named programs · 2 · from sources
What they call their work
Lake Friendly Living Pledge
Encourages residents to commit to land and water stewardship practices that protect water quality in the Owasco Lake watershed
Owasco Watershed Rules and Regulations (draft)
Developing local regulatory frameworks to guide land use and conservation practices within the watershed
activities · 5 groups
What they do
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Lake and Watershed Monitoring & Assessment 2 activities
- Coordinating watershed protection and restoration initiativesCoordinates actions to protect and restore the health of Owasco Lake and its watershed through inter-municipal collaboration and ongoing program management.
- Monitoring and reporting on lakefront property and water quality dataConducts research on watershed characteristics, including tracking 1,028 lakefront parcels with a total assessed value of $295.6 million (as of 2019) and documenting the presence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) first detected in 2014 and in finished drinking water in 2016.
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Lake Stewardship Education & Outreach 1 activity
- Administering the Lake Friendly Living PledgeOffers and promotes a Lake Friendly Living Pledge to encourage residents to adopt land and water stewardship practices that reduce pollution and support watershed health.
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Regular Membership Meetings 1 activity
- Conducting monthly governance meetingsHolds regular monthly meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to coordinate organizational activities and engage stakeholders in watershed management.
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Watershed Conservation & Stewardship 1 activity
- Operating as an inter-municipal nonprofit with formal governance structureFunctions as an inter-municipal 501(c)(3) nonprofit development corporation representing municipalities in the Owasco Lake Watershed and governed by formally adopted corporate bylaws.
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Uncategorized 2 activities
- Distributing water to customers outside AuburnDistributed 480,000 water units to customers outside Auburn in 2019, generating $1.35 million in revenue.
- Providing treated drinking water from Owasco LakeSupplies drinking water to over 40,000 people in Cayuga County via two water intakes, producing 1.37 billion gallons of treated water in 2019 (averaging 3.76 million gallons per day).
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financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$447K
Contributions & grants$417K93%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$12K3%
Other revenue$18K
expenses
Total expenses$383K
Program expenses87%
Admin / overhead13%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$210K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$472K
Cash$446K
Investments$0
Liabilities$2K
Net assets$470K
Liquid reserves14.0 mo
6 years on record · 2020–2025 · YoY revenue +38.5%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025
Who runs it
board members · 14
- AILEEN MCNABB-COLEMAN — CAYUGA COUNT
- ANNE CLARK — TOWN OF DRYD
- CHARLES RIPLEY — TOWN OF SUMM
- CHRIS FULTON — VILL.OF MORA
- ED WAGNER — TOWN OF OWAS
- GINNY KENT — CITY OF AUBU
- JOAN JAYNE — TOWN OF NILE
- JOSEPH WETMORE — TOWN OF LANS
- KAREN VANLIEW — TOWN OF FLEM
- NANCY HART — TOWN OF SCIP
- TERRY PALMER — TOWN MORAVIA
- THANE BENSON — TOWN OF LOCK
- THEODORE SKIBINSKI — VILL. OF GRO
- TOM BLAIR — TOWN OF SENN
relationships · 20
Who they work with
- Cayuga County Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Cayuga County Government — Party to a three-party agreement for watershed management collaboration.
- Cayuga County Office of Real Property Services Government — Source of data on lakefront property parcels and assessed values.
- City of Auburn Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- City of Auburn Partner — Party to a three-party agreement for watershed management collaboration.
- Owasco Lake Watershed Government — Duties include management and protection of the Owasco Lake Watershed.
- Representatives of municipalities within the Owasco Lake watershed Coalition — Membership-based coalition of municipal representatives working collaboratively on watershed management.
- Town of Dryden Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Fleming Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Lansing Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Locke Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Moravia Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Niles Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Owasco Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Owasco Partner — Party to a three-party agreement for watershed management collaboration.
- Town of Scipio Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Sennett Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Town of Summerhill Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Village of Groton Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
- Village of Moravia Coalition — Municipal member represented on the OLWMC board
strategies · 3
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.
- Community Stewardship Engagementmethodology: community-engagementBy promoting voluntary public pledges, the organization fosters individual-level adoption of protective behaviors, because personal commitments increase community-wide participation in watershed health practices.
- Inter-Municipal Collaborative Governancemethodology: collaborative-governanceBy creating a shared governance structure across local governments, the organization aligns policies and resources to improve watershed protection, because coordinated action increases grant eligibility and collective impact beyond what any single jurisdiction could achieve.
- Science-Informed Water Quality Managementmethodology: hydraulic_retention_monitoringBy monitoring and responding to Owasco Lake’s short hydraulic retention time, the organization tailors interventions to limit pollutant loading, because rapid water turnover increases vulnerability to contamination and requires targeted management strategies.