2024-08-14T15:07:24-05:00 2023-09-30 232896692 BBD LLP 1835 MARKET STREET SUITE 300 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 990 2022-10-01 237025192 GREEN VALLEYS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA GREE 6104694900 1368 PRIZER ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19465 ROB BLUMENTHAL TREASURER 6104694900 2024-08-14 1 0 ADAM WATSON P01367206 2155677770 2024-08-14 2022 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z ROB BLUMENTHAL 1368 PRIZER ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19465 2534713 0 X WWW.GREENVALLEYS.ORG X 1964 PA TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND RESTORE THE NATURAL WATERWAYS OF NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. 9 9 19 40 0 0 820567 297993 108685 87123 211333 152716 67849 63366 1208434 601198 0 0 0 0 320752 293523 0 0 12152 481359 422288 802111 715811 406323 -114613 5687232 5982087 78328 108680 5608904 5873407 X TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND RESTORE THE NATURAL WATERWAYS OF NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. WE INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR GENERATION AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 0 0 262069 WATERSHED PROTECTION - ASSESSMENT OF THE WATERSHEDS OF NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY (FRENCH, PIGEON, PICKERING, VALLEY CREEKS AND STONY RUN) BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONAL PROVIDES THE DETAILED INFORMATION NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCES AND IMPACTS OF STRESSORS. MAPPING OF IMPAIRED WATERS AND PROVIDES A GUIDE TO THE LEAST STRESSED AREAS IN THE WATERSHEDS WHERE WATERSHED ECOSYSTEMS SHOULD BE MOST INTACT. THIS ENABLES PRIORITIZATION OF CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION EFFORTS, AND FORMS THE BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY. DATA COLLECTED HELPS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-TERM TREND INFORMATION AND PROVIDES QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROTECTION AND RESTORATIONS PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS WARNING OF NEW DEGRADATION. ASSESSMENTS INCLUDE CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) MACROINVERTEBRATES, HABITAT ASSESSMENTS, GIS MAPPING AND MODELING. RESTORATION WORK INCLUDES RESTORATION OF FORESTED STREAMSIDE BUFFER, AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. SCHUYLKILL WATER STEWARDS VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM TEACHES PARTICIPANTS ABOUT WATERSHED ISSUES, ENABLING THEM TO BE BETTER ADVOCATES FOR OUR STREAMS. 173662 87123 ENVIRONMENTAL & WATERSHED SCIENCE EDUCATION - CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE HAS BEEN A PART OF THE ASSOCIATION SINCE ITS FOUNDING FIFTY YEARS AGO. SUMMER NATURE CAMP, OUR LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM, ENCOURAGES A CHILD'S NATURAL CURIOSITY OF THE OUTDOORS BY ENGAGING THEM IN FUN AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. SUMMER INTERNSHIPS GIVE STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION OR SCIENCE MAJORS' EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING PROGRAM PREPARATION AND DELIVERY TO CHILDREN BOTH ON-SITE, IN LIBRARIES, AND AT SCHOOLS. ON-SITE PROGRAMS INCLUDE POND & STREAM STUDIES, NATURE-THEMED WALKS, AND SCOUT BADGE PROGRAMS. IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS INCLUDE AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS FOCUSED ON WATERSHED SCIENCE EDUCATION AND STATION-BASED PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON MEETING SCHOOL STANDARDS. 208440 WELKINWEIR - THE ASSOCIATION'S HEADQUARTERS AND FORMER HOME OF THE ASSOCIATION'S FOUNDING MEMBERS, WHO DONATED THE PROPERTY. THE ESTATE HOUSE AND 162 PERMANENTLY PROTECTED ACRES ARE LISTED ON THE NATURAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES; AN ADJACENT 62 ACRES ARE UNDER PERMANENT PROTECTION. THE PROPERTY FEATURES AN ARBORETUM OF RARE OR UNUSUAL TREES AND SHRUBS AND FORMAL GARDENS SET WITHIN ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE FORESTS, MEADOWS, WETLANDS, PONDS, AND STREAM HABITATS AS WELL AS AN EVER-GROWING COLLECTION OF PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND NATURE-CASED INFRASTRUCTURE. WE PROVIDE TRAINING THROUGH SUMMER INTERNSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF HORTICULTURE, FORESTRY, ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, WHO GO ON TO WORK AT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GARDENS. WELKINWEIR IS WHERE MANY OF (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) THE ASSOCIATION'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE. A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENT RENTALS (PRIMARILY WEDDINGS, BUT ALSO MEMORIAL SERVICES, BUSINESS MEETINGS, AND CIVIC FUNCTIONS) ARE ALLOWED IN THE ARBORETUM AND AT THE ESTATE HOUSE DURING THE SPRING AND FALL. FUNDS GENERATED ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC PROPERTY. 644171 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 1 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 PA X THE ORGANIZATION 6104694900 1368 PRIZER ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19465 CHRISTOPHER ORZECHOWSKI PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MARJORIE MILLER VICE PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ROB BLUMENTHAL TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SUE HUGHES SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 AMY AUWAERTER DIRECTOR (UNTIL SEPT. 2023) 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANN BURLEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DIANA CORMACK DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JIM KERR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN MATTHEWS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN ORANGERS DIRECTOR (UNTIL SEPT. 2023) 1.00 X 0 0 0 JO-AN RECHTIN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 VICTORIA LAUBACH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 55.00 X 91853 0 18964 91853 0 18964 0 0 0 0 0 17915 69195 210883 297993 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 713990 87123 87123 87123 69003 69003 79600 46251 33349 33349 33349 1970977 1887264 83713 83713 83713 OTHER INCOME 900099 30017 30017 30017 601198 87123 0 216082 118668 104243 11218 3207 129438 113703 12236 3499 3165 2781 300 84 23533 20673 2225 635 18719 16444 1770 505 825 825 19363 19363 7634 3792 3033 809 115355 113192 1683 480 59361 59361 36794 34138 2066 590 PROGRAM COSTS 170474 170474 MISCELLANEOUS 10116 5020 2766 2330 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 2366 350 2003 13 715811 644171 59488 12152 370827 422377 159056 162878 223191 121243 4868 10154 3269265 1204588 2111502 2064677 2753821 3129634 63967 71124 5687232 5982087 25828 55380 52500 53300 78328 108680 X 1941927 1924918 3666977 3948489 5608904 5873407 5687232 5982087 X -114613 371959 7157 X 0 0 0 X 450793 283974 373574 820567 280750 2209658 450793 283974 373574 820567 280750 2209658 918250 1291408 149308 78902 132717 129367 148603 638897 16544 8323 10342 16602 30017 81828 2930383 482857 0.44070 0.49740 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER INCOME - 2018 AMOUNT: $ 16,544. 2019 AMOUNT: $ 8,323. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 10,342. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 16,602. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 30,017. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2212263 405272 105000 2512535 2737720 -420457 105000 2212263 2364519 465201 92000 2737720 2201126 255393 92000 2364519 2279381 13745 92000 2201126 1.00000 0 0 1057692 1057692 1458308 994565 463743 150190 117830 32360 603075 92193 510882 2064677 X 1026565 371959 7157 379116 647449 -46251 -46251 601198 762062 46251 46251 715811 0 715811 PART V, LINE 4: INCOME FROM THE ENDOWMENT IS TO BE USED TO PRESERVE THE WELKINWEIR PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY. PART X, LINE 2: GAAP REQUIRES ENTITIES TO EVALUATE, MEASURE, RECOGNIZE AND DISCLOSE ANY UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN ON THEIR TAX RETURNS. GAAP PRESCRIBES A MINIMUM RECOGNITION THRESHOLD THAT A TAX POSITION IS REQUIRED TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ASSOCIATION BELIEVES IT HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS DEFINED IN GAAP. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: CHANGE IN VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ASSETS HELD BY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO 7,157. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: RENTAL EXPENSES -46,251. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: RENTAL EXPENSES 46,251. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 WAS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM AND THEN PROVIDED TO THE ASSOCIATION'S MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNING BODY BEFORE BEING FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY SHALL APPLY TO STAFF MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE REPORTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS THEY ARISE. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS AN ACTUAL CONFLICT. ANY PERSON WITH A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. IF A CONFLICT DOES ARISE, ANY PERSON IN CONFLICT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FINAL DELIBERATION OR ANY VOTE RELATED TO THE MATTER IN CONFLICT. AT MINIMUM ALL PERSONS TO WHICH THIS POLICY APPLIES, EVEN IF NO ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS EXIST, MUST ANNUALLY COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE HUMAN RESOURCE COMMITTEE, OF WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD IS A MEMBER, ANNUALLY COMPARES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION WITH THOSE IN SIMILAR POSITIONS AT SIMILAR GROUPS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ASSOCIATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ASSOCIATION'S OFFICE IN POTTSTOWN, PA. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST 7,157.