Nonprofit · EIN 94-6069140
AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC
Tax-exempt · STINSON BEACH, CA 94970
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $7,447,778 | $7,476,426 | -$28,648 | $42,452,532 | $544,023 | $41,908,509 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $4,699,518 | $6,685,412 | -$1,985,894 | $43,987,059 | $3,746,695 | $40,240,364 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $4,844,713 | $5,524,571 | -$679,858 | $44,047,252 | $3,697,620 | $40,349,632 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,842,143
- of which government grants
- $752,289
- Program service revenue
- $224,404
- Investment income
- $1,185,220
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $403,622
- Other revenue
- $3,196,011
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $463,033
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,407,125
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,670,515
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $19,449
- Accounting fees
- $24,985
- Occupancy
- $279,801
- Travel
- $110,236
- Depreciation
- $439,466
- Program services (functional)
- $5,330,315
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,250,226
- Fundraising (functional)
- $895,885
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $43,987,059
- Total assets, end of year
- $42,452,532
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $544,023
- Net assets, end of year
- $41,908,509
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $10,999,266
- Publicly traded securities
- $14,859,740
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $16,809,693
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $25,098,816
- Gross receipts
- $15,654,719
- Employees
- 54
- Volunteers
- 1,009
- Year formed
- 1962
- 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 | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOM GARDALI | CEO Officer | 37.5 | $173,620 | $19,075 |
| GARY SCHICK | CFO Officer | 37.5 | $136,751 | $43,669 |
| JULIA CLOTHIER | COO Officer | 37.5 | $137,481 | $22,423 |
| WENDY COY | DIR. OF COMM. | 37.5 | $111,062 | $34,490 |
| SASHA BERLEMAN | DIR. FIRE FORWARD | 37.5 | $117,471 | $11,315 |
| JEN NEWMAN | DIR. PHILANTHROPY | 37.5 | $110,852 | $6,127 |
| MELISSA PITKIN | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 0.8 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILLIP CARLSEN | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.8 | $0 | $0 |
| SHELANA DESILVA | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM WEIGAND PHD | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| REBECCA SIMON | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE LYNES | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL LYNN WOOD | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN SHAW | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JONATHAN BECKER | Director Trustee or director | 0.8 | $0 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINNETH LIM | Director Trustee or director | 0.8 | $0 |
| SARAH ALLEN PHD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.2 | $0 |
| JANET KLEIN | Director Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| GWEN HEISTAND | Director Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOM GARDALI | CEO Officer | 37.5 | $169,811 | $17,517 |
| GARY SCHICK | CFO Officer | 37.5 | $127,576 | $31,433 |
| JULIA CLOTHIER | COO Officer | 37.5 | $129,090 | $19,934 |
| SASHA BERLEMAN | DIR. FIRE FORWARD | 37.5 | $125,075 | $11,711 |
| WENDY COY | DIR. OF COMM. | 37.5 | $103,628 | $27,550 |
| JEN NEWMAN | DIR. PHILANTHROPY | 37.5 | $108,405 | $5,845 |
| CAROL LYNN WOOD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.35 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILLIP CARLSEN | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHELANA DESILVA | Director Trustee or director | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM WEIGAND | Director Trustee or director | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
| REBECCA SIMON | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1.35 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE LYNES | Director Trustee or director | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA PITKIN | Director Trustee or director | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY LILLY | Director Trustee or director | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH ALLEN PHD | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.35 | $0 | $0 |
| JANET KLIEN | Director Trustee or director | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
| GWEN HEISTAND | Director Officer | 0.65 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOM GARDALI | CEO Officer | 37.5 | $166,170 | $9,152 |
| GARY SCHICK | CFO Officer | 37.5 | $124,832 | $29,552 |
| JULIA CLOTHIER | COO Officer | 37.5 | $126,208 | $16,708 |
| SASHA BERLEMAN | DIR. FIRE FORWARD | 37.5 | $121,796 | $18,622 |
| JEN NEWMAN | DIR. PHILANTHROPY | 37.5 | $104,493 | $5,649 |
| CAROL LYNN WOOD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| WILLIAM BRIDGES | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILLIP CARLSEN | Director Trustee or director | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| REBECCA SIMON | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| JANE WICKLUND | Director Trustee or director | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| CY WILCOX | Director Trustee or director | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| NANCY LILLY | Director Trustee or director | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH ALLEN PHD | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
| JOAN TURNER | Director Trustee or director | 1.59 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4900 SHORELINE HIGHWAY 1, STINSON BEACH, CA 94970-9701
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- TOM GARDALI, 4900 HIGHWAY ONE, STINSON BEACH, CA 94970
- Signed the 990
- TOM GARDALI, CEO
- Phone
- (415) 868-9244
- Website
- WWW.EGRET.ORG
- Return prepared by
- DORAN & ASSOCIATES
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-6069140 or by the name AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC.
- 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
CONNECTING NATURE, PEOPLE, AND SCIENCE FOR A MORE RESILIENT WORLD.
Program accomplishments
- STEWARDSHIP WORK DEVELOPS AND IMPLEMENTS SCIENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO TAKING CARE OF LANDS AND WATERS. WE CONTROL INVASIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS, MONITOR HABITAT CONDITIONS, TRACK RARE AND SENSITIVE SPECIES, PROPAGATE NATIVE SPECIES, MANAGE WOODY VEGETATION, AND APPLY PRESCRIBED FIRE TO PROMOTE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. IN ADDITION TO STEWARDING THE ~5,000 ACRES WE HOLD, WE TAKE A REGIONAL APPROACH WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, LAND MANAGERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS ON STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE HABITAT CONNECTIVITY, INCREASE CLIMATE RESILIENCE, IMPROVE BIODIVERSITY, WHILE BUILDING A WORKFORCE OF TRAINED STEWARDS IN THE NORTH SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION.Expenses $3,931,978 · revenue $3,824,037
- CONSERVATION SCIENCE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS ON SHOREBIRDS, WATERBIRDS, LANDBIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, PLANTS, AND MOUNTAIN LIONS. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MONITOR SHOREBIRDS AND WATERBIRDS ON TOMALES BAY AND BOLINAS LAGOON, DEPLOY AND MONITOR WILDLIFE USING TRAIL CAMERAS ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS, AND COLLAR AND TRACJK MONITORING MOUNTAIN LIONS.WE HAVE DEPLOYED AND ARE MONITORING THREE AUTOMATIC WILDLIFE TELEMETRY RECEIVING STATION ON TOMALES BAY AND BOLINAS LAGOON AND USED RADIOTELEMETRY TO TRACK AVIAN SPECIES ALONG THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. STAFF PUBLISHED FIVE SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS.Expenses $795,851
- OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WORK CONNECTS YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH NATURE, CULTIVATES ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY THAT PROMOTES STEWARDSHIP OF LANDS AND WATERS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL AND CULTURALLY RELEVENT PROGRAMS. KEY INITIATIVES IN THE LAST YEAR INCLUDE PRIORITIZING PROGRAM ACCESS FOR TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED GROUPS FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS ON OUR PRESERVES, OUTREACH PROGRAMS INCLUDING OUR WILD NEIGHBORS - A PROGRAM THAT VISITS SCHOOLS TO TEACH CLASSES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEYSTONE SPECIES SUCH AS MOUNTAIN LIONS, -CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OExpenses $602,486
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
- 94-6069140
- 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
- 1964
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C300)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $42,452,532
- Income (IRS master file)
- $15,654,719
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $7,447,778 | $7,476,426 | $42,452,532 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $4,699,518 | $6,685,412 | $43,987,059 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $4,844,713 | $5,524,571 | $44,047,252 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $4,039,304 | $4,657,944 | $41,917,250 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 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 94-6069140).
Questions about AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC
- What is the EIN of AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC is 94-6069140.
- Is AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1964.
- Are donations to AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC 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 AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC 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 AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names TOM GARDALI.
- Who are the officers and directors of AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $173,620 (TOM GARDALI, CEO).
- How much revenue does AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,447,778, expenses of $7,476,426 and total assets of $42,452,532 at year end.
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