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← EASTERN RHODE ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EASTERN RHODE ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

Totals

Total revenue
$873,366
Total expenses
$868,868
Contributions and grants received
$864,323
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$9,043
Total assets, end of year
$675,903
Total liabilities, end of year
$191,929
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$483,974
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$785,651
Management and general expenses
$73,204
Fundraising expenses
$10,013
Program service expenses (Part III)
$785,651

Program services were 90.4% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $768,468

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $95,855

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,260

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,260

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,260 · related or exempt $2,260

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $6,783 · related or exempt $6,783 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,783

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,408 · program services $51,748 · management and general $31,419 · fundraising $9,241

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $321,252 · program services $321,252 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,685 · program services $2,685 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,282 · program services $19,282 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,819 · program services $32,421 · management and general $2,626 · fundraising $772

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,925 · program services $0 · management and general $3,925 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $86,680 · program services $67,803 · management and general $18,877 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,153 · program services $1,153 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,628 · program services $0 · management and general $6,628 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,285 · program services $0 · management and general $1,285 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,575 · program services $8,575 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,484 · program services $0 · management and general $6,484 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,594 · program services $8,594 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,534 · program services $4,574 · management and general $1,960 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXP. & SUPPLIES

    total $265,761 · program services $265,761 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $1,803 · program services $1,803 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $444,022 · end of year $403,547

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $195,496 · end of year $245,769

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $54,170

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $27,583

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,182 · end of year $26,587

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,406 · end of year $47,405

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $174,818 · end of year $144,524

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $479,476 · end of year $483,974

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION (ERICD) PROVIDES INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTIES TO CONSERVE THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES AND GENERATE FARM VIABILITY.

  • ERICD IS DEDICATED TO HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF NEWPORT AND BRISTOL COUNTIES WITH THEIR NATURAL RESOURCE CONCERNS. ERICD HAS PROVIDED FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR LANDOWNERS THROUGHOUT THE 9 MUNICIPALITIES IN ITS DISTRICT. IT HAS CREATED FULL FARM CONSERVATION PLANS FOR LANDOWNERS AS REQUIRED TO HAVE THEM UNDER THE FARM, FOREST AND OPEN SPACE ACT, UNDER FARM DESIGNATION. IT HAS HELPED IMPLEMENT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON FARMERS LAND. ERICD HAS ALSO PARTNERED ON MULTI-PARTNER STORMWATER MITIGATION/WATER QUALITY PROJECT IN BRISTOL, RI. IT HAS ALSO CREATED A STUDENT DRIVEN FARM EDUCATION PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS ON AQUIDNECK ISLAND. AS OF THIS SUMMER, ERICD HAS EMBARKED ON MUNICIPAL CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAMS, PARTNERING WITH NEWPORT, BRISTOL AND BARRINGTON.

    Expenses $785,651

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Churgin

    DISTRICT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $99,359
    From this org
    $95,242
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,117
    Hours/week
    30

  • Nancy Parker Wilson

    CURRENT CHAIR/FORMER VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Cullinan

    CURRENT VICE CHAIR/FORMER SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sue Collins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brenda Mottram

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Starr

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

  • RI STATE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

    SERVE DISTRICTS · RI

  • NORTHERN RI CONSERVATION DISTRICT

    CONSERVATION · RI

  • SOUTHERN RI CONSERVATION DISTRICT

    CONSERVATION · RI

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202600279349300805

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