Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE.

Totals

Total revenue: $4,327,596
Total expenses: $4,025,890
Contributions and grants received: $4,080,969
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $246,627
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $5,601,057
Total liabilities, end of year: $545,679
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $5,055,378
Program services expenses (Part IX): $3,625,629
Management and general expenses: $217,008
Fundraising expenses: $183,253
Program service expenses (Part III): $3,625,629

Program services were 90.1% 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)

$2,586,688
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,494,281
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$112,145
3 · Investment income

total $236,627 · excluded $236,627
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

other assets $10,000
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

other assets $10,000
7d · Net gain or loss

total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

7 · Other salaries and wages

total $771,766 · program services $543,818 · management and general $143,728 · fundraising $84,220
9 · Other employee benefits

total $358,864 · program services $255,591 · management and general $63,680 · fundraising $39,593
11g · Fees: other

total $2,501,479 · program services $2,458,817 · management and general $37,680 · fundraising $4,982
13 · Office expenses

total $3,780 · management and general $3,685 · fundraising $95
16 · Occupancy

total $63,751 · management and general $63,751
17 · Travel

total $19,557 · program services $14,870 · fundraising $4,687
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $28,515 · program services $21,652 · management and general $4,607 · fundraising $2,256
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $23,484 · program services $2,657 · management and general $20,827
23 · Insurance

total $43,062 · management and general $43,062
24a · Other expenses: FIELD SUPPLIES

total $70,546 · program services $70,546
24b · Other expenses: IN-KIND

total $62,441 · management and general $62,441
24c · Other expenses: COMPUTER EXPENSE

total $32,825 · program services $452 · management and general $32,086 · fundraising $287
24d · Other expenses: PRINTING

total $17,515 · program services $12,326 · management and general $1,155 · fundraising $4,034
24e · All other expenses

total $28,305 · program services $244,900 · management and general -$259,694 · fundraising $43,099

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $411,114 · end of year $199,843
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $144,231 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $978,405 · end of year $766,425
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $42,480 · end of year $65,116
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$158,102
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$87,854
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $31,331 · end of year $70,248
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $3,694,118 · end of year $4,452,669
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $107,313 · end of year $46,756
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $601,828 · end of year $491,556
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $8,800 · end of year $6,050
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $109,435 · end of year $48,073
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,485,506 · end of year $2,699,822
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $2,203,423 · end of year $2,355,556

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CONSERVATION RESOURCE ALLIANCE'S MISSION IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE, AND FORESTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE, AND FORESTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THE STREAM RESTORATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS STREAM BANK EROSION, FAILING ROAD STREAM CROSSINGS, DAMS, AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS SITES, WHICH CAUSE ADVERSE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS TO ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE AND THREATEN THE ECOLOGY OF ENTIRE WATERSHEDS. RESTORATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE FOR ROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, STRUCTURAL STABILIZATION MEASURES, DAM REMOVAL, AND STREAM CHANNEL RESTORATION TO IMPROVE HABITAT AND WATER QUALITY. FOUR MILLION ACRES IN FIFTEEN COUNTIES AND FIFTEEN STREAMS HAVE BEEN AIDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

Expenses $3,176,558
THE LANDOWNER & SITE SERVICES PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS BY DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT PLANS TO KEEP WILDLIFE CORRIDORS OPEN BETWEEN EXISTING NATURAL AREAS AND ALONG RIVER CORRIDORS, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE UNRESTRICTED MOVEMENT OF WILDLIFE AND THE PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY. CORRIDORS ALONG WETLANDS AND STREAMS CONTAIN A HIGH DIVERSITY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS WHOSE HABITAT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY FRAGMENTED BY DEVELOPMENT.

Expenses $274,117
THE PLANNING AND CONSULTING PROGRAMS INVOLVE FACILITATING LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND PLANNING IN CRA'S SERVICE AREA, PLUS AGILE AND CAREFULLY MATCHED INVOLVEMENT IN REGIONAL EFFORTS AT THE STATE, GREAT LAKES AND NATIONAL SCALE. THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND CONSULTING WORK, CRA IS COMMITTED TO STAYING PROACTIVE AND HIGHLY CURRENT ON EACH LOCAL WATERSHED AND CORRIDOR. WE HAVE ALSO ADDED VALUE BY SHARING OUR SUCCESSFUL MODELS WITH OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES.

Expenses $174,954

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Daniel HubbellDANIEL HUBBELL

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.4
Diane VanderveenDIANE VANDERVEEN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.4
Mike DonahueMIKE DONAHUE

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.7
Bob GarnerBOB GARNER

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.7
Chris BatesCHRIS BATES

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.4
Pete StalkerPETE STALKER

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
William SundstromWILLIAM SUNDSTROM

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.7
Nora BalgoyenNORA BALGOYEN

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.6
Dick RedmondDICK REDMOND

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.4
Amy BeyerAMY BEYER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$131,051

From this org

$131,051

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Suzanne KnollsSUZANNE KNOLLS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$31,774

From this org

$31,774

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

12.7

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 June 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.1
Source object: 202511779349300836

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