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PLACER-NEVADA-SOUTH SUTTER-NORTH SACRAMENTO SUBWATERSHED GROUP

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $176K · expenses $193K · assets $154K

Also known as
SUBWATERSHED GROUP
EIN
20-1751975
Address
PO BOX 93, YUBA CITY, CA 95992-0093
Website
WWW.CLEANWATERS.INFO
NTEE code
C32
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2005
Cross-check
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Mission

TO MANAGEMENT WATER QUALITY AND IDENTIFY WATER QUALITY ISSUES WITHIN THE WATERSHED AREA.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 11 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

11 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ed Sills President2014-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Alan Lauppe Vice President2016-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Ellen Fickewirth Treasurer2018-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Laura Barhydt Secretary2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Gaynell Gleason Director2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Phillip Johnson Director2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Carol Scheiber (former) Secretary2018-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Lesa Osterholm (former) Executive Dir.2018-2021 20 $0 reported 1
Bonnie Ferreira (former) Treasurer2014-2017 0 $0 reported 1
Jim Gates (former) Secretary2014-2017 0 $0 reported 1
Tom Aguilar (former) President2014-2015 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President1 $0-- $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President1 $0-- $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer2 $0-- $01
LAURA BARHYDT Secretary1 $0-- $01
GAYNELL GLEASON Director1 $0-- $01
PHILLIP JOHNSON Director0 $0-- $01
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President1 $0-- $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President1 $0-- $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer2 $0-- $01
LAURA BARHYDT Secretary1 $0-- $01
GAYNELL GLEASON Director1 $0-- $01
PHILLIP JOHNSON Director0 $0-- $01
2022 · 5 people listed · none paid · 1 employee
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President1 $0$0$0 $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer2 $0$0$0 $01
LAURA BARHYDT Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
GAYNELL GLEASON Director1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 5 people listed · none paid · 1 employee
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President1 $0$0$0 $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
CAROL SCHEIBER Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
LESA OSTERHOLM Executive Dir.20 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid · 1 employee
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President1 $0$0$0 $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
CAROL SCHEIBER Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
LESA OSTERHOLM Executive Dir.20 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 5 people listed · none paid · 1 employee
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President1 $0$0$0 $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
CAROL SCHEIBER Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
LESA OSTERHOLM Executive Dir.20 $0$0$0 $01
2018 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President0 $0-- $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President0 $0-- $01
ELLEN FICKEWIRTH Treasurer0 $0-- $01
CAROL SCHEIBER Secretary0 $0-- $01
LESA OSTERHOLM Executive Dir.0 $0-- $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President0 $0-- $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President0 $0-- $01
BONNIE FERREIRA Treasurer0 $0-- $01
JIM GATES Secretary0 $0-- $01
2016 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ED SILLS President0 $0-- $01
ALAN LAUPPE Vice President0 $0-- $01
BONNIE FERREIRA Treasurer0 $0-- $01
JIM GATES Secretary0 $0-- $01
2015 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TOM AGUILAR President0 $0-- $01
ED SILLS Vice President0 $0-- $01
BONNIE FERREIRA Treasurer0 $0-- $01
JIM GATES Secretary0 $0-- $01
2014 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
TOM AGUILAR President0 $0-- $01
ED SILLS President0 $0-- $01
BONNIE FERREIRA Treasurer0 $0-- $01
JIM GATES Secretary0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$176,128$193,359 $153,850$153,850 -- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$183,512$155,975 $171,081$171,081 -- ---
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$203,221$205,260 $143,544$143,544 $0$203,221 $01-
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$218,083$226,425 $145,583$145,583 $0$218,083 $01-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$223,451$189,571 $153,925$153,925 $0$223,451 $01-
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$254,874$178,272 $120,045$120,045 $0$254,874 $01-
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$196,659$194,616 $43,443$43,443 -- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$193,851$183,658 $41,400$41,400 -- ---
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$116,143$139,440 $31,207$31,207 -- ---
2015 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$142,146$132,852 $54,504$54,504 -$142,146 ---
2014 · Form 990EZ period ending 2015-09-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$153,261$130,493 $45,210$45,210 $153,261- ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $193,359 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $109,832 56.8%
Fees to independent contractors $81,967 42.4%
Printing, publications, postage $1,560 0.8%
Total$193,359100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $155,975 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $83,400 53.5%
Fees to independent contractors $72,297 46.4%
Printing, publications, postage $278 0.2%
Total$155,975100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $205,260 spent · pay $77,328 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)WATER MONITORING AND TESTING $63,158$63,158-- 30.8%
Fees: management $46,667$46,667-- 22.7%
Other salaries and wages $45,311$45,311-- 22.1%
Payroll taxes $26,024$26,024-- 12.7%
Office expenses $6,423$6,423-- 3.1%
Other employee benefits $5,993$5,993-- 2.9%
Fees: other services $4,389$4,389-- 2.1%
Insurance $2,809$2,809-- 1.4%
Fees: legal $1,670$1,670-- 0.8%
Fees: accounting $1,634$1,634-- 0.8%
Other (as described)INTERNET COSTS $683$683-- 0.3%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $469$469-- 0.2%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $30$30-- 0.0%
Total$205,260100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $226,425 spent · pay $92,903 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)WATER MONITORING AND TESTING $100,257$100,257-- 44.3%
Other salaries and wages $51,487$51,487-- 22.7%
Payroll taxes $27,449$27,449-- 12.1%
Fees: other services $14,478$14,478-- 6.4%
Other employee benefits $13,967$13,967-- 6.2%
Office expenses $12,505$12,505-- 5.5%
Fees: accounting $1,806$1,806-- 0.8%
Insurance $1,778$1,778-- 0.8%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $1,084$1,084-- 0.5%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $849$849-- 0.4%
Other (as described)INTERNET COSTS $765$765-- 0.3%
Total$226,425100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $189,571 spent · pay $83,629 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)WATER MONITORING AND TESTING $90,179$90,179-- 47.6%
Other salaries and wages $72,886$72,886-- 38.4%
Other employee benefits $10,743$10,743-- 5.7%
Office expenses $10,101$10,101-- 5.3%
Fees: accounting $1,871$1,871-- 1.0%
Insurance $1,701$1,701-- 0.9%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $735$735-- 0.4%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $542$542-- 0.3%
Other (as described)INTERNET COSTS $416$416-- 0.2%
Fees: other services $397$397-- 0.2%
Total$189,571100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $178,272 spent · pay $80,591 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $70,088$70,088-- 39.3%
Other (as described)WATER MONITORING AND TESTING $61,210$61,210-- 34.3%
Office expenses $24,447$24,447-- 13.7%
Other employee benefits $10,503$10,503-- 5.9%
Fees: other services $6,016$6,016-- 3.4%
Insurance $3,299$3,299-- 1.9%
Fees: accounting $1,751$1,751-- 1.0%
Other (as described)INTERNET COSTS $416$416-- 0.2%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $370$370-- 0.2%
Other (as described)Postage and Shipping $100$100-- 0.1%
All other expenses $72$72-- 0.0%
Total$178,272100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $194,616 spent · pay $68,175 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $111,097 57.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $68,175 35.0%
Fees to independent contractors $14,605 7.5%
Printing, publications, postage $739 0.4%
Total$194,616100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $183,658 spent · pay $66,451 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $101,993 55.5%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $66,451 36.2%
Fees to independent contractors $14,557 7.9%
Printing, publications, postage $657 0.4%
Total$183,658100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $139,440 spent · pay $64,973 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $69,556 49.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $64,973 46.6%
Fees to independent contractors $4,814 3.5%
Printing, publications, postage $97 0.1%
Total$139,440100%

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2015 · Form 990EZ · $132,852 spent · pay $66,849 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $66,849 50.3%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $62,301 46.9%
Fees to independent contractors $2,470 1.9%
Printing, publications, postage $1,232 0.9%
Total$132,852100%

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2014 · Form 990EZ · $130,493 spent · pay $22,970 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $66,444 50.9%
Fees to independent contractors $36,434 27.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $22,970 17.6%
Printing, publications, postage $4,105 3.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $540 0.4%
Total$130,493100%

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