Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,663,689

Total expenses

$1,942,030

Contributions and grants received

$1,546,682

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$5,673

Investment income

$19,141

Other revenue

$92,193

Total assets, end of year

$1,844,997

Total liabilities, end of year

$351,653

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,493,344

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,700,566

Management and general expenses

$203,704

Fundraising expenses

$37,760

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,700,566

Program services were 87.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• WATER: INITIATING RIVER RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PROJECTS IN PRIORITY AREAS OF THE TRISTATE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED TO IMPROVE RIVER HEATH AND RESILIENCY THROUGH SEVERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: OUR BERKSHIRE CLEAN, COLD & CONNECTED RIVER RESTORATION PARTNERSHIP (HOUSATONIC, HOOSIC AND FARMINGTON RIVER WATERSHEDS IN MA) WHICH AIMS TO INCREASE THE PACE OF INSTREAM CULVERT UPGRADES AND RIVERBANK AND INSTREAM RESTORATION WORK TO IMPROVE RIVER FLOW, HEALTH AND AQUATIC HABITAT AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS FLOOD RISK; READYING MULTIPLE CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECTS IN BERKSHIRE AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES; LEADING THE TENMILE (NY) WATERSHED COLLABORATIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TENMILE WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN; IMPLEMENTING THE STILL RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN IN THE GREATER DANBURY, CT REGION; COMPLETING THE POOTATUCK RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN TO SAFEGUARD AND RESTORE THE POOTATUCK RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ACTION PLAN TO SAFEGUARD AND RESTORE THE POOTATUCK RIVER IN NEWTOWN, CT; MONITORING AND RESTORING STREAM HEALTH AND HABITAT THROUGH RIPARIAN BUFFER AND RAIN GARDEN INSTALLATIONS AT MULTIPLE SITES ACROSS THE WATERSHED; COMPLETING STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION REDUCTION ON WELLS BROOK, A HIGH PRIORITY BROOK IN DOVER, NY; CONTINUING RESTORATION WORK ON MACEDONIA BROOK IN KENT, CT, AND A WATERSHED PLAN FOR THE GREEN RIVER IN MASSACHUSETTS; HELPING LOCAL FARMS CURB NUTRIENT RUNOFF; AND WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO BETTER MANAGE AND PROTECT THE NATIONAL HOUSATONIC WILD AND SCENIC RIVER IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. 7

  Expenses $1,067,302

• LAND: INITIATING LAND CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN PRIORITY AREAS OF THE TRISTATE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED THAT SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY THROUGH INITIATIVES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: CONSERVING MORE THAN 12,000 ACRES THROUGH FOLLOW THE FOREST AND MOST RECENTLY LEADING A COALITION OF PARTNERS TO CONSERVE 1,000+ ACRES OF HIGH QUALITY MEADOWS AND WOODLANDS STRETCHING FROM SALISBURY, CT INTO SHEFFIELD, MA, AND ANOTHER 1,364 ACRES OF WOODLAND AND WETLAND IN WINCHESTER, CT; EXPANDING FOLLOW THE FORESTS WOODLAND CONSERVATION CORRIDOR VISION AMONG PARTNERS IN THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED AND SOUTH IN NEW YORK AND NORTH IN VERMONT; LEADING AND SUPPORTING THE LITCHFIELD HILLS GREENPRINT COLLABORATIVE, A REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP OF 33 CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT WORKING TO COLLECTIVELY INCREASE THE PACE OF CONSERVATION, AND ALSO COLLABORATING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEADERS TO FIND LOCAL LAND USE SOLUTIONS THAT ENABLE BOTH LAND CONSERVATION AND AFFORDABLE PLACES TO LIVE; SHARING MAPS AND DATA WITH PARTNERS OF CRITICALLY IMPORTANT CORE AND RIPARIAN FOREST, HEADWATER STREAM LANDS, STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT WILDLIFE HABITAT LINKAGES, AND NEWLY PROTECTED LANDS TO ASSIST IN PRIORITIZING LAND CONSERVATION EFFORTS; PROVIDING MAPPING AND NATURAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS FOR LAND TRUSTS AND COMMUNITIES IN CT, MA AND NY AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC VISIONING AND COLLABORATION; ASSESSING AND SHARING THE IMPACTS OF SIGNIFICANT LAND USE PROPOSALS ACROSS THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED; AND HELPING SHAPE CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN NY AND NEW ENGLAND.

  Expenses $473,347

• EDUCATION: PROVIDING OUTDOOR EDUCATION, EXPLORATION, LIBRARY READINGS, HIKES, PADDLES, DINING OUT, AND MUCH MORE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGH OUR CELEBRATE OUR WATERSHED EVENT SERIES; PROVIDING HANDS-ON LEARNING IN THE SUMMER WITH YOUTH AND INTERNS IN NY, CT AND MA; COMPLETING AN 8TH YEAR OF HOUSATONIC RIVER RECREATIONAL USER SURVEYS AND MAPPING TO INFORM A CONTINUING ASSESSMENT OF RECREATIONAL ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT NEEDS ALONG THE HOUSATONIC RIVER THAT BOTH PROTECTS RIVER ECOLOGY AND PROVIDES FOR SAFE PUBLIC ACCESS; CONTINUING HANDS-ON ENVIRONMENTAL SKILLS TRAINING WITH AT-RISK YOUTH IN THE GREATER DANBURY, CT AND AMENIA, NY REGIONS THROUGH OUR STILL RIVER AND TENMILE RIVER WATERSHED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM ENGAGING YOUTH IN INSTALLING RAIN GARDENS, REMOVING INVASIVE PLANTS, AND HELPING THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND HOW TO PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS; CONTINUING HANDS-ON PUBLIC EDUCATION ON PROTECTING AND RESTORING RIVERS THROUGH BUFFER PLANTINGS, CLEAN UPS, AND WATER MONITORING ACROSS THE WATERSHED; SPEAKING AT MULTIPLE PUBLIC GATHERINGS ON A RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS; AND EXPANDING SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH ON RIVER AND LAND CONSERVATION AND RECREATION.

  Expenses $139,965

• ISSUE RESPONSE - STUDY AND ALERT COMMUNITIES OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS TO CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS AND DEVELOPMENTS THREATENING GROUND WATER AND RIVER QUALITY; REVIEW REPORTS AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

  Expenses $19,952

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• HVA FOUNDATION INC

  501C3 · SUPPORTING ORG · CT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

26 June 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202531829349300338

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