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Name:	Yosemite Conservancy
Address:	101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1700
	San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone:	415-434-8446 800-469-7275
Web Address:	www.yosemitefund.org

Yosemite Conservancy meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Yosemite Fund serves as the primary fundraising organization for Yosemite National Park to improve the park's natural, cultural and historic resources as well as the visitor experience. Through grants, Yosmite Fund repairs trails and re-landscapes degraded areas to return them to natural conditions. In wilderness areas, illegal campsites are erased, trails relocated and native species replanted. Yosmite Fund installs exhibits, produces brochures, and funds educational programs and cultural and historic preservation projects to broaden visitor knowledge and inspire stewardship. The organization conducts scientific research to create data and analysis to assist park planners in making decisions, protecting animal populations and assessing environmental conditions. Some ($156,099 or 2%) of Yosmite Fund's program activities are carried out in conjunction with fund raising appeals.

For the year ended December 31, 2008, Yosemite Fund's program expenses were:

Visitor services and education	2,922,012
Trail repair and access	2,517,694
Project administration	686,834
Pass-thru grants and other	556,114
Education programs	446,646
Habitat restoration	280,439
Cultural and historic preservation	260,768
Scientific research	176,726
Wildlife management	119,905
Rescinded grants	-696,298
Total Program Expenses:	$7,270,840

Chief Executive : Robert C. Hansen, President

Compensation*:

$242,785

Chair of the Board: Hal Cranston
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Retired Real Estate Investor

Board Size: 13

Paid Staff Size: 12

*2008 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances. Yosmite Fund reports that Mr. Hansen left Yosmite Fund on December 31, 2008 and was replaced by Michael Tollefson.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, grant proposals, Internet appeals, planned giving, and cause-related marketing.

Fund raising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $9,159,569, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

Yosemite Fund incurred joint costs of $374,794 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $218,695 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $156,099 was allocated to program expenses.

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on YF's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

Source of Funds
Individual contributions	4,575,274
Foundations	2,316,516
Corporations	1,008,234
Cause-related contributions	963,901
Special events (net)	295,644
Other revenue (net)	36,446
Investment loss	-264,194
Total Income	$8,931,821

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 77%  Fund Raising: 15%  Administrative: 8%

Total income				$8,931,821
	Program expenses			$7,270,840
	Fund raising expenses			1,388,285
	Administrative expenses			704,787
Total expenses				$9,363,912
Expenses in Excess of Income				(432,091)
Beginning net assets				17,196,529
Ending net assets				16,764,438
Total liabilities				2,639,864
Total assets				$19,404,302