Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,604,474

Total expenses

$2,609,876

Contributions and grants received

$1,779,471

Grants paid

$77,939

Program service revenue

$790,454

Investment income

$28,338

Other revenue

$6,211

Total assets, end of year

$1,619,958

Total liabilities, end of year

$228,343

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,391,615

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,160,226

Management and general expenses

$195,592

Fundraising expenses

$254,058

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,160,226

Program services were 82.8% 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 · 2022

• MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA PROGRAM: CRCL WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TO ADVANCE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS, SUCH AS RIVER DIVERSIONS, THAT WILL LEAD TO NATIONALLY-SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE-LEVEL RESTORATION OF WETLANDS, OYSTER REEFS, BARRIER ISLANDS AND OTHER COASTAL HABITATS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO ADVANCE AN EQUITABLE, SAFER, AND FLOURISHING COAST FOR LOUISIANA'S COMMUNITIES, ECOSYSTEMS, AND ECONOMY.

  Expenses $802,416 · Grants $77,939

• STATE OF THE COAST: THE STATE OF THE COAST CONFERENCE IS THE LARGEST STATEWIDE CONFERENCE OF ITS KIND, PROVIDING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FORUM TO EXCHANGE TIMELY AND RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE DYNAMIC CONDITOINS OF LOUISIANA'S COASTAL COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMY.

  Expenses $757,450 · Revenue $759,984

• RESTORATION PROGRAMS: THE RESTORATION PROGRAMS HAS TWO MAIN COMPONENTS, THE OYSTER SHELL RECYLING PROGRAM AND NATIVE PLANTS PROGRAM. OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM: LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2014, CRCL'S OSRP WAS ESTABLISHED TO KEEP SHELL OUT OF LANDFILLS AND SLOW COASTAL LAND LOSS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANTS AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR, CRCL COLLECTS, CURES AND BAGS OYSTER SHELL BEFORE USING TO BUILD OYSTER REEFS AND LIVING SHORELINE HABITAT. THROUGH THE OSRP, THE FIRST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN LOUISIANA, CRCL HAS RECYCLED MORE THAN 13 MILLION POUNDS OF SHELL AND TOGETHER WITH INDIGENOUS AND OTHER UNDER-REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES HAS BUILT FOUR OYSTER REEFS TOTALING MORE THAN 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHORELINE PROTECTION. CRCL'S OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM PROVIDES COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER IN COASTAL RESTORATION WORK, TO LEARN HOW LOUISIANA'S WETLANDS PROTECT AND PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW OYSTER SHELLS CAN SUPPORT COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LARGER RESTORATION PLANS. NATIVE PLANTS PROGRAM: FOUNDED IN 2000, CRCLS NATIVE PLANTS PROGRAM (NPP) LEADS OUR EFFORTS TO RESTORE LOUISIANAS COASTAL HABITATS BY ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. THROUGH LARGE-SCALE PLANTINGS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES, OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND EVENTS FACILITATE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP BY LOUISIANA INDUSTRIES, LANDOWNERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THE NPP PROVIDES VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR ITS VOLUNTEERS. PARTICIPANTS LEARN ABOUT OUR COASTAL LAND LOSS CRISIS, ITS MAIN CAUSES AND THE VARIOUS SOLUTIONS BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE LOUISIANA COAST. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE NPP HAS ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR AND DIRECTLY RESTORED MORE THAN 4,500 ACRES OF COASTAL WETLANDS IN LOUISIANA.

  Expenses $528,756

• FUTURE COASTAL LEADERS PROGRAM: CRCL'S FUTURE COASTAL LEADERS (FCL) PROGRAM IS A LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON ENGAGING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE ENROLLED IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WITH INTEREST IN COASTAL RESTORATION. ITS PURPOSE, THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PLENTIFUL CAREERS AND/OR DEGREES THAT EXIST IN ADDRESSING COASTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. FROM ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, ACCOUNTANTS, TO ARCHITECTS AND NON-PROFIT LEADERS, CRCL HOPES TO MOTIVATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENTS TO CHOOSE COASTAL RESTORATION AS THEIR PROFESSION. POLICY / OUTREACH / EDUCATION: CRCL EDUCATES DECISION MAKERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COASTAL RESTORATION IN LOUISIANA. IT INTERACTS DIRECTLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO INFORM THEM ABOUT COASTAL LAND LOSS AND PROJECTS THAT ARE AIMED AT RESTORING THE COAST. THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM SHARES INFORMATION ABOUT VOLUNTEER PROJECTS AND LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION EFFORTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, MASS EMAILS AND TRADITIONAL MEDIA. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EXPERTISE TO JOURNALISTS WRITING ABOUT THE COASTAL CRISIS. CRCL ORGANIZES FLYOVERS FOR BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS TO PROVIDE THEM A UNIQUE VIEW OF THE STATES COAST. CRCL USES SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAIL AND PRINTED COMMUNICATIONS TO EXPAND ITS BASE OF VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS. CRCL HOSTS THE BIENNIAL STATE OF THE COAST CONFERENCE TO PROVIDE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FORUM TO EXCHANGE TIMELY AND RELEVANT INFORMATION ON THE DYNAMIC CONDITIONS OF LOUISIANA'S COASTAL COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMY AND TO APPLY THAT INFORMATION TO EXISTING AND FUTURE COASTAL RESTORATION AND PROTECTION EFFORTS, POLICIES, AND DECISION-MAKING.

  Expenses $71,604

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

• SOUTH WINGS INC

  $40,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC

  $37,939

  OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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