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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RIO GRANDE RETURN.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,035,196
Total expenses
$1,794,223
Contributions and grants received
$1,630,207
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$354,729
Investment income
$5,592
Other revenue
$44,668
Total assets, end of year
$1,001,419
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,918
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$990,501
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,663,611
Management and general expenses
$130,612
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,663,611

Program services were 92.7% 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)

    $1,020,559

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $609,648

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $354,729 · related or exempt $354,729

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,592 · excluded $5,592

  • 6a · Gross rents

    personal property $44,668

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    personal property $44,668

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $44,668 · related or exempt $44,668

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,161,068 · program services $1,044,961 · management and general $116,107

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,418 · program services $39,976 · management and general $4,442

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $91,522 · program services $82,370 · management and general $9,152

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $250,559 · program services $249,795 · management and general $764

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $983 · program services $836 · management and general $147

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,655 · program services $4,655

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,118 · program services $5,118

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,882 · program services $11,882

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,665 · program services $1,665

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $52 · program services $52

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,895 · program services $44,895

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $77,009 · program services $77,009

  • 24a · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES

    total $83,251 · program services $83,251

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTER

    total $11,022 · program services $11,022

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $5,812 · program services $5,812

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $312 · program services $312

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $363,714 · end of year $619,399

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $474,033 · end of year $172,879

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

    $275,947

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

    $89,102

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,943 · end of year $186,845

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $16,201 · end of year $22,296

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $128,021 · end of year $10,918

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $736,870 · end of year $690,501

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $300,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RECLAIM THE RIO GRANDE WATERSHED BY DIRECT RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND FUNDRAISING FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE WATERSHED.

  • SINCE JANUARY OF 2020, RGR HAS PLANTED 67,500 WILLOW, 4,900 COTTONWOOD AND GOODDINGS WILLOW, 350 NATIVE RIPARIAN CONTAINER PLANTS AND 8,850 SALTGRASS PLUGS; HAS CLEARED INVASIVE TREES FROM OVER 400 ACRES OF WETLANDS; HAS CONSTRUCTED 7 EXCLOSURES TO PROTECT RIPARIAN PLANTINGS FROM CATTLE AND ELK BROWSE ON OVER 20 ACRES; HAS ERECTED 3 MILES OF WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FENCE; HAS CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED MORE THAN 300 IN-STREAM STRUCTURES ON APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES OF STREAMS; HAS ESTABLISHED A NATIVE SEED PROPAGATION FARM; HAS FORMED A HABITAT CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOCUSED ON STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATIVE WILDLIFE HABITATS AND REFUGES ON FORMERLY AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AND IS ACTIVELY ADMINISTERING A YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM OFFERING WORK EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD TO YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BOTH NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, FOR THE 4TH YEAR IN A ROW, RGR IS CONTRACTED WITH NMDG&F TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCLUDING LEGAL ADVICE AND COUNSELING REGARDING WATER RIGHTS ON THEIR PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS.

    Expenses $1,663,611 · Revenue $1,230,585

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Todd Lopez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,225
    From this org
    $165,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,225
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $165,225

  • Jutta Von Gontard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Hamilton

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adrian Oglesby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Sisk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349310549

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