Blue Sky Sustainable Living Center
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.1m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$864k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1.4m
$102k liabilities
Net assets
$1.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.2 years on average
Staff
7
50 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
Blue Sky Sustainable Living Center's network
8 people2 organisationsi8 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Sandoval-Aqimowon | Member-at-Large | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Ciara Ristig | Member-at-Large | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Eric Meyer | Member-at-Large | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Jesse Sugarmann | Company secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kelly Schmandt Ferguson | President | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Katerina Barilov | Treasurer | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Samuel Bassett | Executive Dir. | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Savannah Fox | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Emily Johnson | Co-Executive Director thru Aug 2023 | since 2020 |
| Samuel Bassett | Executive Director | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Bassett | Executive Dir. | 34 | $78k | ||
| Carmen Sandoval-Aqimowon | Member-at-Large | 1 | $0 | $75 | |
| Kevin Shaw | Member-at-Large | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kelly Schmandt Ferguson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Katerina Barilov | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Savannah Fox | President | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Blue Sky Sustainable Living Center
- EIN
- 461239650
- Address
- Po Box 271, New Cuyama, CA, 93254-0271
- State
- California
- Mission
- Blue sky center is a rural, place-based nonprofit organization with the mission to strengthen our rural communities within the cuyama valley by supporting entrepreneurs and building our regional creative & economic resources. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C99 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2012
- Principal officer
- Savannah Fox (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsSamuel Bassett
≥4years on the filingsJesse Sugarmann
≥4years on the filingsKelly Schmandt Ferguson
≥3years on the filingsCarmen Sandoval-Aqimowon
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.4m
- Total liabilities
- $102k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $869k
- Program service revenue
- $123k
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 50
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $534k | $615k | Deficit $81k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.