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Protecting the Red Cedar River through education, advocacy,
and restoration.



Revenue and Expenditures: How We Put YOUR Support to Work for
the River

Despite the economic climate of the past few years, Friends of the Red Cedar River
has maintained a healthy financial outlook. We attempt to put as much of our
budget to work as we can for the river.

Included in the figures below is information about the Friends of the Red Cedar
revenue and expense breakdown for 2013.

REVENUE BREAKDOWN

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Sponsors
Government Grants
Investments
Special Events
Other
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Total = $272,800
Donor contributions = $29,000
Corporate and community sponsors = $55,000
Government grants = $160,000
Investments = $1,800
Special events = $15,000
Other = $12,000

Expense Breakdown

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Total = $249,000
Program services = $174,300
Administration = $62,000
Fundraising = $12,700

Our primary fiscal commitments and activities for 2014 include:

maintaining the excellent relationships we have with our current corporate
and community sponsors
maintaining the important relationships we have with our donors and
partners
pursuing and acquiring at least $175,000 in government grants
maintaining or streamlining our administrative costs


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In 2013, Friends of the Red Cedar River hosted more than 15 special events,
including a day-long river clean-up project that drew more than 150 participants
and resulted in more than two tons of trash being removed from the river. The
trash was taken by Harder Ltd., one of our supporters and the clean-up events
sponsor. Bill Harder, President and CEO of Harder Ltd., said that the company
recycled as much material as they could before sending the rest to their primary
landfill. Harders daughter, Angelique, a sophomore at Michigan State University,
participated in the event and said that the Red Cedar River is an MSU and an East
Lansing icon, and it needs to be preserved.



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Other events included a Wines of the Red Cedar River, which featured a tasting of
local wines on the banks of the river during June. East Lansing major Karl Kaplan
attended the event, and joined more than 100 others in sampling the fares of local
wineries while enjoying the beautiful river on a glorious early summer evening.