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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: September 2024 Expires: September 2026

Teatown Lake Reservation

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

1600 Spring Valley Road
Ossining, NY, 10562

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Teatown Lake Reservation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
To inspire our community to lifelong environmental stewardship. Teatown Lake Reservation has an emphasis on instilling a love of the environment, positive attitudes towards conservation and environmental protection, and a sense of personal and civic responsibility.

Year, State Incorporated:
1971, NY

Teatown Lake Reservation offers public nature education programs, school programs, a summer camp, and off-site classes and activities.  Our science-based stewardship program studies, documents and monitors our habitats, plants and animals to assess their ecological health and conservation status.  Teatown has 15 scenic miles of hiking trails, ranging from leisurely to challenging, open dawn to dusk, 365 days

For the year ended June 30, 2022, Teatown Lake Reservation's program expenses were:

Program services $2,096,992
Total Program Expenses $2,096,992

Board Size
26

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Invitations to fund raising events, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Television, Grant proposals, Cause-related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.), Membership appeals

Tax status information not available.

The following information is based on Teatown Lake Reservation's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2022.

Source of Funds
Contributions - individuals, net $3,548,424
Educational services $450,504
Contributions - government grants $321,996
Contributions - foundation $294,402
Special events $202,641
Rental property $180,194
Membership dues $95,225
Contributions - corporate $75,651
Nature store and other $62,195
Plant sale $36,341
Sponsorships $28,860
Interest and dividends $20,624
In-kind donations $9,854
Total Income $5,326,911

Programs: 71% Fundraising: 16% Administrative: 13%

Total Income $5,326,911
Total expenses: $2,968,974
  Program expenses $2,096,992
  Fundraising expenses $471,209
  Administrative expenses $400,773
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $2,357,937
Beginning Net Assets $22,381,191
Other Changes In Net Assets $-610,899
Ending Net Assets $24,128,229
Total Liabilities $727,405
Total Assets $24,128,229

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