Mission
THE FOUNDATION WORKS WITH DIVERSE GROUPS REPRESENTING MANY INTERESTS TO ACQUIRE AND RESTORE CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT AND PROTECTING SPECIES
Public Charity
CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, of BERKELEY, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $4.7M in revenue, $5.5M in expenses, $14.6M in total assets. 22 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.4M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 680234744
BERKELEY, CA
Wildlife Preservation & Protection
NTEE: D30
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$4.7M
Total Expenses$5.5M
Total Assets$14.6M
Grant Records22
Funding Total$1.4M
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at California Wildlife Foundation
How California Wildlife Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.
$81
Programs
the work itself
$19
Management
running the organization
$0
Fundraising
none reported
No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.
Inside the $81 for programs
$27
California Wildlife Foundation(cwf) supports and administers funds that support wildlife education, habitat restoration, and aquisition of land and water resources
$27
Cwf's oaks fund established and continues to coordinate national, state, regional and local organizations to conserve and perpetuate the state's primary old growth resource
$27
Cwf continues to administer state coastal conservancy funds for the greater san francisco bay restoration projects including importing free, tested, clean soil for restoring wetlands, raising levees, and…
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
$11,000
CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
$477,720
GENERAL SUPPORT
$35,000
FOR CLIMATE SCIENCE ALLIANCE
$30,000
SUPPORT CARRIZO PLAIN ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
$6,000
Showing up to 5 of 22 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Chairman
Ellen Maldonad0
Executive Offr.
Janet Cobb
Treasurer
Jim Lightbody
Secretary
Lynn Barris
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.7M | $5.5M | $14.6M |
| 2024 | $4.2M | $4.1M | $15.4M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $3.9M | $14.9M |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $4.0M | $15.6M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $5.8M | $18.8M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $3.7M to $4.7M (+27%), with total assets most recently reported at $14.6M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.