Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1988.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
Who runs it and what they're paid
15 people listed on the 990; $49K paid to officers and key staff.
Mariah Hughes’s $72K as Executive Director is at the 54th 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariah Hughes | $72,400 | $44,122 | — | — | — | — |
| Jessica Hocz | — | — | $49,430 | $41,989 | $40,430 | $40,685 |
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
Improves economic conditions, preserves natural resources, and balances land and water management in North Carolina.
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Water Quality
-Celebrating 10 years of the Ivy River Partners watershed group with Madison & Buncombe SWCDs, Towns of Mars Hill & Weaverville, NRCS, and USFS. -6 septic repairs/straight pipe elimination -2 cattle exclusion projects with Madison SWCD -4 stream repair/restoration with SWCDs -Conservation Field Days with Madison SWCD -4047 ft of riparian…
Energy
WNC Energy CAP 4 farms assisted totaling $26,336 for solar and efficiency projects 23 farms provided with technical assistance
Forests
10 homeowners assisted with wildfire mitigation around their homes
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY23 | End FY23 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $296K | $263K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $581 | $317 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $331K | $369K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $37K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $331K | $332K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $104K | $104K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $37K | $34K | $2K | $1K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $68K | $63K | $3K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $8K | $7K | $393 | $236 |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $3K | $0 | $3K | $0 |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $2K | $0 | $2K | $0 |
| TravelLn 17 | $6K | $6K | $0 | $0 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $263 | $132 | $131 | $0 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2K | $0 | $2K | $0 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $163K | $163K | $0 | $0 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $3K | $3K | $344 | $0 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $396K | $379K | $14K | $3K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $654K | $478K | $175K | $531K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $310K | $287K | $23K | $355K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $397K | $396K | $887 | $332K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $405K | $413K | −$9K | $331K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $335K | $313K | $22K | $340K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $304K | $276K | $28K | $318K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $396,846 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $395,959 across 11 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $368,553 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $331,958 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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