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← LAKE MICHIGAN BIRD OBSERVATORY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LAKE MICHIGAN BIRD OBSERVATORY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$557,024
Total expenses
$370,238
Contributions and grants received
$552,791
Grants paid
$5,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,233
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$328,338
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,342
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$316,996
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$272,943
Management and general expenses
$41,753
Fundraising expenses
$55,542
Program service expenses (Part III)
$272,943

Program services were 73.7% 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

    $14,417

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $122,494

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $415,880

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,233 · related or exempt $4,233

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $214,386 · program services $147,598 · management and general $22,929 · fundraising $43,859

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,597 · program services $11,290 · management and general $1,755 · fundraising $3,552

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $4,200 · program services $4,200

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $8,117 · program services $8,117

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,134 · program services $321 · management and general $2,574 · fundraising $1,239

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,980 · program services $2,223 · management and general $714 · fundraising $43

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,970 · program services $468 · management and general $1,235 · fundraising $267

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,835 · program services $5,980 · management and general $1,890 · fundraising $965

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,460 · program services $3,254 · fundraising $206

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,322 · program services $1,322

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,387 · program services $3,077 · management and general $879 · fundraising $431

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

    total $83,848 · program services $79,215 · management and general $768 · fundraising $3,865

  • 24b · Other expenses: AUTO EXPENSE

    total $6,763 · management and general $6,763

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & CC FEES

    total $1,114 · management and general $140 · fundraising $974

  • 24d · Other expenses: LATE FEES

    total $1,051 · management and general $1,051

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,074 · program services $878 · management and general $1,055 · fundraising $141

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,496 · end of year $262,144

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $3,124

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

    $26,445

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

    $1,322

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $25,123

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $33,714 · end of year $37,947

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,113

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $10,229

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $130,210 · end of year $316,996

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BIRD RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION IN THE WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • IN ORDER TO CONSERVE BIRDS IN THE WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN REGION, WE SPONSORED BIRD COUNTS, ENCOURAGED HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS, DISTRIBUTED BIRD HOUSES, ORGANIZED MEETINGS OF LIKE MINDED GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS TO DISCUSS WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING IN THE CONSERVATION MOVEMENT, AND ESTABLISHED AUTOMATED BIRD TRACKING STATIONS.

    Expenses $272,943 · Grants $5,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dan Anhalt

    CORPORATE TR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Laurel Cutright

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Nicholas Gall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Shawn Graff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jill Kunsmann

    CORPORATE SE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Brittany Peters

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Jennifer Rothstein

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Susan Schmacher

    CEO & BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Carl Schwartz

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • Andrew Struck

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503189349305760

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