Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$8,108,187

Total expenses

$7,933,059

Contributions and grants received

$7,041,614

Grants paid

$5,128,971

Program service revenue

$1,016,508

Investment income

$12,731

Other revenue

$37,334

Total assets, end of year

$3,081,642

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,938,674

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,142,968

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,230,375

Management and general expenses

$642,033

Fundraising expenses

$60,651

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,230,375

Program services were 91.1% 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 · 2024

• 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 $2,767,481

• 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 $1,753,260 · Grants $5,128,971

• 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 $1,819,970 · Revenue $82,334

• Expenses $889,664 · Revenue $971,508

As filed on the 2024 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

• COALITION TO RESTORE COASTAL LOUISIANA

  $580,458

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• CITY OF WOONSOCKET

  $503,050

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• TAMPA BAYWATCH INC

  $352,750

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• CITY OF PAWTUCKET

  $284,000

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• ALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC

  $279,748

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• NANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

  $255,000

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• GROUNDWORK RHODE ISLAND

  $185,632

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• BUZZARDS BAY COALITION INC

  $161,994

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• PENSACOLA AND PERDIDO BAYS ESTUARY PROGRAM INC

  $149,345

  COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION

• AUDUBON SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND

  $131,169

  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

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523189349309172

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