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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$502,724
Total expenses
$335,063
Contributions and grants received
$356,022
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$135,040
Investment income
$11,662
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$499,469
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$499,469
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$255,647
Management and general expenses
$79,416
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$255,647

Program services were 76.3% 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)

    $200,604

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $155,418

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICE

    total $135,040 · related or exempt $135,040

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,662 · excluded $11,662

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $121,388 · program services $97,110 · management and general $24,278

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $47,937 · program services $38,350 · management and general $9,587

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,064 · program services $11,251 · management and general $2,813

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,000 · program services $1,000 · management and general $1,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,135 · program services $4,135

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $118 · management and general $118

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,459 · program services $27,432 · management and general $27,027

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,360 · management and general $5,360

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,989 · program services $20,989

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,866 · program services $7,866

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,233 · management and general $9,233

  • 24a · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES EXPENSE

    total $46,964 · program services $46,964

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUEL EXPENSE

    total $550 · program services $550

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $293,297 · end of year $405,885

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

    $108,713

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

    $15,129

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,511 · end of year $93,584

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $331,808 · end of year $466,789

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $32,680

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SERVING MANATEE, SARASOTA, HILLSBOROUGH, & PINELLAS COUNTIES ON FLORIDA'S GULF COAST, OYSTER RIVER ECOLOGY'S MISSION IS TO RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS AND PRESERVE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS WHILE INCREASING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS ON WHICH WE ALL RELY. ORE IS A RESULTS-FOCUSED 501 (C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OF ECOLOGISTS, RESTORATION PRACTITIONERS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS. WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE HABITAT RESTORATION, STEWARDSHIP, BEAUTIFICATION, AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT TO BENEFIT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HUMANS AND WILDLIFE ALIKE, BOTH NOW AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

  • ORE'S OYSTER HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM IS MAKING LARGE-SCALE OYSTER HABITAT RESTORATION A REALITY IN OUR AREA. IN JANUARY 2024, ORE RECEIVED ALL NECESSARY PERMITS TO BEGIN OYSTER REEF RESTORATION ON OUR FIRST TEN-ACRE AREA IN THE MANATEE RIVER THAT WILL SUPPORT LARGE, HEALTHY PRODUCTIVE OYSTERS. OUR 10-ACRE RESTORATION SITE IS BY FAR THE LARGEST OYSTER RESTORATION PROJECT ON THE SUNCOAST. HAVING ACHIEVED THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ACQUIRING PERMITS, WE HAVE STARTED OYSTER RESTORATION AND ARE SEEKING FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE INITIAL 10 ACRES WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY RE-INTRODUCING HARD SUBSTRATES (AKA CULTCH) TO THE SEAFLOOR/RIVER BOTTOM ALLOWING LARVAL OYSTERS TO ATTACH AND GROW INTO A FULLY FUNCTIONING OYSTER REEF.

    Expenses $201,792

  • ORE'S WATERSHED HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF ALL OTHER HABITATS OUTSIDE OF OUR OYSTER RESTORATION PROGRAM. WITH A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION TECHNIQUES AND A PROJECT PORTFOLIO FULL OF REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT RESTORATION PROJECTS INCLUDING ROBINSON PRESERVE, PERICO PRESERVE, TOM BENNET PARK, UNGARELLI PRESERVE AND MORE, ORE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AND SEVERAL OF ORE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS) HAS THE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION PROJECTS THROUGH THE WATERSHED. ORE'S PROJECTS UNDER THIS PROGRAM TO DATE HAVE FOCUSED ON AS THIS PROGRAM MATURES, WE INTEND TO IMPLEMENT LARGE-SCALE UPLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE FULL SCALE GROUNDCOVER RESTORATION OF HIGHLY DIVERSE NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS LIKE PINE FLATWOODS AND SCRUB. WE ARE ALSO DEEPLY EXPERIENCED DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING FRESHWATER WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECTS WHICH WILL BECOME A LARGER PART OF OUR PROJECT PORTFOLIO AS WE GROW.

    Expenses $31,624 · Revenue $135,040

  • ORE'S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IS INTERTWINED WITH ALL OUR WORK. WE OPERATE UNDER THE PREMISE THAT THE BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE BROAD AND LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS IS TO ENGAGE WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE DURING ALL PHASES OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND TARGETED EDUCATION TOWARDS THOSE WHO ARE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL WORLD AROUND THEM. THIS IS WHY ALL THE WORK WE DO INCLUDES AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT TO MAKE THEM DIRECT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND PROVE FIRSTHAND THAT THEY CAN BE A POSITIVE FORCE IN RESTORING THE NATURAL WORLD.

    Expenses $22,231

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Damon Moore

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,900
    From this org
    $120,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ryan Horstman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rusty Chinnis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keegan Murphy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elliot Prout

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Leggett-Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison Albee

    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
2025
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611189349300131

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