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← ALABAMA AUDUBON

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ALABAMA AUDUBON.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,091,105
Total expenses
$941,002
Contributions and grants received
$959,885
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$87,403
Investment income
$37,826
Other revenue
$5,991
Total assets, end of year
$1,105,616
Total liabilities, end of year
$14,036
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,091,580
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$664,912
Management and general expenses
$271,365
Fundraising expenses
$4,725
Program service expenses (Part III)
$664,912

Program services were 70.7% 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

    $13,000

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $300,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $399,662

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $247,223

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Distinctive tag income

    total $60,839 · related or exempt $60,839

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Black Belt

    total $16,293 · related or exempt $16,293

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Outreach

    total $10,271 · related or exempt $10,271

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $39,195 · excluded $39,195

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

    securities $142 · other assets $1,227

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$142 · other assets -$1,227

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,369 · excluded -$1,369

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $11,295

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

    $13,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $14,782

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,487 · excluded -$3,487

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $7,347

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,347 · related or exempt $7,347

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous program

    total $2,131 · related or exempt $2,131

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,131

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,350 · program services $62,118 · management and general $29,232

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $470,835 · program services $320,168 · management and general $150,667

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,837 · program services $6,689 · management and general $3,148

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,414 · program services $21,362 · management and general $10,052

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,326 · program services $31,502 · management and general $14,824

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,376 · program services $19,412 · management and general $1,964

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,074 · program services $9,570 · management and general $4,504

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,798 · program services $8,324 · management and general $2,749 · fundraising $4,725

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,979 · management and general $1,979

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,014 · program services $40,094 · management and general $12,920

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,839 · program services $34,523 · management and general $2,316

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,663 · program services $1,585 · management and general $3,078

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $16,164 · program services $11,029 · management and general $5,135

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,056 · program services $16,107 · management and general $6,949

  • 24a · Other expenses: Equipment/supplies

    total $37,966 · program services $24,669 · management and general $13,297

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contractual services

    total $32,157 · program services $32,157

  • 24c · Other expenses: Sponsorships

    total $13,658 · program services $13,658

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and postage

    total $9,344 · program services $3,890 · management and general $5,454

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $11,152 · program services $8,055 · management and general $3,097

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $120,874 · end of year $107,537

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $205,553 · end of year $215,730

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

    $302,249

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

    $93,738

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $76,435 · end of year $208,511

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $538,619 · end of year $573,838

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,221 · end of year $14,036

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $796,103 · end of year $915,580

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $142,157 · end of year $176,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Alabama Audubon's mission is to promote conservation and a greater knowledge of birds, their habitats, and the natural world.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Promote conservation and greater knowledge of birds, their habitat and the natural world.

  • Coastal conservation work: The Alabama Coastal Bird Stewardship Program provides critical monitoring and stewardship for coastal birds on the beaches of Baldwin and Mobile Counties.

    Expenses $385,296

  • Science and conservation - Science and conservation projects implemented by staff, partners, and volunteers, including coastal bird-banding research, Alabama SwiftWatch, the Audubon-Datnow Forest Preserve Project, and support for graduate research into topics of conservation concern in Alabama.Project Safe Flight - Monitoring of bird window strikes and installation of bird friendly window treatments.

    Expenses $35,114 · Revenue $68,186

  • Outreach - Adult courses, field trips, public talks, and other programs.

    Expenses $159,457 · Revenue $10,271

  • Black Belt Birding - works to bring the economic and environmental benefits of bird-based ecotourism to one of the country's most economically challenged rural areas. Through field trips, special events, research partnerships, and national outreach, we're leveraging our organization's expert staff and statewide reach to make a positive difference for the Black Belt's birds and the people who love them.

    Expenses $85,045 · Revenue $18,424

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Linda Neighbors

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annette Kinderman

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rashidah Farid

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Gray Miller

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Watts

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cliff Martin

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Nixon

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Wooten

    Director at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Fleming

    VP - Conservation

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonah Cohen

    VP - Education & programs

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Hunter

    VP - Field Trips

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heather McCalley

    VP - Development & membership

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Harber

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Oswald

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lois Woodward

    President-elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maggie Amsler

    President

    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 7
Web services provided by Joe Watts d/b/a Watts Consulting, LLC, a member of the Board of Directors.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349313506

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