2024-08-18T12:29:48-07:00 2024-04-30 990EZ 2023-05-01 510168071 HILTON HEAD ISLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY aka Hilton Head Audubon HILT 7034790425 PO Box 6185 Hilton Head Island SC 29938 Sarah Gustafson Treasurer 7034790425 2024-06-06 1 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X X www.hiltonheadaudubon.org X X 69127 X 38057 7381 23689 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69127 2000 0 0 3803 8227 2753 39771 56554 12573 88608 0 101181 88608 101181 0 0 0 0 88608 101181 0 0 88608 101181 Our mission is to be a leading voice for birds and conservation in the Lowcountry, where people and nature thrive together. Our goals include preservation and protection of our coastal marshes, beaches, maritime forests and other habitats, ensuring they will be available for the continued enjoyment of residents and visitors, and for their use by migrating and resident birds. We actively partner with state and local leaders and the community-at large to promote a positive, forward-looking agenda for people and wildlife. Conservation: Advocacy, Education Programs and Community Science to promote protection and respect of critical habitat for resident and migrating birds. Participated in three festivals including a large presence at Juneteenth at Historic Mitchelville Freedom park, funded through a $10,000 grant from National Audubon (received in FY23). Hosted nine education events throughout the year, led twenty field trips including for both members and other community groups, spoke at 11 community groups, co-ordinated the Christmas bird count for the Hilton Head Island circle with 250 participants, and active on social media with conservation messages 5170 32146 Maintain and operate Audubon Newhall Preserve, a 50-acre nature preserve open to the public at no charge. This year we continued our improvement program by adding new informative signage, improving the main trail to the pond and beginning work on a new, larger kiosk to showcase information about the Preserve. Through installation of a people counter, we estimate the Preserve gets approximately 10,000 visitors per year 11687 17115 49261 Kay Grinnel President 20 0 0 0 Lynn Hodgson Vice President 10 0 0 0 Sarah Gustafson Treasurer 20 0 0 0 Patty Kappmeyer Secretary 10 0 0 0 Ken Adams Director 10 0 0 0 Shannon Wilkinson Director 10 0 0 0 Rosemary Staples Director 10 0 0 0 Terry Cerisoles Director 20 0 0 0 Denise Prichard Director 10 0 0 0 John Coleman Director 10 0 0 0 Susan Murphy Director 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Sarah Gustafson 89 Kingston Dunes Road Hilton Head Island SC 29928 7034790425 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 22350 19597 29112 39240 61746 172045 6047 4113 3398 2925 7382 23865 28397 23710 32510 42165 69128 195910 195910 231 317 0 0 0 548 231 317 0 0 0 548 28628 24027 32510 42165 69128 196458 0.99721 0.99 0.00279 0.005 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grant to Audubon South Carolina Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Educational programs;4924|Juneteenth Celebration;9245|Audubon Newhall improvements;9136|Port Royal Sound Maritime program for kids;1650|Website;3341|Membership system and other IT costs;2642|Social media marketing and advertising;3722|Insurance;1924|Credit card fees;1577|Property taxes;738|Miscellaneous;872^Total;39771^