2024-08-22T11:04:57-05:00 2023-12-31 814643077 WEYRICH CRONIN & SORRA LLC 20 WIGHT AVENUE SUITE 210 HUNT VALLEY MD 21030 990 2023-01-01 521420138 BLUE WATER BALTIMORE BLUE 4102541577 1801 E OLIVER ST BALTIMORE MD 21213 SYDNEE WILSON RUFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4102541577 2024-08-22 1 0 ANGELINE WHITE CPA CCA P00431590 4103396464 2024-08-15 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X SYDNEE WILSON RUFF 1801 E OLIVER ST BALTIMORE MD 21213 3326899 0 X BLUEWATERBALTIMORE.ORG X 1994 MD TO RESTORE THE QUALITY OF BALTIMORE'S RIVERS, STREAMS AND HARBOR. 19 19 37 720 0 0 2144778 2392997 334573 196647 1729 54378 374727 396551 2855807 3040573 0 0 0 0 1815226 1933268 0 0 182285 1130785 1162507 2946011 3095775 -90204 -55202 1938185 2098788 238198 396252 1699987 1702536 X TO RESTORE THE QUALITY OF BALTIMORE'S RIVERS, STREAMS AND HARBOR TO FOSTER A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, A STRONG ECONOMY, AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES. 0 0 242897 341763 NURSERY:BLUE WATER BALTIMORE'S HERRING RUN NURSERY GROWS PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS NATIVE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED. THESE PLANTS ARE USED IN RESTORATION PROJECTS AND SOLD TO RESIDENTS AND WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS. SPECIALTIES OF OUR LANDSCAPING PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDE DESIGNING AND INSTALLING RAIN GARDENS AND LOW MAINTENANCE NATIVE LANDSCAPES TO REDUCE STORM RUNOFF. BLUE WATER BALTIMORE'S HERRING RUN NURSERY GROWS PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS NATIVE TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED. THESE PLANTS ARE USED IN RESTORATION PROJECTS AND SOLD TO RESIDENTS AND WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS. SPECIALTIES OF OUR NURSERY INCLUDE DESIGNING AND INSTALLING RAIN GARDENS AND LOW MAINTENANCE NATIVE LANDSCAPES TO REDUCE STORM RUNOFF. TO AID RESIDENTS WE PROVIDED LANDSCAPE ADVICE TO 50 HOMES IN THE REGION. IN 2023, 56 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS GAVE 1,279 HOURS OF TIME TO SELL 37,000 NATIVE PLANTS AND 46 RAIN BARRELS. 690643 196647 WATERSHED RESTORATION:BLUE WATER BALTIMORE'S STORMWATER REDUCTION EFFORTS AIM TO REDUCE THE VOLUME OF RAIN WATER RUNOFF, OR STORMWATER, FLOWING INTO STORM DRAINS AND STREAMS FROM INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES, AND IS AN OVERALL EFFORT TO REDUCE FLOODING IN STREAMS, TO REDUCE NUTRIENT, SEDIMENT AND OTHER POLLUTION FROM ENTERING LOCAL STREAMS AND ULTIMATELY THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.IN 2023, WE WORKED WITH MORE THAN 25 PARTNERS INCLUDING CONGREGATIONS, SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOSPITALS TO PLAN AND CONSTRUCT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT REDUCE AND FILTER STORMWATER RUNOFF. WE MANAGED THE INSTALLATION OF 6 GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, INCLUDING PAVEMENT REMOVAL, RAIN GARDENS AND CONSERVATION LANDSCAPING. THESE PROJECTS TREAT 1.25 ACRES OF OUR WATERSHED EACH TIME IT RAINS. WE ESTIMATE ALL RESTORATION PROJECTS REMOVED THE FOLLOWING POLLUTION EACH YEAR: 4,080 LBS OF SEDIMENT POLLUTION, 9.85 LBS OF NITROGEN POLLUTION, AND 1.62 LBS OF PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION. *(ACCORDING TO THE MODEL WWW.FIELDDOC.ORG) 778275 22436 GREENING:WE PLANTED OVER 1,199 TREES IN PARKS, SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS AND ALONG NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS IN OUR WATERSHED. WE GAVE AWAY OVER 1,291 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN YARDS WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY. OUR STREET TREE PROGRAM CREATED 131 NEW TREE BEDS WHILE REMOVING 5,101 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN 2 BALTIMORE CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. IF ALL TREES WERE PLANTED THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 8.3 ACRES OF NEW TREE CANOPY. THIS WILL EXPAND AS THE TREES GROW AND SPREAD THEIR LIMBS. 202953 22436 WATERKEEPER:BLUE WATER BALTIMORE MAINTAINS A RIGOROUS LONG-TERM WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM IN BALTIMORE'S STREAMS, RIVERS, AND HARBOR IN ORDER TO CHARACTERIZE THE HEALTH OF OUR LOCAL WATERWAYS, HOLD POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE, AND ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER LAWS FOR CLEAN WATER. IN 2023, WE COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL MEASUREMENTS OF WATER HEALTH WHICH WE USED TO DEVELOP REGIONAL WATER QUALITY SCORES FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT CARD. THE REPORT CARD AND ALL OF THE DATA WE GENERATE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT BALTIMOREWATERWATCH.ORG. OUR DATA-MAPPING WEBSITE IS AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS THAT HELPS THEM MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHEN THEY CAN SAFELY FISH, PADDLE, AND WADE IN OUR LOCAL WATERWAYS. OUR WATERKEEPER TEAM RECEIVED AND RESPONDED TO 74 POLLUTION REPORTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAIL, OUR POLLUTION REPORTING HOTLINE, AND OUR ONLINE POLLUTION REPORTING TOOL. THESE REPORTS RANGED FROM ISSUES SUCH AS EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL VIOLATIONS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, TO SEWAGE OVERFLOWS AND WATER MAIN BREAKS.IN 2023 WE NEGOTIATED A STRONG CONSENT DECREE IN OUR WWTP CASE W/ BALTIMORE CITY & MDE. BROUGHT A LAWSUIT AGAINST FLEISCHMANN'S VINEGAR. MOBILIZED A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR POSITION AGAINST THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN WASTEWATER SHIPMENT INTO CLEAN HARBORS; AS A RESULT, BALTIMORE CITY REJECTED CH'S PROPOSAL TO TREAT AND DISCHARGE THE EAST PALESTINE TOXIC CONTAMINATION INTO OUR BELEAGUERED SEWER SYSTEM. SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE BALTIMORE WATER GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE.OUTREACH AND EDUCATION:IN 2023 WE HAD 49 DIFFERENT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION AND REACHED OVER 1100 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT COMMUNITY EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, THROUGH DOOR KNOCKING AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WELL AS DELIVERING EDUCATION PROGRAMMING LIKE HOW'S THE WATER HON? AND BUG HUNTS. 202953 22436 1914768 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MD X X JILL CECIL DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 4102541577 1801 E OLIVER ST BALTIMORE MD 21213 BILL HOWARD CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 WALTER PINKARD III DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANNE YASTREMSKI VICE CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 THERESA FURNARI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN RAGSDALE VICE CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN SAVAGE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 YURY GIMBURG TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 REBECCA PHILLIPS VICE CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 CARLTON SEXTON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUSANNAH BERGMAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANGUS BURTON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAN O'LEARY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE COLDREN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET OLIVER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID WEIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 BOB SUMMERS SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 PHYLLIS FUND DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACK BOYSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 N-NEKA SMITH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEOLEOUS BRIDGES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 45.00 X 49328 0 0 SYDNEE WILSON RUFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 45.00 X 78580 0 2701 JILL CECIL DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND AD 40.00 X 120942 0 11878 248850 0 14579 1 0 0 0 SBC LANDSCAPING LLC PO BOX 420 FALLSTON MD 21047 LANDSCAPING 129965 1 270675 304163 1818159 2392997 SERVICE FEES 900099 196647 196647 196647 31462 31462 22916 0 22916 22916 22916 51589 41673 9916 9916 586416 244653 341763 341763 OTHER REVENUE 900099 44872 44872 44872 3040573 583282 0 64294 X 127908 73682 44161 10065 1506294 867709 520053 118532 171196 98255 59519 13422 127870 73389 44456 10025 24600 20314 3787 499 551850 469193 71124 11533 8706 605 4766 3335 123977 14330 108953 694 19721 9010 7041 3670 32314 22166 5913 4235 33793 21972 9525 2296 44248 5824 38424 SUPPLIES - OTHER 183239 154760 26910 1569 VEHICLE EXPENSE 70650 69838 724 88 UTILITIES 32113 32113 EDUCATION AND TRAINING 15866 2680 12961 225 21430 11041 8292 2097 3095775 1914768 998722 182285 1249359 1197596 504885 676467 41344 33494 22707 21007 412400 279017 46965 133383 4997 72925 31844 1938185 2098788 151612 270928 86586 39376 0 85948 238198 396252 X 1275908 1061879 424079 640657 1699987 1702536 1938185 2098788 -55202 14 57737 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1670586 2601950 1799599 2144778 2392997 10609910 1670586 2601950 1799599 2144778 2392997 10609910 10609910 39980 26563 25739 3605 31462 127349 805916 677220 838922 833653 783063 3938774 14676033 0.72290 0.64480 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 632 0 0 632 0 X X 1 3.70 1 0 53590 36173 17417 126715 113966 12749 232095 128878 103217 133383 LOAN PAYABLE 85948 85948 3541606 14 214693 286326 501033 3040573 0 3040573 3596794 214693 286326 501019 3095775 0 3095775 PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOOD SOLD 244,653. FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 41,673. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOOD SOLD 244,653. FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 41,673. SCRUBS 51589 51589 41673 51589 51589 41673 41673 9916 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD REVIEWS A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 AT A BOARD MEETING BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONDUCTS A PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THEN VOTES ON THE COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 61,026. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 11,377. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 1,500. TOTAL EXPENSES 73,903. CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 244,178. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 29,175. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 6,001. TOTAL EXPENSES 279,354. IT CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 4,582. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 854. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 113. TOTAL EXPENSES 5,549. FUNDRAISING FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 9,083. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,693. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 223. TOTAL EXPENSES 10,999. LAB SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 30,751. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 5,733. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 756. TOTAL EXPENSES 37,240. OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 112,817. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 21,032. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 2,773. TOTAL EXPENSES 136,622. PAYROLL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 6,756. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 1,260. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 167. TOTAL EXPENSES 8,183. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT CHANGE ITS SELECTION OR OVERSIGHT PROCESS DURING THE YEAR.