Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OARS INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 12 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue: $547,367
Total expenses: $470,847
Contributions and grants received: $418,115
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $129,252
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $1,422,104
Total liabilities, end of year: $109,689
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,312,415
Program services expenses (Part IX): $277,602
Management and general expenses: $165,454
Fundraising expenses: $27,791
Program service expenses (Part III): $277,602

Program services were 59.0% 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)

$296,186
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$121,929
3 · Investment income

total $129,252 · excluded $129,252

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

7 · Other salaries and wages

total $313,828 · program services $180,187 · management and general $112,815 · fundraising $20,826
10 · Payroll taxes

total $22,063 · program services $12,708 · management and general $7,897 · fundraising $1,458
11b · Fees: legal

total $385 · management and general $385
11c · Fees: accounting

total $4,250 · management and general $4,250
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $9,707 · program services $2,832 · management and general $1,368 · fundraising $5,507
16 · Occupancy

total $17,080 · program services $38 · management and general $17,042
17 · Travel

total $2,738 · program services $2,738
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $24 · management and general $24
24a · Other expenses: WATER QUALITY EXPENSES

total $43,579 · program services $43,579
24b · Other expenses: SERVICE FEES

total $16,819 · program services $16,819
24c · Other expenses: OFFICE EXPENSES

total $13,571 · program services $2,805 · management and general $10,766
24d · Other expenses: COMPUTER EXPENSE

total $10,167 · program services $4,979 · management and general $5,188
24e · All other expenses

total $16,636 · program services $10,917 · management and general $5,719

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $58,034 · end of year $36,595
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $490,763 · end of year $514,868
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $196,140 · end of year $179,048
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $2,750 · end of year $19,614
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$33,648
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$31,134
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $2,538 · end of year $2,514
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $600,815 · end of year $668,498
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $16,105 · end of year $967
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $116,112 · end of year $109,689
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $15,138 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,031,083 · end of year $1,070,740
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $204,812 · end of year $241,675

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL FEATURES OF THE ASSABET, SUDBURY AND CONCORD RIVERS, THEIR TRIBUTARIES AND WATERSHEDS.

WATER QUALITY MONITORING, MEASURING PHYSICAL PARAMETERS ALONG THE RIVERS FOR USE IN EVALUATING WATER POLLUTION; REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PUBLIC OUTREACH TO PROMOTE GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF RIVER RESOURCES.

Expenses $277,602

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Ingeborg HegemannINGEBORG HEGEMANN

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Jeff CollinsJEFF COLLINS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Paul FitzgeraldPAUL FITZGERALD

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Pam RockwellPAM ROCKWELL

CLERK

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Roger BeattyROGER BEATTY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Don BurnDON BURN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Holly ClackHOLLY CLACK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Kirk DoggettKIRK DOGGETT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Allan FierceALLAN FIERCE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
Nick KarmelekNICK KARMELEK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3

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: 29 October 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202513029349301461

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