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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONSERVATION NEBRASKA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,108,504
Total expenses
$641,282
Contributions and grants received
$1,075,298
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$33,206
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,327,669
Total liabilities, end of year
$306,852
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,020,817
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$588,825
Management and general expenses
$34,964
Fundraising expenses
$17,493
Program service expenses (Part III)
$588,825

Program services were 91.8% 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)

    $323,191

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $752,107

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,206 · excluded $33,206

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $223,854 · program services $193,468 · management and general $15,796 · fundraising $14,590

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,469 · program services $2,469

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $52,271 · program services $52,271

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,495 · management and general $4,495

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,569 · program services $7,569

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,911 · program services $3,523 · management and general $1,388

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $763 · program services $763

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,302 · management and general $8,302

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,211 · program services $14,211

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $169 · program services $169

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,244 · management and general $1,244

  • 24a · Other expenses: AMERICORPS MEMBER PAY

    total $196,923 · program services $196,923

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM OPERATIONS

    total $95,351 · program services $91,612 · management and general $3,739

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

    total $19,292 · program services $16,389 · fundraising $2,903

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    total $7,480 · program services $7,480

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,978 · program services $1,978 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $610,826 · end of year $418,204

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $905,779

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,686

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $57,231 · end of year $306,852

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $553,595 · end of year $1,020,817

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROTECT NEBRASKA'S NATURAL LEGACY BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES, AND INCREASING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

  • THE ORGANIZATION EDUCATED AND MOBILIZED NEIGHBORS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES AROUND CONSERVATION ISSUES THAT IMPACTED THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, SUCH AS CLEAN WATER, CONSERVING VALUABLE NEBRASKA LANDS, AND STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY. WE HOSTED EDUCATIONAL EVENTS REGARDING WATER QUALITY, SOIL HEALTH AND LAND STEWARDSHIP, AND BUILT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING UNIVERSITIES, NATURAL RESOURCE DISTRICTS AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, TO HARNESS COMMUNITY ENERGY AROUND CONSERVATION.

    Expenses $588,825

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian O'Neal

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Ayars

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eliot Bostar

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202543219349308184

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