Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by SIERRA WATERSHED EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $651,455
- Total expenses
- $592,960
- Contributions and grants received
- $438,838
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $199,259
- Investment income
- $10,955
- Other revenue
- $2,403
- Total assets, end of year
- $524,835
- Total liabilities, end of year
- -$27
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $524,862
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $310,193
- Management and general expenses
- $247,131
- Fundraising expenses
- $35,636
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $310,193
Program services were 52.3% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$438,838
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2a · Program service revenue: Clubs-Envirolution/Green
total $54,431 · related or exempt $54,431
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2b · Program service revenue: Contracted Programing
total $49,185 · related or exempt $49,185
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2c · Program service revenue: Events/Workshops
total $5,729 · related or exempt $5,729
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2d · Program service revenue: Field Programming
total $46,002 · related or exempt $46,002
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2e · Program service revenue: Site Programming
total $40,921 · related or exempt $40,921
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $2,991 · related or exempt $2,991
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3 · Investment income
total $10,955 · related or exempt $10,955
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$334
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $334
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9a · Gaming: gross income
$2,069
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $2,069 · excluded $2,069
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $104,487 · program services $30,301 · management and general $47,333 · fundraising $26,853
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $269,051 · program services $200,351 · management and general $66,824 · fundraising $1,876
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $50,000 · management and general $50,000
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,495 · management and general $2,495
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $29,373 · program services $18,137 · management and general $8,977 · fundraising $2,259
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,357 · program services $47 · management and general $4,310
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,824 · program services $61 · management and general $1,763
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14 · Information technology
total $2,868 · management and general $2,868
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $12,386 · management and general $12,386
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17 · Travel
total $8,688 · program services $8,384 · management and general $210 · fundraising $94
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $719 · program services $417 · management and general $302
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23 · Insurance
total $48,297 · program services $28,735 · management and general $16,447 · fundraising $3,115
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24a · Other expenses: Program supplies, expenses
total $23,537 · program services $23,537
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24b · Other expenses: 401(k) Administration fees
total $14,143 · management and general $14,143
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24c · Other expenses: Bookkeeping
total $8,400 · management and general $8,400
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24d · Other expenses: Bank charges & PayPal fees
total $4,219 · management and general $4,219
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,116 · program services $223 · management and general $6,454 · fundraising $1,439
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $47,042 · end of year $129,686
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $325,050 · end of year $276,473
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $94,271 · end of year $112,220
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$22,239
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$15,783
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $6,456
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year -$4 · end of year -$27
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $466,367 · end of year $524,862
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) promotes environmental stewardship by connecting students to their community and local environment through comprehensive watershed education and service learning projects.
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SWEP sponsors various fieldwork programs during the year with students eligible to participate in various programs based on their grade levels. The Wonders of Watershed fieldwork program for 4th grade students is a hands-on watershed education program that combines environmental science and community service.The Sagehen Field Station program for 5th grade students engages students in hands-on field study activities about the Sagehen forest, watershed and the plants and animals that exist in these environments.Environment Detectives is a field trip where 8th grade students learn skills used by environmental scientists to be detectives working as a group to solve the Mystery of the Dying Fish.The Tahoe Basin Watershed Education Summit allows high school students work along side scientific professionals to do hands-on field data collection.Various native fish education programs, field days and other events are sponsored for students of all grades.Forest Health and Defensible Space field programming has been expanding in Elementary, middle and high school, with some career pathway programming with older students.Winter Ecology programming involves getting the students outside to learn about snow science and winter survival skills in primarily elementary and middle school.Science Festival programming at the elementary level which revolves around experimentation and problem solving; particularly in the area of Environmental sciences.
Expenses $250,072
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SWEP promotes Sustainability and Advocacy Clubs applicable to various groups based on school levels. For kindergarten to 5th grade the Green Team program is utilized, with the Eco-Action program applicable to 6th, 7th and 8th grades and via the Envirolution Club for high school students 9th grade and above.These sustainability and advocacy clubs utilize interactive educational projects to empower students and teachers to be good global citizens working to ensure adequate resources for a clean and healthy environment. SWEP educators, along with high school student mentors, facilitate weekly club meetings with student participants to explore green service learning projects including waste reduction, reuse, recycling, gardening, composting, energy and water conservation, and pollution prevention. Through these meetings students work together to develop their knowledge, create a sense of civic responsibility, foster a school environment that emphasizes sustainability while practicing data, monitoring and other important language arts, math and science skills.
Expenses $57,935
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SWEP sponsors a nature, art and adventure summer camp for children aged 6 through 12 in addition to science festivals and science family nights, with the science programs open to students kindergarten through 8th grade. SWEP also sponsors snow science programs that include a Winter Discover Program for 3rd through 5th grade students along with a Winter Trek program for 5th graders. SWEP has also established native fish education, waste management and fire ecology programs for various grade levels.
Expenses $2,186
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Melissa B Mohler
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $104,487
- From this org
- $104,487
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Rachel Pringle
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Tamara Anderson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sally Lyon
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Camille Jensen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jill Sanford
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Debrah Arriola-Jacobson
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Jared Baker
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Colleen Kurdy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kirsten Pekarek
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Deanna Guasch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Matthew Gibely
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sarah Caldwell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 23 January 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202620239349300002
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