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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS OF BASS RIVER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$468,744
Total expenses
$386,176
Contributions and grants received
$212,057
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$256,667
Investment income
$20
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$317,256
Total liabilities, end of year
$29,294
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$287,962
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$342,879
Management and general expenses
$39,851
Fundraising expenses
$3,446
Program service expenses (Part III)
$342,879

Program services were 88.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $212,057

  • 2a · Program service revenue: UBR RESTORATION

    total $256,317 · related or exempt $256,317

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION & OUTREACH

    total $350 · related or exempt $350

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20 · related or exempt $20

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $100,000 · program services $80,000 · management and general $20,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,978 · program services $6,382 · management and general $1,596

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,723 · management and general $5,723

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $230,601 · program services $229,360 · management and general $1,241

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $583 · program services $583

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,853 · program services $11,535 · management and general $1,635 · fundraising $2,683

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,759 · program services $112 · management and general $7,647

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $1,790 · program services $1,402 · fundraising $388

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,784 · program services $400 · management and general $2,009 · fundraising $375

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,596 · program services $7,596

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $5,509 · program services $5,509

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $253,359 · end of year $288,456

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

    $40,000

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

    $11,200

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $36,000 · end of year $28,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $76,765 · end of year $29,294

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $212,594 · end of year $287,962

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

OUR MISSION, THROUGH ACTIVE MONITORING, COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL ENTITIES, AND DIRECT RESTORATION MANAGEMENT, IS TO HELP PRESERVE AND PROTECT BASS RIVERS DELICATE ECOSYSTEM.

  • COLLABORATE: THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE TOWNS OF YARMOUTH AND DENNIS, THE YARMOUTH WATER RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE FORMER DHY PARTNERSHIP WE ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE ON A COMPREHENSIVE WASTEWATER PLAN THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER.

    Expenses $100,027

  • RESTORE: THE UPPER BASS RIVER RESTORATION PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM OVER 57 ACRES OF ABANDONED CRANBERRY BOGS BACK TO WETLANDS. CULVERT REPLACEMENT AND RESTORATION ENGINEERING WILL CREATE AN IMPROVED HABITAT AND ACCESS FOR ANADROMOUS SPECIES, IMPROVE COASTAL RESILIENCY, AND CREATE A SIGNIFICANT CARBON SINK TO CONTROL NITROGEN LOADING IN THIS HEAVILY POPULATED AREA.

    Expenses $222,433 · Revenue $256,317

  • EDUCATE: FRIENDS OF BASS RIVER WORKS TO EDUCATE ALL AGES ABOUT TOPICS PERTINENT TO THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER - FROM EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE DY SCHOOL SYSTEM TO OUR SEASONAL WATER TESTING PROGRAM WITH THE STONEHILL COLLEGE ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT. WE WORK TO EDUCATE OUR SUPPORTERS VIA DOWN-TO-EARTH ARTICLES ABOUT ESTUARY-RELATED SCIENCE IN OUR NEWSLETTERS & VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

    Expenses $20,419 · Revenue $350

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • RICK BISHOP

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
  • MATTHEW FITZSIMMONS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • KENNETH FOSTER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • ROBERT HARRISON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • ROBERT CHURCHILL JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JOSEPH MANNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • ERINN MCCARTY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • JOSEPH E TIERNEY

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0

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
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202612609349301101

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