2026-04-08T18:07:38-07:00 2025-05-31 831527966 Stern & Associates 2145 19th Ave Ste 201 San Francisco CA 94116 990 2024-06-01 680201338 FORESTS FOREVER INC FORE 4159743636 2001 ADDISON ST 320 BERKELEY CA 94704 PAUL HUGHES Executive Director 2026-04-08 true true Carol T Dana-Fullam P01602198 4156683130 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 2001 ADDISON ST 320 BERKELEY CA 94704 280858 false X N/A X 1989 CA Grassroots outreach and education of the public on California forest protection. We called for communications to elected officials to oppose the use of federal Inflation Reduction Act funds to establish a highly polluting wood pellet industry in California. We alerted our supporters to call for strengthening the draft National Old-Growth Amendment Draft Environmental Impact Statement covering the entire national forest system. We organized outreach to the federal Bureau of Land Management, demanding that it develop older forest protections per an earlier presidential executive order. We urged the U.S. Forest Service to streamline or replace its problematic CARA portal, which is supposed to facilitate the agency's receipt and processing of public comments. We called upon government officials to safeguard and strengthen the Northwest Forest Plan, which covers 24 million acres of federal forestland in California, as well as Oregon and Washington. 4 3 6 0 255895 208150 175571 72706 4 2 0 431470 280858 0 0 303661 210681 0 50149 95276 106999 398937 317680 32533 -36822 246093 212165 10779 13673 235314 198492 To protect and enhance the forests and wildlife habitat of California through educational, legislative, and electoral activities. false false 248151 We generated emails and letters that helped to defeat a scheme to establish for the first time a forest-destructive industry in California that would have exploited the state's forests to manufacture and export wood pellets for overseas electricity generation. On multiple fronts we opposed weakening of federal mature and old-growth forest protections and called for them to be strengthened. This targeted primarily the two largest U.S. land-management agencies with forest holdings under their jurisdiction. We pushed the Forest Service to revise and simplify the system (CARA) through which the public submits input on agency decisions, as provided by the law. We generated grassroots messages to save and strengthen the successful and forest-protective Northwest Forest Plan. 248151 false true false false false false false false false true false false true 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 true false false true 1 0 true 6 true false false false false true true false false false X 4 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true false true false false false false false CA X FORESTS FOREVER INC 4159743636 2001 ADDISON ST 320 BERKELEY CA 94704 PAUL HUGHES Ex Dir. & Secre 26.00 4.00 X X 56398 0 0 KAREN ERICKSON President 0.50 0.75 X X 0 0 0 JIM WILSON At Large 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES NEWMAN Treasurer 0.50 0.75 X X 0 0 0 56398 0 false false false 0 208150 208150 COLLATERAL STAFF 10343 10343 MANAGEMENT FEES 62363 62363 MISC. INCOME 72706 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280858 72706 2 X 0 0 0 0 56398 47938 5640 2820 0 147832 120896 7489 19447 0 0 6451 5096 1355 0 657 506 20 131 1950 1950 0 0 0 49308 32634 417 16257 0 0 0 0 4208 3240 126 842 1573 1290 47 236 0 0 0 0 2437 2437 2591 1943 104 544 MERCHANT SVC FEES 12160 9363 365 2432 EQUIPMENT / SOFTWARE 6908 5319 207 1382 TELEPHONE AND FAX 6067 4672 182 1213 FUNDRAISING MATERIALS 5408 4326 1082 13732 10928 396 2408 317680 248151 19380 50149 52218 -3463 0 92824 62192 0 0 0 0 0 0 165177 158477 9137 6700 0 0 0 0 147595 91055 246093 212165 2221 8558 13673 10779 13673 X 235314 198492 235314 198492 246093 212165 -36822 X false false false RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 162245 155545 6700 2932 2932 6700 AMEND ADJ 6218 DUE FROM FOUNDATION 81054 PREPAID 3077 SECURITY DEPOSITS 706 91055 CREDIT CARD LIABILITY 627 LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 9171 OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES 3875 13673 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Prior to filing, Form 990 is sent to the members of the governing body for review. The draft Form 990 received from our CPA is reviewed by the Executive Director and any questions he may have are resolved in consultation with our CPA, legal counsel and other outside experts in exempt-organization tax reporting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Individual Board members may not participate in the voting of any matter before the Board in which the member has a material direct personal interest which conflicts with the member's role as an objective governor. Such conflicts include instances in which the director is an active volunteer or staff person of any organization or company and has a substantive interest in an action by the Board regarding the organization's programs and/or campaigns.When such a conflict arises, a member must declare to the Board his or her conflict at the onset of action by the Board, if another member perceives a conflict, or as soon as he or she becomes aware of the conflict. The member may then choose to recuse himself or herself. If the member chooses not to recuse, the full Board will vote regarding whether or not to allow the member to participate in the relevant decision. Board members with a conflict of interest may participate in the deliberations but may not vote on the issue. The vote may be taken without the member with the conflict of interest present. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are all available to the public via copies provided upon request. FORESTS FOREVER FOUNDATION INC 2001 ADDISON STREET 320 BERKELEY CA 94704 943244942 PUBLIC EDUCATION CA 501(c)(3) 509(a)(1) na false false false false false false false false false false false false true false true true false false false false FORESTS FOREVER FOUNDATION INC l 16871 ACTUAL ACCRUAL FORESTS FOREVER FOUNDATION INC n 3068 ACTUAL ACCRUAL FORESTS FOREVER FOUNDATION INC o 38215 ACTUAL ACCRUAL