2025-11-17T15:33:37-06:00 2024-12-31 521231901 GORFINE SCHILLER & GARDYN PA 10045 RED RUN BLVD SUITE 250 OWINGS MILLS MD 21117 990 2024-01-01 451476011 RIDGE TO REEFS INC RIDG 4102277689 6618 STIRRUP COURT ELDERSBURG MD 21784 PAUL STURM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4102277689 2025-11-17 1 0 SCOTT D RODGVILLE CPA P00365285 4103565900 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PAUL STURM 6618 STIRRUP COURT ELDERSBURG MD 21784 1135079 0 X RIDGETOREEFS.ORG X 2011 MD TO SUPPORT LOCAL CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WATERSHED PLANS PRIMARILY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND IN CORAL REEF WATERSHEDS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING TANGIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES FOR RESOURCES WE CARE ABOUT - CORAL REEFS, OYSTER REEFS AND OTHER FISHERIES, NATURAL AREAS, AND LAKES ETC. 4 4 5 50 0 0 69258 192972 966330 939207 983 2900 0 0 1036571 1135079 0 0 0 0 368861 403943 0 0 0 643803 689098 1012664 1093041 23907 42038 293431 338375 74886 77792 218545 260583 X TO PROTECT AND RESTORE ECOSYSTMES AND ACHIEVE TANGIBLE OUTCOMES WORKING TOGETHER WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES. OUR FOCUS IS ON THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATION OF RESTORATION AND PROTECTION MEASURES IN CORAL REEF AND COASTAL AREAS IN CREATING LONG-TERM RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS. 0 0 244223 234802 SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE - DEVELOPING AND HELPING FARMERS IMPLEMENT LOW COST SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY. EXAMPLES INCLUDE EFFORTS IN PUERTO RICO AFTER HURRICANE MARIA IN 2017 AND CONTINUING TO THE PRESENT AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE AND PALAU. 195378 187841 BALTIMORE COMPOST COLLECTIVE - ENGAGES BALTIMORE TEENAGERS WITH POSITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING IN WORKFORCE SKILLS, FOOD ACCESS PROGRAMMING, FARMING AND COMMUNITY-SCALE COMPOSTING. YOUTH GAIN GUIDED, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE MANAGING A SMALL-SCALE COMPOSTING OPERATION. COMPOST THEY CREATE IS USED TO GROW FRESH PRODUCE. HEALTHY, LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE ADDRESSES CRITICAL FOOD DESERTS AND BUILDS RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. BALTIMORE COMPOST COLLECTIVE'S OPERATION IS MORE THAN TRADITIONAL METHODS APPLIED IN THE URBAN LANDSCAPE; THEY'RE INNOVATING NEW AND BETTER WAYS TO BOOST FOOD PRODUCTION IN COMMUNITY GARDENS AND FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO REPURPOSE ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF WASTE INTO HEALTHY EFFECTIVE FERTILIZER. 195378 187841 RESTORATION COORDINATION - COORDINATING AND IMPLEMENTING WATERSHED PLANS. THIS INCLUDES WRITING PROPOSALS, WORKING ON POLICY CHANGES, COORDINATION OF INTERAGENCY EFFORTS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO ENSURE THAT IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. THIS HAS INCLUDED TRACKING DOWN ON-GOING SOURCES OF POLLUTION AND WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCIES TO SEE THE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. PLACES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK INCLUDE THE GUANICA WATERSHED IN SW PUERTO RICO, VATIA WATERSHED IN AMERICAN SAMOA AND PLACES LIKE THE SASSAFRAS RIVER, AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE ST. MARYS RIVER IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND WHERE THE WATERSHED IS EXPERIENCING TREMENDOUS GROWTH DUE TO A NAVAL BASE REALIGNMENT WHICH IF NOT WELL MANAGED WILL THREATEN THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER. 146534 140881 HELPING BUILD MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES - HELPING COMMUNITIES BUILD MORE RESILIENCE INCLUDING RAINWATER HARVESTING AND SOLAR ENERGY. THIS INCLUDES DESIGNING AND BUILDING SEVERAL OFF-GRID SOLAR WALK-IN REFRIGERATORS IN PUERTO RICO AS WELL AS A MOBILE UNIT AND DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING SOLAR WATER FILTRATION AND PUMPING PROJECTS FOR AGRICULTURE, RESILIENCE AND HEALTH FACILITIES. 97689 93921 WATERSHED PLANNING - WORK WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE WATERSHED PLANS TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF WATER AND ECOSYSTEMS WITHIN SPECIFIC WATERSHEDS (THE AREA DRAINING TO SOMEPLACE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT - A RIVER, A BAY, A CORAL REEF). COMMUNITIES HELP TO DEFINE THE GOALS AND STRATEGIC PROJECTS AND ACTIONS ARE DEFINED AS WELL AS POTENTIAL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, THE EXPECTED COSTS AND BENEFITS. ONE OF RIDGE TO REEFS GOALS IS TO PERFORM AT LEAST ONE WATERSHED PLANNING PROJECT A YEAR - EXAMPLES HAVE INCLUDED THE CULEBRA WATERSHED ACTION PLAN (IN DRAFT), THE LA PARGUERA GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AND THE CABO ROJO WATERSHED PLAN BEING INITIATED IN 2013 AND THE VATIA WATERSHED PLAN COMPLETED IN 2019. OUR EMPHASIS HAS BEEN TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WATERSHED PLANS NOT JUST THEIR CREATION - WE SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THESE PLANS BY ASSISTING WITH FUNDING PROPOSALS, POLICY AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE, IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATION PRACTICES AND HELPING BUILD THE SKILL SET OF LOCAL GROUPS AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION AND PROTECTION EFFORTS. 97689 93921 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE - RECREATES NATURAL SYSTEMS TO PERFORM ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT - THIS INCLUDES BIORETENTION PRACTICES, BIO-FILTERS, URBAN TREE PLANTING TO REDUCE STORMWATER RUNOFF AND PRACTICES THAT INCLUDE URBAN AGRICULTURE AND GREEN ROOFS. THE PRACTICES HELP PERFORM PHYTOREMEDIATION, RESTORE URBAN SOILS AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION WHERE IT IS MOST NEEDED. RIDGE TO REEFS, WITH ITS PARTNERS, IMPLEMENTED 8 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS INCLUDING BIORETENTION, RAIN GARDENS, WOODCHIP BIOREACTORS, P-FILTERS, RAINWATER HARVESTING AND A SAND BIOFILTER. OVER FIFTTEEN THOUSAND PLANTS, MOSTLY NATIVE, WERE PLANTED IN THESE PROJECTS TO RESTORE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND REDUCE POLLUTION AND HELP CLEANSE CONTAMINATED STORMWATER RUNOFF. WE WORKED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND DEVELOPERS TO INTEGRATE THESE PRACTICES INTO THEIR SITES. LOCATIONS FOR THIS WORK INCLUDED LA PARGUERA AND TAMARINDO BEACH IN CULEBRA BOTH IN PUERTO RICO, WEST MAUI IN HAWAII AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND AND THE ST. MARY'S RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. 341912 328723 976891 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 MD X THE ORGANIZATION 4102277689 6618 STIRRUP CT ELDERSBURG MD 21784 ROGER WINDSCHITL VICE-PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KEVIN O'CONNOR SECRETARY/DIRECTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DR CHRIS KITALONG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA BRADLEY PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL STURM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 30.00 X 91500 0 0 91500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171645 21327 192972 SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE 900099 234802 234802 RESTORATION COORDINATI 900099 187841 187841 BALTIMORE COMPOST COLL 900099 187841 187841 HELPING BUILD MORE RES 900099 140881 140881 WATERSHED PLANNING 900099 93921 93921 93921 93921 939207 2900 2900 1135079 939207 0 2900 91500 91500 219081 219081 22030 22030 46386 46386 24946 24946 1850 1850 9261 9261 12900 12900 40391 40391 33523 10162 23361 10579 10579 6305 3849 2456 4057 4057 10800 10800 18962 18962 PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSE 535237 535237 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 4704 4704 BANK CHARGES 529 529 1093041 976891 116150 0 181755 111634 68258 171644 73360 40832 43328 32528 90 22569 293431 338375 737 51561 42556 23325 34499 74886 77792 X 0 0 0 0 218545 260583 218545 260583 293431 338375 42038 0 X 0 0 0 X 89598 36556 31352 69258 192972 419736 549920 636718 1188484 966330 939207 4280659 639518 673274 1219836 1035588 1132179 4700395 0 0 0 4700395 9 5 666 983 2900 4563 9 5 666 983 2900 4563 1407 103 1510 640934 673382 1220502 1036571 1135079 4706468 0.99870 0.99920 0.00100 0.00040 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 73360 40832 32528 32528 DUE FROM PAUL STURM 46 DIRECT DEPOSIT RECEIVABLE 22523 22569 CREDIT CARDS 9323 TAXES PAYABLE 1071 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 24105 34499 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 PAUL STRUM'S BROTHER IN LAW IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE 990 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD OF DIRECTORS SIGN THE POLICY ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 CEO IS PAID BASED UPON TIME SPENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION AT RATES BASED UPON AMOUNTS IN PERFORMANCE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. THESE RATES ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON WRITTEN REQUEST