Hunters Point Biomonitoring Foundation Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
Support & promote the community biomonitoring program & implement the toxic registry to Protect, Detect & Prevent exposures to environmental toxicants emanating from a Federal Superfund Site. (See Sched O)
- Income
- $93,516
- Spending
- $93,964
- Spent on programs
- 76%
- Reserves
- 13.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 74%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $36,500, ceo pi secretary
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: 74 out of 100. Higher than 46% of charities in its peer group (health care, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 13.6 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 17% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 0% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 41% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1576% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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
Fair: 65 out of 100. Higher than 45% of charities in its peer group (health care, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no 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.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, 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)
- $53,657 spent. Community Window on Environmental Exposures is our Principal Program, implemented with start-up funding from CalEPA. Major accomplishments: 1.Pollution Patrol Ambassador Program conducts monthly environmental survey tours led by Principal Investigator and volunteers. 2.Monthly Open House and Live Community Events, including annual STEM Frenzy held on March 23, 2024 in Chase Stadium, represented by PI and published as community education in SF Bay View Newspaper. 3.Creation and build out of Hunters Point Community Toxic Registry implemented by the creation of a digital Toxic Registry and geospatial mapping as ESRI available at: https//www.hunterspointcommunitybiomonitoring.net (See Sched O) Solano-Foo Environmental Consultant and GIS Analyist and non-profit public helath benefit corporation GreenInfo Network received regranting of CalEPA funds for the virtual creation of the Hunters Point Toxic Registry
- $1,445 spent. Funding Toxic Exposure Urinary Biomonitoring Screenings for very low income high risk residents is HP Biomonitorings signature program It launched as a Go Fund Me campaign in 2019 when the fiscally sponsored Hunters Point Community Biomonitoring Program first filed as a CCSF business entity. CalEPA October 2024 budget amendment created a line item for up to 100 tests available for reimbursement in 2025. 2024 Go FundMe campaign raised $194 used to cover testing in March and May 24 Dr. Ramona Tascoe received $500 for services rendered to homeless RV tenants sited on the contaminated shoreline of a Federal Superfund. Program was fully charitable, but was able to play a critical role in host of legal and administrative actions taken to (See Sched O) protect the RV dwellers including redress of rodent infestations, universal nutritional deficiencies and exposure to excavated toxic soils.
- $38,500 spent. Navigating the Toxic Triangle in BVHP is the Master Program of HPBF. It harnesses the genius and creativity of the Foundation and related organizations in finalizingproject deliverables for a $250,000 Environmental Justice Data Fund grant awarded in 2022 to build collaborative problem solving in advancing environmental science, community exposure research, advanced human biomonitoring for speciated nucleotides and nutrient deficiencies along with cutting edge GIS analysis, mappings and IT optimization hosted by the intl ESRI platform. Navigating the Toxic Triangle overlaps with Principal Program (4a) by contributing data to the 2024 digital conversion of manual poster board geospatial mappings of chemical, cancer,nutritional and environmentally linked disease clusters. Research and development of the Hunters Point Community Toxic Registry was an exposure science tool as described in 4a. Navigating the Toxic Triangle was supported in 2024 by collaborative grants awarded to Greenaction for Health & Environmental Justice by CARB and BAQQMD. The program was fully charitable in 2024, generating no program revenue. The program findings were published as amonthly environmental science series in the SF Bay View Newspaper, reimbursed from a CalEPA grant award of $3,000. The expertise of the PI and CEO are integrated into program expenses for 2024, budgeted at $36,500 of which $10,400 is budgeted for
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2023.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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