California Native Plant Society

Organization Overview

California Native Plant Society is located in Sacramento, CA. The organization was established in 1965. According to its NTEE Classification (C30) the organization is classified as: Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, under the broad grouping of Environment and related organizations. As of 03/2022, California Native Plant Society employed 47 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. California Native Plant Society is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.

For the year ending 03/2022, California Native Plant Society generated $6.6m in total revenue. This organization has experienced exceptional growth, as over the past 7 years, it has increased revenue by an average of 14.5% each year . All expenses for the organization totaled $5.8m during the year ending 03/2022. While expenses have increased by 13.5% per year over the past 7 years. They've been increasing with an increasing level of total revenue. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.

Since 2015, California Native Plant Society has awarded 22 individual grants totaling $376,499. If you would like to learn more about the grant giving history of this organization, scroll down to the grant profile section of this page.

Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990T Filing

TAX YEAR

2022

Describe the Organization's Mission:

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WE'RE ON A MISSION TO SAVE CALIFORNIAS NATIVE PLANTS AND PLACES USING BOTH HEAD AND HEART. CNPS BRINGS TOGETHER SCIENCE, EDUCATION, CONSERVATION, AND GARDENING TO POWER THE NATIVE PLANT MOVEMENT.

Describe the Organization's Program Activity:

PLANT SCIENCECNPS CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A STATEWIDE AUTHORITY ON RARE NATIVE PLANTS, NATIVE VEGETATION MAPPING AND MONITORING, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF CALIFORNIA'S PLANT BIODIVERSITY. IN 2022, CNPS WORKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FELLOW RESEARCHERS, LAND MANAGERS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE BEST SCIENCE ABOUT CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS IS AVAILABLE FOR DECISION-MAKING. THE RARE PLANT PROGRAM LAUNCHED A MOBILE FRIENDLY PLATFORM OF THE CALIFORNIA RARE PLANT INVENTORY, SEED-BANKED 32 RARE PLANT TAXA, CONDUCTED 24 RARE PLANT STATUS REVIEWS, CONTRIBUTED 1,000 PLANT VOUCHERS, PROVIDED 59 RARE PLANT SPECIES ACCOUNTS AND FINALIZED 238 RARE PLANT PROFILES TO THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, AND VISITED 164 RARE PLANT OCCURRENCES WITH MORE THAN 200 VOLUNTEER PARTICIPANTS FOR THE RARE PLANT TREASURE HUNT. THE VEGETATION PROGRAM INITIATED 3 VEGETATION SAMPLING AND FINE-SCALE MAPPING PROJECTS IN THE NORTH COAST RANGES, CENTRAL COAST, AND MOLOK LUYUK, COLLECTING OVER 1,055 SURVEYS REPRESENTING OVER 150 VEGETATION ALLIANCES. MANUAL OF CALIFORNIA VEGETATION UPDATES INCLUDED ADDING AT LEAST 10 ALLIANCES AND REVISING AT LEAST 25 ALLIANCES. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDED 2 EARLY CAREER BOTANIST TRAININGS, 3 CHAPTER TRAININGS, AND ENGAGED AT LEAST 50 VOLUNTEERS IN INTERNS IN VEGETATION INVENTORY EFFORTS. THE IMPORTANT PLANT AREA PROGRAM COMPLETED THE FIRST ITERATION OF ITS STATEWIDE MAP OF CALIFORNIA'S IMPORTANT PLANT AREAS, TOTALING 22 MILLION ACRES. THE CNPS BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVES GROUP LAUNCHED ITS WORK ON THE CALIFORNIA SEED STRATEGY, CONTRIBUTED TO STATEWIDE PLANNING FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, ADVANCED COMMUNITY SCIENCE LAUNCHED IN POST-WILDFIRE FOOTPRINTS WITH MORE THAN 100,000 OBSERVATIONS, AND LAUNCHED AN INTERACTIVE EAST BAY GARDEN PLANNING TOOL WITH NEWLY DEVELOPED LOCAL NATIVE PLANT LISTS FOR GARDENING.


CONSERVATIONTHE CNPS CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, LEGAL ACTION, AND ADVOCACY NEEDED TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS AND HABITATS TODAY AND INTO THE FUTURE. IN 2022, THE TEAM HELPED LEAD COALITION EFFORTS TO PERMANENTLY PROTECT MOLOK LUYUK THROUGH THE EXPANSION OF BERRYESSA SNOW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT, CONTINUED ITS FIGHT TO PROTECT TEJON RANCH, AND PROVIDED IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ON TIMBER HARVEST PLANS, WILDFIRE VEGETATION TREATMENT PROJECTS, UPDATES TO DESERT CONSERVATION PLANNING, AND VARIOUS PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE. IN ADDITION, THE TEAM PRODUCED AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WILDFIRE SCIENCE, DEVELOPED CONTENT FOR A CONSERVATION ADVOCACY TOOLKIT, AND HELPED ADVANCE THE STATE'S GOAL TO PROTECT 30% OF ITS LANDS AND WATERS BY 2030.


ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACHCNPS AIMS TO SUPPORT LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATIVE PLANTS AND PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, LOCAL CHAPTERS, PUBLICATIONS, EVENTS, ONLINE CHANNELS, ADVOCACY, COMMUNITY SCIENCE, AND GARDENING. IN OCTOBER, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED ITS FIRST MAJOR CONFERENCE SINCE 2018. MORE THAN 1,200 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE SOLD-OUT EVENT TITLED "ROOTING TOGETHER: RESTORING CONNECTIONS TO PLANTS, PLACE & PEOPLE. THE EVENT, WHICH WAS FEATURED IN THE LA TIMES, INCLUDED IMPORTANT PRESENTATIONS FROM INDIGENOUS AND OTHER BIPOC SPEAKERS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM LAND BACK AND SCHOOL NATURE GARDENS TO GOOD FIRE. ALSO IN 2022, CNPS CO-PRODUCED AND LAUNCHED THE AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY, SAGING THE WORLD; PUBLISHED AN INDIGENOUS-LED EDITION OF FLORA MAGAZINE; RESUMED ITS POPULAR PLANT SCIENCE WORKSHOPS; BEGAN WORK ON A MULTI-YEAR SCHOOL NATURE GARDENS INTERPRETIVE PROGRAM; AND FAR EXCEEDED ITS BLOOM! CALIFORNIA CAMPAIGN GOAL TO INCREASE NATIVE PLANT SALES ACROSS THE STATE BY 20%.


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Board, Officers & Key Employees

Name (title)Compensation
Brock Wimberley
Sr Operations Dir
$127,452
Julie Evens
Vegetation Prg Dir
$111,054
Christine Pieper
Development Dir
$105,808
Vince Scheidt
Exec Dir/dir
$0
Vivian Neou
Vice President
$0
Steve Schoenig
Treasurer
$0

Financial Statements

Statement of Revenue
Federated campaigns$0
Membership dues$755,243
Fundraising events$0
Related organizations$0
Government grants $0
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above$4,206,873
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f $165,082
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar$4,962,116
Total Program Service Revenue$1,160,165
Investment income $41,978
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Net Rental Income $0
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales $4,816
Net Income from Fundraising Events $0
Net Income from Gaming Activities $0
Net Income from Sales of Inventory $449,061
Miscellaneous Revenue$0
Total Revenue $6,631,755

Grants Awarded

Over the last fiscal year, California Native Plant Society has awarded $145,669 in support to 5 organizations.

Grant RecipientAmount

EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DIST

Org PageRecipient Profile

Oakland, CA

PURPOSE: Oak Restoration

$100,000

UC DAVIS

PURPOSE: Plant research

$16,000

LUNADA BAY HOMEOWNERS ASSOC

Org PageRecipient Profile

Palos Verdes Estates, CA

PURPOSE: General support

$10,700

GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS

Org PageRecipient Profile

San Francisco, CA

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$10,000

PVP LAND CONSERVANCY

Org PageRecipient Profile

Rolling Hills Estates, CA

PURPOSE: Conservation

$8,969
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Grants Recieved

Over the last fiscal year, we have identified 18 grants that California Native Plant Society has recieved totaling $378,631.

Awarding OrganizationAmount
Seventh Generation Advisors

Santa Monica, CA

PURPOSE: GENERAL SUPPORT

$125,000
Schwab Charitable Fund

San Francisco, CA

PURPOSE: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

$70,050
Seaver Institute

Los Angeles, CA

PURPOSE: EXEMPT CHARITABLE PURPOSE

$45,000
Skyscape Foundation

St Helena, CA

PURPOSE: OPERATIONS

$25,500
Save The Redwoods League

San Francisco, CA

PURPOSE: RESEARCH

$24,870
Virginia And Alfred Harrell Foundation

Bakersfield, CA

PURPOSE: PROGRAM SERVICE SUPPORT

$20,000
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Endowment Analysis

Beg. Balance$338,289
Earnings$8,789
Ending Balance$347,078

Peer Organizations

Organization NameAssets
Christensen Fund
San Francisco, CA
$46,544,592
Earth Island Institute Inc
Berkeley, CA
$16,760,146
River Partners
Chico, CA
$15,926,609
Ecology Center
Berkeley, CA
$13,640,615
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy
Avalon, CA
$18,977,190
Elemental Excelerator Inc
Honolulu, HI
$15,915,259
Sierra Foothill Conservancy Tr
Mariposa, CA
$11,475,774
Island Conservation
Santa Cruz, CA
$8,035,021
Pachamama Alliance
San Francisco, CA
$8,257,728
Green Education Foundation
San Jose, CA
$9,135,673
Lake Las Vegas Master Association
Henderson, NV
$6,722,310
Clientearth Usa Inc
Calabasas, CA
$8,181,021

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