2024-11-11T08:49:27-08:00 2023-12-31 811489821 HEALY AND ASSOCIATES 1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250 CONCORD CA 94520 990 2023-01-01 680485725 The Sierra Fund SIER 5302658454 204 Providence Mine Rd 214 Nevada City CA 95959 Brian Wallace CEO 2024-11-11 true true Suzanne R Healy P00533689 9256030800 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Brian Wallace 204 Providence Mine Rd 214 Nevada City CA 95959 1534171 false X www.sierrafund.org X 2001 CA The Sierra Fund mission is to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada. We rely on the principles of science, stewardship, environmental justice, and policy advocacy to promote headwater resiliency for the environment and communities impacted by the California Gold Rush. We identify, articulate, assess and implement ways to address these lasting impacts as demonstrated in the body of work that we have developed since our founding in 2001. 7 7 8 0 734253 1488098 54048 41097 2348 2311 174 2665 790823 1534171 20000 0 0 585010 745673 2000 72620 335491 680456 940501 1428129 -149678 106042 491472 610721 47572 352644 443900 258077 The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada. false false 1200112 41097 Program: Increasing Sierra Forest Health and Watershed Resiliency to Protect the Regions Health and EnvironmentRestored State Funding and Co-led Legislative Tour for Sierra Conservation The Sierra Fund (TSF) co-chairs a collaboration with American River Conservancy, Sierra Forest Legacy, and Sierra Institute for Community and Environment that recently helped secure natural resource funding benefiting the Sierra. Hundreds of land trusts, conservation nonprofits, and agencies rely on state funds to do the work of protecting the Sierra Nevada. In 2023, the Governors budget proposed cutting millions of dollars from conservation grant programs. Our collaborative advocacy effort helped restore millions of dollars in the budget. For example, $187M was retained at the Wildlife Conservation Board; $16M was restored for the Cascades and High Sierra Upper Watersheds Program; and fire funding for the Sierra Nevada Conservancy was saved. Also in 2023, the collaborative took over 20 legislative staffers on a two-day tour of the Sierra, showcasing the devastating extreme fire impacts and solutions to build a more resilient Sierra. Organized Training Skilling-up Restoration Specialists TSF helped to run the second annual CA Process Based Restoration (Cal PBR) Network Build Like a Beaver training near Lake Almanor, to skill up over 70 restoration professionals. In contrast to more traditional interventions relying on heavy machinery, process-based restoration utilizes cost-effective enhancements, such as beaver dam analogs and post-assisted log structures, to leverage the systems natural energy for restoration. Process-based restoration can increase the ability of degraded meadow systems to retain water, support biodiversity, create fire resiliency, and adapt to climate change.Completed Phase 1 at Forest Health Demonstration Site TSF finished Phase 1 of the first-of-its-kind forest health project combining hydraulic mine restoration with fuels reduction that is being done at Grizzly Creek Hydraulic Mine Site in the Tahoe National Forest. TSF demonstrated how material from fuel load reduction to address wildfires can be used to create post-assisted log structures that capture sediment and reduce erosion. TSF also demonstrated how biochar can be applied at the site to restore soil health and act like a filter to improve water quality runoff. TSF took various conservation/restoration leaders to the site, to show how biochar is effective at reducing silts, clays, and particulate-bound mercury from getting into the run-off, all while improving soil health and capturing carbon. Program: Collaborating with Tribes to Support their Visions for Indigenous Guardianship of the SierraCo-organized the First Tribal Summit on Sierra Forest Health TSF was honored to partner with the United Auburn Indian Community Preservation Department (who hosted the event), Todds Valley Miwok Maidu Cultural Foundation, and the University of California, Davis - Institute of the Environment to co-organize the first Tribal Summit on Sierra Nevada Forest Health in September. The two-day gathering allowed over 45 tribal members and leaders of various tribal stewardship projects to share insights, challenges, and future opportunities to advance Indigenous-led forest management. It was a powerful gathering featuring indigenous cuisine, Native American art, tours of the Maidu Museum, and terrific tribal speakers and discussion.Well installation, Fuel-load Reduction, and Invasive Species removal on Deer Creek CHIRP Property Completed TSF and the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project (CHIRP, the nonprofit of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe) completed many improvements on CHIRPs 32-acre property along Deer Creek. Work included fuel reduction, invasive species removal, and installation of a well to support native planting. The site is a good example of multi-faceted tribal land management, and this is just the first stage of the property revitalization. TSF also led a tour showcasing the site for others doing work to advance climate resilience with tribes attending from other states beyond California. Program: Protecting Public Health and Restoring Ecosystems by Advancing Mine RestorationDecision Includes Mine Restoration in Forest Health Work for Tahoe National Forest Thanks to TSFs leadership, hydraulic mine restoration was included in the North Yuba Landscape Resilience Project NEPA Record of Decision for Tahoe National Forest. This will allow for forest health projects to include treatments to address hydraulic mine restoration. Before this, forest projects were not encouraged, or possibly even allowed, by the National Forest to address hydraulic mine restoration in their proposals. Now, hydraulic mine restoration will be a part of the NEPA decision for this region for the next 30 years and beyond to heal these mine-scarred lands.Released Analysis Showing Economic Benefits of Restoring Hydraulic Mines TSF shared eye-opening results with the Yuba Water Agency from our Benefit-Cost Analysis of Hydraulic Mine Restoration, done with the World Resources Institute and funded by the Bay Area Council. The analysis found that for the study area, Oregon Creek and the Middle Yuba, hydraulic mine sites contribute 80-90% of the sediment filling up downstream water agency dams, thereby costing the agency millions to remove sediment to operate their facilities. For example, Yuba Water has spent $20M in the last five years alone to remove sediment from Log Cabin and Our House Dams. The analysis found that for every $1 spent on addressing the source of the problem by restoring the upstream hydraulic mine sites, the agency would save $2.90 in downstream operations. 1200112 true true false true 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 17 0 true 8 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X X The Sierra Fund 5302658454 204 Providence Mine Rd 214 Nevada City CA 95959 Carrie Monohan Program Dir. 40.00 0.00 129150 0 0 Joan Clayburgh Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 123551 0 0 Robert Meacher Board Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alison Harvey Secretary/Treas 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Coleen Shade Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nils Moe Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Seward Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Martha Davis Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Brian Wallace Board Member 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 252701 2 false false false 0 1079168 408930 1488098 Fees for Service 900099 41097 41097 41097 2311 2311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other Income 900099 2665 2665 2665 1534171 43762 2311 X 0 0 0 0 133027 86846 13542 32639 0 461302 350856 74699 35747 0 102370 95132 6900 338 48974 40864 7183 927 0 0 21890 11484 10406 20779 20779 2000 2000 0 496799 493398 3401 0 2370 282 1530 558 17994 9621 8373 0 33536 14633 18903 40157 38795 1362 0 0 3990 15 3615 360 0 4426 4426 4001 1194 2807 Technical and Field Work 17722 17722 Staff training and development 3556 1235 2321 Facilities and Food 3118 630 2488 Payroll Service 2683 1583 1100 7435 10617 -3233 51 1428129 1200112 155397 72620 42819 210213 0 143043 390321 7274 2274 0 0 0 0 0 23053 17266 10213 5787 285751 0 0 0 0 2372 2126 491472 610721 47572 231590 121054 47572 352644 X 237928 30804 205972 227273 443900 258077 491472 610721 106042 4281 -296146 X false true X true false X 708822 909537 840505 734253 1488098 4681215 305792 153411 154583 54048 41097 708931 0 0 0 1014614 1062948 995088 788301 1529195 5390146 0 22092 14658 36750 22092 14658 36750 5353396 5052 3198 4493 2348 2311 17402 0 5052 3198 4493 2348 2311 17402 0 45126 14629 11500 174 2665 74094 1064792 1080775 1011081 790823 1534171 5481642 0.97660 0.97330 0.00320 0.00620 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 20779 20779 1407350 1428129 217813 54453 false 164565 217813 382378 573567 11220 20779 31999 41141 54453 95594 143391 23053 17266 5787 5787 ACCRUED VACATION 19637 Due to fiscal Sponsorships 1417 Notes Payable 100000 121054 1538452 4281 4281 1534171 1534171 1428129 1428129 1428129 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b All directors are provided with an electronic copy of the completed 990 with ample time for review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We provide in the board of directors packet annually the requirement to discloseconflicts of interest. If a board matter arises that could present a conflict ofinterest for a board member, the board member recuses themselves from participatingin discussion and voting on the item at the board meeting. During 2023, no boardbusiness arose at any board meeting that presented a potential conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors determines and approves the Executive Directors compensation as part of a Board Meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 We make the 990 available on our website at https://sierrafund.org/publications/