Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$647,366

Total expenses

$566,229

Contributions and grants received

$356,086

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$260,097

Investment income

$19,089

Other revenue

$12,094

Total assets, end of year

$1,021,763

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,658

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$990,105

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$533,744

Management and general expenses

$14,972

Fundraising expenses

$17,513

Program service expenses (Part III)

$533,744

Program services were 94.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• AS REGIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS BAYS NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM (MBP) SALEM SOUND COASTWATCH ASSISTED MBP IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CCMP AND WORK PLANS WITH THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES: 1. REDUCE BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION IN SALEM SOUND 2. PROTECT AND RESTORE EELGRASS HABITATS 3. ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSPORT, POPULATION DYNAMICS, AND IMPACTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES 4. PREPARE FOR AND UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNTIES AND ENHANCE EDUCATION AND ADAPTATION EFFORTS 5. PROTECT AND RESTORE EMERGENT WETLAND HABITATS (IMPROVE CONDITION OF SALT MARSH WITH BUFFER HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS, TIDAL RESTRICTIONS, PROTECTION)

  Expenses $60,000 · Revenue $60,000

• SALEM SOUND COASTWATCH HAS A GRANT FROM COSTAL HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY GRANT FROM MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF COSTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT TO COMPLETE THE "NORTH RIVER RAIN GARDENS CASE STUDY". THE NORTH RIVER RAIN GARDENS WERE BUILT AT COMMERCIAL STREET, UNDER SALEM'S NORTH RIVER LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT RETROFIT PROJECT- CPR ENV13 CZM02(DESIGN) AND CPR ENV15 CXM01 (CONSTRUCTION). SALEM SOUND COASTWATCH HAS BEEN A PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING AND CONTINUES TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN THESE RAIN GARDENS. THE CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT DEVELOPED THREE ONLINE PRODUCTS THAT SHOWCASE THE NORTH RIVER RAIN GARDENS' SUCCESS: AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, AN ERSI STORY MAP, AND 2 VIDEOS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED. THESE PRODUCTS PROMOTE THE USE OF STORMWATER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN URBAN AND COSTAL AREAS TO INCREASE EQUITY AND ACCESS TO CLEAN COSTAL WATERS AND ASSOCIATED USES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

  Expenses $102,810 · Revenue $102,810

• SALEM SOUND COASTWATCH RECEIVED A MS4 MUNICIPAL GRANT FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO RESEARCH STARTEGIES THAT WOULD RESULT IN BEHAVIORAL CHANGES TO REDUCE STORMWATER POLLUTION FROM PET WASTE IN PUBLIC AREAS AND NEAR DRINKING WATER RESOURCES. SALEM SOUND COASTWATCH CONDUCTED COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL MARKETING RESEARCH CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS AND MAPPING TO GUIDE PIOLET STRATEGIES TO COMBAT DOG WASTE AND IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MS4 STORMWATER OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

  Expenses $28,579 · Revenue $28,579

• THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EDUCATION RELATED TO THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES. PROGRAMS INCLUDE WETLANDS MONITORING, ADOPT A BEACH, AND INVASIVE SPECICES MONITORING AND REMOVAL. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH NORTH SHORE MUNICIPALITIES UNDER ITS FEE FOR SERVICE GREENSCAPES PROGRAM. SCHOOL TO SEA IS A WATERSHED AND LITERACY PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO FOSTER WATERSHED LEARNING AND EXPAND OCEAN AND CLIMATE LITERACY. TO ENGAGE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, SSCW SENDS OUT MONTHLY E-NEWSLETTERS, HOSTS PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND HOLDS AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISING AND OUTREACH EVENT RACE FOR SALEM SOUND. THROUGH THE YEAR, FREE PUBLIC LECTURES, TRAININGS, WALKS AND SCHOOL EVENTS ARE CONDUCTED.

  Expenses $342,355 · Revenue $68,485

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

Listed in Part VII

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

13 January 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202610149349300501

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