Nonprofit · EIN 94-6121854
GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION
Also known as GREEN FOOTHILLS
Tax-exempt · PALO ALTO, CA 94303
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | 990 | $1,948,893 | $1,291,303 | $657,590 | $3,958,372 | $210,886 | $3,747,486 |
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,785,503 | $1,249,300 | $536,203 | $3,059,520 | $115,407 | $2,944,113 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,926,685 | $1,310,759 | $615,926 | $2,527,331 | $161,797 | $2,365,534 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,864,984
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $95,850
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$11,941
- Other revenue
- -$11,941
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $15,586
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $157,139
- Other salaries and wages
- $673,850
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $960,149
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $24,075
- Accounting fees
- $62,568
- Occupancy
- $29,837
- Travel
- $3,039
- Program services (functional)
- $903,036
- Management and general (functional)
- $156,992
- Fundraising (functional)
- $231,275
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,059,520
- Total assets, end of year
- $3,958,372
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $210,886
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,747,486
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,551,280
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,492,069
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,255,417
- Gross receipts
- $1,991,909
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 42
- Year formed
- 1964
- 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 March 31, 2026, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Hutcheson | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $140,532 | $1,227 |
| Ian Bain | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Munro | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Adams | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Manjeet Singh Bhamra | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Boro | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann Monroe | President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Arpana Tiwari | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Segall | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Hansch | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudia Rossi | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Liddle | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jean Forstner | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Bindu Kandoori | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Fernando Fernandez | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
3 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Michaels | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Larry England | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Anand Madhavan | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2025: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Hutcheson | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $147,296 | $1,247 |
| Justine Schnupp | – | 40 | $101,975 | $1,113 |
| Ian Bain | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hyma Menath | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Munro | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Federspiel | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Adams | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Manjeet Singh Bhamra | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Boro | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann Monroe | President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Arpana Tiwari | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Laffan | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Segall | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Shruti Gopinathan | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Hansch | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudia Rossi | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Liddle | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jean Forstner | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Bindu Kandoori | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Fernando Fernandez | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Michaels | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Fluke | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $121,965 | $8,557 |
| Julie Hutcheson | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $110,884 | $1,226 |
| Ian Bain | President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Hyma Menath | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Munro | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nancy Federspiel | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Adams | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Manjeet Singh Bhamra | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg Boro | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Anand Madhavan | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann Monroe | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Arpana Tiwari | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Margaret Laffan | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeff Segall | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Shruti Gopinathan | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Susan Hansch | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Claudia Rossi | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 3921 E BAYSHORE BLVD, PALO ALTO, CA 94303-4326
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Julie Hutcheson, 3921 E Bayshore Blvd, Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Signed the 990
- Julie Hutcheson, Executive Director
- Phone
- (650) 968-7243
- Website
- www.greenfoothills.org
- Return prepared by
- Shining Star Consulting LLC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-6121854 or by the name GREEN FOOTHILLS 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
Our mission is to protect local nature and farmland to ensure a healthy environment for everyone.
Program accomplishments
- Advocacy: Green Foothills champions the protection of nature, wildlife, and people in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties through advocacy, education, and grassroots action. Our goal is to ensure that local land use decisions support open space, biodiversity, and sustainability. We achieve this by influencing decision-making on land use policy and proposals to better promote climate resilience and biodiversity. We provide the support and information needed for current and future decision-makers to be champions for conservation, and we leverage diverse partnerships to support smart and inclusive climate solutions. In 2025, our vocal and steadfast opposition to a plan for increased development along the Monterey Road corridor in Coyote Valley persuaded the City of San Jose to abandon that plan. Because Monterey Road runs alongside Coyote Creekthe backbone of Coyote Valleys wildlife corridordevelopment in this area would have severely disrupted the safe movement of wildlife between the two mountain ranges, so this was a key victory. Our advocacy also led to permanent protection of 412 acres of farmland in and near the City of Gilroy when the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority acquired a conservation easement that keeps the land in agricultural use and prevents future development. One of the largest remaining working farms in the unincorporated area of San Martin, the land provides a scenic and environmental buffer, preserving open space and helping maintain a greenbelt between the growing cities of Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Our mobilization of community members in response to several sprawl development projects proposed under the builders remedy law resulted in the Santa Clara County Planning Commission rejecting the developers appeals; this was an important victory because the projects would have paved rural open space, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and put residents at greater risk of flooding, wildfire, and landslides. 2025 impact metrics: Our advocates engaged on 25 land use issues in 2025, speaking up for the most at-risk habitats. We achieved 6 victories out of 8 concluded land use issues resulting in 4,072 acres of open space protected or benefited, 9 key wildlife and plant species benefited, 1 plan adopted by governmental agencies, 8.627 comment letters sent in response to our 11 calls to action with 4 favorable outcomes, and 6 outcomes still pending.Expenses $729,283 · grants $290
- Community Building Programs: Leadership, Tribal/Indigenous Partnerships, Healing in Nature. Our Leadership Program trains and invests in community members of all backgrounds in equitable, inclusive environmental activism in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties. This year marked our 12th cohort and the third year we offered the program tuition-free and in Spanish and English, thanks to generous support from donors. The program builds community leader capacity that harnesses the power of collaboration within communities and mobilizes change agents to advance equitable, inclusive environmental activism locally. The Program aims to create pathways for people from all backgrounds to engage in and lead conservation work to help broaden representation in the local conservation movement. Leadership Program alumni 1) assume leadership roles where they apply a lens of environmental advocacy and cultural humility in their work; 2) initiate and join successful campaigns that advance Green Foothills mission and vision; and 3) are involved in the Green Foothills community. 2025 impact metrics: 22 local changemakers graduated (including 2 Spanish speakers) for a total of 300 alumni since 2014. 31 alumni took on new leadership roles for a total of 168 since 2014, and 13 initiatives were won by alumni for a total of 74 initiatives since 2014. In 2025, Green Foothills advocacy staff continued to partner with the Amah Mutsun to protect Juristac - the sacred heart of their ancestral territory - from a proposed open-pit sand and gravel mine, and again provided $3,000 in sponsorships to Calpulli Tonalehqueh, an Aztec dance group, for their Mexica New Year event. We also consulted with our Tribal and Indigenous Partners about their evolving needs, incorporating their feedback into our new 2025-2030 Green Foothills Strategic Plan Partnership Pillar. This is the first Green Foothills Strategic Plan to recognize (1) the importance of building authentic relationships with local tribes and Indigenous groups, and (2) that Indigenous peoples are foundational guardians of the land, carrying centuries of ecological wisdom that scientific approaches have often overlooked. The goals of the Pillar are to: Support and partner with local tribes to advance Indigenous land stewardship, including access to and ownership of ancestral lands and restoration of culturally significant landscapes. Build capacity among Indigenous partner tribes and organizations to effectively advocate for the permanent protection of their ancestral lands and engage in restoration and stewardship efforts.Expenses $173,753 · grants $15,296
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 March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-6121854
- 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
- 1966
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $3,958,372
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,991,909
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2026 | $1,948,893 | $1,291,303 | $3,958,372 | XML |
| 990 | March 2025 | $1,785,503 | $1,249,300 | $3,059,520 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $1,926,685 | $1,310,759 | $2,527,331 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $1,564,767 | $1,202,722 | $1,744,586 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 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 94-6121854).
Questions about GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION is 94-6121854.
- Is GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1966.
- Are donations to GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GREEN FOOTHILLS 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 GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending March 31, 2027) is due August 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2026.
- Who is the principal officer of GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 names Julie Hutcheson.
- Who are the officers and directors of GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 lists 18 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $140,532 (Julie Hutcheson, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does GREEN FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2026 it reported revenue of $1,948,893, expenses of $1,291,303 and total assets of $3,958,372 at year end.
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