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Discover Cayuga Lake Inc
Ithaca, NY · EIN 843370855 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE C99 · Environment · Small ($100K-$1M)
revenue
$513K
expenses
$491K
net assets
$112K
employees
22
volunteers
10
program ratio
71%
mission · from form 990

Engage students, community members, and visitors in learning about the ecology and history of Cayuga Lake and its watershed and to inspire people to maintain these healthy environments for future generations.

profile · synthesized from sources

Discover Cayuga Lake Inc is a New York-based nonprofit focused on environmental education centered on Cayuga Lake and its watershed. The organization engages students, community members, and visitors in learning about the lake's ecology and history. Its mission is to inspire stewardship of these natural environments for future generations.

named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Environmental Education Programs
Offers learning experiences focused on the ecology and history of Cayuga Lake for students and the public
Watershed Stewardship Initiatives
Programs designed to inspire public engagement in maintaining healthy lake and watershed environments
activities · 1 group

What they do

  • Lake Stewardship Education & Outreach 1 activity
    • Educational programming about Cayuga Lake
      Provides educational programming to students, community members, and visitors about the ecology and history of Cayuga Lake and its watershed.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$513K
Contributions & grants$149K29%
Program service revenue$364K71%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$4
expenses
Total expenses$491K
Program expenses71%
Admin / overhead29%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$323K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$218K
Cash$62K
Investments$0
Liabilities$106K
Net assets$112K
Liquid reserves1.5 mo
5 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue +14.6%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Bill Foster Executive Director 40 $62K
board members · 7
  • Auguste Deplan — Board Member
  • Carole Erslev — Board Member
  • Laura Falk — Secretary
  • Mack Travis — Board Member
  • Michelle Hallock — Vice President
  • Paul Flagg — Treasurer
  • Stephen Kress — President
strategies · 1

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Place-Based Environmental Education
    methodology: environmental-education
    By connecting people to the local ecology and history of Cayuga Lake, we foster stewardship of the watershed because experiential, place-based learning increases personal and civic responsibility toward the environment.