DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C600

Classification

1000

Street

3511 BARLEY MILL RD

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 · 2023

• EDUCATION:DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY'S ROLE AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER IS LARGELY ACHIEVED THROUGH EDUCATION. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE TO: RAISE AWARENESS, DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTE INDIVIDUAL ACTION TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT. PROGRAMS INCLUDE: WATERSHED EDUCATION; CITIZEN SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; NATURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL HISTORY; AND, AGRICULTURE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HANDS-ON, EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION. WE REACH OVER 35,000 SCHOOL-AGED STUDENTS AND 55,000-65,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY THROUGH PROGRAMS AND EVENTS OFFERED AT OUR STATE-WIDE NATURE CENTERS, PRESERVES AND FARM.

  Expenses $2,156,058 · Revenue $939,480

• PRESERVATION & CONSERVATION:DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY'S LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE PRESERVATION OF ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND BIODIVERSITY. SINCE OUR INCEPTION, DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY HAS WORKED WITH LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES, PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND OTHER NON-PROFITS TO PROTECT OVER 120,000 ACRES IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY MANAGES OVER 500 ACRES THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS. OUR CONSERVATION TEAM PROVIDES LEADERSHIP IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE ON ISSUES RELATED TO THE PROTECTION OF DELAWARE'S NATURAL RECOURSES, HABITATS AND BIODIVERSITY. OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH TOOLS TO TAKE ACTION ON PROTECTING AND PRESERVING IMPORTANT WATERSHEDS THROUGH EDUCATION & STEWARDSHIP; TECHNICAL MONITORING; ADVOCATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR NATURAL RESOURCES INCLUDING CLEAN WATER; AS WELL AS GARDENING TO PROTECT CRITICAL HABITATS, CLEAN WATER, AND WILDLIFE THROUGH OUR CERTIFIED WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM.

  Expenses $1,214,356 · Grants $91,025 · Revenue $472,646

• LAND AND BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT:DELAWARE NATURE SOCIETY MANAGES NEARLY 2,000 ACRES IN DELAWARE AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LAND MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, BIODIVERSITY, AND WILDLIFE HABITATS. SURVEYS AND MONITORING OF THE LANDS WE MANAGE INCLUDING FLORA, FAUNA, WILDLIFE HABITAT (INCLUDING BIRDS, AN INDICATOR SPECIES); AS WELL AS SOIL AND WATER QUALITY. RESTORATION OF MEADOWS, WOODLANDS, AND FORESTS IS A HIGH PRIORITY. ANNUAL LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE DEVELOPED FOR EACH SITE AND PRESERVE WE OWN, OPERATE, OR MANAGE.

  Expenses $755,827

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2023

  Revenue

  $4,909,855

  Expenses

  $4,878,923

  Contributions

  $2,441,347

  Grants paid

  $91,025

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,637,027

  Expenses

  $4,241,037

  Contributions

  $1,439,645

  Grants paid

  $33,975

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

  $7,157,698

  Expenses

  $4,049,408

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,862,296

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,364,175

  Expenses

  $3,897,436

  Assets (EOY)

  $49,244,381

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,348,530

  Expenses

  $4,147,402

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,531,412

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,123,199

  Expenses

  $4,507,713

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,308,105

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,201,207

  Expenses

  $4,352,338

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,445,476

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,068,042

  Expenses

  $4,326,285

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,384,513

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,105,588

  Expenses

  $3,823,335

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,711,256

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,273,581

  Expenses

  $3,593,231

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,719,946

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,825,751

  Expenses

  $3,578,218

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,725,025

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,272,457

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,845,665

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

• SOUTHBRIDGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

  $25,000

  2023 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• DELAWARE RESILIENCY HUB

  $17,250

  2023 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• DELAWARE CENTER FOR HORTICULTURE

  $10,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• CENTER FOR THE INLAND BAYS INC

  $10,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• FAIR HILL ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• CAPE SHORES HOMEOWNERS ASSN

  $8,700

  2023 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• DELAWARE WILDLANDS

  $7,500

  2023 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• GREEN BUILDING UNITED

  $7,500

  2023 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

• CITY LOVE AT BRANDYWINE CHURCH

  $5,500

  2023 · SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND OPEN SPACE PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY EFFORTS ACROSS DELAWARE AND MARYLAND

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

  $114,292

  2023 · CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE

• NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

  $89,990

  2022 · CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE

• NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC

  $88,962

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $78,708

  2024 · ENHANCING URBAN POLLINATOR CORRIDOR IN DELAWARE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $59,475

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION

  $47,500

  2024 · TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO BUILD A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE.

• NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

  $41,049

  2024 · CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $39,750

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $33,950

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $32,786

  2023 · ENHANCING URBAN POLLINATOR CORRIDOR IN DELAWARE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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