2024-11-13T05:15:29-00:00 2023-12-31 273488128 Bennett & Associates CPAs PLLC 100 Huronview Blvd Ann Arbor MI 48103 990 2023-01-01 562471470 The Stewardship Network STEW 7349963190 416 Longshore Drive Ann Arbor MI 48105 Lisa Brush Executive Director 7349963190 2024-11-13 true true James H Bennett CPA P00447547 7346228015 2024-11-13 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Lisa Brush 416 Longshore Drive Ann Arbor MI 48105 1148197 false X www.stewardshipnetwork.org X 2004 MI The Stewardship Networks mission is to connect, equip, and mobilize people and organizations to care for land and water in their communities. See Schedule O for additional information. 10 9 9 247 0 1747946 880658 37003 255962 1435 324 43 11253 1786427 1148197 0 0 560350 636255 0 67993 914389 930943 1474739 1567198 311688 -419001 1581748 1259909 56778 152345 1524970 1107564 X To connect, equip, and mobilize people and organizations to care for land and water in their communities. false false 783997 80817 EQUIP Member Communities Program The Stewardship Network provides backbone support and technology systems to TSN Member Communities across the nation. Our approach builds inclusivity and diversity into land stewardship efforts and we fully embrace the unique supporting role we play in sparking change through these team efforts. In 2023, The Stewardship Network continued to refine and deliver a suite of support services to Member Communities, which include stewardship training and education coordinator support and leadership development event registration/communications structural technology support and communication services administrative, HR, and fiscal sponsorship services. 301995 169747 MOBILIZE Collaborative Stewardship Services The Stewardship Network was heavily involved with several important collaborative stewardship projects with partners across five states. These projects included but were not limited to Collaborating Well capacity support, California Landscape Stewardship Network capacity support, Duluth CISMA capacity support, Golden Gate Biosphere Network capacity support, Great Lakes Islands Alliance capacity support, Above/Below capacity support, technical and backbone support for 30x30 Californias ongoing engagement activities including their October 2023 convening. 238582 16651 CONNECT Learning Engagement Program The Stewardship Network has become an enormous nexus of relevant, specialized knowledge through decades of successful collaboration. While that hard-earned wisdom is leveraged all year long in service of our Member Communities, we continue to dedicate a meaningful portion of our energy to sharing these learnings with the widest audience possible. In 2023, these activities included 2023 Annual Conference held virtually, 2023 Spring Challenge, Monthly Webcasts, and Gloves for Good. 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Form 990, Part I, Line 1 Continued 2023 Successes The Stewardship Network TSN carried forward its mission and impact by supporting collaborative ecological stewardship work. TSN continued bringing together like-purposed people to work across jurisdictional and property ownership boundaries, forming new partnerships and harnessing our collective power to take care of the environment. TSNs place-based collaboratives, called Member Communities MCs, continued and expanded their work on natural area restoration and stewardship, with complementary learning and engagement programs for individuals in their areas. The Member Community program offers operational support, leadership trainings, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities for each MC Coordinator, and TSNs Member Communities engaged with 550 partner groups across ten states. TSN also expanded its geographic range in 2023 by taking on a new Member Community in the Pacific Northwest. In 2023, TSN also continued to grow Gloves for Good, which diverts lightly used work gloves out of the waste stream and established a way to clean and distribute them throughout our network. The work gloves are available for free, which is a huge benefit to recipients, as that is a constant requirement for on the ground stewardship activities. At the end of 2023, 10,272 pairs of gloves had been redistributed by TSN, saving stewardship organizations 15,792. Form 990, Part III, Line 4c Continued The 2023 Stewardship Network Conference, held virtually in February, connected, educated, and inspired 350 natural areas stewards from across North America. Presenters and participants came from a wide array of backgrounds, including private landowners, tribal members, government agency representatives, professional land managers, researchers, students, and more. This interdisciplinary conference continued its superb track record as one of the premier natural areas restoration conferences in the region, while involving an even greater diversity of presenters and participants than in previous years. Subject matter included advancements in ecological research, new tools and technologies, and collaborative processes. The 2023 Stewardship Network Spring Challenge logged its greatest level of engagement in program history work hours reported and connected participants from across the United States and Canada to care for natural areas in a collaborative conservation campaign. At the end of the 2023 Challenge, 13,604 participants had reported 50,816 hours of stewardship, removing invasive species, cleaning up natural areas, participating in restoration efforts, and otherwise improving the ecological health of important landscapes. These hours mark an impressive economic impact of donated time in the field, creating an enormous benefit to local governments, organizations, and private landowners. The 2023 value of volunteer hours, which is updated annually by the Independent Sector, was 31.80 per hour, providing a benchmark for the Challenges volunteer economic impact, which comes out to 1,615,949. The 2023 Challenge connected ecological stewards across the United States and Canada, elevated enthusiasm for caring for natural areas, and also provided a snapshot of the immense impact that seemingly little actions can make when many people pull together for the health and preservation of natural areas. The Stewardship Networks monthly webcasts continued to grow in popularity in 2023, attended by natural areas professionals, researchers, students, volunteers, and landowners from around the world. In 2023, attendees were able to engage with presenters and new information in real time. Presentations included a range of topics including invasive species control, natural resource legislation changes, and best practices for natural areas management. Webcast recordings and additional information are available to the public on The Stewardship Network website. In 2023, TSN grew its newest program, Gloves for Good, which diverts lightly used work gloves out of the waste stream and established a way to clean and distribute them throughout our network. The work gloves are available for free, which is a huge benefit to recipients, as that is a constant requirement for on the ground stewardship activities. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Stewardship Networks 990 initial draft is reviewed for accuracy by our CEO and Finance Director. Any CEO approved proposed changes are made to our accountant. After the suggested changes have been incorporated, it is reviewed by the Chair of the Finance Committee who is a member of our Board of Directors. After approval by the Chair of the Finance Committee, the 990 is presented to the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Stewardship Network board members and employees annually sign the written conflict of interest policy and are required to disclose interests that could give rise of conflicts. We regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with this policy through an annual review and discussion at board meetings and through the annual review of the policy and signing of the Conflict of Interest Policy certificate. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Stewardship Network has researched and benchmarked compensation for the Executive Director against compensation studies by Guidestar, Association for Nature Center Administrators, and Nonprofit Enterprise At Work. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Stewardship Network will research and benchmark compensation for other officers and key employees against compensation studies by Guidestar, Association for Nature Center Administrators, and Nonprofit Enterprise At Work when the organization determines that officers are to be paid or services are retained of an employee that meets the IRS definition of key employee. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Stewardship Network makes its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available upon request. Financial statements are available to the public on our website. 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