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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAVE THE HARBOR SAVE THE BAY INC BOSTON FISH PIER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,932,015
Total expenses
$1,690,562
Contributions and grants received
$1,935,117
Grants paid
$308,988
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,766
Other revenue
-$11,868
Total assets, end of year
$949,571
Total liabilities, end of year
$61,620
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$887,951
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,412,122
Management and general expenses
$148,055
Fundraising expenses
$130,385
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,412,122

Program services were 83.5% 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

    $421,779

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $390,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,123,338

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $45,450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,766 · excluded $8,766

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $80,843

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

    $421,779

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $98,461

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$17,618 · excluded -$17,618

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5,750 · excluded $5,750

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,750

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $289,288 · program services $289,288

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,700 · program services $19,700

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,414 · program services $137,919 · management and general $7,247 · fundraising $7,248

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $613,432 · program services $554,494 · management and general $29,469 · fundraising $29,469

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,865 · program services $10,797 · management and general $534 · fundraising $534

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $25,536 · program services $23,238 · management and general $1,149 · fundraising $1,149

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,324 · program services $59,444 · management and general $2,940 · fundraising $2,940

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,950 · management and general $32,950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $67,096 · program services $67,096

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $71,400 · program services $19,319 · management and general $46,426 · fundraising $5,655

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,089 · program services $25,703 · management and general $7,524 · fundraising $1,862

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,120 · program services $29,340 · management and general $7,824 · fundraising $1,956

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,443 · program services $1,338 · fundraising $105

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,873 · program services $6,552 · management and general $3,778 · fundraising $543

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,762 · program services $10,334 · management and general $2,214 · fundraising $2,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $226,828 · program services $150,118 · fundraising $76,710

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $7,442 · program services $7,442

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $753,818 · end of year $98,458

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $255,373 · end of year $264,139

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,722 · end of year $555,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,720 · end of year $2,101

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

    $27,633

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

    $27,633

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $78,996 · end of year $29,373

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,734 · end of year $35,086

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $390,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $78,397 · end of year $26,534

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $459,498 · end of year $429,939

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $187,000 · end of year $458,012

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO RESTORE AND PROTECT BOSTON HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND SHARE THEM WITH THE PUBLIC FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC INTEREST HARBOR ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.

  • BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM: WE LEAD AND MANAGE THE METROPOLITAN BEACHES COMMISSION FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, WHICH ISSUES AN ANNUAL REPORT FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE STATE OF THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET. OUR BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM STRENGTHENS BOSTON'S WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE REGION'S BEACHFRONT COMMUNITIES BY HOSTING AND SPONSORING HUNDREDS OF FREE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET INCLUDING CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, CLAMBAKES AND FAMILY NIGHTS, SAND SCULPTURE COMPETITIONS AND HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SWIMMING AND KAYAKING. THE FOCUS OF THESE EVENTS IS TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE SPACES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO FACE PHYSICAL, LANGUAGE, MONETARY AND OTHER BARRIERS TO ENJOY OUR REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES. IN 2024, SAVE THE HARBOR FUNDED 201 FREE BEACH EVENTS FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET THROUGH THE BETTER BEACHES GRANT PROGRAM.

    Expenses $641,637 · Grants $308,988

  • YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS: SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY RUNS THE REGION'S LARGEST FREE, HARBOR-FOCUSED YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, CONNECTING OVER 300,000 YOUTH, TEENS AND FAMILIES TO BOSTON HARBOR AND THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS SINCE WE BEGAN THEM IN 2002. OUR FREE PROGRAMS INCLUDE EXCURSIONS TO SPECTACLE AND GEORGES ISLANDS IN THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, AND FISHING TRIPS TO GIVE SMALLER COMMUNITY GROUPS A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE SPECIES IN THE HARBOR. IN 2024, SAVE THE HARBOR ENGAGED 19,099 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FREE, DIVERSE, AND ACCESSIBLE YOUTH-LED PROGRAMS ON THE BOSTON HARBOR, THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES AND THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS.

    Expenses $539,174

  • CLEAN WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY: SAVE THE HARBOR CONVENES AND LEADS AN INDEPENDENT BEACHES SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH PRODUCES AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD ON WATER QUALITY AND BEACH FLAGGING ACCURACY ON THE METROPOLITAN REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION. IT ALSO ADVISES US AS WE DEVELOP SITE SPECIFIC PLANS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES.WE ALSO CHAIR THE OUTFALL MONITORING SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL'S (OMSAP) PUBLIC INTEREST ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PIAC) AND SERVE ON THE BOSTON HARBOR DREDGING PROJECT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND ON THE CITY OF BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BOTH THE DOWNTOWN AND THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT.

    Expenses $167,723

  • THE BOSTON HARBOR WOMEN OF COLOR COALITION CREATES A SPACE THAT CENTERS ON WOMEN OF COLOR AND IS FOCUSED ON CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS OF ADVANCEMENT, DEVELOPING CULTURALLY INFORMED PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS, AND BUILDING STRATEGIES TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

    Expenses $63,588

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael A Leon

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Byner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Kineavy

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Tracy

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elisabeth Jackson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Malene Welch

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hilina Ajakaiye

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Olivia Barker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura A Burke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Fernandes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul D Foster

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Gaeta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eugene Kennedy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicholas Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph P Newman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas N O'Brien

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin O'Shea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Etty Padmodipoetro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Puleo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Sandoval

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Simpson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsay Sparling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Theodore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Usovicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Mancini

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,415
    From this org
    $128,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,194
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,221
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,135
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,059
    Filer's total
    $152,415

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 · 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521359349311607

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