# Friends of the Desert Mountains Our mission is to preserve the environment of the Coachella Valley through land acquisition, conservation, education, and research. ## Organization facts - **Organization:** Friends of the Desert Mountains - **Legal name:** FRIENDS OF THE DESERT MOUNTAINS - **Organization type:** 501(c)(3) nonprofit - **EIN:** 33-0241242 - **IRS 501(c)(3) ruling:** 1987 - **Headquarters:** Palm Desert, California - **Primary cause:** Environment - **IRS classification:** NTEE D30 — Animals - **Cause confirmed by:** CV Giving Day review against the organization's own description - **CV Giving Day status:** 2026 participant - **Official website:** https://www.desertmountains.org - **Giving page:** https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Desertmountains ## About Friends of the Desert Mountains Friends of the Desert Mountains connects people to the land through conservation, education, and research. We also support the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. The Friends' vision is a thriving, productive and inclusive community integrated with a healthy and sustainable natural environment throughout the Coachella Valley region. Youth Education Program Making Impact Friends' youth-oriented Environmental Education Program grants Coachella Valley's kids unfettered access to nature. Now a major focus of our organization, learning about our local wildlife and natural resources at a young age will help our kids develop the knowledge and sense of responsibility needed to care for our natural environment. Promoting Planting Native Species Friends is increasing outreach to the many Coachella Valley communities to encourage planting native species to reduce water waster, encourage native species, and help fight climate change and further desertification of the valley. We'll be producing a first-ever Native Planting guide with calendar and presenting workshops on ease and benefits of native plants in landscaping. Attendees will no only get the printed guide - they'll get two native trees to start them on their way. Chuckwalla National Monument Friends actively helped the four-year campaign to succeed! Testimonials Friends has volunteers with a passion and work ethic like no other nonprofit I know. They keep our Coachella Valley beautiful - and have fun in the process! Rebecca, La Quinta They do an excellent job in environmental stewardship. Robert, Indio Went on the Happy Trails hike this morning. Great hike and learned things that I didn't know after living here since the 80's. Shauna, Coachella Valley ## Record - **Verified:** Identity confirmed against IRS records. Participation confirmed against CV Giving Day registration. Public information compiled from the organization's own sources. Organizations that have indicated a preference against search indexing on their CV Giving Day registration are excluded from search indexing and from this site's sitemap. A cause may come from the organization's own category selection, from its IRS classification, or from CV Giving Day review; the source is always stated on the page and in this record. - **Participation years on record:** 2025, 2026 - **Years covered by our records:** 2025, 2026 (absence of a year does not mean the organization did not participate) - **Last reviewed:** August 19, 2026 - **Canonical page:** https://www.cvgiving.org/nonprofits/friends-of-the-desert-mountains/ - **Provided by:** Desert Community Foundation (501(c)(3), EIN 95-4725924)