2024-06-17T15:19:22-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 203481268 ROCKFISH VALLEY FOUNDATION ROCK 4343610271 PO BOX 235 1368 ROCKFISH VALLEY HWY Nellysford VA 22958 Peter Agelasto IV President 4343610271 2024-06-17 Peter Agelasto IV 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X www.rockfishvalley.org X X 116783 X 105495 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10595 5930 4665 668 110853 0 0 20869 20001 19670 2073 30768 93381 17472 161116 0 178588 X 132896 153178 19465 16641 12594 12194 164955 182013 3839 3425 161116 178588 The mission of the Rockfish Valley Foundation is to preserve the natural, historical, ecological and agricultural resources of the Rockfish Valley. We accomplish this with an education process that uses the following resources: the Nelson Scenic Loop, Spruce Creek Park, the Natural History Center, six miles in the Rockfish Valley Trail System, and lands associated with them. The mission further supports conservation, recreation, preservation, agricultural and environmental education, and promotes a rural tourism experience in the Rockfish Valley of Nelson County, Virginia. We aim to inspire a healthy lifestyle by offering hiking trails, a public park, programs and events. We support all students whether in Nelson public schools, home schools or private schools. The lands serve as our outdoor laboratory for students, the community and visitors, alike. Our vision is to enhance environmental literacy and create better stewards. We are the nature guys and Nature is our game. ROCKFISH RIVER TRAILS, CHILDREN'S NATURE TRAIL AND SPRUCE CREEK PARK OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND VISITATION. All facilities were open. Increased levels of visitation continued with estimates as high as two times pre Covid. Families and children especially took advantage of our access to outdoor play and learning. Improvements to Spruce Creek Park and our miles of trails are a recurring focus. With the continued increase in visitors, regular maintenance and repairs are necessary. In 2023 we completed a major refresh to the park entrance road from Glenthorne Loop and the parking area for the children's nature trail. Dead trees were removed and new white fringe trees and red twig dogwoods (Virginia natives) were planted. The Glenthorne parking area was expanded to triple its size and a trail along Reid's Creek was relocated while the old trail area was planted with native trees. 901 24829 COMMUNITY NATURE PROGRAMS. RVF is the nature guys, as big as all outdoors and holds education of the community as its top objective. Rockfish Valley Foundation's Natural History Center welcomed visitors free of charge during the 2023 season. A goal has been to give the community access to the museum more often. In June 2023, we hired Linda Roberts to assist with operations. She was able to put out the OPEN flags and, while working in the adjacent office, could greet guests when there was no volunteer available to serve as a museum host. The museum's Lending Library increased as books were purchased as part of the StoryWalk project; a collaborative effort with the county's public library. Further promotion of our Lending Library will be seen in 2024. In 2023 the Natural History Center was offered a large dinosaur fossil to display and it proved to be a popular attraction. We also accepted the gift of a taxidermy specimen of a wild turkey in flight. We are growing visits from local school and homeschool groups. 11755 9103 NATIVE PLANTS & EDUCATION -A focus on planting native trees and removing invasive plants and trees, Rockfish Valley Foundation has been very successful with the stream buffer program provided by the Virginia Department of Forestry. In 2023 an assessment was done that started replacement of dead trees along the trails. At the same time, a working collaboration with PRISM (Piedmont Region Invasive Species Management) began to rid invasives and to produce QR code signage to identify and educate how to control 12 invasives. And with VA DOF signage with QR codes was started to identify 25 native trees. These projects run into 2024. 7135 13069 47001 Peter A Agelasto IV Trustee, president 3 0 Betsy Rawls Agelasto Trustee, secretary 2 0 Peter A Agelasto III Trustee, chairman emeritus 5 0 Leslie Wood Trustee, treasurer 1 0 Sharon Hudson trustee, executive committee member 1 0 David Peyton trustee, executive committee member 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHRISANN DERRICK PO BOX 235 1368 ROCKFISH VALLEY HWY Nellysford VA 22958 4343610271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 77162 81503 110919 111083 106163 486830 2052 390 12291 10101 10595 35429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79214 81893 123210 121184 116758 522259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 522259 38 61 28 30 25 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 61 28 30 25 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79252 81954 123238 121214 116783 522441 0.99965 0.99962 0.00035 0.00038 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Description;Amount^EVENT REGISTRATION;668^Total;668^ Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^OFFICE AND COMPUTER EXPENSES;2102|EVENT EXPENSES;627|DUES FEES AND BANK CHARGES;1631|FUND DRIVE EXPENSES;6867|EXHIBIT EXPENSE;4373|MARKETING;6024|INSURANCE;3072|TRAVEL MEETINGS;128|MISCELLANEOUS;931|BOOKKEEPING AND OUTSIDE SERVICES;4602|EDUCATION PROGRAM EXPENSE;411^Total;30768^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Description;EOY Amount^GIFTED EXHIBITS;9238|DONATED INVENTORY;45|INVENTORY;2911^Total;12194^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Description;EOY Amount^ON ACCOUNT HARDWARE STORE;547|DUE TO CREDIT CARD;2699|SALES TAX PAYABLE;179^Total;3425^