Ward 8 Woods Conservancy INC
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Restores and enhances DC's Ward 8 forests, engaging residents to build trails and promote healthy living. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $620K in revenue, $520K in expenses, and $277K in net assets.Pt I
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Where the work happens
Park Steward Program
The Park Steward program provides income, meaningful work and paid training to residents who face barriers to employment. Park Stewards act as de facto caretakers for more than a thousand acres of forested land in some of the DC areas most challenged neighborhoods.
TRASH FREE DC. Trash-Free DC is a citywide campaign to reduce littering and trash pollution, funded by a grant from the DC Department of Energy and Environment and led by Ward 8 Woods. In 2025, we conducted litter surveys and community outreach to identify five high-litter neighborhoods across the city as targets for the programs efforts…
Volunteer Program
In 2025, In 2025, Ward 8 Woods welcomed 614 volunteers at 37 volunteer events. Attendees at our two monthly clean-ups have regularly tended to streets along Shepherd Parkway and Suitland Parkway, while private groups tackled legacy trash in areas including stream valleys of Barnaby Run, across the line in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
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Officers, Directors & Key Employees
Nathan Harrington’s $52K as Executive Dir. is at the 33rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1982 $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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Harrington | $52,500 | $52,317 | $48,868 | $29,727 |
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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Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 50% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 47% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 2% | — | — |
| Revenue growth | 42% | — | — |
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