2022-12-13T15:04:15-08:00 2022-03-31 680260103 REGALIA & ASSOCIATES CPAS 103 TOWN COUNTRY DR STE K DANVILLE CA 94526 990 2021-04-01 942681735 Save Mount Diablo SAVE 9259473535 1901 Olympic Boulevard 320 Walnut Creek CA 94596 Edward Sortwell Clement Jr Exec Director 2022-12-13 true Edward Sortwell Clement Jr 999009999 Douglas W Regalia P00186389 9253140390 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Edward Sortwell Clement Jr 1901 Olympic Boulevard 320 Walnut Creek CA 94596 7799150 false X www.savemountdiablo.org X 1971 CA Save Mount Diablo's mission is to preserve Mount Diablo's peaks, surrounding foothills, watersheds, and connection to the Diablo Range through land acquisition and preservation strategies designed to protect the mountain's natural beauty, (Continued on Schedule O) 19 19 23 361 0 3542387 3186903 22246 19766 178454 266718 8610 3130 3751697 3476517 31500 78500 0 1693116 1698859 9000 0 593259 1661457 2249039 3395073 4026398 356624 -549881 23820014 23107721 366608 341196 23453406 22766525 Our mission is to preserve Mount Diablos peaks, surrounding foothills, watersheds, and connection to the Diablo Range through land acquisition and preservation strategies designed to protect the mountains 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. false false 1892154 LAND ACQUISITION:Save Mount Diablo Continues Long-Term Negotiations to Protect Important Properties. Save Mount Diablo exercised the option to purchase A 154 +/- Acre Conservation Easement On the Highly Strategic Concord Mt. Diablo Trail Ride Association Lands On The Slopes of Mount Diablos North Peak, Contiguous with Mount Diablo State Park.Continued on Schedule O 608912 19766 LAND USE PLANNING: SAVE MOUNT DIABLO REGULARLY MONITORS THE AGENDAS OF 50 DIFFERENT PLANNING COMMITTEES AND PUBLIC AGENCIES. THIS WORK CAN TAKE TIME AS WE RESEARCH, WRITE LETTERS, TESTIFY AND COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS. WE RESPONDED TO ABOUT 25 LAND USE PROJECTS IN FY 2021/2022 AND ATTENDED NUMEROUS HEARINGS.Continued on Schedule O 330909 78500 41476 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. 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Save Mount Diablo also maintains a legal defense fund and holds terra firma conservation insurance. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. A perpetual conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a qualified organization, such as a land trust, to protect the natural or cultural resources of that land forever. The conservation easements will protect the resources that SMD purchased the property to save, by having the landowner help steward the land while also allowing them to live on the land they love, when applicable. The agreements limit the landowners rights on the property in order toprotect the lands conservation values. SMD has valued the easements at $1 each in the financial statements as management does not believe these deeds have any commercial value. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. In 2017, SMD created the Stewardship Endowment Fund to financially support, in perpetuity, SMDs stewardship obligations for its conserved lands and other properties under its care. SMD has adopted investment and spending policies for endowment assets, established by the Finance Committee and approved by the Board of Directors, that attempt to maintain the corpus and the purchasing power of those endowment assets over the long term. Accordingly, the primary investment goal is to provide income to support stewardship program activity, grow the principal to at least keep pace with inflation in order to provide income at appropriate levels to support future stewardship activities, manage risk, and generate an even, steady, pay-out stream from the Stewardship Endowment Fund in order to deliver a consistent quality stewardship program. Part X : FIN48 Footnote Financial statement presentation follows the recommendations of ASC 740, Income Taxes. Under ASC 740, Save Mount Diablo is required to report information regarding its exposure to various tax positions taken by Save Mount Diablo and requires a two-step process that separates recognition from measurement. The first step is determining whether a tax position has met the recognition threshold; the second step is measuring a tax position that meets the recognition threshold. Management believes that Save Mount Diablo has adequately evaluated its current tax positions and has concluded that as of March 31, 2022, Save Mount Diablo does not have any uncertain tax positions for which a reserve or an accrual for a tax liability would be necessary.Save Mount Diablo has received notification from the Internal Revenue Service and the State of California that it qualifies for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. The exemptions are subject to periodic review by the federal and state taxing authorities and management is confident that Save Mount Diablo continues to satisfy all federal and state statutes in order to qualify for continued tax exemption status. Save Mount Diablo may periodically receive unrelated business income requiring Save Mount Diablo to file separate tax returns under federal and state statutes. Under such conditions, Save Mount Diablo will calculate, accrue and remit the applicable taxes. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Change in Value-Charitable Remainder Tr $40091 Moonlight on the Mtn expenses $53246 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Moonlight on the Mtn expenses $53246 Part XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S Bad debt reported elsewhere $808 false Moonlight on the Mountain 317850 302950 14900 8242 17955 27049 317850 302950 14900 8242 17955 27049 53246 -38346 false NBCUniversal Media LLC PO Box 402971 Atlanta GA 30384 141682529 12000 0 Open Roads Support UC Berkeley Foundation 1995 University Ave Ste 400 Berkeley CA 94704 946090626 501(c)(3) 50000 0 SMD Oral History Project 1 1 Science & Research Grants 7 13500 Additional Supplemental Information SAVE MOUNT DIABLO'S Education and Outreach Associate STAFFS THE MARY BOWERMAN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. THE Associate IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THAT ALL OF THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. AS A CONDITION OF THE FUNDING, AWARDEES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESENTING AT THE ANNUAL MARY BOWERMAN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM IN DECEMBER. STAFF COORDINATES THIS EVENT AND TRACKS WHAT AWARDEES PRESENT IN THE GIVEN YEAR. IF THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULING, AWARDEES CAN SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.Save Mount Diablo partnered with the television show NBC Bay Area OpenRoad again this past fiscal year. The OpenRoad episode that was created primarily highlighted Save Mount Diablo's work helping protect Mount Diablo's connection to its sustaining Diablo Range so as to educate the public about this important land conservation work. X X false false false false false false false false false Edward Sortwell Clement Jr Exec Director 169163 10263 179426 X 3 229625 FMV false true true Part I, Line 32, Hire and Use of Third Parties The organization used the services of a commercial fundraiser for its vehicle donation program:Car Donation Services, Inc.4971 Pacheco Blvd.Martinez, CA 94553925-229-5444Info@cardonationservices.com Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Board members Claudia Hein and Scott Hein are married. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED BYTHE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT, AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, the audit committee, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AFTER A FULL REVIEW, THE FINAL VERSION OF THE TAX RETURN IS PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S VOTING BODY. A REPRESENTATIVE OF MANAGEMENT AUTHORIZES THE FINAL FORM 990 WHICH IS THEN E-FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEW ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT LEAST ANNUALLY. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ANY RELATED PARTY AFFILIATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS FULL TRANSPARENCY ON ALL RELATIONSHIPS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS (IN FACT OR APPEARANCE) ARE DISCUSSED OPENLY AND RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Executive Committee (comprised of elected Board members) REVIEWs THE COMPENSATION OF ALL HIGH-LEVEL PERSONNEL PERIODICALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS RULES AND REGULATIONS. EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SECURE COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SALARIES. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS GUIDELINES AND THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees COMPENSATION OF OTHER PERSONNEL IS REVIEWED PERIODICALLY BY MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT and with the Executive Committee (comprised of elected Board Members). EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SECURE COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SALARIES AND ALL RELATED BENEFITS. ALL DECISIONS ARE THEN DOCUMENTED IN PERSONNEL FILES. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER LEGALFILINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND HELD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BYTAX AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TAX RETURNS ARE POSTED ANNUALLY TOWWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG (WHERE the documents are AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AS ELECTRONIC COPIES) AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE by request from the organization's office in Walnut Creek, California. Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Capitalized Land Acquisition and Related Costs = $122061 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases Change in value of charitable remainder trusts = $40091 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases Loss from uncollectible pledge = -$176000 Other Changes in Net Assets During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, Save Mount Diablo was notified that a pledge originally made during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 in the amount of $176,000 would not be received. Accordingly, this amount has been shown as an "other adjustment" in the tax return in accordance with IRS instructions. Part I Summary Mission continued 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. Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments 4a continued Having Successfully Raised the Funds Through Our Forever Wild Capital Campaign, SMD exercised the option to acquire This Conservation Easement Around the End of the Year. Further, Save Mount Diablo Advanced Other Land Acquisition Opportunities in and around the Mt. Diablo Area. THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS A YEAR OF ENHANCING HOW WE MANAGE OUR PROPERTIES WHILE CONTINUING LONG-TERM, COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS TO PROTECT SEVERAL VERY HIGH-PRIORITY AREAS OF LAND. FOR DECADES, SMD WAS ABLE TO BUY PROPERTIES AND THEN QUICKLY TRANSFER THEM TO A PUBLIC PARK AGENCY. THAT MODEL KEPT OUR LAND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES VERY LIMITED, AND THE PROJECTS WE UNDERTOOK WERE MAINLY FOCUSED ON TRASH REMOVAL, FIRE ABATEMENT, AND SOME RESTORATION WORK. ABOUT A DECADE AGO, THE TRANSFER TIME STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. IN PART, THE SLOWDOWN IN TRANSFER TIME WAS BECAUSE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS STOPPED ACQUIRING NEW LAND IN ORDER TO FOCUS ON MAINTAINING THE PARKS IT ALREADY OWNED. IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 15 YEARS SINCE A PROPERTY WAS ADDED TO MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK, SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO CHANGE. HOWEVER, AS OUR AMBITIONS ABOUT PRESERVING THE DIABLO WILD LANDS GREW, WE BEGAN TO BUY MORE LAND FURTHER AWAY FROM EXISTING PARKS WITH A STRATEGY TO CONNECT THEM IN THE FUTURE. WE CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE COMPLEX PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS, THE FRUITS OF WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT TO BEAR IN THE COMING YEARS. OUR PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVANCY AND EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, HAVE CONTINUED THE WORK TO ENCIRCLE THE MARSH CREEK AND MORGAN TERRITORY AREAS IN OPEN SPACE AND PLACE CRITICAL PROTECTIONS OVER ESSENTIAL HABITAT CORRIDORS. WE MEET WITH LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS ALIKE TO PUSH FOR HIGH-QUALITY MITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS. WE COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS ON STRATEGIC ADDITIONS TO THE OVERALL NETWORK OF PRESERVED LANDS ON AND AROUND MOUNT DIABLO. As Part of Our Forever Wild Capital Campaign, We Raised AcquisitionFunds To Ensure We Are Ready and Able to Act on Transactions Quickly. For Now, We Continue To Build a Strong Foundation for Future Land Conservation. Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments 4b continued CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION REUSE PLANWE LAUNCHED AN E-BLAST CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON CONCORD RESIDENTS TO DISCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL FROM CHOOSING SEENO AND PARTNERS AS MASTER DEVELOPER. WHILE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GENERATING HUNDREDS OF ON-THE-RECORD PUBLIC COMMENTS, WITH MORE THAN 90% OF COMMENTS ASKING THE COUNCIL TO NOT CHOOSE SEENO, UNFORTUNATELY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL SELECTED THEM. WE ARE CAPITALIZING ON THE DISBELIEF AND ANGER AT THE COUNCIL THIS HAS GENERATED TO ORGANIZE RESIDENTS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED ON THIS PROJECT BEFORE, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS WE WON A DECADE AGO IN THE REUSE PLAN ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED. ANTIOCHOUR COALITION SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED THE URBAN LIMIT LINE FOR THE CITY AND MADE IT UNCHANGEABLE EXCEPT BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, BUT ThE OTHER OPEN SPACE GAINS OF OUR MEASURE T CAMPAIGN WERE STRUCK DOWN BY THE COURT. WE ARE NOW WORKING WITH THE COALITION AND CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE OPEN SPACE PROTECTIONS THAT WERE IN MEASURE T IN OTHER PLACES SUCH AS THE CITY GENERAL PLAN. PITTSBURGWE FILED THE SECOND CEQA LAWSUIT IN SMDS HISTORY TO CHALLENGE THE CITY COUNCILS APPROVAL OF THE HILLTOP-DESTROYING 600-ACRE FARIA/SOUTHWEST HILLS ANNEXATION SEENO PROJECT, WHICH WOULD CONSTRUCT MORE THAN 1,600 HOUSES DIRECTLY NEXT TO AND ABOVE CONCORDS NEW THURGOOD MARSHALL REGIONAL PARK. We won the lawsuit as well as a second challenge and unless Seeno and the city appeal, theyll have to vacate the project approvals and start over on environmental review.TASSAJARA VALLEY WE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR THE CONSERVATION BENEFITS OF THE TASSAJARA PARKS PROJECT, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE OVER THE ENTIRE TASSAJARA VALLEY AND FORMALLY PROTECTING 700+ ACRES OF OPEN SPACE ON THE VALLEYS WEST SIDE TO FORM A GREEN WALL AGAINST FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE PROJECT ON A 4-1 VOTE. WHILE THERE ARE SEVERAL LEGAL CHALLENGES TO THE DECISION, WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND ARE CONFIDENT THE CONSERVATION GAINS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE UPHELD. URBAN LIMIT LINESWE CONTINUED TO WATCH FOR THREATS TO THE URBAN LIMIT LINEs (ULL).EAST CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HABITAT CONSERVANCY PLAN WE PARTICIPATED IN THE PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE HCP/NCCP AND ENCOURAGED CREATION OF AN HCP/NCCP IN ANTIOCH.STEWARDSHIP: Save Mount Diablo Currently Owns and/or Manages 20 PropertiesTotaling 2500 Acres. Save Mount Diablo also holds perpetual conservation easements on 3 properties,Totaling 173 Acres.More Than 361 volunteers completed Over 4566 Hours of Service In the fiscal year of 2021 to 2022. They Have Supported all our Activities across departments Throughout the Year. Recurrent Volunteers Include: 27 Property Monitors And 84 Volunteer Stewards.VOLUNTEERSOUR 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 ORGANIZATIONS EFFORTS SO SUCCESSFUL.Results: Overseen by Our Skilled Staff, over 3624 Volunteer Hours And 5000Stewardship Staff Hours Were Focused on Work Projects Including EcologicalRestoration, Monitoring and Maintenance.Amidst working with ever changing health advice from the county and federal level, regular volunteer workdays were reestablished in July 2021. We Completed 37 Volunteer Habitat Restoration Workdays, including solo projects, and extra fire abatement.With volunteer help, we targeted noxious weeds on 7 properties, produced GIS Narrowleaf Milkweed population maps, finished annual fire abatement, and completed 27 summer watering outings to nourish restoration plantings at 5 properties. Stewards also continued monthly property monitoring outings, and organized small workdays to weed, mulch, and clean up our properties.STAFF HELPED ORGANIZE AND FACILITATE A COLLABORATIVE CLEANUP OF GRAFFITI, TRASH REMOVAL, AND RETRO BOLTING OF CLASSIC ROCK-CLIMBING ROUTES AT PINE CANYON IN MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK, WITH THE MOUNT DIABLO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION, MOUNT DIABLO STATE PARK, EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, AND BAY AREA CLIMBERS COALITION.We finished major capital projects including preparing for the opening of our first Educational Preserve at Mangini Ranch with trail signposts, an information station, an entrance gate and a temporary shade structure. We installed About 3,000 Feet of Wildlife-Friendly Fencing for cattle exclusion at Curry Canyon Ranch, protecting the creek from cattle grazing pressures. With the partnership of our neighbor at Dry Creek, we have installed 1,000 feet of fencing to utilize sheep grazing to create competitive habitat for Big Tarplant, a rare alkali plant historically known on the property. Our Dry Creek property also served as a refuge for displaced sheep from the Caldor Fire. We hosted major cleanup workdays including a Coastal Cleanup Workday in KirkerCreek With the Help of A Small Group Of Volunteers To Remove 10 Garbage Bags OfTrash. At Big Bend, a major cleanup project included demolition and removal of an old and abandoned trailer. We continued to monitor the massive native tree die off in the Knobcone Point area, including contracting for an aerial map of the area with great detail to identify the area of infection. We have been working with Phytosphere taking copious soil and root samples within the dieback area to further understand if introduced phytophthoras are impacting the chaparral area plants within the dieback zone. The area is still closed for general use. 10,000 Trees and Plants Campaign Per our Climate Action Plan, we have committed to protecting 10,000 trees and plants over the span of 10 years. In our first year we have protected 1200 trees. RIPARIAN RESTORATION PROJECTSWITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EAST CONTRA COSTA HABITAT CONSERVANCY, SAVE MOUNT DIABLO STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED A RIPARIAN RESTORATION PROJECT IN THE IRISH CREEK CORRIDOR, DOWNSTREAM FROM THE IRISH CANYON PLANTING SITES. Staff removed 5 bags of stinkwort over 3 restoration sites, monitored and mapped several narrowleaf milkweed individuals and removed outgrown caging for thriving oak trees on 4 different restoration sites. We were able to host 5 Eagle Scouts Service Projects on 3 Save Mount Diablo properties totaling 470 hours of service. We received 1 bench, 3 picnic tables and 1 trail project from the scouts and volunteers. In partnership with Lindsay Wildlife Experience and The Kestrel Campaign, We helpedrelease 15 rehabilitated juvenile and injured American Kestrels and 1 Merlin into the wildlands of Diablo Foothills Regional Park, Lime Ridge Open Space, Mount Diablo State Park and Walnut Creek Open Space. Ten known kestrels fledged from the nesting boxes at Mangini Ranch, and we installed an additional two nest boxes at our Curry Canyon Lower 200 and Smith Canyon properties. Monitoring cameras were also installed at Curry Canyon Ranch, Mangini Ranch, Big Bend, Young Canyon and at Vierra North Peak to support additional wildlife monitoring efforts. Part III Statement of Program Service Accomplishments 4c continued to Encourage More Scientific Research In The Northern Diablo Range; And Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future Zoom Series That Provides Lectures from Conservationists, Ecotherapists, Scientists, Artists, and Others.Save Mount Diablo also celebrated its 20th year of the Moonlight on the Mountain gala fundraiser, held this year as a virtual event. Hundreds of people participated in the auction and event, which raises funds to support Save Mount Diablos conservation and education work.