EIN 45-1476011

Ridge To Reefs

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
4
Year formed
2011
Most recent tax filings
2023-12-01
Description
Ridge To Reefs supports watershed plans and green infrastructure, working with local communities to protect and restore ecosystems in Chesapeake Bay and coral reef watersheds.
Total revenues
$1,036,571
2023
20192020202120222023$0$1m$2m
Total expenses
$1,012,664
2023
20192020202120222023$0$1m$2m
Total assets
$293,431
2023
20192020202120222023$0$0.2m
Num. employees
4
2023
20192020202120222023048

Program areas at Ridge To Reefs

Supporting sustainable agriculture - developing and helping farmers implement low cost sustainable technology. Examples include efforts in puerto rico after hurricane maria in 2017 and continuing To the present as well as efforts To support and assist sustainable agriculture in the city of baltimore and Palau.
Restoration coordination - coordinating and implementing watershed plans. This includes writing proposals, working on policy changes, coordination of interagency efforts, local communities and municipalities To ensure that implementation efforts are successful. This has included tracking down on-going sources of pollution and working with the appropriate agencies To see the issues are resolved. Places where we have been doing this work include the guanica watershed in sw puerto rico, vatia watershed in american samoa and places like the sassafras river, an agricultural watershed on the eastern shore of Maryland and the st. marys river in southern Maryland where the watershed is experiencing tremendous growth due To a naval base realignment which if not well managed will threaten the health of the river.
Baltimore compost collective - engages baltimore teenagers with positive employment opportunities and training in workforce skills, food access programming, farming and community-scale composting. Youth gain guided, hands-on experience managing a small-scale composting operation. Compost they create is used To grow fresh produce. Healthy, locally produced food in the urban landscape addresses critical food deserts and builds resilient communities. Baltimore compost collective's operation is more than traditional methods applied in the urban landscape; they're innovating new and better ways To boost food production in community gardens and finding creative ways To repurpose additional sources of waste into healthy effective fertilizer.
Helping build more resilient communities - helping communities build more resilience including rainwater harvesting and solar energy. This includes designing and building several off-grid solar walk-in refrigerators in puerto rico as well as a mobile unit and designing and implementing solar water filtration and pumping projects for agriculture, resilience and health facilities.
Watershed planning - work with local communities and stakeholders To create watershed plans To help improve the protection and restoration of water and ecosystems within specific watersheds (the area draining To someplace people care about - a river, a bay, a coral reef). Communities help To define the goals and strategic projects and actions are defined as well as potential responsible parties, the expected costs and benefits. One of Ridge To Reefs goals is To perform at least one watershed planning project a year - examples have included the culebra watershed action plan (in draft), the la parguera green infrastructure plan and the cabo rojo watershed plan being initiated in 2013 and the vatia watershed plan completed in 2019. Our emphasis has been To support the implementation of watershed plans not just their creation - we support the creation of these plans by assisting with funding proposals, policy and behavior change, implementation of restoration practices and helping build the skill set of local groups and municipalities for continued implementation and protection efforts.
Green infrastructure recreates natural systems To perform ecosystem functions within the urban environment - this includes bioretention practices, bio-filters, urban tree planting To reduce stormwater runoff and practices that include urban agriculture and green roofs. The practices help perform phytoremediation, restore urban soils and ecosystem function where it is most needed. Ridge To Reefs, with its partners, implemented 8 green infrastructure projects in the last two years including bioretention, rain gardens, woodchip bioreactors, p-filters, rainwater harvesting and a sand biofilter. Over fiftteen thousand plants, mostly native, were planted in these projects To restore ecosystem function and reduce pollution and help cleanse contaminated stormwater runoff. We worked with local communities, landscape architects, engineers and developers To integrate these practices into their sites. Locations for this work included la parguera and tamarindo beach in culebra both in puerto rico, west maui in Hawaii and the eastern shore of Maryland and the st. mary's river watershed in southern Maryland.

Who funds Ridge To Reefs

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Schmidt Family Foundation (TSFF)Ocean Stewardship and Research, Advancing Diversity and Equity in the Environmental Movement$111,500
SB7 CoalitionComposting Program$100,000
Clean Water Fund (CWF)Other$25,000
...and 2 more grants received

Personnel at Ridge To Reefs

NameTitleCompensation
Paul SturmDirector$90,382
Roger WindschitlVice - President and Director$0
Patricia BradleyVice President and Director$0
Kevin O'ConnorSecretary and Director / Vice President and Director$0
Annie HillaryTreasurer and Director$0

Financials for Ridge To Reefs

RevenuesFYE 12/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$69,258
Program services$966,330
Investment income and dividends$983
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,036,571

Form 990s for Ridge To Reefs

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-122024-11-15990View PDF
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-11-14990View PDF
2020-122021-11-15990View PDF
2019-122021-03-02990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s

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Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF)Soldotna, AK$725,460
Utah Rivers CouncilSandy, UT$403,277
White River PartnershipSouth Royalton, VT$299,632
Doan Brook Watershed PartnershipCleveland, OH$652,851
Ahtna Intertribal Resource CommissionGlennallen, AK$1,693,721
Santa Fe Watershed AssociationSanta Fe, NM$412,814
Coosa River Basin InitiativeRome, GA$452,716
Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA)Boston, MA$3,065,303
Data update history
January 3, 2025
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $111,500 from The Schmidt Family Foundation (TSFF)
September 21, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Clean Water Fund (CWF)
February 4, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from Abell Foundation
January 9, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
January 8, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsEnvironmental organizationsCharities
Issues
Land and water conservationEnvironmentForeign affairsInternational development
Characteristics
State / local levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
6618 Stirrup CT
Eldersburg, MD 21784
Metro area
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
County
Carroll County, MD
Website URL
ridgetoreefs.org/ 
Phone
(410) 227-7689
IRS details
EIN
45-1476011
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2011
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
C32: Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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