2023-12-22T14:24:20-07:00 2022-12-31 990EZ 2022-01-01 911830020 MARION COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS ASSOCIATION MARI 5033733771 1320 Capitol Street NE Salem OR 97301 Carol Slavkovsky President-Elect 5035082484 2023-12-22 1 0 11 0 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X http://marioncomga.org X X 70768 X 16826 0 3255 7 0 0 0 0 49791 39306 10485 799 796 3 90 30666 1070 0 0 3000 3166 442 18695 26373 4293 75515 2281 82089 X 72428 79918 1200 1088 1887 1083 75515 82089 0 0 75515 82089 Provide research-based gardening advice and education to home gardeners and the community. Marion Demonstration Garden is a learning garden that is open to the public daily and is free of charge. Marion County Master Gardeners contributed over 4,000 volunteer hours this year maintaining over 30 ever-changing garden themes that demonstrate sustainable research-based gardening techniques. The community may attend free gardening classes, hands on workshops, or garden tours. Master Gardener Volounteers are available to answer questions from the public most Monday mornings. Fruit, vegetables, and plants grown at the garden are donated to partner non-profits during the year. 0 8112 Junior Master Gardeners is a special interest educational program for youth grades K-12. JMG programs engage children in novel "hands-on" group and individual learning experiences that provide a love of gardening, development an appreciation for the environment, and cultivate leadership, personal responsibility, community involvement and critical thinking skills. MCMGA provides both funding and volunteer support for various projects at school sites and at the Marion Demonstration Garden. Over 600 students were served. 0 2500 MCMGA is committed to providing a wide variety of research-based opportunities to the home gardener and community. Master Gardeners volunteered over 2,500 hours to free educational programming through a variety of venues: weekly radio spots; lectures (in-person and on zoom); hands-on workshops; information our website; community speakers on request, and community clinics. This year MCMGA developed interactive teaching tools to use at our community clinics and booth at the Oregon State Fair. Farmers markets, and at our own plant sale. MCMGA provides year-round free gardening advice Monday through Friday through our help desk. The public is invited to drop-by, call, or email any gardening questions or problem. 0 2279 12891 X Eric Suing President 3 0 0 0 Joyce Heinke Secretary 3 0 0 0 Amy Westbye Communications Representative 2 0 0 0 Stacy Moranville Garden Representative 10 0 0 0 Cyndy Shorter Membership Representative 12 0 0 0 Kathy Verble Propagation Representative 10 0 0 0 Dale Marande Plant Sale Representative 4 0 0 0 Terry Sawyer OMGA Representative 1 0 0 0 Margrit Angeloni Treasurer 6 0 0 0 Sherry Scriven Tresurer-Elect 3 0 0 0 Dary Jones Member-At-Large 1 0 0 0 Stephanie Hazen Education Representative 4 0 0 0 X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OR Sherry Scriven 4183 Sylvia Street SE Salem OR 973176162 5419512301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 4690 6467 6936 4450 20081 42624 45358 46445 9436 7673 49794 158706 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50048 52912 16372 12123 69875 201330 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201330 13 13 10 9 7 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 10 9 7 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 90 50061 52925 16382 12132 69972 201472 0.99930 1 0.00026 0 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Other income is from our members late fees for their membership dues. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Plant Sale 49791 0 49791 0 0 3955 267 0 35084 0 0 49791 0 49791 0 0 3955 267 0 35084 39306 10485 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Description;Amount^Line 8 Member's dues late fees;90^Total;90^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Dues paid to OMGA (State Organization) $990. Mini College Scholarship 80. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Insurance;1146|CC transaction fees for website;188|Membership supplies;574|Government fees;77|Website expenses;976|Team and Community building;1927|Demonstration Garden Plots;1410|Demonstration garden irrigation;590|Demonstration garden equipment and tools;3999|Demonstration garden equip maintenance and safety supplies;167|Demonstration garden waste and green matter disposal;347|Demonstration garden porta potty;444|Demonstration garden hospitality;956|Demonstration garden office and misc supplies;199|Jr Master Gardeners books and activity supplies;2500|Community educational clinics;1496|Educational speaker fees and site expense;672|Educaitonal public help desk;111|Depreciation;916^Total;18695^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 19 net assets at beginning of the year $75,515. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Description;Amount^Insurance proceeds for equipment theft;2281^Total;2281^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 HP Envy laptop, digital microscope, OptiPlex minitowers for help desk computers. Cash registers for plant sale. Marion demonstration garden signage, brother label printer for garden. Form 990-EZ, Part IV Changes to MCMGA by-laws: Increased board members from 12 to 13. Created the new position of Propagation Representative. Clarified wording detailing the process for making changes to the By-Laws. For our annual November business meeting, we added the option to allow members to vote electronically. Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 34 Increased board members from 12 to 13. Created new position: Propagation Representative and included position description and responsibilities for the person. Clarified wording detailing the process for changes the By-Laws. For our annual November business meeting we added the option of voting electronically. MCMGA filed form 8868 Extension of Time to File an Exempt Organization. Our Treasurer then filed the paper 990 form. MCMGA received our paper form 990 back on December 13th, 2023. With a letter from IRS stating we need to electronically file within 10 days of the letter. December 23, 2023 is the 10th day.