GREAT LAKES AQUATIC HABITAT NETWORKAND FUND INC: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
GREAT LAKES AQUATIC HABITAT NETWORKAND FUND INC (EIN 20-5693503)
Tax period
2015-10-01 to 2016-09-30
Filed
2017-04-11
IRS object ID
201701019349301000
Schema version
2015v3.0
Source
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Return2017-04-11T14:48:57-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt

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Form 990 IRS990

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DescProvided workshops and one-on-one assistance to local groups through professional support. This assistance helped to build organizational skills to run the organizations effectively and efficiently. Specific assistance examples include strategic plan development, fundraising strategy development, supporter database selection and development of tracking and reporting metrics.Desc

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DescThe grants program provides financial support to activities that actively promote river, lake, and wetland and groundwater protection, climate adaptation activities and preparatory expenses for applyng for federal Great Lakes restoration initiative grant funding. Five different funding programs supported 38 projects. Sample project activities include efforts to ensure a national lakeshore is not polluted and identifying and addressing nutrient pollution to Seneca Lake.Desc

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DescProvided coordination, leadership and education on public policy issues of regional importance to the Great Lakes. Education and opportunities for citizens to educate their elected officials regarding prevention of Asian carp, coordination to protect water resources from resource extraction activities, and reducing phosphorus pollution impacting Lake Erie.Desc
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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,120CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,241CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,127CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$916CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,825TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$3,754CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$2,316CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$2,254CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$8,324TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$4,288,298TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$69,323GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.50710PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.48750PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 TaxfalseForm4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction MadefalseCorrectionMadeInd

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$301FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$938FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,239FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$1,239FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$248FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$62FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$239FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total$991FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form4720 FiledfalseForm4720FiledInd

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$148,534CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$163,243CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$116,151CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$248CurrentYearAmt
Total$428,176TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling$642,264LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$1,604CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$3,558CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$1,236CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$1,239CurrentYearAmt
Total$7,637TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$37,134CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$40,811CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$29,038CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$62CurrentYearAmt
Total$107,045TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling$160,568GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3$1,604CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2$3,558CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1$1,236CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year$301CurrentYearAmt
Total$6,699TotalAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$3,937OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$3,937DepreciationAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescCompensated AbsencesDesc
Amt$9,331Amt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$9,331TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$686,842TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal$686,842RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$686,842TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$810,295TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal$810,295ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$810,295TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (true)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionNorth AmericaRegionTxt
Offices1OfficesCnt
Employee1EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedProgram ServicesTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services ProvidedWater ProtectionSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$136,939RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices1SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees1SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office1TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee1TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$136,939SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent$136,939TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign CorpfalseTransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign TrustfalseInterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp OwnershipfalseForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest CofalsePassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign PartnershipfalseForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott CountriesfalseBoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside USFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe Organization provides services to help protect the Great Lakes, which includes working in Ontario, Canada. The Organization maintains a Canadian bank account in order to directly pay expenses. The Board of Directors is provided reports from that bank account, which allows them to monitor the use of the funds.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedfalseGrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (9 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
721 Main StreetBuffaloNY14623222993054501c3$7,500$0Scajaquada Creek
Clinton River Watershed Counc
1115 W Avon RoadRochesterMI48309383216864501c3$10,000$0Restoring Gallagher Creek
Friends of the St Clair Rive
PO Box 611496Port HuronMI48061770670838501c3$7,500$0Stream Daylighting
Great Lakes National Audubon
17 N State StreetChicagoIL60602131624102501c3$15,000$0Watershed Conservation
National Wildlife Federation
11100 Wildlife Center DriveRestonVA20190770670838501c3$6,000$0Healing our Waters
Save the River
409 Riverside DriveClaytonNY13624161125061501c3$6,500$0Restoration of Wetlands
Seneca Lake Pure Waters Assoc
PO Box 247GenevaNY14456161382594501c3$6,000$0Keuka Outlet
Trout Unlimited- MI
PO Box 442DeWittMI48820237188803501c3$14,740$0Restoring Connectivity
West MI Environmental Action
1007 Lake Drive SEGrand RapidsMI49506382550054501c3$15,000$0Coastal Marsh Restoration
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org9Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessAn independent CPA prepares the Form 990 and meets with the Executive Director to review a draft copy of the form. The Executive Director forwards the Form 990 and audited financial statements to the Finance Committee. Upon the completion of their review, a recommendation for approval is submitted to the full Board of Directors for final review and approval. All changes addressed by the Finance Committee and/or the Board of Directors, if any, are made to the return.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsOn an annual basis, a questionnaire is given to Board Members asking them to disclose any conflict of interests. The questionnaires are dated and filed. Board Members excuse themselves from voting on any board items where a conflict of interest has been disclosed.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe Executive Director's salary is determined annually by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors after considering factors such as job performance, job adherence, budget constraints, and comparative salary survey information.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableGoverning documents are made available to the public upon request. This fact is disclosed on an annual basis in our newsletter.

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