← PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $3,784,340
Total expenses: $3,353,077
Contributions and grants received: $3,645,590
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $72,890
Investment income: $30,462
Other revenue: $35,398
Total assets, end of year: $3,137,592
Total liabilities, end of year: $835,523
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $2,302,069
Program services expenses (Part IX): $2,499,545
Management and general expenses: $713,428
Fundraising expenses: $140,104
Program service expenses (Part III): $2,499,545

Program services were 74.5% 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

$100,570
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$2,954,457
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$590,563
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$101,317
2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

total $72,890 · related or exempt $72,890
3 · Investment income

total $30,462 · related or exempt $30,462
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$20,732
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$100,570
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $20,732
11a · Other revenue: DE LICENSE PLATE

total $14,666 · related or exempt $14,666
11e · Other revenue, total

$14,666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $243,496 · program services $197,232 · management and general $36,524 · fundraising $9,740
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $1,658,777 · program services $1,343,317 · management and general $258,239 · fundraising $57,221
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $43,074 · program services $33,167 · management and general $5,600 · fundraising $4,307
9 · Other employee benefits

total $225,247 · program services $176,087 · management and general $38,810 · fundraising $10,350
10 · Payroll taxes

total $138,424 · program services $101,491 · management and general $32,487 · fundraising $4,446
11g · Fees: other

total $338,870 · program services $286,782 · management and general $48,698 · fundraising $3,390
13 · Office expenses

total $96,388 · program services $74,922 · management and general $16,090 · fundraising $5,376
14 · Information technology

total $154,741 · program services $44,408 · management and general $110,333
16 · Occupancy

total $130,744 · management and general $130,744
17 · Travel

total $85,697 · program services $82,298 · management and general $2,337 · fundraising $1,062
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $128,596 · program services $81,819 · management and general $4,306 · fundraising $42,471
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $2,573 · management and general $2,573
23 · Insurance

total $18,533 · management and general $18,533
24a · Other expenses: SUBGRANT EXPENSES

total $43,335 · program services $43,335
24b · Other expenses: OTHER DIRECT PROGRAM EXP

total $20,646 · program services $20,646
24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

total $16,460 · program services $12,674 · management and general $2,140 · fundraising $1,646
24d · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIPS

total $7,476 · program services $1,367 · management and general $6,014 · fundraising $95

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $242,040 · end of year $1,047,567
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $1,306,419 · end of year $1,424,828
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $1,800 · end of year $4,217
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $37,652 · end of year $25,254
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$472,843
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$184,913
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $77,955 · end of year $287,930
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $789,976 · end of year $23,370
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $101,652 · end of year $324,426
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $344,067 · end of year $314,716
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $247,089 · end of year $198,049
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $99,984 · end of year $322,758
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,690,090 · end of year $2,159,214
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $176,264 · end of year $142,855

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY, INC. (PDE), HOST OF THE DELAWARE ESTUARY PROGRAM, LEADS COLLABORATIVE, SCIENCE-BASED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE DELAWARE RIVER AND BAY, WHICH COVERS PORTIONS OF DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, AND PENNSYLVANIA

LIVING SHORELINES - PDE CONTINUED TO CONDUCT STUDIES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FRESHWATER MUSSEL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS THAT IMPROVE LIVING SHORELINE DESIGNS, AND CONTINUED TO WORK ON LIVING SHORELINE PLANNING, INSTALLATION, AND MONITORING. THIS INCLUDED LIVING SHORELINE MONITORING AT LEWES, DE; MISPILLION, DE; AND MAURICE RIVER, NJ; AS WELL AS ON THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER IN PHILADELPHIA. BIVALVE RESEARCH AND FRESHWATER MUSSEL PROPAGATION - PDE CONDUCTED FRESHWATER MUSSEL GENETIC RESEARCH AND FRESHWATER MUSSEL GROWTH RESEARCH AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS PA, DE, AND NJ. PDE IS ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE FRESHWATER MUSSEL HATCHERY, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT BARTRAM'S GARDEN IN PHILADELPHIA. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MID-2025. WETLANDS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT - PDE CONDUCTED WETLANDS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL WETLANDS MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (MACWA) PROGRAM. MACWA ACTIVITIES INCLUDED SITE SPECIFIC INTENSIVE MONITORING (SSIM), AS WELL AS GROUNDWATER MONITORING AT SITES IN NJ AND DE TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND SEA LEVEL RISE. THE USE OF NEWLY ACQUIRED ACOUSTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT IS ALSO BEING INCORPORATED INTO MONITORING AT RESTORATION SITES TO ASSESS THE CHANGE IN WILDLIFE USAGE PRE- AND POST-RESTORATION. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT - PDE STAFF ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH RELATED TO CLEAN WATER, HEALTHY HABITATS, AND STRONG COMMUNITIES. PDE PARTICIPATED IN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF PUBLIC EVENTS AND FESTIVALS IN 2023, PROVIDING PDE WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE FACE-TO-FACE. IN ADDITION TO IN-PERSON EVENTS, PDE REACHED COMMUNITIES THROUGH VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND PDE'S ESTUARY NEWS NEWSLETTER. URBAN WATERS FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP COORDINATION - PDE SERVED AS THE COORDINATOR OF THE URBAN WATERS FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP (UWFP) FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER LOCATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PHILADELPHIA (PA), CHESTER (PA), CAMDEN (NJ), AND WILMINGTON (DE). PDE STENGTHENED CONNECTIONS WITHIN EACH OF THESE COMMUNITIES AND WORKED WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PLAN COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, HABITAT, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE.

Expenses $2,499,545

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Danielle KreegerDANIELLE KREEGER

SR. SCIENCE

Total calculated

$157,691

From this org

$152,919

From related orgs

$0

Other

$4,772

Hours/week

35

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$152,919

Bonus

not reported

Other

not reported

Deferred

$4,772

Nontaxable benefits

not reported

Filer's total

$157,691
Kathy KleinKATHY KLEIN

EXECUTIVE DI

Total calculated

$147,880

From this org

$142,680

From related orgs

$0

Other

$5,200

Hours/week

35

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: 2023
Filed: 14 November 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202443209349316269

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