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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WATERSHED RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,520,990
Total expenses
$14,432,652
Contributions and grants received
$21,280,202
Grants paid
$1,401,578
Program service revenue
$224,242
Investment income
$9,369
Other revenue
$7,177
Total assets, end of year
$12,150,946
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,875,483
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,275,463
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,110,325
Management and general expenses
$1,321,394
Fundraising expenses
$933
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,110,325

Program services were 90.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,269,096

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,011,106

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $6,200,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT SERVICES

    total $224,242 · related or exempt $224,242

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,294 · excluded $5,294

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $19,031

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $18,800

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $231

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $231 · excluded $231

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $4,075

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $4,075

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,075 · related or exempt $4,075

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $6,946 · related or exempt $6,946

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,946

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,399,578 · program services $1,399,578

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

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

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $329,093 · program services $329,093

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,288,229 · program services $5,671,912 · management and general $615,508 · fundraising $809

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $220,961 · program services $200,381 · management and general $20,553 · fundraising $27

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $247,858 · program services $224,773 · management and general $23,055 · fundraising $30

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $545,848 · program services $495,009 · management and general $50,772 · fundraising $67

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $96,183 · program services $35,126 · management and general $61,057

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $194,494 · program services $54,320 · management and general $140,174

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $104,034 · program services $13,960 · management and general $90,074

  • 17 · Travel

    total $423,188 · program services $418,841 · management and general $4,347

  • 20 · Interest

    total $53,937 · program services $32,252 · management and general $21,685

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $347,168 · program services $321,712 · management and general $25,456

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $184,794 · program services $6,174 · management and general $178,620

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACT EXPENSE

    total $3,171,854 · program services $3,111,318 · management and general $60,536

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS & SUPPLIES

    total $650,954 · program services $621,795 · management and general $29,159

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT SUPPORT EXPENSE

    total $123,189 · program services $122,791 · management and general $398

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUBAWARD UNDER 5K

    total $49,290 · program services $49,290

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50 · end of year $250

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,713,021 · end of year $923,411

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,079,817 · end of year $3,274,553

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,339 · end of year $17,849

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

    $9,135,075

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

    $1,216,224

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,852,862 · end of year $7,918,851

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $102,712 · end of year $16,032

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $747,998 · end of year $1,072,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,103,814 · end of year $1,113,405

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $725,956 · end of year $690,078

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,272,390 · end of year $2,172,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $910,643 · end of year $7,102,744

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTS THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  • 458 REGIONAL FOREST AND FIRE CAPACITY II - INCREASE REGIONAL CAPACITY TO PRIORITIZE, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH AND FIRE RESILIENCY, FACILITATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, AND INCREASE CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN FORESTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

    Expenses $2,482,847 · Grants $582,716

  • 507 USFS HEALTHY AND RESILIENT FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION - A STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT TO EXPAND COOPERATION, CAPACITY, ALIGNMENT, AND EFFICIENCIES IN ALL PAHSES OF LANDSCAPE RESTORATION, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON VEGETATION AND FUELS MANAGEMENT SO THAT BOTH THE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST AND THE WRTC MAY REALIZE INCREASED PACE AND SCALE IN THEIR MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL LANDSCAPE RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE EFFORTS.

    Expenses $1,622,112

  • 564 CALFIRE SOUTHERN TRINITY FIRE RESILIENCY PROJECTS - A STRATEGIC, LANDSCAPE-SCALE FUELS REDUCTION AND PRESCRIBED BURN PROJECT TO CREATE RIDGETOP FUEL BREAKS, AND REDUCE FUEL LOADING IN AND BETWEEN HAYFORK AND HYAMPOM, CALIFORNIA.

    Expenses $998,415

  • VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTS THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $8,006,951 · Grants $818,862 · Revenue $224,242

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Yvonne Everett

    CHARIMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arnold Whitridge

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Russell Henly

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Aldinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherry Chilcott

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Cecilia Danks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Harmon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle De Julio

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nick Goulette

    COEXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $157,248
    From this org
    $157,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,248
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $157,248

  • Michelle Medley-Daniel

    COEXECUTIVE

    Total calculated
    $171,845
    From this org
    $171,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,845
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $171,845

  • Heather Jones

    ADMIN DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $112,798
    From this org
    $112,798
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Evans

    OPERATIONS D

    Total calculated
    $114,455
    From this org
    $114,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Josh Smith

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $117,676
    From this org
    $117,676
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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 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

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202620479349301027

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