Nonprofit · EIN 95-4703838
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
Tax-exempt · SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $79,596,936 | $99,548,571 | -$19,951,635 | $151,915,040 | $14,070,354 | $137,844,686 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $131,040,478 | $85,936,667 | $45,103,811 | $174,728,294 | $13,363,409 | $161,364,885 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $67,883,962
- of which government grants
- $2,981,129
- Program service revenue
- $1,307,926
- Investment income
- $10,402,648
- Net rental income
- $2,400
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $5,766,761
- Other revenue
- $2,400
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $47,679,212
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $2,608,169
- Other salaries and wages
- $15,369,457
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $22,604,833
- Professional fundraising fees
- $13,893
- Legal fees
- $358,320
- Accounting fees
- $124,963
- Occupancy
- $438,079
- Travel
- $1,553,546
- Depreciation
- $101,005
- Program services (functional)
- $91,398,723
- Management and general (functional)
- $7,174,751
- Fundraising (functional)
- $975,097
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $174,728,294
- Total assets, end of year
- $151,915,040
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $14,070,354
- Net assets, end of year
- $137,844,686
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,155,274
- Publicly traded securities
- $88,576,704
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $10,736,698
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $127,107,988
- Gross receipts
- $134,893,929
- Employees
- 155
- Volunteers
- 14
- Year formed
- 1998
- 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 December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVI GARBOW SEE SCH O | DIRECTOR AND PRES. (END 10/24) Trustee or director, Officer | 36 | $599,806 | $35,557 |
| VERONICA EADY | VP OF EQUITY & JUSTICE (END 12/24) Key employee | 40 | $296,683 | $28,461 |
| HELENA CHOI SEE SCH O | VP AND CHIEF OF STAFF Key employee | 36 | $272,448 | $45,525 |
| JESSICA ANNE MAHER | DIRECTOR, WESTERN ENERGY PROJECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $275,109 | $39,775 |
| MICHAEL SCOTT | VICE PRESIDENT - PROGRAMS Key employee | 39 | $278,442 | $23,298 |
| MATTHEW ARMSBY SEE SCH O | SEC. & VP TO INT. PRES (EFF. 10/24) Trustee or director, Officer | 35 | $265,748 | $31,602 |
| ROSINA BUGARIN SEE SCH O | TREASURER & CFO Officer | 32 | $241,340 | $37,852 |
| KAITLIN GAFFNEY | DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $232,384 | $41,657 |
| KATE WRIGHT | DIRECTOR, CLIMATE MAYORS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $230,300 | $35,450 |
| AMY KENNEY | DIRECTOR, NAT'L OCEAN PROT. COAL. Highest-paid employee | 40 | $233,258 | $29,430 |
| BRANDI JENKINS | DIRECTOR, BEYOND PETROCHEMICALS Highest-paid employee | 37 | $236,700 | $15,191 |
| ALLEN MAY | CHIEF DEV'L OFFICER (END 12/24) Key employee | 36 | $205,793 | $30,660 |
| LISBETH JAKOBSEN | DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SPONSORSHIP Key employee | 33 | $189,953 | $25,002 |
| BARTON THOMPSON JR | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEANNE SEDGWICK | BOARD VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
12 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISE AANGEENBRUG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| STEVE GAINES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHET P HEWITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATSY ISHIYAMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHARINE L JACOBS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BRETT JOHNSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLENE KABCENELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTHA KONGSGAARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RANDALL MARTINEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN WASHBURN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LUSENI PIEH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GINA MCCARTHY | DIRECTOR (END 12/24) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 26 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVI GARBOW SEE SCH O | DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $512,796 | $48,414 |
| MATTHEW ARMSBY | SECRETARY & VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $295,817 | $33,739 |
| HELENA CHOI SEE SCH O | VICE PRESIDENT Key employee | 40 | $273,806 | $47,568 |
| ROSINA BUGARIN SEE SCH O | TREASURER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Officer | 40 | $248,511 | $45,593 |
| JESSICA ANNE MAHER | DIRECTOR, WESTERN ENERGY PROJECT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $247,396 | $36,448 |
| JULIA TURRINI | DIRECTOR, LANDS, RIVERS, COMMUNITIES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $246,460 | $36,287 |
| KAITILIN GAFFNEY | DIRECTOR, OCEAN, COAST & FISHERIES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $223,370 | $40,023 |
| LISBETH JAKOBSEN | DIRECTOR, FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $225,697 | $28,208 |
| MICHAEL SCOTT | DIR., INTL CONSERVATION & PUB. LANDS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $224,250 | $20,466 |
| MICHAEL MANTELL | FORMER OFFICER Former | 25 | $137,136 | $12,088 |
| BARTON THOMPSON JR | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEANNE SEDGWICK | BOARD VICE CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LISE AANGEENBRUG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| NED BARNHOLT | DIRECTOR (THRU 3/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE GAINES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHET P HEWITT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| PATSY ISHIYAMA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHARINE L JACOBS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLENE KABCENELL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARTHA KONGSGAARD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RANDALL MARTINEZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK WAN | DIRECTOR (THRU 9/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN WASHBURN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LUSENI PIEH | DIRECTOR (BEG. 1/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRETT JOHNSON | DIRECTOR (BEG. 3/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GINA MCCARTHY | DIRECTOR (BEG. 9/2023) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 400 CAPITOL MALL STE 2650, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814-4410
- In care of
- % PHILIP GINSBURG
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MATTHEW ARMSBY, 400 CAPITOL MALL 2150, SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
- Signed the 990
- MATTHEW ARMSBY, INTERIM PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (916) 442-5057
- Website
- WWW.RESOURCESLEGACYFUND.ORG
- Return prepared by
- GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-4703838 or by the name RESOURCES LEGACY FUND.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND BUILDS ALLIANCES THAT ADVANCE BOLD SOLUTIONS TO SECURE A JUST AND RESILIENT WORLD FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE.
Program accomplishments
- RLF'S WORK IN CONSERVATION FOCUSED ON PROTECTING AND RESTORING ECOLOGICALLY AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDS AND WATERS.Expenses $46,213,377 · grants $24,107,748 · revenue $661,319
- RLF'S WORK TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUSED ON CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, PROMOTING THE USE OF NATURE-BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO WILDFIRE, FLOODS, DROUGHT, AND EXTREME HEAT. AS A FISCAL SPONSOR, RLF PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE (HUMAN RESOURCES, LEGAL, FINANCIAL, TECHNOLOGY) SERVICES TO PROJECTS FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES.Expenses $40,964,187 · grants $21,369,447 · revenue $586,202
- RLF'S WORK TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND LEADERS IN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS, IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ENSURE ACCESS TO NATURE.Expenses $4,221,159 · grants $2,202,017 · revenue $60,405
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-4703838
- 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
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $151,915,040
- Income (IRS master file)
- $134,893,929
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $79,596,936 | $99,548,571 | $151,915,040 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $131,040,478 | $85,936,667 | $174,728,294 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $88,915,279 | $90,017,805 | $121,669,997 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 95-4703838).
Questions about RESOURCES LEGACY FUND
- What is the EIN of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND is 95-4703838.
- Is RESOURCES LEGACY FUND tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to RESOURCES LEGACY FUND tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does RESOURCES LEGACY FUND 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 RESOURCES LEGACY FUND due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did RESOURCES LEGACY FUND last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MATTHEW ARMSBY.
- Who are the officers and directors of RESOURCES LEGACY FUND?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 27 people; 13 received compensation from the organization, the highest $599,806 (AVI GARBOW SEE SCH O, DIRECTOR AND PRES. (END 10/24)).
- How much revenue does RESOURCES LEGACY FUND have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $79,596,936, expenses of $99,548,571 and total assets of $151,915,040 at year end.
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