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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OHIO RIVER FOUNDATION.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 25 June 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$730,085
Total expenses
$468,927
Contributions and grants received
$643,099
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$80,432
Investment income
$1,899
Other revenue
$4,655
Total assets, end of year
$548,003
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,172
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$536,831
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$361,962
Management and general expenses
$71,421
Fundraising expenses
$35,544
Program service expenses (Part III)
$361,962

Program services were 77.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $34,448

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $91,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $517,651

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Government contract

    total $62,355 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: River explorer program

    total $13,602 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Mussels in the classroom

    total $2,225 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Other programs

    total $2,250 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,899 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,899

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $120,907

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $34,448

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $116,252

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,655 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,655

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,857 · program services $51,918 · management and general $7,689 · fundraising $16,250

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $216,828 · program services $191,829 · management and general $12,712 · fundraising $12,287

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $46,701 · program services $36,161 · management and general $10,141 · fundraising $399

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,535 · program services $18,212 · management and general $1,401 · fundraising $1,922

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,857 · program services $1,495 · management and general $10,086 · fundraising $1,276

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,306 · program services $1,068 · management and general $4,238 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,398 · program services $1,690 · management and general $6,708 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,824 · program services $2,641 · management and general $1,933 · fundraising $3,250

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,030 · program services $25,578 · management and general $1,452 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $798 · program services $0 · management and general $798 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $30,329 · program services $26,163 · management and general $4,166 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event costs (not direct fundraising)

    total $9,779 · program services $1,671 · management and general $8,108 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional development

    total $1,230 · program services $35 · management and general $1,035 · fundraising $160

  • 24d · Other expenses: Storage and equipment rental

    total $3,625 · program services $3,448 · management and general $177 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $830 · program services $53 · management and general $777 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $250,576 · end of year $253,950

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $97 · end of year $201,998

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $91,805

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $11,172

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,176 · end of year $120,287

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $182,497 · end of year $416,544

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To protect and improve the Ohio River and its watershed through advocacy, habitat restoration, school education, and youth programs.

  • Conservation: The primary objective of our restoration and advocacy work is to drive significant improvements in the health of the Ohio River watershed and create climate change resilient habitats. Consistent with the ORF strategic plan, this involves developing and recommending priorities for the Organizations policy work, engaging our members and implementing restoration elements of the plan. We utilize a combination of strategies to help achieve a reduction in watershed pollution and restoration and protection of critical habitats. Our focus is government policies; private sector practices; and citizen engagement.

    Expenses $188,198 · Revenue $62,355

  • Education: ORFs education programs are responsible for leading students and teachers in hands-on, enironmental education experiences. Through education programs, our professional educators use innovative teaching methods to engage students in real- world issues and scientific inquiry, exciting and encouraging them to take action to protect our natural resources. Student conservation leadership program activities during the summer further train student leaders from area high schools. Our river explorer field trips and first-in-the-nation mussels in the classroom experiences reach thousands of students each year in greater Cincinnati, Columbus and Lexington.

    Expenses $154,038 · Revenue $17,462

  • Communications: Communications activities market ORF, educate and engage the public, and mobilize support for organizational priorities and Ohio River watershed protection and restoration efforts. Communication tactics are to develop well-researched messages and deliver them through integrated channels, including: earned, paid or donated media; digital media, including the ORF website, social media, and outbound e-mails; and any other forms of direct or indirect communications with our members and the public at large.

    Expenses $19,726

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rich Cogen

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $84,200
    From this org
    $65,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,200
    Hours/week
    40

  • Bill Hayes

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Jones

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Allen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Voss

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Molly

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Bloch

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Sperber

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Faillo

    Trustee

    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
2023
Filed
25 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422029349300302

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