Form 990 for tax year 2022

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2022 , filed 6 March 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue

$5,337,538 →changed to $5,370,457

Total expenses

$10,832,257 →changed to $10,848,791

Contributions and grants received

$5,292,594 →changed to $5,318,747

Other revenue

$2,354 →changed to $9,120

Total liabilities, end of year

$183,071 →changed to $140,817

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,504,031 →changed to $12,546,285

Program services expenses

$10,491,955 →changed to $10,508,489

Program service expenses (Part III)

$10,491,955 →changed to $10,508,489

Totals

Total revenue

$5,337,538

Total expenses

$10,832,257

Contributions and grants received

$5,292,594

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$42,590

Other revenue

$2,354

Total assets, end of year

$12,687,102

Total liabilities, end of year

$183,071

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,504,031

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$10,491,955

Management and general expenses

$334,984

Fundraising expenses

$5,318

Program service expenses (Part III)

$10,491,955

Program services were 96.9% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PROTECTS AND RESTORES WATERWAYS THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS THAT INCLUDES LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND REGULATORY AGENCIES SUCH AS THE KY DIVISION OF WATER. IN 2022, KWA CONTINUED OUR WATERSHED WORK IN THE RED RIVER GORGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FRIENDS OF RED RIVER AND THE US FOREST SERVICE. WE REPLACED SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT WERE LEAKING INTO THE RIVER, CLEANED UP TRASH AND TIRES IN THE RIVER, EDUCATED LOCAL STUDENTS AND ADULTS, AND ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY IN THE WILD & SCENIC RED RIVER FESTIVAL. WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORTED THE BEARGRASS CREEK ALLIANCE, ORGANIZING MEETINGS, HOSTING CLEANUPS, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE WATERSHED PLAN WITH THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT. WE SUPPORT THE SALT RIVER AND GREEN RIVER WATERSHED WATCH GROUPS, AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERWAYS ACROSS THE STATE.

  Expenses $1,049,196

• THE WATER POLICY PROGRAM IS OUR ADVOCACY PROGRAM IN WHICH KWA MAKES THE CASE FOR EFFECTIVE REGULATIONS THAT PROTECT WATERWAYS IN KENTUCKY, AND WE PUBLICIZE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO OUR MEMBERS. IN 2022, WE SPOKE OUT ON A RANGE OF NATIONAL ISSUES, INCLUDING OPPOSING EFFORTS TO WEAKEN THE CLEAN WATER ACT PROTECTIONS FOR SMALL STREAMS AND WETLANDS AND IN FAVOR OF THE USE OF NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT. KWA ALSO PARTICIPATED IN EFFORTS TO ATTRACT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.

  Expenses $1,049,196

• THE KENTUCKY AQUATIC RESOURCE FUND (KARF) IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN KWA AND THE US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE WHICH MANAGES AND DISBURSES FUNDS THAT PROTECT AND RESTORE THE HABITAT OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED AQUATIC WILDLIFE. IN 2022, KARF FUNDED OVER 10 MILLION OF PROJECTS. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE DEMOLITION OF GREEN RIVER LOCK AND DAM 5 (PARTIALLY COMPLETED), STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTS IN PULASKI, MENIFEE, LINCOLN, AND ROWAN COUNTIES; PURCHASED MUSSEL PROPAGATION EQUIPMENT FOR THE MOLLUSK CONSERVATION CENTER; CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAM FOR DARTERS; AND SURVEYS FOR ENDANGERED FRESHWATER MUSSELS.

  Expenses $5,245,976

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - SPONSOR RIVER CLEANUPS, RIVER RECREATIONAL PADDLE EVENTS. AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO HELP CLEANUP AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE BEAUTY AND IMPORTANCE OF OUR WATERWAYS. DEVELOPED AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM TO USE VISUAL ART TO CONVEY THE ISSUES AROUND RIVER CLEANUP AND POLLUTION. OUTREACH TO MINORITY-LED GROUPS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO REACH NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES WITH AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT.

  Expenses $3,147,587

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

14 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202313189349300236

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