Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,614,621

Total expenses

$1,514,300

Contributions and grants received

$1,611,428

Grants paid

$53,521

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$4,497

Other revenue

-$1,304

Total assets, end of year

$1,150,629

Total liabilities, end of year

$504,131

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$646,498

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,088,556

Management and general expenses

$133,238

Fundraising expenses

$292,506

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,088,556

Program services were 71.9% 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 · 2023

• BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM: WE LEAD AND MANAGE THE METROPOLITAN BEACHES COMMISSION FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, WHICH ISSUES AN ANNUAL REPORT FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE STATE OF THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET. OUR BETTER BEACHES PROGRAM STRENGTHENS BOSTON'S WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE REGION'S BEACHFRONT COMMUNITIES BY HOSTING AND SPONSORING HUNDREDS OF FREE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET INCLUDING CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, CLAMBAKES AND FAMILY NIGHTS, SAND SCULPTURE COMPETITIONS AND HEALTHY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDING SWIMMING AND KAYAKING. THE FOCUS OF THESE EVENTS IS TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE SPACES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO FACE PHYSICAL, LANGUAGE, MONETARY AND OTHER BARRIERS TO ENJOY OUR REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES.

  Expenses $454,110

• YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS: SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY RUNS THE REGION'S LARGEST FREE, HARBOR-FOCUSED YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, CONNECTING OVER 300,000 YOUTH, TEENS AND FAMILIES TO BOSTON HARBOR AND THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS SINCE WE BEGAN THEM IN 2002. OUR FREE PROGRAMS INCLUDE EXCURSIONS TO SPECTACLE AND GEORGES ISLANDS IN THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, AND FISHING TRIPS TO GIVE SMALLER COMMUNITY GROUPS A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE SPECIES IN THE HARBOR. IN 2023, SAVE THE HARBOR ENGAGED 19,030 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN FREE, DIVERSE, AND ACCESSIBLE YOUTH-LED PROGRAMS ON THE BOSTON HARBOR, THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES AND THE BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS AND FUNDED 217 FREE BEACH EVENTS FROM NAHANT TO NANTASKET THROUGH THE BETTER BEACHES GRANT PROGRAM.

  Expenses $396,515

• CLEAN WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY: SAVE THE HARBOR CONVENES AND LEADS AN INDEPENDENT BEACHES SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH PRODUCES AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD ON WATER QUALITY AND BEACH FLAGGING ACCURACY ON THE METROPOLITAN REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES THAT ARE MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION. IT ALSO ADVISES US AS WE DEVELOP SITE SPECIFIC PLANS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY ON THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES.WE ALSO CHAIR THE OUTFALL MONITORING SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL'S (OMSAP) PUBLIC INTEREST ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PIAC) AND SERVE ON THE BOSTON HARBOR DREDGING PROJECT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND ON THE CITY OF BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL HARBOR PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BOTH THE DOWNTOWN AND THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT.

  Expenses $143,806

• THE BOSTON HARBOR WOMEN OF COLOR COALITION CREATES A SPACE THAT CENTERS ON WOMEN OF COLOR AND IS FOCUSED ON CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS, CREATING PROFESSIONAL PATHWAYS OF ADVANCEMENT, DEVELOPING CULTURALLY INFORMED PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS, AND BUILDING STRATEGIES TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

  Expenses $40,604

• SINCE 2008, SAVE THE HARBOR/SAVE THE BAY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION TO AWARD SMALL GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS WHO ACTIVATE THE REGION'S PUBLIC BEACHES THROUGH FREE PUBLIC EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ON PUBLIC BEACHES IN NAHANT, LYNN, REVERE, WINTHROP, EAST BOSTON, SOUTH BOSTON, DORCHESTER, QUINCY, AND HULL.

  Expenses $53,521 · Grants $53,521

As filed on the 2023 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

• CARIBBEAN AMERICAN CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON

  $7,000

  SUPPORT FREE PUBLIC EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ON PUBLIC BEACHES

• TRIANGLE INC

  $5,500

  SUPPORT FREE PUBLIC EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ON PUBLIC BEACHES

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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