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Channel Islands Park Foundation

“Support and enhance Channel Islands National Park through philanthropy.”

20 years on the ground, 72 cents of every dollar to the work.

Home groundVentura, CA
Founded2006
Tax status501(c)(3)
Led byJessica Burnquist

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The work

What they do

Official philanthropic partner of Channel Islands National Park. Funds restoration, education, and conservation projects.

Where the money went, FY2025

The work, and what it cost

Our programs and education contribute to the preservation

$115K, 72% of spending

Our programs and education contribute to the preservation of the native ecology of the Channel Island’s, including, but not limited to the native plants on the islands, the Kelp Forest, and the endangered Island Fox.

Read it as they filed it
Our programs and education contribute to the preservation of the native ecology of the Channel Islands, including, but not limited to the native plants on the islands, the Kelp Forest, and the endangered Island Fox.

IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.

Follow the dollar

72 cents of every dollar goes to the work

72¢
72¢ the work27¢ keeping the lights on1¢ raising the next dollar

Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.

$115,321 programs, $43,298 management, $500 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.

The people

Who does the work

2paid staff
8board members
Jessica BurnquistExecutive DirectorComp $102,500, FY2025

Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at the Channel Islands Park Foundation? Claim this page.

The filings

11 years of filings

Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.

$318K FY2520132025
Total revenue by fiscal year
YearRevenue
2013$61,105
2015$76,455
2016$53,447
2017$255,956
2018$17,628
2019$21,349
2020$15,793
2021$26,550
2022$155,645
2023$75,909
2025$318,410

From $61K in 2013 to $318K in FY25, across 11 public filings (none on record for 2014 and 2024). FY25 is the highest year on file.

Stand with the Channel Islands Park Foundation

The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.

Sources and methodFinancials, headcounts, and program text: IRS Form 990, FY2025 and 10 prior filings via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, EIN 20-5866690. Leadership and compensation: Form 990 Part VII and the return’s signature block, FY2025 filing. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.