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River Otter Ecology Project

990EZ • Fiscal year 2023 • EIN 45-4997526

Jan 01, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 • Filed on May 30, 2024

Organization Profilewww.riverotterecology.org
P O Box 103Forest Knolls, CA 94933

(415) 342-4597

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

60th percentile

0.00x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 60% of similar nonprofits.

2023 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2023

Liabilities / Revenue

59th percentile

0.00x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 59% of similar nonprofits.

2023 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2023

Net Margin

44th percentile

0.2%

Higher net margin than 44% of similar nonprofits.

2023 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2023

Top Officer Pay

97th percentile

$87,422

Higher top officer pay than 97% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 51.4% of source-year revenue.

2023 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2023

Asset Growth

50th percentile

0.5%

Faster asset growth than 50% of similar nonprofits.

2023 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2022 to 2023

Revenue Growth

75th percentile

35%

Faster revenue growth than 75% of similar nonprofits.

2023 filings • 501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2022 to 2023

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets60th percentile

Assets

Up

$54,370

Up $275 (+0.5%) from 2022

Net Assets

Up

$54,320

Up $275 (+0.5%) from 2022

Liabilities

Flat

$50

Flat from 2022

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue59th percentileNet Margin44th percentile

Revenue

Up

$170,120

Up $43,970 (+35%) from 2022

Expenses

Up

$169,845

Up $29,022 (+21%) from 2022

Net Income

Up

$275

Up $14,948 (+102%) from 2022

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth50th percentile

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$150K$100K$50K$0Assets 2017: $50,837Liabilities 2017: $1,375Net Assets 2017: $49,4622017Assets 2018: $46,590Liabilities 2018: $1,685Net Assets 2018: $44,9052018Assets 2019: $56,217Liabilities 2019: $1,926Net Assets 2019: $54,2912019Assets 2020: $62,618Liabilities 2020: $1,828Net Assets 2020: $60,7902020Assets 2021: $68,772Liabilities 2021: $54Net Assets 2021: $68,7182021Assets 2022: $54,095Liabilities 2022: $50Net Assets 2022: $54,0452022Assets 2023: $54,370Liabilities 2023: $50Net Assets 2023: $54,3202023Assets 2024: $118,805Liabilities 2024: $33Net Assets 2024: $118,7722024

Highlighted filing

2023

Assets$54,370
Liabilities$50
Net Assets$54,320
Open 2023 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth75th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$300K$200K$100K$0-$100KRevenue 2017: $80,493Expenses 2017: $71,274Net Income 2017: $9,2192017Revenue 2018: $101,276Expenses 2018: $105,833Net Income 2018: -$4,5572018Revenue 2019: $144,068Expenses 2019: $142,192Net Income 2019: $1,8762019Revenue 2020: $128,151Expenses 2020: $121,652Net Income 2020: $6,4992020Revenue 2021: $129,079Expenses 2021: $121,151Net Income 2021: $7,9282021Revenue 2022: $126,150Expenses 2022: $140,823Net Income 2022: -$14,6732022Revenue 2023: $170,120Expenses 2023: $169,845Net Income 2023: $2752023Revenue 2024: $241,321Expenses 2024: $176,868Net Income 2024: $64,4532024

Highlighted filing

2023

Revenue$170,120
Expenses$169,845
Net Income$275
Open 2023 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Signed
May 30, 2024
Return Version
2023v5.0
Gross Receipts
$170,480
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Our mission is to engage the public in supporting conservation and restoration by linking river otter recovery to the health of our watersheds through education, research, and community science.

Our mission is to engage the public in supporting conservation and restoration by linking river otter recovery to the health of our watersheds through education, research, advocacy, and community science.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
An Otter Spotter is YOU, a person who observes river otters. Otter Spotters collect observational information, like how many otters, where you see them, whether there are young present and what kind of habitat they're in and submit that information to us using our easy form. We use this information to support agencies (like the California Department of Fish & Wildlife), resource managers, wildlife rehabilitation facilities, and toxic spill preparation and response teams. In 2019, based largely on our data, CDFW added 4,100 square miles to the California range map for river otters. Through our partnership with FieldScope, we have begun replicating our successful Otter Spotter program in Arizona and Virginia.$8,300$53,477
Hands-on Science is a program that brings together students, scientists, and teachers to explore conservation concepts while working toward common research goals. The program goals are to expose students to conservation, field science and lab science in a real-world setting. Ideally, the work will demystify the fields of conservation and biology and inspire students to continue their education in the sciences with the goal of pursuing careers in science. Currently, we work with students at Tomales High School in Marin County, who join us in the classroom, in the lab and in the field to learn conservation science, field and lab techniques, and participate in outdoor project-based learning. Their work contributes to a well-respected research project that produces quantifiable and useful results. The students' participation includes learning otter track and sign, collecting scat, survey and camera trapping, helping analyze samples for prey species as well as learning scientific methods and documentation, and science communication skills. The results of the project may include papers,posters, oral presentations, and/or website or social media articles. We also provide education for adults and children on the importance of watershed health, using river otters as ambassadors, with the goal of helping support restoration and conservation of wetlands and watersheds. Education includes: classroom presentations, field trips, tabling at environmental events, and public presentations for adults and children. We offer field study internships for high school and college students. Our work with the Marin County Office of Education includes training teachers in student-centered outdoor environmental science.$7,500$51,460
There is much to learn about the ecology and current status of river otters /(Lontra canadensis)/ in Central California. Our project works to fill this gap in understanding about the status, range, reproduction, diet, health and general ecology of the species in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. This information helps inform conservation strategies, including restoration projects and toxic spill response, and may well shed light upon climate change effects on both otters and their food web. Because river otters are an indicator species, meaning their presence and health offer us information about the health of their watersheds, information we gather about their populations helps us better manage our shared watersheds. Since 2012, we have used crowd-sourcing, participatory science and a combination of technologies we adapted to help gather data and educate participants to document river otter presence in the San Francisco Bay Area and to monitor the recovering population of river otters in a focal study area in Marin County. Camera trapping is a relatively inexpensive method of collecting information on the abundance and pup emergence of river otters, because it can be done with trained volunteers, unlike genetic techniques, which require sophisticated labs and highly-trained technicians. We're dedicated to community science, and offer extensive training in field and lab techniques, habitat surveying, field sign and documentation to help our volunteers provide us with the data and samples we need to accomplish our research goals.$33,000$50,000
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay97th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Megan IsadoreExecutive DirectorFT$80,000$7,422$87,422
Terence CarrollPresidentFT$25,000-$25,000
Richard AbramsonVice President-$0--
Colleen Haraden-GorskiTreasurer-$0--
Mary Ellen KingSecretary-$0--
Christine BanzonDirector-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
River Otter Ecology Project
EIN
45-4997526
Phone
4153424597
Address
P O Box 103, Forest Knolls, CA 94933

Signing Officer

Name
Terence Carroll
Title
President
Phone
4153424597
Signed
2024-05-30
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16

“Description;Amount^Research Expenses;17678|Software;2786|Insurance;5288|Travel;2368|Education;4272|Other Business Expenses;18225^Total;50617^”

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24

“Description;EOY Amount^Pledged Contributions;1180|Other Receivables;2550|inventory Assets;1878^Total;5608^”

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26

“Description;EOY Amount^Sales Tax Payable;50^Total;50^”

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ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt0River Otter Ecology Project has only two employees: an Executive Director, and a second employee who, among other duties, is the responsible person for preparing the organization's Form 990EZ filing. In February 2024, the Executive Director underwent major surgery, from which she is still recovering. As a result, the responsible person has had to take on additional duties. The responsible person had set a calendar notification as a reminder to file a request for an automatic extension of time to file the organization's Form 990EZ. He also mistakenly believed that the e-filing service used by the organization would send an email reminder to timely file the request for an extension of time, but the service does not send such reminders. Due to his increased workload, the responsible person overlooked the calendar reminder notification, and consequently did not file a request for an automatic extension of time by the due date, May 15, 2024. The responsible person realized his error on May 23, 2024, and filed a request for an extension, but the IRS rejected the request because it was past the deadline. The responsible person then immediately undertook to prepare the organizations's Form 990EZ so that it could be filed as soon as possible. The organization has a long and unblemished history, going back to its inception in 2012, of timely filing its required Forms with the IRS. The organization has also instituted new reminders and notifications on multiple internal systems to insure that all required Forms are filed in a timely manner in the future. Given the facts and circumstance, the organization respectfully requests that the IRS find there was reasonable cause for the late filing, and that any penalties associated with the late filing be abated.
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Filings

Displayed year

2023 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$54,370
Liabilities
$50
Net assets
$54,320
Revenue
$170,120
Expenses
$169,845
Net income
$275
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$1.19$0.00$1.19$2.41$1.77$0.64
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.54$0.00$0.54$1.70$1.70$0.00
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.54$0.00$0.54$1.26$1.41$0.15
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.69$0.00$0.69$1.29$1.21$0.08
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.63$0.02$0.61$1.28$1.22$0.06
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.56$0.02$0.54$1.44$1.42$0.02
2018XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.47$0.02$0.45$1.01$1.06$0.05
2017XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.51$0.01$0.49$0.80$0.71$0.09