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Nonprofit · EIN 94-2681735

SAVE MOUNT DIABLO

Tax-exempt · WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596

Financials

$3.4M$3.5M2022$6M$3.5M2023$6M$4M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of SAVE MOUNT DIABLO by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
March 31, 2025990$6,026,768$3,953,606$2,073,162$29,365,573$2,037,109$27,328,464
March 31, 2024990$6,037,101$3,506,613$2,530,488$27,506,303$2,162,760$25,343,543
March 31, 2023990$3,364,222$3,451,522-$87,300$24,218,193$1,648,821$22,569,372
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$5,374,021
of which government grants
$850,000
Program service revenue
$59,678
Investment income
$436,310
Net gain from sales of assets
$103,837
Net income from fundraising events
$95,052
Other revenue
$156,759

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$76,729
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$349,160
Other salaries and wages
$1,507,701
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,202,746
Professional fundraising fees
$24,025
Legal fees
$93,327
Accounting fees
$48,875
Occupancy
$212,110
Travel
$68,641
Depreciation
$206,005
Program services (functional)
$2,527,970
Management and general (functional)
$714,908
Fundraising (functional)
$710,728

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$27,506,303
Total assets, end of year
$29,365,573
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,037,109
Net assets, end of year
$27,328,464
Land, buildings and equipment
$183,079
Publicly traded securities
$8,172,928
Net assets without donor restrictions
$24,309,944
Net assets with donor restrictions
$3,018,520
Gross receipts
$13,024,677
Employees
26
Volunteers
685
Year formed
1980
State of legal domicile
CA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
EDWARD SORTWELL CLEMENT JREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$195,950$13,874
SETH ADAMSLAND CONSERVATION DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$141,852$25,267
MONICA OEIFINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$125,761$13,575
SEAN BURKELAND PROGRAMS DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$118,331$8,609
KAREN FERRIEREDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$114,531$6,565
JIM FELTONPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
GISELLE JURKANINVICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
BURT BASSLERTREASURER (THROUGH 3/2025)
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
DOUG MATTHEWTREASURER (START 3/2025)
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
KEITH ALLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
STEVE BALLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JOHN GALLAGHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LIZ HARVEY ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CLAUDIA HEINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SCOTT HEINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
8 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
SHIRLEY LANGLOISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
BOB MARXDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
AMARA MORRISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
PHIL O'LOANEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
ROBERT PHELPSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
MALCOLM SPROULDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
JEFF STONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
ACHILLEUS TIUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 24 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
EDWARD SORTWELL CLEMENT JREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$183,440$11,675
SETH ADAMSLAND CONSERVATION DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$135,504$21,973
MONICE OEIFINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$120,345$15,967
SEAN BURKELAND PROGRAMS DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$112,080$7,374
KAREN FERRIEREDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$108,075$6,205
JIM FELTONPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
GISELLE JURKANINVICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
BURT BASSLERTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
KEITH ALLEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
STEVE BALLINGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JOHN GALLAGHERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
GARRETT GIRVANDIRECTOR THROUGH 6/2023
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LIZ HARVEY ROBERTSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
CLAUDIA HEINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SCOTT HEINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MARGARET KRUSEDIRECTOR THROUGH 8/2023
Trustee or director
2$0$0
SHIRLEY LANGLOISDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
BOB MARXDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DOUG MATTHEWDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PHIL O'LOANEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ROBERT PHELPSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MALCOLM SPROULDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JEFF STONEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
ACHILLEUS TIUDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
990 for the year ended March 31, 2023: 24 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Edward Sortwell Clement JrExec Director
Officer
40$173,564$10,733
Seth AdamsLand Conserv Dir.40$128,207$20,720
Monica OeiFinance Dir.
Officer
40$115,334$16,080
Sean BurkeLand Program Dir40$106,470$7,073
Karen FerriereDevelopment Dir40$102,375$5,612
Jim FeltonPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
Burt BasslerTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
Liz Harvey RobertsVP/Secretary
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
John GallagherDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Joseph GaraventaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Garrett GirvanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Claudia HeinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Scott HeinDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Giselle JurkaninDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Margaret KruseDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Carol LaneDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Frank MartensDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Bob MarxDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Phil O'LoaneDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Robert PhelpsDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Malcolm SproulDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Jeff StoneDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Achilleus TiuDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Keith AlleyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
201 N CIVIC DRIVE, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596-3864
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
EDWARD SORTWELL CLEMENT, 201 N CIVIC DRIVE 190, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596
Signed the 990
EDWARD SORTWELL CLEMENT JR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(925) 947-3535
Return prepared by
BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2681735 or by the name SAVE MOUNT DIABLO.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

SAVE MOUNT DIABLO'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE MOUNT DIABLO'S PEAKS, SURROUNDING FOOTHILLS, AND WATERSHEDS; AND ITS SUSTAINING DIABLO RANGE, THROUGH LAND ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE MOUNTAIN'S NATURAL BEAUTY, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, AND HISTORIC AND AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE; ENHANCE OUR AREA'S QUALITY OF LIFE; AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • LAND ACQUISITION & LAND USE: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CONTINUES LONG-TERM NEGOTIATIONS TO PROTECT IMPORTANT PROPERTIES.- CLOSED ESCROW AND ACQUIRED THE 98-ACRE GINOCHIO SCHWENDEL PROPERTY FOR $1,370,000 PLUS CLOSING COSTS IN MARCH 2025. IT IS ADJACENT TO SMD'S MARSH CREEK 5 PROPERTY. IT INCLUDES AN UNDERCROSSING OF MARSH CREEK ROAD FOR WILDLIFE AND A SEGMENT OF MARSH CREEK, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY'S SECOND LONGEST AND MOST UNDISTURBED CREEK. IT IS A STRATEGIC PIECE OF THE MARSH CREEK WATERSHED CONTAINING RARE VOLCANIC HABITAT WITH VERY HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE.- LAND USE: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO REGULARLY MONITORS THE AGENDAS OF 70 DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMITTEES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES. THIS WORK CAN TAKE TIME AS WE RESEARCH, WRITE LETTERS, TESTIFY, AND COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS. WE RESPONDED TO MORE THAN A DOZEN LAND USE PROJECTS IN THE 2024 - 2025 FISCAL YEAR.- FURTHERED OUR DIABLO RANGE EXPANSION WORK DEVELOPING NEW PARTNERS AND ADVANCING ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO PROTECT IMPORTANT LANDS LIKE TESLA AND DEL PUERTO CANYON.- PREPARED FOR THE FIRST EVER DIABLO RANGE CONVENING TO BE HELD IN JUNE 2025. WE ANTICIPATE OVER 150 INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING OVER 60 GROUPS DISCUSSING CONSERVATION THROUGHOUT THE DIABLO RANGE. - WE SUPPORTED OR LED THREE BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS: STATEWIDE PROP 4 CLIMATE BOND, A SAN BENITO COUNTY GROWTH CONTROL MEASURE A, AND NO ON MEASURE II IN DUBLIN TO DEFEND A TEN-YEAR-OLD URBAN LIMIT LINE WE HELPED CREATE THERE.
    Expenses $1,020,565 · grants $20,468
  • STEWARDSHIP: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO CURRENTLY OWNS AND/OR MANAGES 21 PROPERTIES TOTALING 2190-ACRES. SAVE MOUNT DIABLO ALSO HOLDS PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 3 PROPERTIES, TOTALING 176-ACRES.- SUCCESSFULLY STEWARDED THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES UNDER OUR CARE (PLANTING NATIVE SPECIES, REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES, REGULAR PROPERTY MONITORING, ETC.).- MORE THAN 685 VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED OVER 5,996 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE 2024 - 2025 FISCAL YEAR. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ALL OUR ACTIVITIES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. RECURRENT STEWARDSHIP VOLUNTEERS INCLUDE 28 PROPERTY MONITORS AND 34 VOLUNTEER STEWARDS.- VOLUNTEERS: OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE THE HEROES AND HEROINES OF LAND PRESERVATION. THEY HELP MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE, WHETHER IT BE BY HELPING RESTORE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, BECOMING A HIKE LEADER, ASSISTING WITH EVENT REGISTRATION, STAFFING AID STATIONS, TAKING PHOTOS, OR SETTING UP EQUIPMENT. THEIR HARD WORK AND GENEROSITY ARE WHAT HELP MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS SO SUCCESSFUL.- STEWARDS ALSO CONTINUED MONTHLY PROPERTY OUTINGS, AND ORGANIZED SMALL WORKDAYS FOR RESTORATION PLANTINGS, WEEDING, MULCHING, WATERING NATIVE PLANTINGS AND CLEAN UP OF OUR PROPERTIES.- STAFF CONTINUED MONITORING IMPACTS TO VEGETATION IN THE JACKASS CANYON AREA, WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND CAL FIRE, WORKING TOGETHER TO THIN, CHIP AND MANAGE HAZARDOUS FUEL LOAD IN THE AREA.- WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE LINDSAY WILDLIFE EXPERIENCE, WE CONTINUED TO RELEASE REHABILITATED AMERICAN KESTRELS INTO THE MOUNT DIABLO FOOTHILLS, STRENGTHENING WILDLIFE CORRIDORS.- ADVANCED OUR 10,000 TREES AND NATIVE PLANTS PROJECT, PLANTING AND CARING FOR MORE THAN 3,000 PLANTS AT OUR RESTORATION SITES, MANY OF THOSE PLANTS BEING CALIFORNIA MILKWEED AND OTHER POLLINATOR PLANTS FOR MONARCH FORAGING, BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.- WE MONITOR AND REMEDIATE STORM DAMAGE ON ALL OUR PROPERTIES. WE INSTALLED A SOLAR WELL AND A WILDLIFE TROUGH AT MC7 TO MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN WILDLIFE HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY IN MARSH CREEK. - STAFF WORKED WITH STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS TO CREATE A POLLINATOR GARDEN AT MC7, AND FENCED IT WITH CEDAR SPLIT-RAIL FENCING, TO PROTECT THE AREA FROM CATTLE THAT GRAZE FOR FIRE ABATEMENT. THIS IS ALL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A GRANT FROM CDFW TO STRENGTHEN WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR LISTED SPECIES AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN MARSH CREEK.- STAFF LED THE 4TH ANNUAL PINE CANYON CLEAN-UP WITH THE MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK, THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, THE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB, AND THE BAY AREA CLIMBERS COALITION, WHERE WE REMOVED INVASIVE SPECIES, GRAFFITI, AND TRASH FROM THE PINE CANYON AREA, AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS FUEL LOAD FROM THE ASPARA DRIVE AREA WITH A CHIPPER.- WE HOSTED MAJOR CLEAN-UP WORKDAYS, INCLUDING A COASTAL CLEAN-UP WORKDAY IN KIRKER CREEK, WITH THE HELP OF A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE 10 GARBAGE BAGS OF TRASH. - ON OUR COASTAL CLEANUP DAY, WE REMOVED 3,000 LBS OF DEBRIS.- IN 2025, SAVE MOUNT DIABLO FINISHED CREATING AND OPENING MORE PUBLIC TRAILS AT OUR CURRY CANYON RANCH PRESERVE WHICH MEANS OUR ORGANIZATION HAS NOW CREATED AND OPENED OVER 7 MILES OF NEW PUBLIC TRAILS, AT OUR CURRY CANYON RANCH AND MANGINI RANCH EDUCATIONAL PRESERVE, IN JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS.- STEWARDSHIP STAFF LED 4 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DAYS AT CURRY CANYON RANCH FOR MDUSD STUDENTS IN THE BACR CARES PROGRAM, EFFECTIVELY CREATING AN INSPIRING WORKDAY IN THE HILLS.
    Expenses $869,002 · grants $699 · revenue $27,674
  • EDUCATION & OUTREACH AND RECREATION: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO OFFERS NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL, OUTREACH, AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS TO HELP DIRECTLY CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES TO NATURE AND EDUCATE THEM ABOUT IT, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SERVICE PROJECTS FOR OUR NATURAL WORLD, AND TO DIVERSIFY THE TYPES OF PEOPLE SERVED AND INVOLVED WITH OUR LAND CONSERVATION WORK. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:- OUR DISCOVER DIABLO FREE PUBLIC OUTINGS SERIES.- OUR DIABLO CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE, FOR LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS.- OUR YOUNG DIABLO EXPLORERS PROGRAM FOR 3RD TO 5TH GRADERS.- OUR SMD CARES PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH MOUNT DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.- OUR DR. MARY BOWERMAN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES SMALL GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE MORE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE NORTHERN DIABLO RANGE, BIOBLITZ, ETC.- CONTINUE TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY OUR NEW MANGINI RANCH EDUCATIONAL PRESERVE, RUN WITH A FREE ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM WITH OVER 4 MILES OF TRAILS BUILT THERE WITH THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL STUDENTS.- STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS LED 14 TABLING EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE, INSPIRE AND CONNECT THE PUBLIC TO DIABLO RANGE AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE LEAD TO PROTECT IT.- AS WE REFLECT ON THE COMPLETED APRIL 1, 2024, TO MARCH 31, 2025 FISCAL YEAR, WE FEEL IMMENSE GRATITUDE FOR OUR SUPPORTERS BECAUSE THEY HELPED US COMPLETE ANOTHER HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR FROM A PROGRAMMATIC, FINANCIAL, AND OVERALL ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
    Expenses $638,403 · grants $55,562 · revenue $32,004

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025March 31, 2026August 17, 2026Not on file
2024March 31, 2025August 15, 2025990 on file
2023March 31, 2024August 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
94-2681735
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1980
Accounting year ends
March
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$29,365,573
Income (IRS master file)
$13,024,677

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990March 2025$6,026,768$3,953,606$29,365,573XML
990March 2024$6,037,101$3,506,613$27,506,303XML
990March 2023$3,364,222$3,451,522$24,218,193XML
990March 2022–––IRS
990March 2021–––IRS
990March 2020–––IRS
990December 2017–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 94-2681735).

Questions about SAVE MOUNT DIABLO

What is the EIN of SAVE MOUNT DIABLO?
The employer identification number (EIN) of SAVE MOUNT DIABLO is 94-2681735.
Is SAVE MOUNT DIABLO tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1980.
Are donations to SAVE MOUNT DIABLO tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does SAVE MOUNT DIABLO file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of SAVE MOUNT DIABLO due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did SAVE MOUNT DIABLO last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
Who is the principal officer of SAVE MOUNT DIABLO?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names EDWARD SORTWELL CLEMENT.
Who are the officers and directors of SAVE MOUNT DIABLO?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 23 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $195,950 (EDWARD SORTWELL CLEMENT JR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
How much revenue does SAVE MOUNT DIABLO have?
On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $6,026,768, expenses of $3,953,606 and total assets of $29,365,573 at year end.

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