Facilitate and support conservation and restoration projects within the watershed -- with an eye towards environmental justice 2) Dynamically increase public engagement and awareness of the watershed, and serve as a collective voice for the Doan Brook and its constituencies.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 220 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $27K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$52K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$9K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$422K
-35% vs prior year
Spent
$392K
To programs
81%
Net assets
$448K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$422K
FY2024▼ -35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$454K
FY2021$339K
FY2022$731K
FY2023$653K
FY2024$422K
Expenses
$392K
FY2024▼ -41%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$429K
FY2021$292K
FY2022$683K
FY2023$669K
FY2024$392K
Net assets
$448K
FY2024▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$339K
FY2021$386K
FY2022$434K
FY2023$418K
FY2024$448K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2003.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $318K Management & general 16% · $63K Fundraising 3% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $52K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$51,606Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maureen Drinkard’s $52K as Executive Di is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Victoria F Mills—$47,242$66,981$63,408$60,488
Maureen Drinkard$51,606$7,404———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Protects and restores the watershed, promoting environmental justice and public awareness.

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3 programs · $318K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Organizational Management

DBWP hosts regular organizational governance and public engagement opportunities. Board meetings and project planning meetings were held in person and via zoom, with the exception of land management activities. We serve as fiscal sponsors for bluestone heights and the friends of lower lake.

$318Kprogram expense
02

Public Programs and Stewardship

In 2024, DBWP continued to host existing educational outreach and habitat stewardship programs and began work on curriculum design for novel school outreach programs in our watershed. We offered 48 in person events including family fishing day, 2 fishing workshops, take to the lake, 2 rain barrel workshops, 3 stream cleanups, 6 hikes in…

Pt IX · col B
03

Green Infrastructure

In the fall of 2024, DBWP worked in collaboration to install a rain garden at sunbeam school, a cleveland metropolitan school district school that serves youth from underserved neighborhoods in cleveland, and includes programming for special education students.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$422K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$407K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6K
Money outPt IX
$392K
Ln 25
Programscol B$318K
Managementcol C$63K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$448K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$292K
Total assetsLn 16$457K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$407K
Government grantsLn 1e$381K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$6K
Investment incomeLn 3$10K
Total revenueLn 12$422K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
SavingsLn 2$279K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$292K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$455
Other assetsLn 15$712
Total assetsLn 16$457K
LiabilitiesLn 26$9K
Net assetsLn 32$448K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6220
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$327K$292K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$910$455
Total assetsLn 16$422K$457K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$9K
Net assetsLn 32$418K$448K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$52K$37K$12K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$61K$44K$15K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$21K$16K$4K$821
Payroll taxesLn 10$7K$5K$1K$272
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$765$11K$43
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$19K$5K$13K
Office expensesLn 13$19K$11K$3K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$748$386$362
OccupancyLn 16$9K$7K$1K$207
TravelLn 17$439$439
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$52$52
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$455$455
InsuranceLn 23$2K$996$862$57
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$190K$190K$46
Total functional expensesLn 25$392K$318K$63K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 13, 2025 $422K$392K$30K$448K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 26, 2024 $653K$669K−$17K$418K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 10, 2023 $731K$683K$48K$434K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 5, 2022 $339K$292K$47K$386K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 6, 2021 $454K$429K$25K$339K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $422,092 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $640,240$406,637
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,840$5,687
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $7,771$9,768
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $652,851$422,092
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $125,980$140,449
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $543,439$251,248
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $669,419$391,697
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$16,568$30,395
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $422,092 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$381,002
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$25,635
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,748
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$406,637
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,687$5,687
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $9,768$9,768
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,687 · Excluded from tax $9,768$422,092
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $391,697 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $36,984 · Management $12,472 · Fundraising $2,150$51,606
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $43,640 · Management $14,716 · Fundraising $2,538$60,894
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,924 · Management $4,347 · Fundraising $821$21,092
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $5,105 · Management $1,480 · Fundraising $272$6,857
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $765 · Management $10,673 · Fundraising $43$11,481
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,210 · Management $13,364$18,574
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,385 · Management $3,160 · Fundraising $4,681$19,226
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $386 · Management $362$748
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,244 · Management $1,180 · Fundraising $207$8,631
IX-17 TravelPrograms $439$439
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $52$52
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $455$455
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $996 · Management $862 · Fundraising $57$1,915
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $189,681 · Management $46$189,727
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $318,214 · Management $62,714 · Fundraising $10,769$391,697
Part X · Balance sheet $456,635 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $68,082$13,530
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $259,122$278,560
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $93,190$151,966
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$11,412
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $910$455
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $550$712
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $421,854$456,635
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,134$1,093
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $126$7,553
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,260$8,646
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $249,713$264,436
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $167,881$183,553
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $417,594$447,989
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $421,854$456,635
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $447,989 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$422,092
XI-2 Total expenses$391,697
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$30,395
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$417,594
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$447,989

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