Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The C.R.E.W. is an environmentally oriented youth leadership and employment and youth education nonprofit oganization. The C.R.E.W.s mission is to provide job training, paid employment and opportunities for leadership and community service for youth from Kindergarten to age 26, while preserving, maintaining, and improving public and private wildlands and protecting local communities against the threat of wildfire
- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $1.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 1.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 65%
- Employees
- 40
- Volunteers
- 30
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 72 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (youth development, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.6 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 7% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 23% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (youth development, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2511 of 11 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $746,798 spent. 1) Fire mitigation services; Prevention of wildfires by the free removal of hazardous vegetative fuels brush clearance for low income seniors, veterans and disabled residents. This program also provides free chipping services for all Ojai Valley residents. 2) Trail repair and construction programs: Trail construction and repair on private and public lands with priority focus within the catastrophic 2017 Thomas Fire Burn Scar 3) Environmental and conservation work: Restoration and Conservation of multiple acre projects that involves trail construction for public access, vegetation management, alternative treatments, irrigation, planting and maintenance of critical habitats.
- $231,179 spent. Green Valley Project - A movement by high school students in the Ojai Valley and surrounding communities to make a difference by repairing our environment- by planting trees, removing invasive vegetation, restoring damaged meadow or forest habitats for birds, bees, butterflies, or creeks for fish and turtles.
- $141,698 spent. Once upon a Watershed: Once upon a Watershed provides hands-on local watershed education, restoration and environmental stewardship experience for Kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Ventura River Watershed. Through hands-on, standards-based environmental education, our programs cultivate a sense of shared responsibility for our whole earth system, instilling confidence and hope by empowering young people to make a real difference at the local watershed scale.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1995.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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