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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$312,302
Total expenses
$365,852
Contributions and grants received
$311,419
Grants paid
$90,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$883
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$260,733
Total liabilities, end of year
$52,749
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$207,984
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$283,984
Management and general expenses
$59,859
Fundraising expenses
$22,009
Program service expenses (Part III)
$283,984

Program services were 77.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $130,336

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $181,083

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $61,036

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $883 · related or exempt $883

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,000 · program services $90,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $104,768 · program services $80,397 · management and general $7,791 · fundraising $16,580

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,944 · program services $3,789 · management and general $475 · fundraising $680

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,985 · program services $6,126 · management and general $594 · fundraising $1,265

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,585 · program services $2,159 · management and general $3,653 · fundraising $1,773

  • 16 · Occupancy

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

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,498 · program services $4,902 · management and general $596

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,639 · management and general $1,639

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,029 · management and general $3,029

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $114,627 · program services $83,276 · management and general $31,351

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANNUAL MEETING

    total $12,295 · program services $12,295

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING

    total $3,689 · management and general $3,689

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION

    total $1,654 · program services $1,040 · fundraising $614

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,139 · management and general $1,042 · fundraising $1,097

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,629 · end of year $259,093

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $203,118

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $25,400

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,640

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

    $7,736

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

    $7,736

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,638

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,691

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,942 · end of year $3,406

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $49,343

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $230,515 · end of year $192,984

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,019 · end of year $15,000

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ORGANIZATION MISSION: A COALITION OF INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS WORKING TO PROTECT THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND COASTAL BAYS. WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE INC. AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF EACH WATERKEEPER AND MOBILIZES THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT POLLUTION AND CHAMPION CLEAN WATER.

  • PROTECT THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND COASTAL BAYS. WATERKEEPERS CHESAPEAKE INC. AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF EACH WATERKEEPER AND MOBILIZES THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO FIGHT POLLUTION AND CHAMPION CLEAN WATER.

    Expenses $283,984

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ben Scheelk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elle Bassett

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Frondorf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nina Beth Cardin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Staci Hartwell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evan Isaacson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Dunlap

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Pluta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Piazza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Trumbauer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Bill Howard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Robin Broder

    ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    32

  • Tim Hill

    SECRETARY

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
2 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202641879349301049

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