Nonprofit · EIN 94-2538013
SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · TAHOE CITY, CA 96145
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,007,368 | $1,094,910 | -$87,542 | $1,880,881 | $30,926 | $1,849,955 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $960,324 | $952,644 | $7,680 | $1,958,757 | $21,260 | $1,937,497 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $280,304
- Program service revenue
- $271,306
- Investment income
- $59,423
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $395,752
- Other revenue
- $396,335
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $140,083
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $166,217
- Other salaries and wages
- $489,138
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $791,813
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $6,019
- Occupancy
- $13,936
- Travel
- $14,028
- Program services (functional)
- $836,202
- Management and general (functional)
- $108,787
- Fundraising (functional)
- $149,921
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,958,757
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,880,881
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $30,926
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,849,955
- Publicly traded securities
- $995,878
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $949,337
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $900,618
- Gross receipts
- $1,403,389
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 62
- Year formed
- 1974
- 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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Doyle | Executive Director Former | 0 | $67,457 |
| Michael Myers | Executive Director Officer, Key employee | 40 | $62,192 |
| Barton Tretheway | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Rosie Smith | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Norma Santiago | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Michael Levin | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Susan Grove | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Sarah Robertson | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Kerry Andres | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Suzanne Larsen | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Wes Kuguni | Treasurer Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidi Doyle | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $92,877 |
| Kerry Andres | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Sarah Robertson | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| Wes Kuguni | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Suzanne Larsen | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Susan Grove | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Levin | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Barton Tretheway | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Rosie Smith | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| Norma Santiago | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 28, TAHOE CITY, CA 96145-0028
- In care of
- % MICHAEL MYERS
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Michael Myers, PO Box 28, Tahoe City, CA 96145
- Signed the 990
- MICHAEL MYERS, Executive Director
- Phone
- (530) 583-9911
- Website
- www.sierrastateparks.org
- Return prepared by
- Daren M McDonald CPA Chartered
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2538013 or by the name SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION.
- 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
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.
Program accomplishments
- 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.Expenses $696,119 · revenue $275,110
- 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.Expenses $140,083 · grants $140,083
- 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.
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 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-2538013
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1979
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Recreation and sports (N32I)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,880,881
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,403,389
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,007,368 | $1,094,910 | $1,880,881 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $960,324 | $952,644 | $1,958,757 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $931,927 | $744,921 | $1,947,931 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 94-2538013).
Questions about SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION is 94-2538013.
- Is SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1979.
- Are donations to SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION 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 SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Michael Myers.
- Who are the officers and directors of SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 11 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $67,457 (Heidi Doyle, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does SIERRA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,007,368, expenses of $1,094,910 and total assets of $1,880,881 at year end.
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