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← CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,192,676
Total expenses
$2,583,531
Contributions and grants received
$2,531,739
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$660,937
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,877,216
Total liabilities, end of year
$158,078
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,719,138
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,171,809
Management and general expenses
$197,953
Fundraising expenses
$213,769
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,171,809

Program services were 84.1% 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)

    $75,573

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,456,166

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $130,854

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $270,144 · excluded $270,144

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,112,620

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

    securities $721,827

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $390,793

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $390,793 · related or exempt $390,793

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $124,335 · program services $96,535 · management and general $9,038 · fundraising $18,762

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,337,999 · program services $1,046,916 · management and general $132,828 · fundraising $158,255

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,595 · program services $1,595

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $94,505 · program services $73,689 · management and general $14,783 · fundraising $6,033

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,947 · program services $10,283 · management and general $256 · fundraising $408

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,167 · program services $4,971 · management and general $196

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $75,327 · program services $75,327

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $116,418 · program services $107,024 · management and general $1,662 · fundraising $7,732

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING

    total $331,446 · program services $316,236 · management and general $7,393 · fundraising $7,817

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $164,827 · program services $165,133 · management and general -$1,538 · fundraising $1,232

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $55,363 · program services $52,610 · management and general $1,275 · fundraising $1,478

  • 24d · Other expenses: NON CASH DONATED SERVICES

    total $130,854 · program services $130,854

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $134,748 · program services $90,636 · management and general $32,060 · fundraising $12,052

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $246,202 · end of year $798,337

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

    $2,163,169

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

    $1,092,658

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,111,931 · end of year $1,070,511

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,986,495 · end of year $3,860,978

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $190,992 · end of year $147,390

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,927 · end of year $10,688

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $190,992 · end of year $147,390

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,308,701 · end of year $5,719,138

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O - 01. GENERAL EXPLANATION ATTACHMENT

  • IN 2024, THE LARGEST PROGRAM AREA WAS WATER MONITORING, WHICH ENCOMPASSES OUR URBAN STREAM MONITORING AS WELL AS RIVER AND LAKE WATER QUALITY TESTING. THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATER WATCH PROGRAM WE COLLECTED AND TESTED 6,763 WATER SAMPLES. WE FOUND AND STOPPED 20 SEWER SPILLS. WE ALSO COLLECTED AND PROCESSED 144 RIVER SAMPLES FOR BACTERIA POLLUTION IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. CRK ALSO MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH STORMWATER RULES AT VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. IN 2024.

    Expenses $1,100,337

  • IN 2024, THE SECOND LARGEST PROGRAM AREA WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES OUR TRASH CLEANUPS AND 14 IN-STREAM TRAXH TRAPS. WE MOBILIZED 2,123 VOLUNTEERS TO REMOVE 54 TONS OF TRASH AND RECYCLABLES FROM THE WATERSHED, AND RECYCLED AN ADDITIONAL 3,644 LBS. ADDITIONALLY, WE LOGGED 186 YOUTH VOLUTEERS IN THE WATER WARRIORS PROGRAMS. WE ALSO EDUCATED 9,165 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ONBOARD OUR FLOATING CLASSROOMS PROGRAM. WE PROVIDED 4,182 FLOATING CLASSROOM SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FROM TITLE 1 SCHOOLS. 19 INTERNS AND 2 FELLOWS GAINED CAREER EXPERIENCE IN WATER SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. WE ADDED 1,540 NEW MEMBERS AND HELD 85 COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS TO SHARE OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $936,937

  • IN 2024, THE THIRD LARGEST PROGRAM AREA WAS OUR ADVOCACY WORK. WE WROTE AND DELIVERED PUBLIC COMMENT LETTERS AND TESTIMONIES TO AGENCIES AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. WE HELD TOWN HALL MEETINGS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $134,535

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jason Ulseth

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Doug Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Cranford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Felicia Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Graham Gaines

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bert Ellis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerard Gunthert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Billy Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Harris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victor Haydel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas Herndon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Jacobson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Jenkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kirkpatrick

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Kraft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Anne Lanier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Locke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Mokotoff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Oday

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Pryor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Rutherford Seydel II

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Shaffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Catherine Woodling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chuck Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Circe Tsui

    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.

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
202513219349302876

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