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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MUSKEGON ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$48,053
Total expenses
$43,482
Contributions and grants received
$44,865
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,188
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$507,348
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$507,348
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$41,407
Management and general expenses
$2,075
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$41,407

Program services were 95.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $20,214

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,651

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,871 · excluded $1,871

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,287

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,970

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,317

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,317 · excluded $1,317

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $20,214

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,075 · management and general $2,075

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $920 · program services $920

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $306 · program services $306

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,518 · program services $10,518

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,190 · program services $23,190

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,193 · program services $5,193

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $493 · program services $493

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS REGISTRATION

    total $250 · program services $250

  • 24c · Other expenses: SERVICE CHARGES

    total $219 · program services $219

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $210 · program services $210

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $108 · program services $108

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $45,362 · end of year $14,638

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

    $812,333

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

    $396,706

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $372,287 · end of year $415,627

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $58,617 · end of year $64,724

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,055 · end of year $12,359

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $496,321 · end of year $507,348

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO SUPPORT ACTIVITES AND PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND OBSERVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN THE GENERAL MUSKEGON AREA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE AND OBSERVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND TO PROVDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN THE GENERAL MUSKEGON AREA.

  • THE OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM HOSTED OVER 1,200 SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM OVER 10 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. THE FACILITY CONTINUES TO BE USED FOR RESEARCH, CAPTURING, INSPECTING, AND BANDING OF DOZENS OF BIRD SPECIES. WE ESTIMATE THAT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE PRESERVE FOR A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL PURPOSES. THE MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL HALL OF FAME HELD ITS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET AND HONORED SEVERAL OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $41,407

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Steve Thompson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Tom Willi

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jodie Galosy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norman Hoag

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Tony Jarvis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynn Comried

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jnai Closz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andrea Kantola

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gale Nobes

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202542909349301409

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