board Member, Monitoring Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Wendy Berube | Board Member, Education Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Sanjay Das | Board Member, Restoration Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Bianca Borja-BArba | Board Member, Fundraising Co-Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Sheen Sidhu | Junior Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Alice Carter | Advisor | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1505 E 17TH ST STE 116, SANTA ANA, CA 92705-8520
- Signed the 990-EZ
- Cheryl, Dyas
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 82-2478090 or by the name OC HABITATS.
- 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
To provide conservation education and monitoring services for a variety of ecological habitats within Orange County California that may contain sensitive protected or listed plant or animal species.
Program accomplishments
- Education & Outreach - We expanded our educational programming in 2025 by serving over 5,094 individuals in 2025. We continued to partner with Girl Scouts of Orange County,OC Coastkeeper and title 1 schools in Capistrano Garden Grove Irvine Newport-Mesa Saddleback Valley and Santa Ana Unified School Districts. We expanded our hike programs overall with Santa Ana Wilderness Club and Cancer Kinship and continued our programs with Mission Viejo to serve over 400 individuals. We were asked by the City of Newport Beach to become a contracted educator and began this process at the end of 2025. Our hikes take us all over the county where we share knowledge of habitats species indigenous history and climate change issues and impacts with attendees. We participated in thirty-seven outreach events throughout the year including Earth Day events at local community colleges Anaheims OC Green Expo OCWDs Childrens Water Festival the Panhe Gathering and Mission Viejo Environmental Fair.Expenses $74,971
- Monitoring - We began a partnership with Xerces Society on Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Surveys in Fall of 2025. They had approached us to help and potentially take over as coordinator of Orange County in 2026. This is an exciting expansion of our work with specific species. We completed our 3rd cycle of Purple and Red Sea Urchin Population Densities surveys and prepared to renew our permit in collaboration with Get Inpsired Nancy Caruso. We did an Independence Day monitoring of the Tern Preserve to protect both CA least terns and Western snowy plovers Charadrius nivosus nivosusExpenses $3,897
- Restoration - Received two generous grants from Henry W. & Ellen R. Warne Family Foundation and Rose Foundation to help us fund 12 months worth of restoration work within Upper Newport Bay and Santiago Creek Santa Ana. We secured a new project through HBWC Tern Preserve Cohort to help restore the tern preserve that is the only breeding ground for our endangered CA Least Tern Sterna anitillarum browni. We worked tirelessly throughout the year to remove invasive species and debris planting native plants propogating seeds and buliding new habitat in all of our sites in Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy salt marsh Upper Newport Bay salt marsh and riparian Huntington Beach State Park coastal dunes and Santa Ana - Santiago Creek riparian. In all of these spaces we removed close to 25,000lbs of nonnatives and debris. We had the pleasure of working with volunteers from all over Orange County and surrounding areas LA Riverside San Bernardino and San Diego counties.Expenses $30,150
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 82-2478090
- 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
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $132,182
- Income (IRS master file)
- $177,179
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2025 | $177,171 | $160,224 | $132,182 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $115,955 | $111,496 | $117,781 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2023 | $82,385 | $78,187 | $109,603 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | 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 82-2478090).
Questions about OC HABITATS
- What is the EIN of OC HABITATS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of OC HABITATS is 82-2478090.
- Is OC HABITATS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to OC HABITATS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does OC HABITATS 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 OC HABITATS due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did OC HABITATS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of OC HABITATS?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does OC HABITATS have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $177,171, expenses of $160,224 and total assets of $132,182 at year end.
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