2025-02-22T18:25:11-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 043548523 MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION CORP MASS 5082783565 209 Richardson Street Uxbridge MA 01569 Paul Wetzel Treasurer 4132683115 2025-02-22 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X masschestnut.org X X 49763 X 43495 0 4350 1918 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49763 10074 0 0 6505 0 0 17567 34146 15617 80046 0 95663 X 70680 89421 0 0 9366 6242 80046 95663 0 0 80046 95663 To advance the development of a hybrid American Chestnut tree that is resistant to the chestnut fungal blight. Establishment and maintenance of chestnut breeding, native diversity, and seed orchards in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Also provided a grant ($10,074) to University of Rhode Island Coastal Intern Program to start a seed chestnut orchard and mentor three undergraduate students to do the work. 0 31806 Education about the American chestnut and the program to restore them. Also held a day long symposium at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts that discussed the challenges of resorting the American Chestnut and celebrate the 40th anniversary of The American Chestnut Foundation. 0 2339 34145 Katherine Desjardin President 20.00 0 0 0 Brian Clark VP of Orchard Development 5 0 0 0 Michael Novack VP of Scientific Planning 1 0 0 0 Yvonne Federowicz Secretary 5 0 0 0 Paul Wetzel Treasurer 5 0 0 0 William Davis Director 3 0 0 0 Gray Curtis Director 1 0 0 0 John Emery Director 4 0 0 0 Michael Grames Director 1 0 0 0 Karen Jones Director 3 0 0 0 John Meiklejohn Director 4 0 0 0 Bradford Smith Director 3 0 0 0 Joshua Soojian Director 1 0 0 0 Edmund Croteau Director 2 0 0 0 Nathaniel Lord Director 1 0 0 0 Richard Hoffman Director 0.5 0 0 0 John Occhialini Director 3.00 0 0 0 Laura Meyerson Director 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Paul R Wetzel 108 Petticoat Hill Rd Williamsburg MA 01096 4132683115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 12125 46822 42953 40411 47845 190156 12125 46822 42953 40411 47845 190156 190156 0 0 0 1475 1918 3393 0 0 0 1475 1918 3393 12125 46822 42953 41886 49763 193549 0.98247 0.99069 0.01753 0.00931 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 University of Rhode Island Coastal Fellows Program--supported three undergraduate students, mentored by Dr. Laura Meyerson, to establish and plant a new seed orchard at the university. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Chapter insurance bank fees tax filing fees;1598|Maintenance Service of machinery fuel;501|Planting supplies;202|Mileage reimbursement;1468|Education and Publicity;2339|Annual Membership to MA Land Trust Coalition;100|2024 Depreciation of mower year 2 of 4;3123|Orchard Infrastructure;8236^Total;17567^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 In 2023 the Chapter bought a mower that cost $12490. This mower will be depreciated over four years starting in 2023. This is the second year of depreciation.