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← CHESAPEAKE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHESAPEAKE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,205,150
Total expenses
$2,201,312
Contributions and grants received
$2,142,133
Grants paid
$233,948
Program service revenue
$63,014
Investment income
$3
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$699,156
Total liabilities, end of year
$210,994
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$488,162
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,145,756
Management and general expenses
$53,452
Fundraising expenses
$2,104
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,145,756

Program services were 97.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,142,133

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $60,000 · related or exempt $60,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REGISTRATIO

    total $3,014 · related or exempt $3,014

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3 · excluded $3

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $168,645 · program services $168,645

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $65,303 · program services $65,303

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $295,608 · program services $79,749 · management and general $213,755 · fundraising $2,104

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $939,340 · program services $900,228 · management and general $39,112

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $198,404 · program services $173,993 · management and general $24,411

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,693 · program services $84,417 · management and general $12,276

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,675 · program services $10,000 · management and general $43,675

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,469 · program services $27,910 · management and general $41,559

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,728 · program services $19,368 · management and general $6,360

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $124,163 · program services $120,463 · management and general $3,700

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,812 · program services $50,545 · management and general $267

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $72,984 · program services $53,250 · management and general $19,734

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,314 · management and general $15,314

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEME

    total $23,801 · program services $23,801

  • 24b · Other expenses: CLEANING AND MAINTENANC

    total $1,373 · management and general $1,373

  • 24c · Other expenses: LESS: ALLOCABLE INDIREC

    total $0 · program services $368,084 · management and general -$368,084

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $223,112 · end of year $236,242

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $539,491 · end of year $427,484

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $30,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,000

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $138,416

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $138,416

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,430 · end of year $5,430

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $229,308 · end of year $140,342

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $105,226 · end of year $63,467

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,185

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $445,499 · end of year $488,162

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO COORDINATE RESEARCH AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND THE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS ENVIRONMENTAL REGION.

  • SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH MANAGEMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE EPA CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM. ACTIVITIES PROVIDED SCIENTIFIC INPUT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $1,749,113 · Grants $21,672

  • PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR FISHERIES AND MODELING RESEARCH RELATED TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. ACTIVITIES INVOLVE RESEARCH, CREATING PARTNERSHIPS TO MAXIMIZE RESEARCH EFFORTS, AND WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE FOR COMMUNICATION IN THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD.

    Expenses $342,495 · Grants $178,100

  • OTHER RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

    Expenses $54,148 · Grants $34,176 · Revenue $3,014

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr William Dennison

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Anson Hines

    SECRETARY (TILL 6/30/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Kang Xia

    INSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPAL(TILL 3/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Scott

    INSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin McGuire

    INSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPAL(STARTING 3/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Derek Aday

    INSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Roger Harvey

    INSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPAL (TILL 1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew Ogburn

    ALT INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr John M Klinck

    ALT INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Mark Luckenbach

    ALT INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lara B Fowler

    ALT INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Larry A Nagahara

    ALT INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Yeager

    INSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPAL( STARTING 1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Denice Wardrop

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,716
    From this org
    $146,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,764
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,952
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,764
    Filer's total
    $202,716
  • Matthew Tromatter

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $84,489
    From this org
    $84,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, SEC A, LINE 5:
DR. DENICE WARDOP IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. HER SALARY AND BENEFITS WERE ADMINISTERED BY PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, AND REIMBURSED BY THE ORGANIZATION. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024., THE ORGANIZATION REIMBURSED PENN STATE UNIVERSITY SALARIES TOTALING $146,952, AND FRINGE (INCLUDING PAYROLL TAXES AND FEES) TOTALING $55,764 FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE TREASURER'S SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE ADMINISTERED BY PAYCHEX HR DBA OASIS OUTSOURCING III, LLC DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024, THE ORGANIZATION REIMBURSED OASIS FOR SALARIES & BENEFITS TOTALING $84,489 FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TREASURER.

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

  • ASSIST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

  • TETRA TECH INC

    $30,000

    ASSIST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

  • GREEN FIN STUDIO

    $22,102

    ASSIST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $21,441

    ASSIST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

  • MARYLAND DNR

    $17,554

    ASSIST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

  • ASSIST IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601189349300420

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