NonprofitsThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated

Unclassified

The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Total revenue

$21.7M

Total expenses

$20.5M

Net assets

$8.7M

Grants received

$4.7M

143 grants

EIN

680292509

Tax year

2024

Mission

Organization mission or significant activities pacific forest trust (pft) is dedicated to sustaining americas forests. We work with partners and stakeholders to develop innovative, incentive-based conservation solutions to safeguard our forests, which are essential to climate protection, safe water supplies, wildlife survival, and economic stability.

Programs

4 programs

Program Development and Planning This includes the Organizations activities in annual and strategic planning, staff conferences and presentations, and executive coordination and oversight of the overall program development and implementation.

Expenses: $532K

Forest Conservation The Organizations forest conservation program provides forest conservation services to private landowners, government agencies, and other conservation organizations in the region, with an emphasis on the design, acquisition and management of conservation easements on working forestlands.

Expenses: $16.2M

Stewardship Forestry This program area includes research, education, technical assistance and demonstration projects that seek to promote the practical implementation of stewardship forestry and related forest conservation efforts.

Expenses: $1.8M

Incentives Through the incentives program, the Organization develops policy initiatives and analyses in support of incentives for long-term forest stewardship.

Expenses: $378K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$18.9M
Program service revenue$2.3M
Investment income$539K
Other revenue$22K
Total revenue$21.7M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$2.1M
Fundraising$341K
Other expenses$18.4M
Total expenses$20.5M
Total assets$12.0M
Net assets$8.7M

People

17 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Laurie Wayburn

Co-Founder and President

Board

$240K

40 hrs/wk

Constance Lynn Best

Co-Founder

Board

$105K

40 hrs/wk

Sally Bingham

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Dan Dorosin

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Jerry Franklin

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Paul Henson

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Andy Nordhoff

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Chris Smith

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Andrea Tuttle

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Sunny Virdi

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Erik Wohlgemuth

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Amanda Lally

Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Seema Jethani

Secretary

Board

4 hrs/wk

Stuart Bewley

Treasurer

Board

4 hrs/wk

Ann Bartuska

Chair of Board

Board

4 hrs/wk

Paul Mason

VP for Policy and Incentives

Staff

$170K

40 hrs/wk

Kevin Connelly

Director of Development

Staff

$115K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$200K
TO SUPPORT ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS WHILE FACILITATING BENEFICIAL FIRE AT LANDSCAPE SCALE ACROSS BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS IN SISKIYOU COUNTY, CA.
2024
$175K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE
2024
$110K
Land Resources Conservation
2024
$88K
NEW PROGRAM STAFF
2024
$80K
TO CREATE AND ADVANCE STRATEGIES THAT CULTIVATE COMMITMENT, IMAGINATION, AND RESOURCES TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE REWARDING TO GIVE BACK TO FORESTS THAT GIVE SO MUCH TO US. TO CREATE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES THAT REWARD PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS FOR CONSERVING THEIR LANDS AND PRACTICING SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. HELP SHAPE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL FOREST CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE POLICIES, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS, CREATE EFFECTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS, CONSERVE INTACT FORESTED LANDSCAPES, AND PROTECT NATURAL WATER SOURCES.
2024
$75K
Support environmental reseaarch
2024
$42K
GRANT
2024
$24K
PFT has focused on conserving and sustaining private forestlands through various strategies: Policy Advocacy, Climate Change Mtigation
2024
$10K
General operating support
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$10K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$1K
SUSTAIN AMERICA'S FORESTS FOR THEIR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF WOOD, WATER, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500
GENERAL FUND
2024
$500
General Support & Watershed Project
2024
$400
EMPLOYEE OR TRUSTEE RECOMMENDED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
2024
$252K
IN SUPPORT OF A SELECT PILOT TO ACHIEVE RESULTS BY KEY INDICATORS (SPARK) PROJECT IN UPPER SACRAMENTO.
2023
$128K
EXPANDING WORKING FOREST CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN OREGON: CONSERVATION OUTREACH ASSOCIATE
2023
$100K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRON. EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
2023
$90K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$80K
TO FUND CONSERVATION OF FOREST LANDSCAPES
2023
$75K
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$40K
TO CREATE AND ADVANCE STRATEGIES THAT CULTIVATE COMMITMENT, IMAGINATION, AND RESOURCES TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE REWARDING TO GIVE BACK TO FORESTS THAT GIVE SO MUCH TO US. TO CREATE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES THAT REWARD PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS FOR CONSERVING THEIR LANDS AND PRACTICING SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. HELP SHAPE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL FOREST CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE POLICIES, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS, CREATE EFFECTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS, CONSERVE INTACT FORESTED LANDSCAPES, AND PROTECT NATURAL WATER SOURCES.
2023
$36K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$35K
administration and monitoring of conservation easement fund
2023
$26K
COMPLETING CONSERVATION OF TRINITY HEADWATERS FOREST
2023
$25K
CONSERVING THE TRINITY HEADWATERS FOREST-FOR WATERSHED AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT
2023
$25K
GRANT
2023
$25K
"T. ASHLAND DEMONSTRATION FOREST
2023
$25K
CONSERVING TRINITY HEADWATERS WITH A COMMUNITY FOREST OF RARE BIODIVERSITY
2023
$20K
Revitalize the Environment
2023
$10K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$10K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2023
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$8K
ADVOCACY SUPPORT
2023
$5K
General Operating Support
2023
$3K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$3K
GRANT
2023
$2K
FUNDING WILL HELP COMPLETE TWO FOREST CONSERVATION PROJECTS CREATING CONSERVED CONNECTED CORRIDORS PROTECTING WILDLIFE IN THE KLAMATH-CASCADE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT.
2023
$1K
SUSTAIN AMERICA'S FORESTS FOR THEIR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF WOOD, WATER, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING
2023
$100K
LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2022
$100K
TO FUND CONSERVATION OF FOREST LANDSCAPES
2022
$50K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$34K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$32K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2022
$25K
ADVANCING FORESTS AS NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
2022
$25K
CONSERVING THE TRINITY HEADWATERS FOREST
2022
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$25K
CONSERVING TRINITY HEADWATERS WITH A COMMUNITY FOREST OF RARE BIODIVERSITY
2022
$25K
Implementing Vital Watershed Restoration and Conservation in California
2022
$25K
TO CREATE AND ADVANCE STRATEGIES THAT CULTIVATE COMMITMENT, IMAGINATION, AND RESOURCES TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE REWARDING TO GIVE BACK TO FORESTS THAT GIVE SO MUCH TO US. TO CREATE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES THAT REWARD PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS FOR CONSERVING THEIR LANDS AND PRACTICING SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. HELP SHAPE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL FOREST CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE POLICIES, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS, CREATE EFFECTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS, CONSERVE INTACT FORESTED LANDSCAPES, AND PROTECT NATURAL WATER SOURCES.
2022
$25K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PACIFIC FOREST TRUST
2022
$15K
Safeguard the Environment and Natural Resources
2022
$15K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$14K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$13K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2022
$10K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2022
$10K
ENVIRONMENTAL
2022
$10K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2022
$9K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$5K
Support Mt. Ashland Demonstration forest resiliency project
2022
$5K
GENERAL FUND
2022
$2K
LANDSCAPE-SCALE NATURAL FOREST CONSERVATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS KLAMATH-CASCADE REGION FOR BIODIVERSITY, WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER SECURITY, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, AND FIRE RESILIENCE
2022
$1K
SUSTAIN AMERICA'S FORESTS FOR THEIR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF WOOD, WATER, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING
2022
$164K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2021
$110K
TO FUND CONSERVATION OF FOREST LANDSCAPES
2021
$50K
Furtherance of tax exempt activities
2021
$47K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$47K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$30K
CREATE A CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MT. ASHLAND DEMONSTRATION FOREST AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
2021
$5K
General Support
2021
$5K
RESTRICTED SUPPORT
2021
$4K
CONSERVING KLAMATH-CASCADE REGION NATURAL FORESTS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY, AND ENHANCE CLIMATE AND FIRE RESILIENCE, AND WATER SECURITY
2021
$3K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$1K
SUSTAIN AMERICA'S FORESTS FOR THEIR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF WOOD, WATER, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING
2021
$1K
General Support
2021
$230K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$132K
HEALTHY WATERSHED CONSORTIUM
2020
$106K
FOR CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE STRATEGY AND COALITIONBUILDING
2020
$80K
$75,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT; $5,000 FOR RESTRICTED SUPPORT
2020
$59K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2020
$42K
NATURE CONSERVATION
2020
$41K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$35K
TO FUND CONSERVATION OF FOREST LANDSCAPES
2020
$25K
COLUMBIA HIGHLANDS
2020
$25K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$10K
CAPACITY-BUILDING
2020
$10K
CAPACITY-BUILDING
2020
$10K
ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
2020
$10K
GENERAL FUND
2020
$7K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$5K
General Support
2020
$5K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$4K
ACQUIRE, PRESERVE AND CONNECT LARGE BIODIVERSE LANDSCAPES
2020
$4K
PRESERVING WILD PLACES AND THE BACKCOUNTRY
2020
$1K
SUSTAIN AMERICA'S FORESTS FOR THEIR PUBLIC BENEFITS OF WOOD, WATER, WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING
2020
$500
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$41K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$30K
TO FUND CONSERVATION OF FOREST LANDSCAPES
2019
$20K
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2019
$5K
PRESERVING WILD PLACES & THE BACKCOUNTRY
2019
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2019
$4K
TOWARD A LAND CONSERVATION PROJECT ON MT. ASHLAND.
2019
$41K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$30K
CAPACITY-BUILDING
2018
$7K
GENERAL FUND
2018
$5K
PRESERVING WILD PLACES & THE BACKCOUNTRY
2018
$5K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT.
2018
$500
PROTECTING, ENHANCING AND RESTORING AMERICAS PRIVATE WORKING FORESTS.
2018
$35K
TO FUND CONSERVATION OF FOREST LANDSCAPES
2017
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2017
$25K
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2017
$19K
ENVIRONMENTAL/ANIMALS
2017

Funded by

$4.7M from 56 funders · 143 grants · 2017–2024

Gordon E And Betty I Moore Foundation

$452K · 3 grants · 2023–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$403K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Elizabeth G Maughan Charitable

$390K · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Resources Legacy Fund

$375K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

M J Murdock Charitable Trust

$368K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$354K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$232K · 6 grants · 2018–2022

Malaney Family Foundation

$145K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN680292509
NTEE codeZ99Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1993-09
Formed1993
Employees17
Volunteers50
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