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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 65-1295226

Forest Creatures Foundation LTD

A private foundation in San Francisco, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 29 grants and $1.9 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,922,560

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $23,136,952

  • Tax year 2023

    $502,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $22,776,437

  • Tax year 2022

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $20,220,164

Grants paid in 2024

29 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Center for Empowered PoliticsOakland, CA

    General support - seed the vote

    $500,000
  2. Working America Education FundWashington, DC

    General support

    $250,000
  3. Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $140,000
  4. Hopewell FundWashington, DC

    Vote forward education fund

    $125,000
  5. Vote ForwardWashington, DC

    General support for voter turnout education

    $125,000
  6. Urban TilthRichmond, CA

    General support

    $85,000
  7. Cornell Lab of OrnithologyIthica, NY

    General support

    $75,000
  8. Movement GenerationBerkeley, CA

    Creative wildfire project

    $75,000
  9. Ocean Awareness Projec IncRichmond, CA

    Blue frontier campaign

    $70,000
  10. BavcSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $50,000
  11. Florida Rising Together IncMiami, FL

    General support

    $50,000
  12. Jolt InitiativeAustin, TX

    General support

    $50,000
  13. NaturebridgeSausalito, CA

    General support

    $50,000
  14. New Roots InstituteLos Angeles, CA

    General support

    $50,000
  15. Tuolumne River TrustSonora, CA

    General support

    $40,000
  16. Global ExchangeSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $30,000
  17. Arcadia Food IncAlexandria, VA

    Arcadia farms grant

    $25,000
  18. Center for Empowered PoliticsOakland, CA

    General support - seed the vote

    $25,000
  19. Flatbush CatsBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $25,000
  20. Flatbush CatsBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $15,000
  21. City Surf ProjectSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  22. Earth Island Institute IncBerkeley, CA

    Transition earth project

    $10,000
  23. Monterey Bay AquariumMonterey, CA

    Education programs

    $10,000
  24. University of California Press FoundationOakland, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  25. Urban TilthRichmond, CA

    General support

    $10,000
  26. Flatbush CatsBrooklyn, NY

    General support

    $7,500
  27. Humane America Animal FoundationClaremont, CA

    General support

    $5,060
  28. Movement GenerationBerkeley, CA

    General support

    $2,500
  29. NaturebridgeSausalito, CA

    General support

    $2,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $327,50032% of the total
  2. Environment6 grants $297,50029% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $125,00012% of the total
  4. Civil rights2 grants $100,00010% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture2 grants $75,0007% of the total
  6. Animals4 grants $52,5605% of the total
  7. 3 other causes3 grants $50,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California19 grants $1,175,060
  2. District of Columbia3 grants $500,000
  3. New York4 grants $122,500
  4. Florida1 grant $50,000
  5. Texas1 grant $50,000
  6. Virginia1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • David FierbergPRESIDENT/CEO/DIRECTOR Hours 15Pay $86,256
  • Deborah BaronVP/TREASURER/DIRECTOR Hours 15Pay $86,256
  • Margi ClarkDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Marcy MichaelDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nalani Ford-PedenDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

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