Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,211,283

Total expenses

$4,338,149

Contributions and grants received

$3,915,655

Grants paid

$2,560,592

Program service revenue

$131,469

Investment income

$14,187

Other revenue

$149,972

Total assets, end of year

$1,907,365

Total liabilities, end of year

$939,525

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$967,840

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,012,538

Management and general expenses

$187,096

Fundraising expenses

$138,515

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,012,538

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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND PROGRAM WATERSHED GRANTS: RAE PARTNERS WITH THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO MANAGE A REGIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM THAT FUNDS PROJECTS TO RESTORE CLEAN WATER AND HEALTHY COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS FROM CAPE COD, MA TO WESTERLY, RI. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM RAE HAS AWARDED MORE THAN $10.3 MILLION TO STATE AGENCIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES, UNIVERSITIES, AND REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS. THIS FUNDING HAS SUPPORTED A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS. RAE ENTERED INTO AN ADDITIONAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN 2021 TO EXTEND THE WORK IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL REGION FOR 5 MORE YEARS.

  Expenses $1,731,323 · Grants $812,268

• COMMUNITY-BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION:RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES (RAE) AND ITS ALLIANCE MEMBERS HAVE WORKED SINCE 1996 TO RESTORE OUR NATION'S CRITICAL COASTAL AREAS AND BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE. THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY BASED RESTORATION PROGRAM, RAE PARTNERS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, SCIENTISTS, AND LOCAL VOLUNTEERS ON RESTORATION PROJECTS WITH TANGIBLE IMPACTS. AMONG OUR GOALS ARE THE RETURN OF ABUNDANT FISHERIES, STRONG LOCAL ECONOMIES, AND SHORELINES THAT ARE RESILIENT TO STORMS AND FLOODING. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS RAEHAS SUPPORTED HUNDREDS OF LOCAL RESTORATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL ENVIRONMENTAL RESULTS, AND ENGAGING MEMBERS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE PROTECTION OF THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES.

  Expenses $793,923 · Grants $1,292,268

• NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM GRANT PROGRAM:RESTORE AMERICA'S ESTUARIES, UNDER A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ADMINISTERS TWO GRANT PROGRAMS TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN DESIGNATED NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM AREAS. THESE GRANT PROGRAMS ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING CONGRESSIONALLY-SET PRIORITIES: - LOSS OF KEY HABITATS RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON FISHERIES AND WATER QUALITY SUCH AS SEAGRASS, MANGROVES, TIDAL AND FRESHWATER WETLANDS, FORESTED WETLANDS, KELP BEDS, SHELLFISH BEDS, AND CORAL REEFS; RECURRING HARMFUL ALGAE BLOOMS; UNUSUAL OR UNEXPLAINED MARINE MAMMAL MORTALITIES; - PROLIFERATION OR INVASION OF SPECIES THAT LIMIT RECREATIONAL USES, THREATEN WASTEWATER SYSTEMS, OR CAUSE OTHER ECOSYSTEM DAMAGE; FLOODING AND COASTAL EROSION

  Expenses $532,217 · Grants $456,056 · Revenue $195,272

• COASTAL BLUE CARBON INITIATIVE: COASTAL WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS, SUCH AS SEA GRASS BEDS, MANGROVES, SALT MARSH, AND OTHER TIDAL WETLANDS, REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND STORE CARBON IN WETLAND SOILS. RAE'S BLUE CARBON INITIATIVE SEEKS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN AND PRIORITIZATION OF ESTUARY HABITAT RESTORATION THROUGH THE RECOGNITION OF THE CLIMATE MITIGATION VALUES OF THESE HABITATS.

  Expenses $955,075

• NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: COASTAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY FACE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND COSTLY CHALLENGES DUE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE, INCREASED SEVERITY OF STORMS, AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HISTORICALLY, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN "HARD" SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS SEA WALLS AND BULKHEADS, WHICH ACTUALLY WORSEN STORM HAZARD RISKS, EROSION, AND LOSS OF HABITAT. LIVING SHORELINES AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ARE A SUITE OF TECHNIQUES USING "SOFTER" APPROACHES UNIQUELY TAILORED TO EACH SITE, WHICH HELP STABILIZE SHORELINES WHILE INCREASING HABITAT VALUE. RAE RAISES AWARENESS OF THESE SOFTER APPROACHES AND INCREASES THE FREQUENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATION VIA EFFORTS SUCH AS OUR BIENNIAL TECH TRANSFER WORKSHOP, FEDERAL POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE WORK.

• INCLUSIVE COASTS INITIATIVE: THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO GRANT FUNDING, CREATE A BROADER REACH OF GRANT PROGRAMS, AND PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO ADVANCE A JUST DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND ACCESS THAT BENEFITS ALL MEMBERS OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES.

• LIVING SHORELINES: COASTAL COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY FACE INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND COSTLY CHALLENGES DUE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE, INCREASED SEVERITY OF STORMS, AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HISTORICALLY, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN "HARD" SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS SEA WALLS AND BULKHEADS, WHICH ACTUALLY WORSEN STORM HAZARD RISKS, EROSION, AND LOSS OF HABITAT. LIVING SHORELINES AND NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ARE A SUITE OF TECHNIQUES USING "SOFTER" APPROACHES UNIQUELY TAILORED TO EACH SITE, WHICH HELP STABILIZE SHORELINES WHILE INCREASING HABITAT VALUE. RAE'S LIVING SHORELINES PROGRAM WORKS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THESE SOFTER APPROACHES AND INCREASE THEIR USE VIA EFFORTS SUCH AS OUR LIVING SHORELINES ACADEMY, BIENNIAL TECH TRANSFER WORKSHOP, FEDERAL POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE WORK INCLUDING UPCOMING NATIONAL LEGISLATION - AND MORE.

  Revenue $86,169

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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 COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA

  $247,604

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• CITY OF WOONSOCKET

  $184,450

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC

  $173,362

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• LOWLANDER CENTER

  $150,944

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• TAMPA BAYWATCH INC

  $136,487

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL

  $104,677

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• TILLAMOOK ESTUARIES PARTNERSHIP

  $95,422

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• TROUT UNLIMITED

  $94,367

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• CITY OF BROCKTON

  $91,100

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• GROUNDWORK LAWRENCE INC

  $84,912

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

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

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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