2025-08-14T17:38:32-04:00 2024-09-30 231380332 KIMMEL LORAH & ASSOCIATES LLP 2550 EISENHOWER AVE STE B208 AUDUBON PA 19403 990 2023-10-01 237025192 GREEN VALLEYS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA GREE 6104694900 1368 PRIZER ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19465 ROB BLUMENTHAL TREASURER 6104694900 2025-08-14 true true ROBERT STEVENSON CPA P00018843 6106660450 2025-08-13 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ROB BLUMENTHAL 1368 PRIZER ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19465 2573405 false X WWW.GREENVALLEYS.ORG X 1964 PA TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND RESTORE THE NATURAL WATERWAYS OF NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. WE INSPIRE, EDUCATE, AND INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR GENERATION AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 9 9 15 40 0 297993 299049 87123 92192 152716 336638 63366 37624 601198 765503 0 0 293523 248789 0 11895 422288 440242 715811 689031 -114613 76472 5982087 6637900 108680 104730 5873407 6533170 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. false false 99010 92192 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 LONGTERM 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. 344669 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 STATIONBASED PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON MEETING SCHOOL STANDARDS. 187594 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. 631273 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 true 15 true false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false PA X THE ORGANIZATION 6104694900 1368 PRIZER ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19465 CHRISTOPHER ORZECHOWSKI 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 VICTORIA LAUBACH EXECUTIVE DI 55.00 X 99000 0 16408 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 PAM NOBLES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN LISOWSKI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 99000 16408 false false false 22060 31121 245868 299049 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 713990 92192 92192 92192 200503 200503 70700 47932 22768 22768 22768 1896105 1759970 136135 136135 136135 OTHER INCOME 900099 14856 14856 14856 765503 92192 374262 99000 79210 14850 4940 107197 104763 2434 5320 4705 478 137 20572 18650 1495 427 16700 14909 1394 397 15513 15513 9469 6752 1734 983 105139 103411 1344 384 57821 57821 37964 35013 2295 656 PROGRAM COSTS 200485 200485 MISCELLANEOUS 7614 4959 2523 132 SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES 3816 3816 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 2421 595 1803 23 689031 631273 45863 11895 422377 426685 162878 262822 121243 10154 12645 3361445 1262410 2064677 2099035 3129634 3749698 71124 87015 5982087 6637900 55380 20580 53300 84150 108680 104730 X 1924918 2450015 3948489 4083155 5873407 6533170 5982087 6637900 X 76472 567401 15890 X false true X false false X 283974 373574 820567 280750 299049 2057914 283974 373574 820567 280750 299049 2057914 2057914 78902 132717 129367 148603 200503 690092 8323 10342 16602 30017 36624 101908 2849914 92192 0.72210 0.44070 X PART II, LINE 10 101,908 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2512535 694559 154000 3053094 2212263 405272 105000 2512535 2737720 -420457 105000 2212263 2364519 465201 92000 2737720 2201126 255393 92000 2364519 false false 1057692 1057692 1546888 1030233 516655 153790 127922 25868 603075 104255 498820 2099035 1396726 567401 15890 583291 813435 -47932 -47932 765503 736963 47932 47932 689031 689031 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST 15,890 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 4B RENTAL EXPENSES -47,932 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D RENTAL EXPENSES 47,932 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A 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 LONGTERM 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. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C 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. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, 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 FILES WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, 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, PAGE 6, PART VI, 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, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION 1368 PRIZER ROAD, POTTSTOWN, PA 19465 (610)469-4900 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST 15,890 RENTAL EXPENSE 47,932 RENTAL EXPENSES -47,932 TOTAL 15,890