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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RIVANNA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$699,088
Total expenses
$642,944
Contributions and grants received
$693,088
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$6,000
Total assets, end of year
$456,192
Total liabilities, end of year
$994
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$455,198
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$545,500
Management and general expenses
$59,408
Fundraising expenses
$38,036
Program service expenses (Part III)
$545,500

Program services were 84.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $76,183

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $616,905

  • 11a · Other revenue: SCHEIER RENT

    total $6,000 · related or exempt $6,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $268,220 · program services $203,648 · management and general $39,944 · fundraising $24,628

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,498 · program services $8,398 · management and general $1,050 · fundraising $1,050

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $13,105 · program services $10,485 · management and general $1,310 · fundraising $1,310

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $20,643 · program services $15,687 · management and general $3,063 · fundraising $1,893

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,770 · program services $1,416 · management and general $177 · fundraising $177

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,254 · program services $2,325 · management and general $638 · fundraising $291

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $234 · program services $39 · management and general $193 · fundraising $2

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,938 · program services $3,170 · management and general $402 · fundraising $366

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,837 · program services $13,531 · management and general $1,653 · fundraising $1,653

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,297 · program services $6,938 · management and general $1,238 · fundraising $121

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,206 · program services $7,206 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,688 · program services $5,243 · management and general $1,075 · fundraising $370

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $8,578 · program services $8,578 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $261,109 · program services $252,728 · management and general $7,242 · fundraising $1,139

  • 24c · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $2,282 · program services $1,833 · management and general $225 · fundraising $224

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $1,000 · program services $800 · management and general $100 · fundraising $100

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,285 · program services $3,475 · management and general $1,098 · fundraising $4,712

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $258,872 · end of year $321,319

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

    $247,022

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

    $112,149

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $142,080 · end of year $134,873

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,898 · end of year $994

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $340,703 · end of year $455,198

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $58,351

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CONSERVE THE RIVANNA RIVER AND ITS WATERSHED THROUGH WATER QUALITY MONITORING, EDUCATION, RESTORATION, AND STEWARDSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO CONSERVE THE RIVANNA RIVER AND ITS WATERSHED THROUGH WATER QUALITY MONITORING, EDUCATION, RESTORATION, AND STEWARDHIP.

  • THE RIVANNA CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (RCA) IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE PROGRAMS ARE GUIDED BY THE BELIEF THAT HEALTHY WATERWAYS AND GREEN SPACES ARE ESSENTIAL TO A VIBRANT AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY. RCA FORMED IN 2016 WHEN TWO LONG-STANDING ORGANIZATIONS, THE RIVANNA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AND STREAMWATCH, JOINED TOGETHER. THIS MERGER BROUGHT TOGETHER A SCIENTIFICALLY RIGOROUS VOLUNTEER-SUPPORTED WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM WITH A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH, EDUCATION, WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP, ADVOCACY, AND RESTORATION. TODAY, RCA SERVES AS THE LOCAL VOICE OF THE RIVER AND ITS PROGRAMS ACTIVELY ENGAGE UP TO 1,000 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR, CONNECTING THEM TO OUR STREAMS AND RIVERS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, APPRECIATION,AND STEWARDSHIP. RCA IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT IN VIRGINIA TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AT THE HIGHTEST LEVEL FOR BACTERIA AND BIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY MONITORING. LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES USE RCAS DATA TO INFORM THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS USE IT TO GUIDE THEIR DECISIONS ABOUT SAFE RIVER RECREATION. RCA LEADS A RANGE OF OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING WATERSHED EXPLORATION FIELD TRIPS FOR OVER 1,200 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS EACH YEAR AND THE ANNUAL RIVANNA RIVERFEST. RCA CARRIES OUT RESTORATION PROJECTS TO REDUCE WATER POLLUTION AND RESTORE THE HEALTH OF OUR WATERWAYS AND RIVERSIDE FORESTS. RCA ALSO ORGANIZES VOLUNTEER WORKDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOCUSED ON CLEANING UP STREAMS, MANAGING INVASIVE PLANTS, AND PLANTING NATIVE TREES.

    Expenses $545,500 · Grants $532,500 · Revenue $534,167

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Wittenborn

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $69,129
    From this org
    $69,129
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

  • Robert Troy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David G Smith

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Nix

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha Morris

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angus Murdoch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sam Truslow

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ami Riscassi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Justin Barnes

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nalini Ayya

    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
2024
Filed
17 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349301744

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