Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$188,968

Total expenses

$167,760

Contributions and grants received

$187,632

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$1,336

Other revenue (line 8)

$0

Total assets, end of year

$374,318

Total liabilities, end of year

$353,110

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,208

Program service expenses (Part III)

$84,921

Program services were 50.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• Owl Banding and Research. Owls are netted and banded during the spring and fall migration. Data on the owls is recorded and shared with appropriate scientific research groups. In 2024 825 owls were captured and tagged.

  Expenses $14,658 · Grants $11,950

• Hawk Count by species during Spring and Fall migrations. During the Spring and Fall raptors of 20 different species were counted and categorized by day. During the spring and fall migration 84,525 raptors were counted and categorized in Mackinaw City and 11,978 on Mackinac Island All data was recorded and shared with other scientific organizations. In 2024 MSRW caught and banded 262 raptors representing 8 species The birds were safely released. Red-tailed Hawks that were fitted with transmitters over the last three years continue to be monitored.

  Expenses $31,808 · Grants $33,505

• Water bird migration during the fall of 2024 included over 49200 migrants representing 52 different species. The results were tabulated by day and recorded. Data was shared with appropriate scientific research organizations.

  Expenses $8,455

• MSRW provides public information and education through a Raptor Naturalist program at the count sites. The naturalist provides information to the public, verbal and in print, about the birds that are seen overhead and explains the count techniques. In addition, the organization administrator and contractual researchers are available to give talks about the organization's research activities and goals.

  Expenses $6,090 · Grants $1,125

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $23,910 · Grants $50,000

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202521329349201207

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