Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,674,976
- Total expenses
- $1,911,290
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,155,921
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $212,710
- Investment income
- $158,527
- Other revenue
- $147,818
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,947,107
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $147,135
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $10,799,972
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,631,676
- Management and general expenses
- $238,811
- Fundraising expenses
- $40,803
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,631,676
Program services were 85.4% 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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1b · Membership dues
$1,322
-
1c · Fundraising events
$27,642
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$795,006
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$331,951
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$12,021
-
2a · Program service revenue: Educational programs
total $212,710 · related or exempt $212,710
-
3 · Investment income
total $76,363 · excluded $76,363
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6a · Gross rents
real property $15,439
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $15,439
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $15,439 · excluded $15,439
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $547,622 · other assets $1,858
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $467,316 · other assets $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $80,306 · other assets $1,858
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $82,164 · excluded $82,164
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$10,347
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$27,642
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$20,678
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$10,331 · excluded -$10,331
-
11a · Other revenue: Insurance Gain & Rebat
total $142,710 · excluded $142,710
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$142,710
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $176,103 · program services $160,147 · management and general $14,044 · fundraising $1,912
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $818,446 · program services $744,297 · management and general $65,265 · fundraising $8,884
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $22,092 · program services $20,646 · management and general $636 · fundraising $810
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $34,323 · program services $32,117 · management and general $881 · fundraising $1,325
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $78,631 · program services $73,127 · management and general $3,145 · fundraising $2,359
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $54,434 · management and general $54,434
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $27,231 · management and general $27,231
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11g · Fees: other
total $94,548 · program services $90,652 · management and general $3,593 · fundraising $303
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,486 · program services $2,680 · fundraising $1,806
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13 · Office expenses
total $185,769 · program services $159,908 · management and general $9,562 · fundraising $16,299
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14 · Information technology
total $10,402 · program services $10,402
-
16 · Occupancy
total $33,618 · program services $32,581 · management and general $1,037
-
17 · Travel
total $30,132 · program services $16,507 · management and general $13,315 · fundraising $310
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $9,984 · program services $7,924 · management and general $1,995 · fundraising $65
-
20 · Interest
total $118 · management and general $118
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $274,394 · program services $230,491 · management and general $38,415 · fundraising $5,488
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23 · Insurance
total $52,664 · program services $48,387 · management and general $3,979 · fundraising $298
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24a · Other expenses: Registration Fees
total $2,743 · program services $864 · management and general $1,055 · fundraising $824
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24b · Other expenses: Taxes and Licenses
total $1,066 · program services $946 · management and general $0 · fundraising $120
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24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expenses
total $106 · management and general $106
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $612,366 · end of year $370,276
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $7,313 · end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$11,087,191
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,821,666
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $8,310,447 · end of year $8,265,525
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,169,112 · end of year $2,308,720
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $3,106 · end of year $2,586
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $96,542 · end of year $130,372
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $16,763
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,976,120 · end of year $10,703,782
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $29,682 · end of year $96,190
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Alice Ferguson Foundation's mission is to inspire environmental stewardship by giving people the tools to understand, appreciate, and protect nature.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Inspiring stewardship by giving people the tools to understand, appreciate, and protect nature.
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Hard Bargain Farm Education:Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center's Education Program for PreK-12 students is designed to promote understanding and stewardship of the natural resources of the Potomac River Watershed. Courses at Hard Bargain Farm immerse students in various field studies based on Next Generation Science standards using innovative hands-on activities, field investigations and a focus on agriculture by interacting with farm animals and the sensory garden. This program also incorporates our Trash Free Potomac and Trash Free Schools programs giving students and community members opportunities and education focused on litter reduction and its impact on our watershed.
Expenses $572,876 · Revenue $212,710
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Bridging the Watershed: Bridging the Watershed is an outreach program of the Alice Ferguson Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service and area school systems serving students and teachers in National Parks throughout the Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland region. The purpose is to provide meaningful watershed educational experiences that connect students to their place in the natural world. This is accomplished by standards-based curriculum and field studies for students, teachers, and park rangers training.
Expenses $408,913
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Farm and Facilities/ Capital Projects:In 2024, the campus infrastructure was renovated to current energy efficiency standards. Among this work included a new solar array and HVAC conversion.
Expenses $397,450
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Community Programs
Expenses $252,437
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Stephen Kim
Board President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dan Jackson
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael Berger
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ashlie Smith Sabeti
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Daniel Donohue
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kate Johnson
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian Kane
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Betsy Howes- Bean
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tanya Surtees
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joanne Aron
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tyler Wolverton
Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Theresa Cullen
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $176,103
- From this org
- $152,698
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,405
- Hours/week
- 40.79
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $120,198
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $32,500
- Deferred
- $7,760
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,645
- Filer's total
- $176,103
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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 26 April 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202541209349302459
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