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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SAVE OUR SALUDA.

Totals

Total revenue
$323,188
Total expenses
$328,945
Contributions and grants received
$323,188
Grants paid
$189,424
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$73,321
Total liabilities, end of year
-$183
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$73,504
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$321,048
Management and general expenses
$7,897
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$321,048

Program services were 97.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,075

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $219,507

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $102,606

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $13,521 · program services $13,521

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $175,903 · program services $175,903

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $96,072 · program services $96,072

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $32,501 · program services $32,501

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,750 · management and general $1,750

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $163 · management and general $163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $76 · management and general $76

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,494 · program services $2,277 · management and general $217

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $33 · management and general $33

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,700 · management and general $2,700

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,693 · management and general $2,693

  • 24a · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $561 · program services $457 · management and general $104

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank & Payment Processing

    total $317 · program services $317

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $109 · management and general $109

  • 24d · Other expenses: Annual Registration

    total $52 · management and general $52

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $69,810 · end of year $66,571

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $13,500

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

    $6,750

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,450 · end of year $6,750

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year -$183

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $79,260 · end of year $73,504

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE UPPER SALUDA WATERSHED THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AWARENESS, ADVOCACY, AND SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO THREATS TO THE SALUDA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES

  • Project Management & Consulting on the below conservation initiatives

    Expenses $128,789

  • Ledford-Railroad Creek Cattle Crossing, Watering Facilities, Fencing, and Streambank, Road, and Drainage Stabilization Project: Streambank grading and installation of boulder toe rock (160 ft), Installation of 2 in-stream rock vane structures, Streambank seeding and coir matting, Live staking and plugs planted on lower streambank slopes, Watering facilities (well rehabilitation, water lines, 2 heavy use areas with watering troughs, Fencing (1,800 feet), Road and drainage stabilization (835 feet) and culverts (3), 5 Rock lined waterways (2,904 ft2)

    Expenses $67,948 · Grants $67,527

  • Walker- North Saluda Streambank and Farm Road Stabilization Project: Streambank grading and installation of boulder toe rock (160 ft), Installation of three in-stream boulder j-hook structures, Streambank seeding and coir matting, Live staking, native bare roots, and plugs planted on streambank slopes, Containerized native trees and shrubs in planted riparian buffer, Two rock lined waterways constructed (2,625 ft2), Stabilized of farm access roads (~2,300 feet)

    Expenses $62,476 · Grants $62,225

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Melanie Ruhlman

    President

    Total calculated
    $96,072
    From this org
    $96,072
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Miller

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Chris Gregory

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Clayton Burton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Frank Holleman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Peter van der Hurk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Letitia Short

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Bill Powell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443239349300604

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