Conservation Resource Alliance FY2023 filing

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Traverse City, MI501(c)(3)Since 1985EIN 38-2181915Revenue $3.0M in FY2023

On file with the IRSrivercare.org10850 E Traverse Hwy Ste 1180, 49684-1320 · Traverse City, MITax-exempt since Jul 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Conservation Resource alliance's mission is to preserve and protect northern michigan's waterways, wildlife, and forests for future generations.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $253K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $30K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$720K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.0M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$4.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$4.3M
FY2025$4.0M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2023▲ +33%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2025$4.0M
Net assets
$4.7M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$4.3M
FY2023$4.7M
FY2024$5.1M
FY2025$5.1M

From the FY2023 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1986.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $2.5M Management & general 2% · $57K Fundraising 6% · $169K

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

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Amy Beyer—$131,051
Suzanne Knoll$99,117—
Suzanne Knolls—$31,774

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

Preserves and protects Northern Michigan's waterways, wildlife, and forests for the future.

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3 programs · $2.5M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

The stream restoration program is designed to address stream bank erosion, failing road stream crossings, dams, and recreational access sites, which cause adverse biological impacts to animal and plant life and threaten the ecology of entire watersheds.

$1.8Mprogram expense
02

The landowner & site services program is designed to assist landowners by developing management plans to keep wildlife corridors open between existing natural areas and along river corridors, in order to allow for the unrestricted movement of wildlife and the protection of water quality.

$424Kprogram expense
03

The planning and consulting programs involve facilitating local leadership and planning in cra's service area, plus agile and carefully matched involvement in regional efforts at the state, great lakes and national scale.

$188Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$30K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$119K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$57K
Fundraisingcol D$169K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$411K
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$720K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$8K
Investment incomeLn 3$119K
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$411K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$411K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$31K
Other assetsLn 15$107K
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$720K
Net assetsLn 32$4.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 6200
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.8M$411K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M$3.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$31K$31K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$895K$720K
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M$4.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$676K$515K$84K$77K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$304K$230K$40K$35K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.4M$1.4M$25K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$43$2K
OccupancyLn 16$64K$64K
TravelLn 17$15K$20K−$10K$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$12K$4K$1K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$16K$2K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$37K$37K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$124K$89K$29K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$213K−$229K$32K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$2.5M$57K$169K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.0M$4.0M−$31K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.3M$4.0M$302K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $3.0M$2.7M$300K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.7M$2.0M$699K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$1.7M$282K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.5M$2.5M−$34K$3.6M 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
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Part I · Summary $2,981,120 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,644,000$2,861,845
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $65,379$119,275
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,709,379$2,981,120
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $845,305$980,856
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,164,729$1,700,321
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,010,034$2,681,177
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $699,345$299,943
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $2,981,120 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,329,523
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,532,322
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$8,432
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,861,845
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $119,275$119,275
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $119,275$2,981,120
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,681,177 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $515,094 · Management $84,061 · Fundraising $77,204$676,359
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $230,104 · Management $39,818 · Fundraising $34,575$304,497
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,382,574 · Management $25,200 · Fundraising $6,944$1,414,718
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $43 · Management $1,620$1,663
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $63,751$63,751
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,807 · Management −$9,516 · Fundraising $5,099$15,390
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,553 · Management $1,371 · Fundraising $6,808$11,732
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,199 · Management $13,784$15,983
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $36,698$36,698
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $89,467 · Management $29,328 · Fundraising $5,623$124,418
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $212,728 · Management −$229,223 · Fundraising $32,463$15,968
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,455,569 · Management $56,892 · Fundraising $168,716$2,681,177
Part X · Balance sheet $5,408,992 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,789,109$411,114
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $306,952$144,231
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $710,824$978,405
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $45,740$42,480
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $30,550$31,331
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $2,105,711$3,694,118
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $165,929$107,313
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,154,815$5,408,992
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $724,784$601,828
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,201$8,800
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $167,604$109,435
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $894,589$720,063
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,301,282$2,485,506
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,958,944$2,203,423
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,260,226$4,688,929
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,154,815$5,408,992
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,688,929 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,981,120
XI-2 Total expenses$2,681,177
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$299,943
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,260,226
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$128,760
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,688,929

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