The Pepperwood Foundation is a centrist organization focused on encouraging the scientific exploration of nature, and conservation; it is generally apolitical.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2025 $36,047,083 $3,597,591 $4,180,427 2024 $35,606,985 $5,265,566 $4,580,897 View 2023 $33,228,180 $2,864,863 $3,978,051 View 2022 $33,524,621 $3,304,335 $3,772,105 View 2021 $35,495,018 $6,712,115 $2,984,572 View 2020 $29,393,535 $7,523,837 $2,798,202 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Margaret Boeger EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR $136,213 Zachary Winter CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER $126,666 Sloane Chinn MANAGER OF PHILANTHROPIC GIVING $106,429 Ryan Ferrell SENTINEL SITE MANAGER $103,489
Grant Activity Grants Received
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $24,781,699 Number of Grants: 334 Number of Funders: 69 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $2,029,250 2021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $1,448,100 2020 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. Environmental and animals $1,340,000 2024 Community Foundation Sonoma County for general operating support $700,000 2020 Community Foundation Sonoma County For general operating support $500,000 2020 Community Foundation Sonoma County For general operating support $372,300 2024 Community Foundation Sonoma County for general operating support $293,196 2021 Community Foundation Sonoma County For general operating support $250,000 2021 Battery Foundation SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISSEMINATION OF TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO PREDICT, PREPARE FOR, AND ADAPT TO WILDFIRES $221,164 2020 Community Foundation Sonoma County For general operating support $200,000 2023 Community Foundation Sonoma County for general operating support $200,000 2023 Community Foundation Sonoma County for general operating support $186,600 2022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $176,340 2021 Community Foundation Sonoma County For general operating support $159,100 2024 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS $104,600 2021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $100,000 2023 Community Foundation Sonoma County for general operating support $100,000 2023 Community Foundation Sonoma County for general operating support $100,000 2020 Trione Foundation Environmental education $96,826 2024 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation CA FOREST THINNING TO PROTECT SALMON HABITAT $85,000 2020 The Christensen Fund Support for Pepperwood Preserve’s partnership with their Native American Advisory Council and a growing network on traditional ecological knowledge and fire management. $76,700 2023 Community Foundation Sonoma County to support programs at select elementary schools and participation in the Environmental Education Pathways Initiative $74,000 2024 Community Foundation Sonoma County to support programs at select elementary schools and participation in the Environmental Education Pathways Initiative $70,900 2025 Community Foundation Sonoma County to support programs at select elementary schools and participation in the Environmental Education Pathways Initiative $69,460 2020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $63,500 2023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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