Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$225,122

Total expenses

$263,895

Contributions and grants received

$225,100

Grants paid

$1,350

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$22

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$146,871

Total liabilities, end of year

$125,158

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$21,713

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$252,883

Management and general expenses

$8,612

Fundraising expenses

$2,400

Program service expenses (Part III)

$252,883

Program services were 95.8% 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 · 2023

• GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER STAFF WORKED ON ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ALONG THE LOWER GUNPOWDER TO DISCUSS THE SOURCES OF SEDIMENT IN THE TIDAL GUNPOWDER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. NAMELY; BOTH FOSTER AND TAYLOR BRANCH ARE EXPERIENCING SEDIMENT AND BACTERIA POLLUTION FROM IMPROPERLY REGULATED UPSTREAM SOURCES. GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER UNDERTOOK SIGNIFICANT LEGAL RESEARCH TO ADVOCATE FOR SOLUTIONS TO NONCOMPLIANT UPSTREAM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. IF POLLUTION IS DIMINISHED, RECREATIONAL, ECONOMIC AND AESTHETIC VALUE OF THIS SECTION OF THE LOWER GUNPOWDER RIVER COULD BE RESTORED. 20% OF TOTAL PROJECTS ONGOING.

  Expenses $50,577 · Grants $8,000

• SPARKS NATURE CENTER: THE ORGANIZATION LEASED THE HISTORIC SPARKS BANK FROM MPS/DNR AND IS RENOVATING IT TO BE USED FOR OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY ALONG THE TORREY BROWN TRAIL WHICH SAW 1M VISITORS IN 2022 AND 2023. 20% OF TOTAL PROJECTS

  Expenses $50,577 · Grants $33,000

• ABINGDON WOODS PROJECT: RIVERKEEPER APPEALED A CIRCUIT COURT DECISION UPHOLDING THE MDE WETLANDS AND WATERWAYS PERMIT. THE SITE CURRENTLY CONTAINS MANY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT FORESTED WETLANDS, SPECIMEN TREES AND PART OF A STREAM CATCHMENT DRAINING TO OTTER POINT CREEK A HIGH QUALITY TIER II WATERWAY THAT DRAINS INTO THE VIBRANT BUSH RIVER LARGEMOUTH BASS FISHERY. THIS FORESTED AREA PROVIDES VITAL STORMWATER AND FLOOD CONTROLS TO ADJACENT AND DOWNSTREAM RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THIS WORK IS ONGOING. 15% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $37,932 · Grants $6,000

• INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES: IN THE LOWER GUNPOWDER RIVER AND BUSH RIVER ARE BEING IMPACTED BY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES THAT ARE NONCOMPLIANT WITH STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS. IN THE GUNPOWDER AND BUSH RIVERS THERE ARE 119 FACILITIES UNDER THE STORWATER PERMIT COVERAGE THAT HAS A 25% COMPLIANCE RATE STATEWIDE. RIVERKEEPER APPEALED THE ISSUANCE OF THE NEW STORMWATER PERMIT AND WON A PARTIAL REMAND BECAUSE THE DRAFT PERMIT DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RAINFALL DATA, AND NO EXPOSURE CERTIFICATION REGULATED BY NATIONAL POLLUTION ELIMINATION DISCHARGE (NPDES) INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMITS IDENTIFY THE PERMIT CONDITIONS AND ASSESS COMPLIANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS AND THEIR IMPACTS TO LOCAL AND DOWNSTREAM WATER QUALITY IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING. 15% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $37,932 · Grants $6,000

• TOP 5 INVASIVE SPECIES: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON INVASIVE SPECIES IMPACTING THE GUNPOWDER, LITTLE GUNPOWDER, BUSH, BIRD, AND MIDDLE RIVERS INCLUDING SNAKEHEADS, NEW ZEALAND MUDSNAILS, DIDYMO, WHIRLING DISEASE, AND ZEBRA MUSSELS. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS

  Expenses $12,645 · Grants $10,000

• BACTERIA MONITORING IN THE GUNPOWDER RIVER WAS CONDUCTED AND POSTED THROUGH SWIM GUIDE AND SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON EPA SAFE SWIMMING CRITERIA. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $12,644 · Grants $2,000

• GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WORKED ON ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH THROUGH THE UPPER WATERSHED WITH COMMUNITY, OFFICE, SCHOOL GROUPS, AND SCOUT AND BROWNIE TROOPS ON FOREST TO FAUCET STREAMWALKS AND SERVICE PROJECTS ALONG THE RIVER TO DISCUSS THE SOURCES OF CITY DRINKING WATER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTED PARK AND RESERVOIR LANDS WILD TROUT AND COLDWATER HABITAT. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $12,644 · Grants $2,000

• GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER VOLUNTEERS MAINTAINED WADER WASH STATIONS ACROSS 18 MILES OF THE COLDWATER SECTION OF THE RIVER TO CONTAIN DIDYMO ALGAE AND COORDINATED OUTREACH ON A NEW INVASIVE SPECIES - NEW ZEALAND MUDSNAILS IN THE UPPER RIVER. THIS WORK IS ONGOING. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $12,644 · Grants $2,000

• C.P. CRANE COAL FIRED POWERPLANT: THIS SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGER OF PCBS IN THE GUNPOWDER WATERSHED WAS CLOSED BY MDE ENFORCEMENT ACTION. RIVERKEEPER TRACKED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS OF THE PROPERTY RIVERKEEPER AND OPPOSED INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAND AND INSTEAD SUPPORTED A PLAN TO TURN THE BULK OF THE PROPERTY INTO A COUNTY PARK. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $12,644 · Grants $2,000

• GUNPOWDER RIVERKEEPER IS MONITORING THE SETTLEMENT WITH EPA AND DOJ ON THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT SUIT AGAINST THE EPA APPROVED MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB) POLLUTION DIET. THE COURT APPROVED SETTLEMENT HAS PROVIDED FOR FISH PCB MONITORING AT CANAL CREEK AT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS AND AT THE LEGACY C.P. CRANE COAL FIRED POWERPLANT SITE. 5% OF TOTAL PROJECTS

  Expenses $12,644 · Grants $2,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

13 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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