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Financials

What the money did.

Our last three Form 990s, the reviewed statements and the determination letter, with the 2025 year in plain words. If a number here disagrees with a filing, the filing is right.

$612,400revenue in 2025
$588,900spent in 2025
81%on the work itself
White fungus growing on burned wood
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The 2025 year, sample figures

Where it came from, where it went.

From Part I and Part IX of the 2025 return. Service contracts pay for work on public land at cost; they never pay for free test days or private yards.

Revenue

Foundation and government grants$318,000
Gifts from individuals$142,600
Service contracts with public agencies$104,300
Training fees$22,500
Other$25,000
Total$612,400

Expenses

Site cleanup$262,000
Research and the lab$96,400
Training$118,500
Management$68,000
Fundraising$44,000
Total$588,900
Part III, in plain words

What the money did.

Site cleanup paid for the crews, the straw and the lab tests on every site in the record. Research paid for the greenhouse trials. Training paid for the course, the workshops and the stipends.

Every site, with its readings →

Ask for a copy

Paper copies too

Anyone may ask for our three most recent returns and the exemption letter. Write to us and we send them. We report the rule; we do not advise on it.

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Documents

The filings.

The three newest Form 990 years list themselves; the letter stays. Every document is a labelled sample.

2025

Form 990

Filed May 2026. Part I summary, Part III what the money did at each site, Part IX expenses by function.

SAMPLE, NOT A REAL IRS FILING

2025

Reviewed financial statements

An independent accountant's review of the 2025 statements.

SAMPLE, NOT A REAL IRS FILING

2024

Form 990

Filed May 2025. The first full year, and the year of the fire response.

SAMPLE, NOT A REAL IRS FILING

2023

Form 990

Filed May 2024. A part year: founded in March 2023.

SAMPLE, NOT A REAL IRS FILING

2023

IRS determination letter

What the letter states: 501(c)(3), public charity, contributions deductible. Presented as information, not as a copy of a government document.

SAMPLE, NOT A REAL IRS FILING