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US nonprofit · EIN 520178636 · Chester, MDiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 520178636) - 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 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.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.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc's network

6 people1 organisationi6 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (1) 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

6 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.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Cleo BraverVice President2018
8 yrs
Dr Andrew RigginDirector2022
4 yrs
Dr Stanley WatkinsTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Larry AlbrightDirector2018
8 yrs
Laura HoffmanCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Ralph PartlowPresident2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
John E GerberExecutive Director2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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
John E GerberExecutive Director40$62k
Ralph PartlowPresident5$0
Cleo BraverVice President5$0
Laura HoffmanSecretary5$0
Larry AlbrightDirector5$0
Dr Stanley WatkinsTreasurer5$0
Dr Andrew RigginDirector5$0

About

Legal name
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc
EIN
520178636
Address
1201 Parson Island Rd, Chester, MD, 21619-2866
State
Maryland
Mission
The entity restores, manages and protects habitat to increase wildlife habitat and improve water quality. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
C320 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1986
Principal officer
John E Gerber (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 April 1988
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsCleo Braver
≥8years on the filingsDr Stanley Watkins
≥8years on the filingsLarry Albright
≥8years on the filingsLaura Hoffman

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$5.2m
Total liabilities
$181k
Net assets or fund balances
$5.1m
Contributions and grants received
$561k
Program service revenue
$137k
Employees
13
Volunteers
6