2025-05-14T16:59:26-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 330329894 VOLCAN MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION VOLC 7607652300 PO BOX 1625 Julian CA 92036 Eric Jones President 7607652300 2025-05-12 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Eric Jones PO Box 1625 Julian CA 92036 669908 0 X volcanmt.org X 1988 CA The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve the 15-mile long Volcan Mountains range in its natural state for all generations. 14 14 4 200 57461 0 4570730 573582 10666 8336 8275 30529 600 57461 4590271 669908 0 0 0 0 174794 172636 9060 13955 50823 192470 372078 376324 558669 4213947 111239 8630972 8261273 705503 176703 7925469 8084570 The Volcan Mountain Foundation's mission is to preserve the 15-mile long Volcan Mountain Range in its natural state for all generations. 0 0 20318 0 43478 Acquisitions & Land Preservation: For over 35 years, VMF has been preserving land within the 15-mile long Volcan Mountain Range by facilitating strategic acquisitions, and since 2009 by directly acquiring and managing 1,096 acres of key conserved lands. Since 1989, more than 19,000 acres of land have been acquired by conservation agencies and organizations, bringing conserved land within the 52,000 acre range to roughly 42,000 acres. VMF actively monitors land ownership within the range for opportunities and raises funds for, and maintains, a substantial land acquisition fund so that it can move quickly to purchase high-value conservation property as it becomes available from willing sellers. Building and maintaining partnerships with public agencies and conservation organizations that can own, manage and fund conservation lands is an ongoing, instrumental part of VMF's preservation activities as we continue to work to see that all lands within the range are preserved. 338824 0 0 Stewardship: Habitat Conservation, Monitoring & Natural Resource Management Although the Volcan Mountain Foundation only first became a land owner and manager in 2009, VMF has been partnering with San Diego County Parks & Recreation rangers and staff for over two decades on botanical and rare plant field surveys, habitat restoration projects, and building and maintaining trails. That experience is now brought to bear on the nearly 1,100 acres that VMF owns and manages on Volcan Mountain. VMF staff and volunteers have worked to restore forest health through coordinated conifer replanting efforts after devastating wildfires. We work to ensure ongoing oak forest and headwaters health in the face of invasive pests, like the gold-spotted oak borer, with a multigenerational oak replanting project, and through removal of invasive species, like bull thistle and the Chinese tree of heaven. VMF's volunteer Wildlife Imaging Team monitors and tracks wildlife presence on VMF and adjacent properties in partnership with Volcan Mountain neighbors, regional wildlife biologists, San Diego Natural History Museum and others. In 2023, VMF embarked on a three-year Volcan Mountain Nature Center Montane Forest Resilience Project, largely funded by a Wildlife Conservation Board $1.55m grant. 77604 5000 33540 Environmental Education & Community Outreach: VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center is an inspiring site to experience and learn about the importance of the forests and headwaters of San Diego County. Water from the Volcan Mountain Range feed four of the largest watersheds in San Diego County. For thousands of years, Native Americans have known the importance of Volcan Mountain; calling it Hahachepang--'where the waters come from'. Now school kids, families and adult life-long learners come to the Nature Center to discover and learn about what watersheds are and the importance of keeping them, and their headwaters healthy. Visitors make uplifting nature connections and experience history and culture in ancient conifer and oak forests. By offering motivating experiences and developing critical ecoliteracy VMF is cultivating the future generations of nature-loving conservation stewards that will protect Volcan Mountain and the world's environment. 0 0 0 436746 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X Volcan Mountain Foundation 7607652300 PO BOX 1625 Julian CA 92036 Eric Jones President 40 0 X X 71703 0 4551 Susan Meyer Director 40 0 X 47968 0 3839 Jay Evarts Vice President 3 0 X 0 0 0 David Rubenson Vice President 3 0 X 0 0 0 Toni Marquette Treasurer 3 0 X X 0 0 0 Vicki Bergstrom Secretary 3 0 X X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Holt Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Richard Louv Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Greg Schuett Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Adryenn Cantor Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Cody Petterson Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Michael Beck Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Bryan Tran Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Lincer Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Appelbaum Director 3 0 X 0 0 0 119671 0 8390 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57162 0 260871 255549 0 573582 8336 8336 0 0 8336 30529 30529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57162 47721 0 57162 57162 0 299 0 299 0 299 0 0 669908 38865 57461 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119670 59004 40899 19767 0 0 0 0 29259 27996 1263 0 7929 4632 2245 1052 4000 2337 1132 531 11778 6880 3334 1564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6102 0 6102 0 0 0 0 0 13955 13955 0 0 0 0 29035 28335 0 700 11448 3322 1899 6227 9273 7060 975 1238 2588 1858 480 250 0 0 0 0 13934 8637 5297 0 6503 4885 621 997 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4089 4089 0 0 0 0 0 0 7703 7703 0 0 11266 4228 6485 553 Food and Beverage 2315 1200 288 827 Bank Service Fees 3346 104 80 3162 Property Maintenance 258219 258219 0 0 6257 6257 0 0 558669 436746 71100 50823 136 136 519574 503202 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 505 650 7739565 75577 8036692 7663988 0 0 0 0 74065 93297 0 0 0 0 8630972 8261273 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 700000 0 0 0 0 0 5503 176703 705503 176703 X 7925469 8084570 0 0 7925469 8084570 8630972 8261273 111239 51291 0 0 -3429 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 233884 276851 557533 4581396 623625 6273289 233884 276851 557533 4581396 623625 6273289 6273289 4619 2445 5528 8875 94282 115749 6389038 0.98188 0.99558 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 87046 7500 20017 5000 1853 0 107710 73260 0 18728 4000 942 0 87046 96458 0 -16503 4000 2695 0 73260 88138 1322 18002 11000 4 0 96458 80744 1286 19787 13000 679 0 88138 1 0 0 0 0 0 7544438 7544438 0 115000 38214 76786 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80127 37363 42764 7663988 0 Sales Tax Payable 469 Wildlife Conservation Board Grant Advance 171548 Credit Card 4686 176703 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 - Rubenson Endowment Fund is used to pay expenses related to the Art and Science Short-term Residency program. Cary Environmental Education Fund is used to pay expenses related to VMF's Environmental Education program. Auction 57162 0 57162 0 0 0 6528 700 10025 0 0 57162 0 57162 0 0 0 6528 700 10025 17253 39909 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Draft tax filings reviewed by Treasurer, Executive Committee and full board membership. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members required to certify compliance annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Executive Director compensation reviewed annually in December by Executive Committee, including compensation review of similar nonprofits and market analysis. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Available upon request.