2025-12-04T09:02:27-08:00 2025-06-30 330076174 Blitz Lee & Company 3838 Camino Del Rio N Ste 360 San Diego CA 92108 990 2024-07-01 743184848 Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek GROU 6195430430 5106 Federal Blvd 203 San Diego CA 92105 Leslie Reynolds Officer 2025-12-03 true true Alan M Blitz P00189543 6192835534 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 5106 Federal Blvd 203 San Diego CA 92105 1854435 false X groundworksandiego.org X 2006 CA Groundwork San Diego - Chollas Creek works with three core program areas of climate education, climate safe neighborhoods, and green space green infrastructure in support of environmental, social, and economic justice throughout Chollas Creek Watershed. 12 12 10 250 0 1545684 1818463 0 12677 17022 19962 18950 1578323 1854435 0 0 582334 685271 0 7291 767049 1213005 1349383 1898276 228940 -43841 1473188 1852941 1203668 1627262 269520 225679 Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek works at the intersection of social,environmental, and climate justice, grounded in strong university and communitypartnerships, to deliver education, green infrastructure, and climate safeneighborhoods. Groundworks mission is to bring about the regeneration, improvementand management of the environment through community-based partnerships which empowerpeople, businesses and organizations to promote economic and social well-being.Groundwork is committed to revitalizing the Chollas Creek Watershed and itscommunities.Groundwork San Diego has spent 18 years building trusted relationships in the Chollas Creek Watershed through environmental and climate justice initiatives led by and for the community. Our flagship EarthLab Climate Action Center, developed on previously vacant land at Millennial Tech Middle School, has educated thousands of students and families about environmental science and climate resilience. We maintain active partnerships with local false false 1858740 Watershed InfrastructurePlanning, design, and construction of community-driven climate resilience projectscontinue to be a central component of Groundworks work in the Chollas Creek Watershed. One of only a select group of NGOs approved to deliver capital projects approved to improve City assets, Groundwork has generated over $11.2M in funding to restore and transform Chollas Creek and support its neighborhoods by advancing climate-resilient parks; active transportation bikeways; expanded tree canopies. These projects aim to reconnect communities through climate-resilient infrastructure and honor the Kumeyaay history in the watershed through cultural signage.EducationThe Groundwork EarthLab Educators deliver place-based learning experiences and projects during the school day, after school, and in the summer to over 1500 K-12 youth of the San Diego Unified School Districts Lincoln Cluster. The Experiential Early Learning Program provided students with outdoor STEAM education that increased understanding of ecological dynamics affecting their community. The Middle School project-based learnn program empowered students in grades 68 to tackle real-world, local climate action topics through interdisciplinary projects, such as reimagining their neighborhood as climate-resilient, implementing sustainable urban agriculture, and utilizing blue-green infrastructure to prevent flooding and increase access to green spaces. The Green Team Leadership Development Internship provide a year-long program focused on youth leadership, advocacy, and climate action. With the addition of a hydroponic farm at the EarthLab this year, our educators have added projects that inform students on the nexus between climate impacts and food production along with education about of the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables. Climate-safe NeighborhoodsThe Chollas Creek Watershed exemplifies compounded impacts of historic environmentalinjustice and redlining. Creek channelization and freeway construction has dividedneighborhoods, displacing hundreds of families and businesses, particularly BIPOCresidents who had rare opportunities for property ownership in Southeastern SanDiego. With the launch of the Chollas Blue Green Collaborative, composed of residents, landowners, planning agencies, regulators, developers, and industry leaders, a comprehensive Chollas Blue Green Vision for the watershed infrastructure was created. The Vision enshrines the Collaboratives recommended constellation of multi-benefit nature-based solutions/typologies that match the complexity of the watersheds climate challenges and opportunities to build resilience. The document guides and empowers the community and public decision-makers in capital project development to combat extreme weather events in the watershed. 1858740 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 37 0 true 10 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CA X X Leslie Reynolds 6195430430 5106 Federal Blvd 203 San Diego CA 92105 X Leslie Reynolds Executive Director 35.00 0.00 72576 0 0 Ed Lopez Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Charles Davis Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Hugh Bud Mehan Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeff Martson Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Melissa Corona Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Teri Hughes-Oelrich Secretary 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Vicki Estrada President 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Elena Aguilar Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Glorya Escobar Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nichol Soto Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Gohl Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cheryl Pryatel Treasurer 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 72576 0 false false false Civic Community Ventures Inc 8989 Rio San Diego Dr 100 San Diego CA 92108 Consulting Fresh Coast Capital LLC 17 N State St 1400 Chicago IL 60602 Consulting Tory R Walker Engineering Inc 122 Civic Center Dr 206 Vista CA 92084 Engineering Estrada Land Planning 750 B Street Suite 1910 San Diego CA 92101 Consulting 78844 0 1818463 1818463 0 17022 17022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earned Income Rent 532000 18950 18950 Other Misc. 900099 18950 1854435 35972 0 0 0 0 72576 72576 0 612695 612695 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10352 9667 685 0 Grants 1054329 1054329 Rent 43797 43797 Legal & Accounting 35201 17301 17900 Insurance 25707 25707 43619 22668 13660 7291 1898276 1858740 32245 7291 749750 827374 0 542415 820798 19750 20869 0 0 0 0 95569 79864 59471 29855 36169 29616 0 0 0 0 29535 74420 1473188 1852941 89563 43277 676075 787477 438030 796508 1203668 1627262 X 209228 269520 16451 269520 225679 1473188 1852941 -43841 X false true X false false X 1024109 919183 1418746 1545684 1818463 6726185 0 0 1024109 919183 1418746 1545684 1818463 6726185 0 6726185 30677 17022 47699 0 14107 12600 13950 1962 18950 61569 6835453 0.98400 0.98430 X 59471 29855 29616 29616 Accrued Payroll 8874 Civic San Diego 713214 Lease Liability 41909 Long Term Lease Liability 32511 796508 1854435 1854435 1854435 1898276 1898276 1898276 Vicki Estrada Officer 78844 Land Planning false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board was provided the Form 990 for review and acknowledge acceptance of the document. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Financial documents are posted on the organizations website. Conflict of Interest forms are available upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Financial documents are posted on the organizations website. Conflict of Interest forms are available upon request. Statement Note 1 Government FundingCounty of San Diego1600 Pacific HighwaySan Diego, CA 92101$37,000Grant 1095CA State Coastal Conservancy1515 Clay Street 10th FloorOakland, CA 94612-1401Grants 1078 and 1098 Kids to the Coast$60,985State of California Coastal Commission455 Market Street, Suite 200, Room 228 San Francisco, CA 94105Grant 1097 Whale Tail$0San Diego Unified School DistrictEugene Brucker Education Center4100 Normal Street San Diego, CA 92103Grant 1083 MTM$71,000Ca Wildlife Conservation BoardPhysical Address: 715 P Street, 17th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814WCB Grant 1010 1087$32,774Ca Department of Water Resources715 P StreetSacramento, CA 95814Grant 1061 IRWM$62,142Ca Natural Resources Agency715 P Street, 20th Floor Sacramento,Grant 1015 CNRA$6,404 Statement Note 2 Contracts with Officers and Directors:Vicki Estrada 78,844Estrada Land Planning750 B Street Ste 1910San Diego, CA 92101