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← WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WOLF RIVER 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This return was superseded by a later amendment.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 2024 , filed 20 February 2026. 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.

Total revenue
$3,161,357 changed to $2,818,902
Total expenses
$1,807,661 changed to $1,465,207
Contributions and grants received
$2,706,640 changed to $2,364,185
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,448,026 changed to $12,448,027
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,704,410 changed to $10,704,409
Program services expenses
$1,100,716 changed to $758,264
Management and general expenses
$505,229 changed to $472,944
Fundraising expenses
$201,716 changed to $233,999
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,100,716 changed to $758,264

Listed under a different title

  • John Hartney: SECRETARY then CFO

Totals

Total revenue
$3,161,357
Total expenses
$1,807,661
Contributions and grants received
$2,706,640
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$160,677
Other revenue
$294,040
Total assets, end of year
$23,152,436
Total liabilities, end of year
$12,448,026
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,704,410
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,100,716
Management and general expenses
$505,229
Fundraising expenses
$201,716
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,100,716

Program services were 60.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,706,640

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $269,194 · related or exempt $269,194

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $26,353 · other assets $373,358

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $508,228

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $26,353 · other assets -$134,870

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$108,517 · related or exempt -$108,517

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $367,605

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $73,565

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $294,040

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $896,500 · program services $570,690 · management and general $160,722 · fundraising $165,088

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $122,509 · program services $79,410 · management and general $14,614 · fundraising $28,485

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $438,862 · program services $370,794 · management and general $68,068

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,026 · program services $1,080 · management and general $10,360 · fundraising $7,586

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $106,096 · program services $11,699 · management and general $93,840 · fundraising $557

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,166 · program services $10,011 · management and general $59,155

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,142 · program services $1,670 · management and general $15,472

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,660 · program services $12,660

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,234 · program services $6,234

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $27,184 · management and general $27,184

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,973 · management and general $16,973

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $37,332 · program services $156 · management and general $37,176

  • 24b · Other expenses: LAND MAINTENANCE

    total $21,541 · program services $21,541

  • 24c · Other expenses: TAXES & LICENSES

    total $14,771 · program services $14,771

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $1,665 · management and general $1,665

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,633,528 · end of year $12,257,562

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,665 · end of year $928,991

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

    $3,287,996

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

    $136,647

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,652,988 · end of year $3,151,349

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,806,302 · end of year $6,814,534

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $123,902 · end of year $641,715

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $95,000 · end of year $11,657,770

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $253,000 · end of year $148,541

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,614,342 · end of year $8,446,649

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,038,239 · end of year $2,257,761

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE TO CONSERVE AND ENHANCE THE WOLF RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONMENT AS A NATURAL RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LOW IMPACT RECREATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONSERVATION OF THE WOLF RIVER ENVIRONMENT AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANACE OF CONSERVATION.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PAID TO DESIGN AND MAINTAIN THE NATURAL GREENWAY ALONG THE WOLF RIVER. THIS GREENWAY WILL BE USED FOR CONSERVATION, A NATURAL RESOURCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND LOW IMPACT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

    Expenses $688,208 · Revenue $1,759,975

  • THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS VARIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WOLF RIVER AND ITS CONSERVATION. THERE WAS ALSO A DONATION OF THE GREENWAY TRAIL TO THE CITY OF MEMPHIS IN 2022 TOTALING 7,854,474.

    Expenses $112,659 · Revenue $288,108

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE A PERCENTAGE OF SALARIES, OTHER COST OF ACTIVITIES, ETC.

    Expenses $226,284 · Revenue $578,685

  • THE ORGANIZATION HELD ITS ANNUAL GREENWAY DINNER. THIS EVENT PROVIDES THE ORGANIZATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE WOLF RIVER. IT ALSO PROMOTES THE CONSERVATION OF THE RIVER BY INFORMING THE PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT THE RIVER IS TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE MID-SOUTH REGION.

    Expenses $73,565 · Revenue $368,690

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erik Houston

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $124,519
    From this org
    $124,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susan Graham

    CDO

    Total calculated
    $102,125
    From this org
    $102,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Hartney

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $18,750
    From this org
    $18,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kassandra Bernskoetter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jared Bigler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Will Bladt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Darin Blunck

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Don Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jim Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Scott Dawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Sam Fargostein

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Steve Franklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Fred H Geyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Chip Greer

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Alana Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Skeet Haag

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Kristopher C Horne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Mitchell Lansky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Dedric McGhee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • David Scully

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Carol Seamons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Michael Seeker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Percie A Strong-Jenkins

    TREASURER

    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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523219349313612

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