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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,340,085
Total expenses
$3,492,859
Contributions and grants received
$3,276,086
Grants paid
$2,000
Program service revenue
$20,419
Investment income
$14,184
Other revenue
$29,396
Total assets, end of year
$1,945,568
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,016,191
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$929,377
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,744,412
Management and general expenses
$663,329
Fundraising expenses
$85,118
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,744,412

Program services were 78.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $62,648

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $753,484

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,459,954

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $304,253

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LIGHTHOUSE ADMISSIONS

    total $20,419 · related or exempt $20,419

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12,391 · excluded $12,391

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $82 · excluded $82

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $29,060

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $29,060

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $29,060 · unrelated business $20,000 · excluded $9,060

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $176,123

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $174,330

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,793

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,793 · excluded $1,793

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,285

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $62,648

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $45,034

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$25,749 · excluded -$25,749

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $15,074

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,678

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $7,396 · related or exempt $6,003 · unrelated business $1,393

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUNDS/REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $10,093 · related or exempt $10,093

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $8,514 · related or exempt $8,514

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $18,607

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $286,083 · program services $120,209 · management and general $162,455 · fundraising $3,419

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,169,382 · program services $898,267 · management and general $227,601 · fundraising $43,514

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,032 · program services $15,005 · management and general $8,585 · fundraising $1,442

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $77,156 · program services $60,741 · management and general $15,286 · fundraising $1,129

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,232 · program services $75,201 · management and general $25,996 · fundraising $4,035

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $52,960 · program services $44,688 · management and general $7,184 · fundraising $1,088

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,696 · program services $27,928 · management and general $10,488 · fundraising $1,280

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,360 · program services $1,229 · management and general $1,131

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $648,583 · program services $551,142 · management and general $93,772 · fundraising $3,669

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $112,394 · program services $108,829 · fundraising $3,565

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,005 · program services $7,000 · management and general $8,348 · fundraising $3,657

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $401,509 · program services $367,952 · management and general $24,638 · fundraising $8,919

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $87,256 · program services $70,774 · management and general $15,197 · fundraising $1,285

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,140 · program services $20,837 · management and general $18,706 · fundraising $3,597

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,190 · program services $9,053 · management and general $6,352 · fundraising $785

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,832 · management and general $13,832

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $124,308 · program services $124,308

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $75,042 · program services $58,185 · management and general $15,487 · fundraising $1,370

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT

    total $189,518 · program services $178,883 · management and general $8,271 · fundraising $2,364

  • 24b · Other expenses: VEHICLE & BOAT

    total $2,181 · program services $2,181

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $177,456 · end of year $68,480

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $718,640 · end of year $427,762

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $193,293 · end of year $209,353

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $68,278 · end of year $80,017

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $16,216 · end of year $14,458

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $817 · end of year $1,125

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

    $1,634,456

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

    $905,864

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $748,701 · end of year $728,592

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $124,030 · end of year $361,724

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $124,978 · end of year $54,057

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $197,220 · end of year $213,201

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $283,377 · end of year $276,379

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $492,314 · end of year $474,342

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $128,910 · end of year $52,269

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $430,058 · end of year $335,780

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $640,530 · end of year $593,597

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PONTCHARTRAIN CONSERVANCY'S MISSION IS TO DRIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND STEWARDSHIP THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DRIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND STEWARDSHIP THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY.

  • RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE OF THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN, INCLUDING COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS. THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES PROVIDE INFORMATION AND REFERRALS REGARDING OUR RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THOSE THAT LIVE WITHIN AND AROUND THE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN. RESEARCH IS UNDERTAKEN IN AREAS SUCH AS URBAN AND RURAL STORM WATER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES, AGRICULTURAL DISCHARGES, SALTWATER INTRUSION, COASTAL LAND LOSS, AND HABITAT RESTORATION.PC'S AWARD-WINNING WATER QUALITY PROGRAM HAS PRODUCED ONE OF THE LARGEST DATA SOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE QUALITY OF THE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN'S WATERWAYS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR RESEARCH LED TO THE CLEANUP OF ONE OF THE LARGEST WETLANDS ALONG THE GULF COAST. PC'S WATER QUALITY PROGRAM OFFERS EDUCATION, TECHNICAL HELP, AND ASSISTANCE WITH PERMITS TO THE OWNER/OPERATORS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN.PC'S COMMUNITY PROGRAM WORKS WITH PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THE LOUISIANA'S BEAUTIFUL PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN IS PRESERVED AND PROSPERING FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. PC'S NEW CANAL LIGHTHOUSE AND EDUCATION CENTER IS THE ONLY PLACE ON THE LAKE'S SOUTHSHORE FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH WATER AND "TOUCH THE COAST." IN ADDITION TO DAILY TOURS LED BY PC EDUCATORS AND VOLUNTEER DOCENTS, WE PROVIDE NUMEROUS HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

    Expenses $2,744,412 · Grants $2,000 · Revenue $45,029

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Armentor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Danielle Bourg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carl Britt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • David Campbell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Patrick Cresson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth Ellison-Frost

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lee Henderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Martin Landrieu

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Alden Meade

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Zoila Osteicoechea

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Natalie Robottom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nick P Trist III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joseph David Waggonner III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Williamson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25
  • Laverne Saulney Toombs

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dickie Brennan

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Cohen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Kelly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristi Trail

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,606
    From this org
    $163,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,883
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,806
    Bonus
    $21,917
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,338
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,545
    Filer's total
    $190,606
  • Holli Hamilton Lindsey

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $95,477
    From this org
    $86,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,765
    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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUSES ARE BASED ON PERFORMANCE. EACH MANAGER PROVIDES A SUGGESTION FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEE. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S YEAR-END BONUS BASED ON PERFORMANCE.

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
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523139349300602

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