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BENMORE VALLEY PROJECT

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $120K · expenses $15K · assets $180K

EIN
83-2392403
Address
105 EUCALYPTUS AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060-6159
NTEE code
C30
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2018
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Mission

The Benmore Valley Project (BVP) is a newly formed non-profit corporation with a charter to develop community scale fire protection programs focused on fire ecology, ecological restoration, and land stewardship. BVP will focus on developing a grant program, youth mentoring, public/private partnerships, and collaboration with Native American communities.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 2 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Robert Adelman CEO2018-2024 5 $0 reported 1
Alexandra Armstrong SECRETARY/CFO2018-2024 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01
2023 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01
2022 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01
2021 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01
2020 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01
2019 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01
2018 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT ADELMAN CEO5 $0-- $01
ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG SECRETARY/CFO5 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$120,100$14,730 $180,320$177,539 $120,100- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$10,775 $74,950$72,169 -- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$1,975 $85,725$82,944 -- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$0$4,735 $87,700$84,919 -- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,000$5,415 $92,435$89,654 $1,000- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$100,000$40,463 $96,850$94,069 $100,000- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$55,000$20,468 $35,025$34,532 $55,000- ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$1,180,1044 42013–2024 FOOTHILLS FOREVER INCORPORATED; FRIENDS OF SILVER LAKE; SANTA BARBARA URBAN CREEKS COLLECTIVE; THE NEAL TAYLOR NATURE CENTER AT CACHUMA LAKE
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$604,28430 162014–2024 CARBON UNDERGROUND; FRIENDS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL; IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA INC; BLUE MOUNTAINS BIODIVERSITY PROJECT and 12 more
FENTON FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$510,0004 12022–2025 CALIFORNIA AUDUBON SOCIETY
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$407,89630 142016–2024 MORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY; LIVE OCEAN; BLUE MOUNTAINS BIODIVERSITY PROJECT; SHINGLE SHANTY PRESERVE AND RESEARCH STATION and 10 more
THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT Private foundation$300,0001 12023–2023 SOL COMMUNICATIONS INC
ALICE C TYLER PERPETUAL TR 121693 Private foundation$300,0002 12013–2014 CONSERVATION ACTION RESEARCH NETWORK
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $14,730 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $14,310 97.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $420 2.9%
Total$14,730100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $10,775 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,750 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $8,000 74.2%
Grants and similar amounts paid $2,750 25.5%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25 0.2%
Total$10,775100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $1,975 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $1,950 98.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $25 1.3%
Total$1,975100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $4,735 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,825 59.7%
Fees to independent contractors $1,910 40.3%
Total$4,735100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $5,415 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $3,500 64.6%
Fees to independent contractors $1,880 34.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $35 0.6%
Total$5,415100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $40,463 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $36,355 89.8%
Fees to independent contractors $4,093 10.1%
Printing, publications, postage $15 0.0%
Total$40,463100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $20,468 spent · pay $0 · grants $20,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $20,000 97.7%
Fees to independent contractors $462 2.3%
Printing, publications, postage $6 0.0%
Total$20,468100%

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