Totals
- Total revenue
- $254,965
- Total expenses
- $191,954
- Contributions and grants received
- $222,556
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $29,964
- Investment income
- $56
- Other revenue
- $2,389
- Total assets, end of year
- $138,524
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $375
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $138,149
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $184,129
- Management and general expenses
- $7,825
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $184,129
Program services were 95.9% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$48,524
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$174,032
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME
total $500 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: PGC SERVICES
total $28,060 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2c · Program service revenue: PPW BUILDERS
total $1,404 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $56 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$4,554
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$2,165
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $2,389 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,389
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $22,000 · program services $16,500 · management and general $5,500 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $77,560 · program services $77,560 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,338 · program services $7,888 · management and general $450 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $2,190 · program services $1,440 · management and general $750 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $50,524 · program services $50,524 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,085 · program services $3,085 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $3,349 · program services $3,349 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $2,513 · program services $2,513 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $5,007 · program services $5,007 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $247 · program services $247 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $266 · program services $266 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $2,984 · program services $2,034 · management and general $950 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $679 · program services $679 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $25 · program services $0 · management and general $25 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $763 · program services $763 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: EQUIP REPAIR
total $52 · program services $52 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $12,372 · program services $12,222 · management and general $150 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $36,102 · end of year $138,433
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $40,065 · end of year $91
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $989 · end of year $375
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $75,178 · end of year $138,149
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To provide avian research, education and conservation along the Pennsylvania shoreline of Lake Erie. The organization is dedicated to fostering enthusiasm for birds and conservation through ornithological research and public engagements.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To provide avian research, education and conservation along the Pennsylvania shoreline of Lake Erie.
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In 2024, EBO continued ongoing bird monitoring and education programs. Some of the highlights include: 1. Morning Flight Watch: We documented almost 980,000 birds flying past our migration monitoring watch during the spring migration season. 2. Banding Station: We banded 3963 birds and welcomed 1414 visitors at our banding station at Presque Isle State Park., 3. BirdSafe Erie: We conducting monitoring around tall buildings in Erie during migration to determine mortality during migration season. 4. Shorebird Monitoring: We monitored shorebirds at Presque Isle daily from mid-April to mid-August. 5. Education: We offered 58 educational events, including bird walks and other outdoor learning adventures. 6. Volunteers: 58 people contributed 600 hours of work during the course of the year.
Expenses $184,129 · Revenue $30,020
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Joe SiegristJOE SIEGRIST
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Paul BurroughsPAUL BURROUGHS
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Miranda DudenhoeferMIRANDA DUDENHOEFER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sarah SargentSARAH SARGENT
FORMER EXEC. DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $22,000
- From this org
- $22,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $22,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $22,000
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Holley ShortHOLLEY SHORT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Brian MillerBRIAN MILLER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Patrick BywaterPATRICK BYWATER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Matthew ShumarMATTHEW SHUMAR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Scott StolesonSCOTT STOLESON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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 · 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
- 22 September 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202512969349301801
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