Gowanus Canal Conservancy INC

Tax-deductible

Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)Since 2006EnvironmentEIN 26-0681729Revenue $1.2M in FY2024

On file with the IRSgowanuscanalconservancy.org248 3rd St, 11215-2704 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Nov 2008Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Gowanus Canal Conservancy advocates and cares for ecologically sustainable parks and public spaces in the Gowanus lowlands while empowering a community of stewards. We envision a Gowanus Canal and surrounding urban environment that is clean, resilient, diverse and alive.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
53¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 750 volunteers and 22 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $20K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
53%
of spending
Worth a look: 53% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$82K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 86% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.0 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $402K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$261K
56% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 56% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
-14% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
53%
Net assets
$207K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2024▼ -14%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$598K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2024$1.2M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2024▼ -2%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$932K
FY2021$991K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
Net assets
$207K
FY2024▼ -35%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$746K
FY2021$353K
FY2022$408K
FY2023$242K
FY2024$317K
FY2024$207K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2008.

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

Where the money goes

53 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 53% · $706K Management & general 42% · $561K Fundraising 6% · $75K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $82K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$81,908Pt VII · Sec A
Emeritus
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Andrea Parker’s $82K as Executive Dir. is at the 14th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Andrea Parker$81,908$63,035$83,178$101,578$100,600

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Promotes environmental stewardship, education, and advocacy.

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1 program · $706K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Through its environmental initiatives, the organizations service accomplishments include stewardship of streets trees, gardens, parks and other public spaces; volunteer engagement; youth job training; community outreach and education.

$706Kprogram expense

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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$127K
Investment incomeLn 3$6
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$706K
Managementcol C$561K
Fundraisingcol D$75K
Owns and owesPt X
$207K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3K
Total assetsLn 16$467K
LiabilitiesLn 26$261K
PeoplePt VI, VII
22
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$235K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$127K
Investment incomeLn 3$6
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$352
Other assetsLn 15$18K
Total assetsLn 16$467K
LiabilitiesLn 26$261K
Net assetsLn 32$207K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 6750
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3K$3K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K$352
Total assetsLn 16$525K$467K
LiabilitiesLn 26$208K$261K
Net assetsLn 32$317K$207K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$71K$48K$16K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$596K$391K$144K$60K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$11K$10K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$60K$31K$25K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$94K$26K$67K$500
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$43K$2K$41K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$189K$78K$112K
TravelLn 17$3K$210$2K$636
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$97K$4K$93K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$160K$116K$44K
All other expensesLn 24e$350$350
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$706K$561K$75K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $1.4M$1.4M$75K$317K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.4M−$166K$242K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.4M$55K$408K 990 PDF
FY2021 $598K$991K−$393K$353K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.3M$932K$329K$746K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,232,059 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,386,141$1,131,279
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $77,699$126,713
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1$6
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$22,975−$25,939
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,440,866$1,232,059
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $790,039$749,849
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $575,877$592,776
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,365,916$1,342,625
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $74,950−$110,566
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $1,232,059 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$234,961
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$896,318
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,131,279
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $126,713$126,713
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $6$6
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$25,939
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $126,719$1,232,059
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,342,625 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $47,683 · Management $16,368 · Fundraising $7,117$71,168
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $391,347 · Management $144,093 · Fundraising $60,483$595,923
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $10,917 · Management $10,469 · Fundraising $1,072$22,458
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,681 · Management $24,549 · Fundraising $5,070$60,300
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $26,341 · Management $67,366 · Fundraising $500$94,207
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,750 · Management $41,102$42,852
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $77,751 · Management $111,509$189,260
IX-17 TravelPrograms $210 · Management $2,348 · Fundraising $636$3,194
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $6,199$6,199
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,017 · Management $92,754$96,771
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $115,680 · Management $44,263$159,943
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $350$350
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $706,377 · Management $561,370 · Fundraising $74,878$1,342,625
Part X · Balance sheet $467,223 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,808$3,007
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $399,381$349,120
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $34,975$84,464
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $9,299$12,050
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,551$352
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $72,458$18,230
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $525,472$467,223
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $153,949$182,753
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $54,238$77,751
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $208,187$260,504
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $28,228$76,263
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $289,057$130,456
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $317,285$206,719
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $525,472$467,223
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $206,719 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,232,059
XI-2 Total expenses$1,342,625
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$110,566
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$317,285
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$206,719

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