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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by ROCK CREEK CONSERVANCY INC.

This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2025 , filed 6 August 2026. 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.

Listed under a different title

  • Meghan Quirk-Herrera: Interim Executive Until 425 then Interim Executive Dir Through 51
  • Tracy Bowen: Interim Executive Until 725 then Interim Executive Dir 51-77

Totals

Total revenue
$2,853,507
Total expenses
$2,299,708
Contributions and grants received
$2,521,927
Grants paid
$212
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$92,571
Other revenue
$239,009
Total assets, end of year
$3,153,999
Total liabilities, end of year
$152,499
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,001,500
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,062,126
Management and general expenses
$158,270
Fundraising expenses
$79,312
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,062,126

Program services were 89.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $265,251

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,256,676

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $12,123

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $92,571 · excluded $92,571

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $312,188

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $73,847

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $238,341 · excluded $238,341

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $668 · related or exempt $668

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $668

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $212 · program services $212

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $246,348 · program services $225,610 · management and general $14,180 · fundraising $6,558

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $794,934 · program services $728,013 · management and general $45,759 · fundraising $21,162

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,650 · program services $24,862 · management and general $363 · fundraising $425

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $26,690 · program services $16,870 · management and general $9,167 · fundraising $653

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $82,915 · program services $77,042 · management and general $3,742 · fundraising $2,131

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $788,172 · program services $728,922 · management and general $41,523 · fundraising $17,727

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $74,379 · program services $46,621 · management and general $4,382 · fundraising $23,376

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,038 · program services $34,030 · management and general $11,449 · fundraising $1,559

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,038 · program services $10,076 · management and general $806 · fundraising $156

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,958 · program services $3,862 · management and general $95 · fundraising $1

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $238 · management and general $238

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,935 · program services $12,830 · management and general $19,284 · fundraising $821

  • 24a · Other expenses: NPS Partnership

    total $114,978 · program services $111,764 · fundraising $3,214

  • 24b · Other expenses: PlanningOrganizational Devt

    total $995 · program services $780 · management and general $109 · fundraising $106

  • 24c · Other expenses: Administrative

    total $48,762 · program services $40,166 · management and general $7,173 · fundraising $1,423

  • 24d · Other expenses: Training

    total $466 · program services $466

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $643,404 · end of year $436,930

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,511,407 · end of year $2,085,295

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $77,213 · end of year $237,655

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,934 · end of year $26,256

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

    $22,728

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

    $20,968

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $1,760

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $318,146 · end of year $361,430

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $11,168 · end of year $4,673

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $154,931 · end of year $152,499

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,860,829 · end of year $1,919,407

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $556,512 · end of year $1,082,093

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Restore Rock Creek and its parklands as a natural oasis for all people to appreciate and protect.

  • Restoration: The Conservancy is the voice of Rock Creek, speaking on numerous stormwater, combined sewer, litter, and other pollution issues throughout the year. The Conservancy engaged thousands of volunteers to remove litter, sample water quality, and restore forests throughout the year to restore Rock Creek and its parklands. RCC expanded its partnerships to inspect and maintain green infrastructure with DC to include Montgomery County. Building on its launch in 2022, the Carter Barron Alliance continued to educate the Rock Creek Community about the restoration efforts of the Carter Barron Amphitheater. The Conservancy led efforts this year to build fundraising capacity for this effort. The Conservancy also spent the year engaging subject matter experts to create the Forest Resilience Framework that will be used as a tool to expand restoration efforts in Rock Creek Park and beyond.

    Expenses $1,760,176 · Grants $206

  • Environmental Stewardship: The Conservancy continued people-powered restoration efforts across 33 acres of forest habitat, at five mini-oases in Rock Creek Park, a proof of concept for landscape-scale habitat restoration. Weekly volunteer events and training of volunteer leaders continued inside the outside of the park and RCC continued to provide summer work experience to students from schools in both DC and Montgomery County as part of the Rock Creek Conservation Corps (RC3) Events like the Extreme Cleanup and the Weed Wrangle, offered hundreds the opportunity to remove litter and invasive plants from the entirety of the watershed in DC and Montgomery County. Water quality and litter monitoring collaborations with volunteers and regional environmental organizations continued, and expanded to include salt monitoring. The Recreate Responsibly campaign continued to educate park visitors about ways to reduce their impact on park resources while enjoying outdoor recreation. A program series, Race, History, and Rock Creek, explores the intersection of those issues. The Conservancy continued its program, Summer in the Parks to introduce community members to the Conservancy and the National Park Service.

    Expenses $301,950 · Grants $6

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jonathan Pattee

    Sr Director Development & Com

    Total calculated
    $124,118
    From this org
    $111,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,125
    Hours/week
    40

  • Meghan Quirk-Herrera

    Interim Executive Until 425

    Total calculated
    $109,536
    From this org
    $98,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,543
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dan Puskar

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $93,011
    From this org
    $85,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,634
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracy Bowen

    Interim Executive Until 725

    Total calculated
    $66,962
    From this org
    $61,978
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,984
    Hours/week
    40

  • Pavan Khoobchandani

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ryan Davies

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joel Elliot

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Bolden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kahlil Kettering

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kenneth Connolly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donna Potts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justin Kollinger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marlene Hunt Moss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rohan Patel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Molly Hill Patten

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine Nagel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amanda Leiter

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sherryl Newman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Gwen Lohse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Billy Mann

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julia Washburn

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
Filed
13 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202631049349300713

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