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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FRIENDS OF BALLONA WETLANDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$650,196
Total expenses
$528,567
Contributions and grants received
$508,848
Grants paid
$20,728
Program service revenue
$19,425
Investment income
-$60,529
Other revenue
$182,452
Total assets, end of year
$1,020,997
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,516
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,010,481
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$400,163
Management and general expenses
$65,458
Fundraising expenses
$62,946
Program service expenses (Part III)
$400,163

Program services were 75.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $9,655

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $499,193

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENU

    total $19,425 · related or exempt $19,425

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$60,529 · excluded -$60,529

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $256,995

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $74,543

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $182,452 · excluded $182,452

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $20,728 · program services $20,728

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $101,779 · program services $84,280 · management and general $7,266 · fundraising $10,233

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $192,612 · program services $159,504 · management and general $13,692 · fundraising $19,416

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $27,765 · program services $20,309 · management and general $2,959 · fundraising $4,497

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,850 · program services $27,202 · management and general $2,345 · fundraising $3,303

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $615 · management and general $615

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,399 · management and general $13,399

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,229 · program services $6,400 · management and general $1,269 · fundraising $9,560

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $75 · program services $75

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,344 · program services $899 · management and general $445

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,183 · program services $4,068 · management and general $105 · fundraising $10

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,399 · program services $1,358 · management and general $5,876 · fundraising $165

  • 24a · Other expenses: RENT

    total $39,137 · program services $35,223 · management and general $1,957 · fundraising $1,957

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $21,210 · program services $16,026 · management and general $5,184

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PRODUCTION

    total $15,127 · program services $10,851 · management and general $260 · fundraising $4,016

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $8,780 · program services $6,631 · management and general $2,123 · fundraising $26

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24,335 · program services $6,609 · management and general $7,963 · fundraising $9,763

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $450,352 · end of year $357,485

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $119,205 · end of year $12,458

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $14,382 · end of year $110,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $292,263 · end of year $432,957

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,600 · end of year $108,097

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,550 · end of year $10,516

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $879,252 · end of year $900,481

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $110,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

CHAMPIONING THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF LOS ANGELES' LAST COASTAL WETLAND AND EDUCATING OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AS STEWARDS OF NATURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FRIENDS OF BALLONA WETLANDS' MISSION IS TO CHAMPION THE RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF THE BALLONA WETLANDS, INVOLVING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AS ADVOCATES AND STEWARDS.

  • EDUCATION: THE FRIENDS OF BALLONA WETLANDS' LOS ANGELESCOUNTY-BASED EDUCATION AND RESTORATION PROGRAMS, COLLECTIVELYCALLED "EXPLORE BALLONA", HAVE SINCE 1994 PROVIDED HANDS-ONEDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO AN ETHNICALLY, CULTURALLY, ANDECONOMICALLY DIVERSE POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 9,000 RESIDENTSEACH YEAR AT BALLONA'S SALT MARSH, DUNES AND FRESHWATER MARSH, ANDIN VARIOUS COMMUNITY SETTINGS. "EXPLORE BALLONA" OFFERS EDUCATIONAND SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO PRE-K-12, COLLEGE,COMMUNITY, AND CORPORATE GROUPS, CHANGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROMUNINFORMED RESIDENTS TO ACTIVE STEWARDS OF THE COUNTY'S LASTREMAINING VIABLE COASTAL WETLAND AND WATERSHED.

    Expenses $197,022 · Grants $20,728 · Revenue $19,425

  • RESTORATION: SINCE 1990 AS PART OF OUR RESTORATION PROJECTS, OVER100,000 SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS HAVE REMOVED OVER 600 TONSOF GARBAGE AND NON-NATIVE PLANTS FROM THE BALLONA WETLANDS, ASWELL AS RENOVATION OF SEVERAL OUTDOOR LEARNING AREAS SUCH AS THEFIELD OFFICE/RESTORATION CENTER, THE VIEWING PLATFORM, ALSO BUILTDURING THE 1990'S BY A PACK OF BOY SCOUTS ON THE BERM CREATED FORTHE OLD LOS ANGELES PACIFIC RAILWAY ELECTRIC TROLLEY "RED CARLINE" TRESTLE, AND THE REPRESENTATIONAL VILLAGE OF THE NATIVETONGVA PEOPLE.

    Expenses $115,162

  • SCIENCE: FRIENDS OF BALLONA WETLANDS' SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM MONITORS THE AVIAN DIVERSITY OF THE WETLANDS, PERFORMS ANNUAL BUTTERFLY COUNTS, AND MONITORS OUR RESTORATION EFFORTS TO INFORM ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND TRACK SUCCESS. WE ALSO LEAD THE SWALLOW NEST BOX PROGRAM AT THE FRESHWATER MARSH, AND WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE BIO DIVERSITY IN THEIR OWN BACKYARDS THROUGH OUR "GROW NATIVE!" PROGRAM.

    Expenses $87,979

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr James Landry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ruth Lansford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Pippa Drennan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Edith Read

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Susan Gottlieb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Edwards

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Stephen Groner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Hirai

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Fimiani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jim Kennedy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deb Roges

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Scott Culbertson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $101,778
    From this org
    $101,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Kenneth Dial

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Nicholos O'Deegan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Eloise Appel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Neil P Navin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • John Gregory

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine Tyrrell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Duane Muller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
26 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303039349302435

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