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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIODIVERSITYWORKS 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This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 7 March 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) 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
$886,682 changed to $992,798
Total expenses
$686,149 changed to $609,654
Contributions and grants received
$788,413 changed to $908,051
Program service revenue
$61,745 changed to $38,492
Investment income
$11,027 changed to $27,071
Other revenue
$25,497 changed to $19,184
Total assets, end of year
$1,326,356 changed to $1,726,221
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,213 changed to $52,934
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,290,143 changed to $1,673,287
Program services expenses
$507,676 changed to $437,760
Management and general expenses
$140,990 changed to $135,831
Fundraising expenses
$37,483 changed to $36,063
Program service expenses (Part III)
$507,676 changed to $437,760

Listed under a different title

  • David Padulo: DIRECTOR then TREASURER
  • Elizabeth Olson: ASST. DIR./W then ASST. DIR./WILDLIFE
  • Luanne Johnson: DIR./WILDLIF then DIR./WILDLIFE BIOLOG
  • Walter Looney: TREASURER then DIRECTOR

Totals

Total revenue
$886,682
Total expenses
$686,149
Contributions and grants received
$788,413
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$61,745
Investment income
$11,027
Other revenue
$25,497
Total assets, end of year
$1,326,356
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,213
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,290,143
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$507,676
Management and general expenses
$140,990
Fundraising expenses
$37,483
Program service expenses (Part III)
$507,676

Program services were 74.0% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,206

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $11,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $775,957

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,288

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

    total $61,745 · related or exempt $61,745

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,027 · excluded $11,027

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $23,777

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $23,777

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $23,777 · excluded $23,777

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,003

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

    securities $1,003

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,301

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,653

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $648 · excluded $648

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,072 · excluded $1,072

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,072

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $184,126 · program services $160,196 · management and general $14,411 · fundraising $9,519

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $252,655 · program services $219,757 · management and general $19,835 · fundraising $13,063

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,423 · program services $8,236 · fundraising $187

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,055 · program services $17,563 · management and general $63 · fundraising $429

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,713 · program services $32,271 · management and general $1,788 · fundraising $2,654

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,250 · management and general $69,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,655 · program services $10,799 · management and general $3,728 · fundraising $5,128

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,583 · program services $5,583

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,937 · program services $19,931 · management and general $3,749 · fundraising $3,257

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,509 · program services $1,128 · management and general $2,030 · fundraising $1,351

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,660 · program services $12,181 · management and general $8,479

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,881 · program services $19,194 · management and general $1,092 · fundraising $1,595

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,379 · management and general $9,379

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,122 · program services $734 · management and general $7,088 · fundraising $300

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANTS TO OTHERS

    total $103 · program services $103

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $98 · management and general $98

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $381,017 · end of year $586,885

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $361,794 · end of year $364,815

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,139 · end of year $9,695

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,016 · end of year $578

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,925 · end of year $4,664

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

    $415,808

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

    $56,089

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $369,098 · end of year $359,719

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $32,379 · end of year $36,213

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $641,543 · end of year $873,609

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $448,067 · end of year $416,534

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERISTY THROUGH RESEARCH AND MONITORING WHILE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON NATURE STUDY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY THROUGH RESEARCH AND MONITORING.

  • FIELD SURVEYS: INCLUDES SURVEYS FOR POLLINATORS ON FARMS, AND A BIODIVERSITY SURVEY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. IN STATE CONTRACTS, THIS INCLUDES SURVEYS FOR A RARE INSECT.

    Expenses $42,494 · Revenue $29,517

  • BEACH-NESTING BIRD MONITORING AND PROTECTION: CONTRACT WORK FOR VARIOUS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES TO MONITOR FOR BIRDS NESTING ON THE BEACH THAT ARE PROTECTED BY THE MASS ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. WE POST THEIR NESTING HABITAT AND MONITOR THEIR PRODUCTIVITY (EGGS LAID AND HATCHED AND CHICKS FLEDGED).

    Expenses $92,337 · Revenue $26,124

  • NATURAL NEIGHBORS - PROMOTING NATIVE BIODIVERSITY BY OFFERING HABITAT MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS, BY COORDINATING INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, AND BY PROMOTING PLANTING OF NATIVE PLANTS.

    Expenses $101,121 · Revenue $6,104

  • OTHER SMALL PROGRAMS INCLUDING FIELD STUDIES.

    Expenses $271,724

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Luanne Johnson

    DIR./WILDLIF

    Total calculated
    $98,497
    From this org
    $87,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,097
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elizabeth Olson

    ASST. DIR./W

    Total calculated
    $85,629
    From this org
    $77,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,729
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Faber

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Walter Looney

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Neill

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Margaret Curtin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Constance Roosevelt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oscar Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Padulo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Homer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sally Shreeves

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202542899349301509

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