Brooklyn Greenway Initative FY2021 filing

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Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 20-3283721Revenue $657K in FY2021

On file with the IRSbrooklyngreenway.org19 Morris Ave - Bldg 128, 11205-1095 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Jun 2007Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Creation and long-term maintenance of the Brooklyn waterfront Greenway.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$106K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · 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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $31K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$106K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$20K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$657K
-34% vs prior year
Spent
$729K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$343K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$657K
FY2021▼ -34%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$991K
FY2021$657K
FY2022$919K
FY2023$422K
FY2024$467K
Expenses
$729K
FY2021▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$675K
FY2021$729K
FY2022$819K
FY2023$527K
FY2024$550K
Net assets
$343K
FY2021▼ -17%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$415K
FY2021$343K
FY2022$443K
FY2023$213K
FY2024$129K

From the FY2021 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 Jun 2007.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $600K Management & general 12% · $84K Fundraising 6% · $46K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $106K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director & Executive Director
$106,124Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Hunter Armstrong’s $127K as Executive Director is at the 92nd 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
Hunter Armstrong$127,001$145,144———
Teresa L Carta——$71,144$106,124$125,000

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

Builds and maintains a greenway along Brooklyn's waterfront.

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1 program · $600K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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The organization's largest program by expense is related to the development, establishment, and stewardship of the brooklyn waterfront greenway as vital public infrastructure that serves residents, employees, and visitors across brooklyn as a transportation and recreation corridor.

$600Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $184K · 2021–2022
City Parks Foundation INCNY · FY2022$22,448
City Parks Foundation INCNY · FY2021$161,195

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$657K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$636K
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$500
Money outPt IX
$729K
Ln 25
Programscol B$600K
Managementcol C$84K
Fundraisingcol D$46K
Owns and owesPt X
$343K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$241K
Total assetsLn 16$363K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$636K
Government grantsLn 1e$184K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$87K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$500
Investment incomeLn 3$21K
Gains on assetsLn 7$21K
Total revenueLn 12$657K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$168K
SavingsLn 2$73K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$241K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$600
Total assetsLn 16$363K
LiabilitiesLn 26$20K
Net assetsLn 32$343K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 6214
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$286K$241K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K$0
Total assetsLn 16$437K$363K
LiabilitiesLn 26$22K$20K
Net assetsLn 32$415K$343K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$161K$161K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$126K$103K$9K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$187K$156K$12K$19K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$401$291$70$40
Payroll taxesLn 10$30K$22K$5K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$28K$28K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$108K$95K$8K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$20K$4K$13K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$9K$2K$219
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$800$2K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$8K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$46K$41K$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$729K$600K$84K$46K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $467K$550K−$84K$129K 990 PDF
FY2023 $422K$527K−$106K$213K 990 PDF
FY2022 $919K$819K$100K$443K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $657K$729K−$72K$343K 990 PDF
FY2020 $991K$675K$316K$415K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $657,211 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $973,577$635,808
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,275$500
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $23$20,903
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $990,875$657,211
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$161,195
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $365,404$343,245
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $309,946$225,033
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $675,350$729,473
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $315,525−$72,262
Part VI · Governance 14 of 15 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $657,211 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$86,834
VIII-1e Government grants$183,893
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$365,081
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$6,175
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$635,808
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $500$500
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28$28
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $20,875$20,875
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $500 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $20,903$657,211
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $729,473 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $161,195$161,195
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $103,387 · Management $9,478 · Fundraising $12,918$125,783
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $155,809 · Management $12,316 · Fundraising $19,300$187,425
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $291 · Management $70 · Fundraising $40$401
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $21,521 · Management $5,155 · Fundraising $2,960$29,636
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $27,683$27,683
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $94,882 · Management $8,474 · Fundraising $4,500$107,856
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,981 · Management $12,754 · Fundraising $3,574$20,309
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,748 · Management $1,920 · Fundraising $219$10,887
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $800 · Management $1,731$2,531
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,940 · Management $1,991$9,931
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $41,325 · Management $2,473 · Fundraising $2,038$45,836
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $599,879 · Management $84,045 · Fundraising $45,549$729,473
Part X · Balance sheet $362,698 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $36,980$168,002
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $248,543$72,610
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $131,963$115,635
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,025$5,851
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,070$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,391$600
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $436,972$362,698
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $22,050$20,038
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $22,050$20,038
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $43,533$82,532
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $371,389$260,128
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $414,922$342,660
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $436,972$362,698
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $342,660 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$657,211
XI-2 Total expenses$729,473
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$72,262
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$414,922
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$342,660

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