Totals
- Total revenue
- $231,175
- Total expenses
- $158,185
- Contributions and grants received
- $231,175
- Grants paid
- $2,400
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $353,010
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $353,010
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $106,917
- Management and general expenses
- $27,038
- Fundraising expenses
- $24,230
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $106,917
Program services were 67.6% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$147,190
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$4,181
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$79,804
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$4,181
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $2,400 · program services $2,400
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0 · program services $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $8 · program services $0 · management and general $8
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $84,131 · program services $65,785 · management and general $18,346
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,638 · program services $0 · management and general $2,638
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,260 · program services $0 · management and general $530 · fundraising $1,730
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14 · Information technology
total $1,714 · program services $1,714
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $12,240 · program services $12,240
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17 · Travel
total $2,613 · program services $0 · management and general $2,613
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $643 · program services $0 · management and general $643
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0
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23 · Insurance
total $628 · program services $0 · management and general $628
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24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions
total $1,632 · program services $0 · management and general $1,632 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Field Supplies
total $14,778 · program services $14,778 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Endowment Fund contribution
total $10,000 · program services $10,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Trailer Purchase - Owl Bander Housing
total $22,500 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $22,500
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $73,244 · end of year $146,131
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $206,772 · end of year $206,875
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $4 · end of year $4
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0
-
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $73,244 · end of year $146,131
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $206,776 · end of year $206,879
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Scientific Research on the migration of birds in the Straits of Mackinac located between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. We also engage in educational endeavors associated with this research.
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Owl Banding and Research. Owls are netted and banded during the spring and fall migration. Data on the owls is recorded and shared with appropriate scientific research groups. During the fall migration MSRW netted and safely banded and released 702 owls. The owls were categorized by sex and age, banded and safely released. Data recorded was shared with other scientific research organizations.
Expenses $35,141 · Grants $17,700
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Hawk Count by species during Spring and Fall migrations. During the Spring and Fall raptors of 24 different species were counted and categorized by day. During the spring and fall migration over 67,000 raptors of 23 different species were counted and categorized in Mackinaw City and on Mackinac Island All data was recorded and shared with other scientific organizations. In 2022 MSRW caught 15 Red Tailed Hawks and attached GPS/GSM Transmitters to these birds. The birds were safely released. The migration patterns of these hawks are be tracked and recorded.
Expenses $48,191 · Grants $21,944
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Water bird migration during both spring and fall of 2021 included over 132,000 migrants of 164 different species. The results were tabulated by day and recorded. Data was shared with appropriate scientific research organizations.
Expenses $14,547
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MSRW provides public information and education through a Raptor Naturalist program at the count sites. The naturalist provides information to the public, verbal and in print, about the birds that are seen overhead and explains the count techniques. In addition, the organization administrator and contractual researchers are available to give talks about the organization's research activities and goals.
Expenses $9,038 · Grants $6,800
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Scott Davis
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $33,020
- From this org
- $33,020
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Gayle Kirby
Chairmen
- Total calculated
- $2,250
- From this org
- $2,250
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Russ Edmonds
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Bert Ebbers
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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John Merrill
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Catherine T Freebairn
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Jon Frederickson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Michael Turisk
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Will Peregord
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Linda Orlow
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Jeff Dykehouse
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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
- 12 May 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202441349349303999
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