FRIENDS OF THE ROUGE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C320

Classification

2000

Street

650 CHURCH STREET SUITE 209

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• 1. THE ROUGE EDUCATION PROJECT (REP) IS A 37-YEAR-OLD, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MODEL WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM THAT ENGAGES THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS EACH YEAR IN HANDS-ON SCIENCE EDUCATION AND PLACE-BASED LEARNING WHILE PROVIDING MEANINGFUL SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO GET FURTHER INVOLVED WITH STEWARDING THEIR HOMETOWN RIVER.2. WATERSHED MONITORING ENGAGES HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS IN IMMERSIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION WHILE THEY OBSERVE, LISTEN, AND STUDY BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES (AQUATIC INSECTS), FROGS AND TOADS, FISH POPULATIONS, AND HABITAT THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. LOCAL RESIDENTS BECOME CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND COLLECT CRITICAL DATA THAT FRIENDS OF THE ROUGE PROVIDES TO A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER OVER TIME.3. RIVER RESTORATION WORK ACROSS THE WATERSHED INCLUDES RIPARIAN CORRIDOR AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR RESIDENTS AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS HANDS-ON IMPLEMENTATION AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION SUCH AS RAIN GARDENS.4. THE EXPANDING TRAILS PROGRAM AIMS TO DEVELOP A 29-MILE WATER TRAIL ALONG THE LOWER AND MAIN STEMS OF THE ROUGE RIVER ALONG WITH PARALLELED GREENWAY (BIKE/WALK TRAILS) ACCESS WITH SHARED TRAILHEADS. UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE KAYAK LAUNCHES CREATE EQUITABLE ACCESS ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $1,026,626 · Revenue $6,224

• RAIN BARREL AND NATIVE MICHIGAN PLANT SALES FOR WATERSHED RESIDENTS TO MANAGE STORMWATER ON THEIR PROPERTIES. RAIN GARDEN INSTALLATIONS REDUCE RAINWATER RUNOFF (AND CONTAMINANTS) BY PROVIDING TEMPORARY STORMWATER STORAGE WHERE IT WILL BE CLEANED, COOLED, INFILTRATED INTO THE GROUND, AND TRANSPIRED BY THE NATIVE PLANTS. RAIN GARDENS HELP TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF FLOODING AND THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. MANY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS RESULT FROM THE EXISTENCE OF RAIN GARDENS INCLUDING HABITAT CREATION FOR INSECTS AND POLLINATORS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (ESPECIALLY IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES), AND IMPROVEMENTS TO QUALITY OF LIFE FOR URBAN RESIDENTS. THE GARDENS ALSO RESTORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LAND AND WATER. RAIN BARRELS PROVIDE THE SAME STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BENEFITS OF RAIN GARDENS BY COLLECTING RAINWATER, KEEPING IT OUT OF STORM DRAINS, AND PROVIDING A SOURCE OF WATER FOR FLORA AND FAUNA.

  Expenses $128,434

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,864,084

  Expenses

  $1,863,117

  Contributions

  $1,823,746

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,273,101

  Expenses

  $1,939,802

  Contributions

  $1,235,006

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,115,084

  Expenses

  $1,439,470

  Contributions

  $4,158,308

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,254,215

  Expenses

  $1,203,345

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,533,965

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,729,331

  Expenses

  $1,090,390

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,790,167

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $714,058

  Expenses

  $824,434

  Assets (EOY)

  $843,162

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $533,179

  Expenses

  $744,868

  Assets (EOY)

  $945,895

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $915,247

  Expenses

  $514,171

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,044,430

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $369,441

  Expenses

  $387,452

  Assets (EOY)

  $619,935

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $390,028

  Expenses

  $429,790

  Assets (EOY)

  $646,222

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $331,083

  Expenses

  $406,718

  Assets (EOY)

  $672,905

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $406,144

  Assets (EOY)

  $717,959

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $430,818

  Assets (EOY)

  $701,023

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $318,550

  2024 · BUILD RAIN GARDENS TO REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $315,963

  2023 · CREATE RAIN GARDENS AND NATURAL SPACES IN SE MI

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  $71,344

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM/GENERAL OPERATIONS

• NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $50,000

  2024 · CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $41,165

  2022 · STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE

• MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

  $15,000

  2023 · PARTNER IN PROJECT TO RAISE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN EPA CLEANUP WORK

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $6,920

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,605

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

  $5,020

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT

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