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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,981,120
Total expenses
$2,681,177
Contributions and grants received
$2,861,845
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$119,275
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,408,992
Total liabilities, end of year
$720,063
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,688,929
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,455,569
Management and general expenses
$56,892
Fundraising expenses
$168,716
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,455,569

Program services were 91.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,329,523

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,532,322

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,432

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $119,275 · excluded $119,275

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $676,359 · program services $515,094 · management and general $84,061 · fundraising $77,204

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $304,497 · program services $230,104 · management and general $39,818 · fundraising $34,575

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,414,718 · program services $1,382,574 · management and general $25,200 · fundraising $6,944

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,663 · program services $43 · management and general $1,620

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,751 · management and general $63,751

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,390 · program services $19,807 · management and general -$9,516 · fundraising $5,099

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,732 · program services $3,553 · management and general $1,371 · fundraising $6,808

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,983 · program services $2,199 · management and general $13,784

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,698 · management and general $36,698

  • 24a · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES

    total $72,897 · program services $72,897

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTER EXPENSE

    total $28,328 · program services $231 · management and general $27,452 · fundraising $645

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $16,476 · program services $12,300 · management and general $767 · fundraising $3,409

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE & SHIPPING

    total $6,717 · program services $4,039 · management and general $1,109 · fundraising $1,569

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,968 · program services $212,728 · management and general -$229,223 · fundraising $32,463

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,789,109 · end of year $411,114

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $306,952 · end of year $144,231

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $710,824 · end of year $978,405

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $45,740 · end of year $42,480

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

    $150,872

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

    $119,541

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $30,550 · end of year $31,331

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,105,711 · end of year $3,694,118

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $165,929 · end of year $107,313

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $724,784 · end of year $601,828

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,201 · end of year $8,800

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $167,604 · end of year $109,435

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,301,282 · end of year $2,485,506

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,958,944 · end of year $2,203,423

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE, AND FORESTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE, AND FORESTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • THE STREAM RESTORATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS STREAM BANK EROSION, FAILING ROAD STREAM CROSSINGS, DAMS, AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS SITES, WHICH CAUSE ADVERSE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS TO ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND THREATEN THE ECOLOGY OF ENTIRE WATERSHEDS. RESTORATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE FOR ROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION MEASURES, DAM REMOVAL, AND STREAM CHANNEL RESTORATION TO IMPROVE HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY. FOUR MILLION ACRES IN FIFTEEN COUNTIES AND FIFTEEN STREAMS HAVE BEEN AIDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,843,423

  • THE LANDOWNER & SITE SERVICES PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS BY DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT PLANS TO KEEP WILDLIFE CORRIDORS OPEN BETWEEN EXISTING NATURAL AREAS AND ALONG RIVER CORRIDORS, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE UNRESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF WILDLIFE AND THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY. CORRIDORS ALONG WETLANDS AND STREAMS CONTAIN A HIGH DIVERSITY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS WHOSE HABITAT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY FRAGMENTED BY DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $423,790

  • THE PLANNING AND CONSULTING PROGRAMS INVOLVE FACILITATING LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING IN CRA'S SERVICE AREA, PLUS AGILE AND CAREFULLY MATCHED INVOLVEMENT IN REGIONAL EFFORTS AT THE STATE, GREAT LAKES AND NATIONAL SCALE. THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND CONSULTING WORK, CRA IS COMMITTED TO STAYING PROACTIVE AND HIGHLY CURRENT ON EACH LOCAL WATERSHED AND CORRIDOR. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED VALUE BY SHARING OUR SUCCESSFUL MODELS WITH OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES.

    Expenses $188,356

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Hubbell

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.2

  • Diane Vanderveen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.6

  • Mike Donahue

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bob Garner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Chris Bates

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.3

  • Pete Stalker

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4

  • William Sundstrom

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Nora Balgoyen

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.6

  • Dick Redmond

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

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
24 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401779349300010

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