2025-07-08T09:30:10-07:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 943232437 Sustainable Conservation SUST 4159770380 98 Battery St Ste 302 San Francisco CA 94111 Ashley Boren CEO 2025-07-08 true true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Ashley Boren 98 Battery St Ste 302 San Francisco CA 94111 8847774 false X www.suscon.org X 1995 CA Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different interests to catalyze conservation success. By listening deeply and honoring all perspectives, we build common ground from which to forge a better path forward for our Golden State. 14 14 37 15 0 3979888 7162473 1074437 1343748 333656 335784 24611 5769 5412592 8847774 25000 0 3869894 4516710 0 961229 1729437 1752027 5599331 6293737 -186739 2554037 7567785 9924441 1330161 1132780 6237624 8791661 X Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different interests to catalyze conservation success. 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Sustainable Conservation works in the soil-water nexus to understand how improving our soils can help California build a more sustainable water supply and protect water quality. 844352 280393 Dairies- Waste Not program - Nitrate is the most common pollutant from human activities primarily from over application of manure and synthetic fertilizers on crops vital to Californias agricultural economy and our collective health. But it doesnt need to be this way. Sustainable Conservation promotes appropriate, scalable solutions to reimagine waste by reusing manure nutrients, connecting farmers and their land to a circular resource economy, reducing groundwater and greenhouse gas pollution, and building soil health. 842255 172952 Accelerating Restoration - Despite notable recent successes in accelerating restoration permitting, Californias current regulatory process does not meet our urgent need for landscape-level restoration projects to bolster our climate resilience. 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The purpose of the organization's endowment funds is to provide support for the organization's operations. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. true Sierra Orchards 9264 Boyce Rd Winters CA 95694 25000 0 Regrant for farm equipment 0 1 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The organization monitors the use of grant funds by requiring grantees to submit annual reports and ensuring compliance through documentation review. X X X X false false false false false false false false false Ashley Boren CEO 210340 10687 22506 243533 Erika Lovejoy Sr Program Dir AcR 143360 7268 20049 170677 Michael Behrens Chief Development Officer 167186 8369 20049 195604 Pinky Keswani Chief People Offcr 144580 7268 13599 165447 Regina Pacheu CFO 133128 7880 21950 162958 Ryan Flaherty Dir Bus Prtnrships 145242 7995 15867 169104 Sarah Massell Program Director 136062 7106 20689 163857 X 6 96300 FMV false true false Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A draft of Form 990 is reviewed by management and the audit committee of the board of directors prior to filing. The committee meets with management and the tax preparer as necessary to review the Form 990, related schedules, and supporting documentation. If changes to the form are requested, a revised copy is reviewed by management and sent to the committee. Once revised, the committee approves the filing and sends a final copy to the full board for their review and comments prior to submission to tax agencies. Lastly, the committee makes a recommendation to the full board to ratify the filing at the next board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The organization requests all board members to sign a conflict of interest statement once a year. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Governance Committee is composed entirely of people that have no undisclosed conflict of interest with Sustainable Conservation, its officers/key employees or its compensation arrangements. It is responsible for conducting the performance and compensation review of the CEO. The performance review process includes a self review by the CEO, discussion with the committee and a discussion amongst the committee then by the board. A written performance review is included in the personnel file of the CEO. The committee also reviews compensation information of comparable position at environmental organizations of similar sizes in the bay area and makes a compensation recommendation to the full board. The full board then discusses the recommendation and decides on the compensation annually and a record is put in the CEO's personnel file. CEO's last compensation review was in 2024. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The governance committee is composed entirely of people that have no undisclosed conflict of interest with Sustainable Conservation, its officers/key employees or its compensation arrangements. It is responsible for conducting the performance and compensation review of the CFO. The performance review process includes a self-review by the CFO, discussion with the CEO and then a discussion amongst the committee and the CEO. A written performance review is included in the personnel file of the CFO. The committee also reviews compensation information of comparable position at environmental organizations of similar sizes in the bay area. The committee decides on the compensation annually and a record is put in the CFOs personnel file. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Financial statements and 990s are also available for download from the Organization's website.