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← SAVE BARNEGAT BAY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SAVE BARNEGAT BAY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$907,211
Total expenses
$839,968
Contributions and grants received
$733,422
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$73
Other revenue
$173,716
Total assets, end of year
$608,751
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$608,751
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$713,630
Management and general expenses
$68,723
Fundraising expenses
$57,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$713,630

Program services were 85.0% 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)

    $91,784

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $641,638

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $16,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73 · excluded $73

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $255,065

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $76,624

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $178,441 · excluded $178,441

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $6,851

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $11,576

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$4,725 · related or exempt -$4,725

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,000 · program services $77,000 · management and general $22,000 · fundraising $11,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $229,355 · program services $181,651 · management and general $17,750 · fundraising $29,954

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,783 · program services $12,735 · management and general $1,994 · fundraising $2,054

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,854 · program services $30,241 · management and general $4,735 · fundraising $4,878

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,449 · program services $21,587 · management and general $3,380 · fundraising $3,482

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $425 · management and general $425

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,025 · management and general $3,025

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $235,075 · program services $234,335 · management and general $364 · fundraising $376

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,539 · program services $5,903 · management and general $3,688 · fundraising $948

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,670 · program services $9,614 · management and general $1,505 · fundraising $1,551

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,302 · program services $12,079 · management and general $362 · fundraising $861

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,370 · program services $7,869 · management and general $1,232 · fundraising $1,269

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,707 · program services $3,868 · management and general $3,215 · fundraising $624

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $108,308 · program services $108,308

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT EXPENSES

    total $5,884 · program services $5,590 · management and general $145 · fundraising $149

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $4,260 · program services $2,850 · management and general $950 · fundraising $460

  • 24d · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $3,814 · management and general $3,805 · fundraising $9

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $148 · management and general $148

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $363,397 · end of year $183,986

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $50,830 · end of year $85,703

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $78,046 · end of year $281,831

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

    $114,828

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

    $57,597

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $49,235 · end of year $57,231

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $541,508 · end of year $608,751

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO RESTORE AND PROTECT BARNEGAT BAY AND ITS ECOSYSTEM. WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION BY BEING A STRONG AND INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR THE BAY THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED, INCLUDING ALL OF OCEAN AND PART OF MONMOUTH COUNTIES. WE DO THIS THROUGH EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TARGETED ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS THAT ENGAGE OUR SUPPORTERS WHO CHERISH THE BAY AS A NATURAL, RECREATIONAL, AND ECONOMICAL RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF NEW JERSEY. OUR SUPPORTERS GENEROUSLY BACK THE WORK OF SAVE BARNEGAT BAY, GIVING US FLEXIBILITY AND A STRONG FOUNDATION FROM WHICH TO GROW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RESTORE AND PROTECT BARNEGAT BAY AND ITS ECOSYSTEM.

  • ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNSOUR ADVOCACY WORK WAS FOCUSED ON LOCAL ISSUES. OUR LARGEST ADVOCACY EFFORT WAS TO OPPOSE THE NRD SETTLEMENT BETWEEN BASF AND THE NJDEP AND LATER TO WORK TO SUBMIT AN APPEAL OF THE SETTLEMENT DECISION. WE FINALIZED THE PRESERVATION OF 32 ACRES OF WOODLAND IN BRETON WOODS, BRICK TOWNSHIP. WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO HELP LACEY TOWNSHIP WITH BAYFRONT EROSION ISSUES AT FORKED RIVER BEACH. WE FOUGHT AND HELPED EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FIGHT OVER-DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES. SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDED; WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON BOTTLE BILL AND EPR PLASTICS LEGISLATION AND EDUCATION. WE CONTINUED OUR WORK TO ENFORCE WETLANDS AND TRANSITION AREA PROTECTIONS IN AND AROUND THE METEDECONK NECK AND THE FORSYTHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN BRICK TOWNSHIP AND OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE BARNEGAT BAY WATERSHED. WE PARTICIPATED IN MANY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL MEETINGS, ISSUES AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF BARNEGAT BAY. WE ALSO ASSISTED NEIGHBORS WITH LOCAL QUESTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

    Expenses $451,542

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS DURING 2023, WE HOSTED OR PARTICIPATED IN 103 EDUCATIONAL OR OUTREACH EVENTS EITHER AT OUR ECOCENTER OR AROUND THE WATERSHED. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDED OUR SUMMER STEAM PROGRAM, STUDENT GRANT PROGRAM, AND YACHT CLUB PROGRAMS. WE ALSO VISITED SCHOOLS AND CLUBS, AND HOSTED OVER 1,000 TOMS RIVER STUDENTS AT THE ECOCENTER. WE HOSTED A VARIETY OF CLEANUPS AT OUR ECOCENTER AND AROUND THE WATERSHED. WE ALSO HOSTED ADULT PROGRAMS AS WELL WHICH INCLUDED OUTDOOR RAIN BARREL WORKSHOPS FOR VARIOUS TOWNS AND ORGANIZATIONS, SCREENINGS OF OUR DOCUMENTARY DRIFT, AND TALKS REGARDING ONGOING WORK ON GRANT PROJECTS AND OTHER INITIATIVES. IN TOTAL WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OVER 6,800 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM AT LEAST 20 DIFFERENT TOWNS. WE ALSO CONTINUED THREE GRANT FUNDED PROGRAMS TO 1) COORDINATE THE SCRUBBING OF BULKHEADS IN LAGOON COMMUNITIES TO HELP ABATE JELLYFISH POLYP GROWTH AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, 2) CONTINUED A PATHOGEN TRACK-DOWN PROJECT WITH SIX TOWNS AROUND THE BASIN OF THE TOMS RIVER WITH A "FIND-IT AND FIX-IT" APPROACH, AND 3) CONTINUED TO WORK ON OUR EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT STORMWATER AND THE MS4 PERMIT PROGRAM AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

    Expenses $221,098

  • PROJECTSWE CONTINUED TO COLLECT AND PRESS PLANT SPECIMENS FOR THE EMILY DECAMP HERBARIUM AT ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK AND THE COLLECTION WHICH IS HOUSED AT GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY. WE CONTINUED TO ADD TO OUR COLLECTION THAT IS HOUSED AT OUR ECOCENTER WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE ALSO WORKED TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN 5 NATIVE PLANT GARDENS. WE HOSTED BOY SCOUT TROOP 50, AS WELL AS A FRONTIER GIRLS GROUP ALONG WITH OPENING UP OUR FACILITIES TO LOCAL PARTNERS WHO NEED A MEETING SPACE.

    Expenses $40,990

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ed Vienckowski

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • William De Camp

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Louise Wootton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrew Bess

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Maria Ritter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Karen Argenti

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Rizzo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edwin O'Malley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Judge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Mulloy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443199349301874

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