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US nonprofit · EIN 263999186 · Duluth, MNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 263999186) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2009.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Waterlegacy

Donations deductible
Revenue
$261k
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$270k
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$990k
$13k liabilities
Net assets
$977k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
8
4.0y av
Staff
0
200 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
How am I connected?

Waterlegacy's network

8 people2 organisationsi8 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Don ArnostiBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Gwen ChynowethBoard Member2025
1 yr
Janet KeoughPresident2020
6 yrs
Karla AndersonBoard Member2024
2 yrs
Lise AbazsTreasurer2020
6 yrs
Mike MaleskaBoard Member2025
1 yr
Paula MaccabeeExecutive Director2025
1 yr
Ricky DefoeBoard Member2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Janet KeoughPresident2024
Lise AbazsTreasurer2024
Matt TylerVice President2024

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Paula MaccabeeExecutive Director40$118k
Lise AbazsTreasurer4$10k
Janet KeoughPresident4$0
Don ArnostiBoard Member1$0
Ricky DeFoeBoard Member1$0
Karla AndersonBoard Member1$0
Gwen ChynowethBoard Member1$0
Mike MaleskaBoard Member1$0

About

Legal name
Waterlegacy
EIN
263999186
Address
Po Box 3276, Duluth, MN, 55803-3276
State
Minnesota
Mission
Protect water resources & the communities that rely on them. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C05 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2009
Principal officer
Jan Keough (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 August 2009
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsDon Arnosti
≥6years on the filingsJanet Keough
≥6years on the filingsLise Abazs
≥6years on the filingsRicky Defoe

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$990k
Total liabilities
$13k
Net assets or fund balances
$977k
Contributions and grants received
$231k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0
Volunteers
200

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$1.1m$205k$874k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.