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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP 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This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 4 November 2025. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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.

Total revenue
$9,573,982 changed to $9,673,982
Contributions and grants received
$9,498,549 changed to $9,598,549
Total assets, end of year
$2,677,628 changed to $2,677,518
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,108,261 changed to $1,008,261
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,569,367 changed to $1,669,257
Program services expenses
$8,712,146 changed to $8,571,214
Management and general expenses
$469,815 changed to $529,189
Fundraising expenses
$241,136 changed to $322,694
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,712,146 changed to $8,571,214

Totals

Total revenue
$9,573,982
Total expenses
$9,423,097
Contributions and grants received
$9,498,549
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$56,973
Investment income
$18,460
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,677,628
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,108,261
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,569,367
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,712,146
Management and general expenses
$469,815
Fundraising expenses
$241,136
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,712,146

Program services were 92.5% 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

    $81,282

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $8,703,695

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $713,572

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT AND SALES REVENUE

    total $56,973 · related or exempt $56,973

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $18,460 · excluded $18,460

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $42,013

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

    $81,282

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $42,013

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $201,708 · program services $151,281 · management and general $28,239 · fundraising $22,188

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,444,491 · program services $1,083,369 · management and general $202,228 · fundraising $158,894

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,703 · program services $38,777 · management and general $7,239 · fundraising $5,687

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $280,157 · program services $210,118 · management and general $39,222 · fundraising $30,817

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $119,251 · program services $89,438 · management and general $16,695 · fundraising $13,118

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,097 · management and general $4,097

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,962 · management and general $21,962

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,538 · management and general $4,538

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,771,671 · program services $6,757,884 · management and general $13,787

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,706 · program services $13,770 · management and general $28,936

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $95,007 · program services $94,043 · management and general $964

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $61,460 · program services $52,241 · management and general $9,219

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,022 · program services $29,022

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

    total $197,861 · program services $192,203 · management and general $4,292 · fundraising $1,366

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROMOTION AND OUTREACH

    total $81,558 · management and general $81,558

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,905 · management and general $6,839 · fundraising $9,066

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $249,639 · end of year $64,537

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $224,683 · end of year $518,262

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $713,020 · end of year $1,100,978

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

    $106,911

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

    $106,911

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $669,359 · end of year $615,488

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $378,363

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $65,540

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $474,916 · end of year $673,756

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $368,965

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,381,785 · end of year $1,569,367

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PLAN, PROMOTE IMPLEMENT SCIENCE-BASED SUSTAINABLE SHELLFISH RESTORATION, AQUACULTURE, AND WILD FISHERY ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, SUPPORT OUR ECONOMY PRESERVE OUR CULTURE HERITAGE

  • OYSTER RECOVERY AND HABITAT CREATION IN MARYLAND OYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKES A SYNCHRONIZED OYSTER RECOVERY EFFORT. LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES FROM ALL THE PARTNERS AND USING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 2008 OYSTER ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAMS OYSTER MANAGEMENT PLAN, THIS PROJECT BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT THE BAY WIDE STRATEGY TO RESTORE OYSTERS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE PRESIDENTS EO 13508 STRATEGY AND TO IMPLEMENT THE MD GOVERNORS OYSTER RESTORATION PLAN. MAJOR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE 1 CONTINUED MULTI-YEAR RESTORATION PROCESS OF TARGETED LARGE SCALE RESTORATION AND ENFORCEMENT, 2 CONDUCTING RESTORATION IN TARGETED TRIBUTARIES USING SPAT ON SHELL, NATURAL SET, AND ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATE AS APPROPRIATE, CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

    Expenses $8,712,146 · Revenue $56,973

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • H Ward Slacum

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $201,708
    From this org
    $164,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,093
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,615
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,731
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,362
    Filer's total
    $201,708

  • Jim Perdue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tighe Merkert

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Eckhart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shannon Lyons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russell Stevenson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold Graul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James King

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Matthews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maxine Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Oertel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Savage

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip Plack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Coney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Ruth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Gibbons-Fly

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Rich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bill Sieling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Kountz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russell Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Harrison

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202501899349300115

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