Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,656,465

Total expenses

$1,601,750

Contributions and grants received

$1,653,323

Grants paid

$57,494

Program service revenue

$3,085

Investment income

$57

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$923,089

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$923,089

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,334,701

Management and general expenses

$267,049

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,334,701

Program services were 83.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• COUNTYWIDE ACTION PLAN - PEQUEA CREEK THE PEQUEA CREEK HEADWATERS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INVOLVES WORKING WITH TWO PLAIN SECT FARMS IN THE UPPER PEQUEA CR. WATERSHED FOR STREAM AND PASTURELAND IMPROVEMENTS. THESE PROJECTS BUILD UPON PREVIOUS WORK COMPLETED BY THE LANCASTER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, SALISBURY TOWNSHIP, TEAM AG, CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION, AND LANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST IN THIS AREA. PROJECT DETAILS INVOLVE 3500' LINEAR FT. OF STREAM RESTORATION, 4190' OF STREAMBANK FENCING, AN AVERAGE RIPARIAN BUFFER INSIDE THE FENCE OF 35-50 FT. OR 5.5 ACRES OF BUFFER, AND 3 LIVESTOCK/EQUIPMENT CROSSINGS ALONG INDIAN SPRING RUN AND THE HEADWATERS OF THE PEQUEA CREEK.

  Expenses $289,685

• NFWF CRESCENDO OF COLLABORATION THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS THE PARTNERS TO BUILD ON THEIR ONGOING SUCCESS IN HELPING TO RESTORE OUR LOCAL WATERWAYS, CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION TO MAKE LANCASTER COUNTY'S STREAMS CLEAN AND CLEAR BY 2040. THE CONSERVAITON DISTRICT IS SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING THEIR CAPACITY BY ADDING A NEW TECHNICAL DIRECTOR POSITION TO HELP PROMOTE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR KEY PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES. THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR WILL COLLABORATIVELY WORK WITH THE MANY PARTNERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY TO HELP FACILITATE DELISTING STREAMS BY SUPPORTING DATA COLLECTION, DESIGN, AND INSTALLATION OF IO TO 15 BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES(BMP'S)IN PRIORITY CATCHMENTS.

  Expenses $182,507

• CBT REGIONAL CAPACITY TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE NETWORK OF CROSS-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS BY INCREASING COORDINATION, COLLABORATION, AND COMMUNICATION AMONG NETWORK PARTNERS ADVANCING CLEAN WATER AND COMMUNITY PLANS. ADDITIONALLY, TO DIVERSIFY, STRENGTHEN, AND INCREASE THE POWER OF YOUR GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT FOR SUSTAINED COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CLEAN WATER PROTECTIONS.

  Expenses $125,968

• THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION HAS PUT IN PLACE A STEERING COMMITTEE, THE LANCASTER COUNTY CLEAN WATER CONSORTIUM (LCCWC). THE MISSION OF THE CONSORTIUM IS TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROACTIVE, EFFICIENT, AND COHESIVE STRATEGIES TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN THE WATERWAYS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS INTENDED TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND ACCELERATE RESTORATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE LCCWC ARE PRIMARILY THROUGH GRANTS AND MEMBERSHIP DUES. ALSO, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOP FEES HAVE BEEN CHARGED TO GENERATE INCOME. LANCASTER COUNTY CLEAN WATER CONSORTIUM(LCCWC)STORMWATER MINI-GRANTS THE MINI-GRANT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT LCCWC MEMBERS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT LOADINGS TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE FUNDS ARE RESERVED FOR MUNICIPALITIES, WATERSHED GROUPS, NON-PROFITS, NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AND PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE GRANT MAY BE USED FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, MATERIALS, MONITORING, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. PA ADAPTIVE TOOLBOX - FISHING CREEK THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO ACHIEVE 100% LIVESTOCK STREAM EXCLUSION, TO SEEK GREATER PARTICIPATION IN CONSERVATION PLANNING AND PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION, AND DEMONSTRATE A CORRELATION BETWEEN CONSERVATION EFFORTS, HERD HEALTH, AND FARM PROFITABILITY. OUR AIM IS TO FULFILL A PROOF OF CONCEPT USING A PROVEN TEAM AND WORK TO REPLICATE THIS APPROACH STATEWIDE. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THREE SUB WATERSHEDS OF FISHING CREEK, A REGION DOMINATED BY PLAIN SECT FARMS IN THE LANCASTER COUNTY REGION OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN. THE ADAPTIVE TOOLBOX HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THE BENEFIT OF EXPERIENCE AND AFTER EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER INPUT ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS TO OFFER PRODUCERS IN ORDER TO ENTICE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM DEP - COCALICO CREEK HEADWATERS FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION - CONSTRUCTION THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ADDRESS EXISTING INVASIVE SPECIES AND LEGACY SEDIMENT IMPAIRMENTS WITHIN A PORTION OF THE COCALICO CREEK HEADWATERS THROUGH FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION TO DELIVER SIGNIFICANT NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT LOAD REDUCTIONS, RESTORE AND CREATE WETLAND HABITAT, PROVIDE AN INTERCONNECTED FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM WITH SIGNIFICANT HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE BETWEEN SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER, AND EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATE INVASIVE REED CANARY CURRENTLY DOMINATING THE SITE. CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST - CAPACITY BUILDING AWARD PROGRAM INITIATE PROJECTS TO DIVERSIFY NETWORK MEMBERSHIP; NETWORK COORDINATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS, NETWORK COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING EFFORTS, AND TARGETED CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WITHIN INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS. ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN AND BENEFITING FROM FUNDING RESOURCES MUST BE WILLING TO WORK TOWARDS AN ENDURING AND SUSTAINABLE NETWORK.

  Expenses $736,541 · Grants $57,494

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTR

  $57,494

  EDUCATION/ENVIRONMEN

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DIST

  FUNDING · PA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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