John Muir Land Trust

Martinez, California - EIN 68-0194652 - Latest filing: fiscal 2025 (Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025)

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

How to read this page: every figure below is from the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026. People named below are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026 - the filing is a snapshot of that fiscal year, not a list of current officeholders.

THE FILING IN ONE PARAGRAPH

John Muir Land Trust reported $8,835,839 in revenue and $10,219,091 in expenses in fiscal 2025, a deficit of $1,383,252 for the year. Program services took $8,973,094 of expenses, or 87.8%. The organization closed the year with $65,196,118 in net assets - about 76.6 months of expenses at the fiscal-2025 spending level.

At a Glance - Fiscal 2025

All values are fiscal 2025 unless a tile says otherwise.

TOTAL REVENUE - FISCAL 2025
$8,835,839

Down 3.4% from $9,150,688 in fiscal 2024.

TOTAL EXPENSES - FISCAL 2025
$10,219,091

Revenue minus expenses: -$1,383,252 in fiscal 2025.

PROGRAM EXPENSE SHARE - FISCAL 2025
87.8%

$8,973,094 of $10,219,091 went to program services.

NET ASSETS - END OF FISCAL 2025
$65,196,118

Total assets $66,646,583 minus total liabilities $1,450,465.

TOP EXECUTIVE PAY - FISCAL 2025
$234,044

Linus Eukel, Exec Director, as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026. Total across all compensation columns.

PEOPLE REPORTED - FISCAL 2025
24 Employees

Plus 132 volunteers reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.

Money In, Money Out - Fiscal 2025

Revenue and expenses as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026. Donated goods are separated from cash so food and supply donations do not read as cash income.

Where the Money Went - Fiscal 2025

Program Services$8,973,094 (87.8%)
Fundraising$884,745 (8.7%)
Management and General$361,252 (3.5%)

Management and general is the figure reported on the filing (Part IX total); where a filing does not carry it, it is computed as the residual of total expenses minus program and fundraising expenses. Cost to raise a dollar in fiscal 2025: $0.10 - $884,745 in fundraising expenses divided by $8,745,097 in total contributions. On cash contributions only: $0.18.

Where the Money Came From - Fiscal 2025

SourceFiscal 2025
Total Contributions$8,745,097
Of Which Cash Contributions$4,935,063
Of Which Donated Goods (Noncash)$3,810,034
Government Grants$3,162,147
All Other Contributions$5,582,950
Program Service Revenue$10,206
Investment Income$80,536
Other Revenue$0
Total Revenue (All Sources)$8,835,839

Donated Goods Are a Large Share Here

For this organization, donated goods were $3,810,034 of $8,745,097 in contributions in fiscal 2025 - a large share of reported contributions is goods valued in dollars, not cash. The cash and noncash split is shown above, and any cost-to-raise-a-dollar figure is shown both ways.

Reserves and Balance Sheet - Fiscal 2025

Reserves and Runway

76.6 Months

of reserves - $65,196,118 in net assets at the end of fiscal 2025, divided by average monthly expenses of about $851,590 in fiscal 2025.

Net assets can include donor-restricted funds, buildings and other assets that cannot be spent like cash. Treat months of reserves as a scale measure, not as cash in the bank.

Balance Sheet - End of Fiscal 2025

Total Assets$66,646,583
Total Liabilities$1,450,465
Liabilities as Share of Assets2.2%
Net Assets$65,196,118

Leadership Pay - Fiscal 2025

Pay is the summed total across all compensation columns on the Form 990 - pay from the organization, pay from related organizations, and other compensation. People are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026.

Name and Title, as ReportedTotal Pay - Fiscal 2025Share of Expenses
Linus Eukel - Exec Director$234,0442.29%
Neil Roscoe - CFO$225,0022.20%
Lisa Lomba - Chief Adv Officer$156,6261.53%
James Wilson - Stewardship Dir$148,6061.45%
Kathleen Stavis - Dir Ind Giving$128,7051.26%

The full Part VII table lists every officer, director, trustee and key employee named on the filing, with hours and the same summed total. Compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the fiscal year, per the Form 990.

Board and Governance - Fiscal 2025

Board and policy answers as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 6, 2026.

Board Roster - as Reported on the Fiscal-2025 Form 990

13 voting members, 13 independent - independence count as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.

Name, as ReportedRole, as Reported
Linus EukelExec Director
Neil RoscoeCFO
Lisa LombaChief Adv Officer
James WilsonStewardship Dir
Kathleen StavisDir Ind Giving
Stephanie BeckerChair
Daniel R CarlVice Chair
Karen SakataSecretary
Jerald M WeintraubTreasurer
Jan BerckefeldtDirector
Jack CortisDirector
Steve HarveyDirector
Katie HillDirector
Eliot HudsonDirector
Tim LipmanDirector
Ted C RadosevichDirector
Bill WadsworthDirector
Arthur Bart-WilliamsImmedPast Chair

Governance Policy Flags - Fiscal 2025

Conflict of Interest PolicyYes - Reported
Whistleblower PolicyYes - Reported
Document Retention PolicyYes - Reported
Audited Financial StatementsYes - Reported
Audit CommitteeYes - Reported
Board Size and Independence13 voting / 13 independent

Flags report what the organization answered on the Form 990. A Yes means the policy was reported on the filing; it is not an outside review of how the policy works in practice.

Grants - Fiscal 2025

Grants Made - Fiscal 2025

This organization reported $55,600 in grants paid in fiscal 2025.

Recipient, as ReportedAmount
Committee for Clean Water
Donation
$50,000

Trend - Revenue

Years are shown only where a filing is held. Missing years are absent, never filled in.

FY24 FY25
Revenue, fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025 - the two years held on this record.
Fiscal YearRevenueChange
Fiscal 2024 (Prior-Year Column on the Fiscal-2025 Filing)$9,150,688-
Fiscal 2025$8,835,839-3.4%

This table grows to a 10-year view (revenue, expenses, net assets and top pay) as earlier filings for this organization are added to the record. Missing years are absent, never filled in.

Filings on Record

Tax PeriodFormStatusSource
Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025Form 990In Force - Filed May 6, 2026Original Filing at the IRS

If an amended return is filed, the newest amended return supersedes the earlier one and the table marks which filing is in force.

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