2025-10-24T13:28:39-07:00 2025-06-30 990EZ 2024-07-01 541778484 HOFFLER CREEK WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED HOFF 7576868684 4510 Twin Pines Rd Portsmouth VA 23703 Ray Strutton President 7574836838 2025-10-24 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.hofflercreek.org X X 136516 X 120933 7320 0 7316 900 0 900 0 0 0 0 47 0 47 0 136516 0 0 104652 0 12056 6912 13354 136974 -458 175618 0 175160 X 175741 175534 0 0 840 839 176581 176373 963 1213 175618 175160 Environmental education & habitat conservation Environmental Education and Outreach: Consistent with its educational mission, HCWF provided structured and informal learning opportunities for a diverse audience, including K-12 schools, college groups, adult nature-enthusiasts, and community volunteers. Key accomplishments: A. Hosted monthly guided hikes, kayak paddles, bird watching tours, and mindfulness in nature sessions, reaching hundreds of participants. B. Delivered curriculum-linked field trips and outreach programs focusing on estuarine ecology, watershed science, butterfly life cycles, and Chesapeake Bay restoration themes, educating students from local schools. C. Expanded public outreach via digital newsletters, citizen science opportunities (bird counts, water-quality monitoring) and special events to raise awareness of human-nature connections in the Hampton Roads region. HCWF's success depends on collaboration with volunteers, local schools, higher-education institutions, municipal agencies and citizen groups. Over the year: A. The Foundation mobilized over 2,000 community members, volunteers and interns in work-days, citizen-science events and outreach programs. B. Formed or strengthened partnerships with nearby universities, the local school system, regional restoration non-profits, and government resource agencies-enhancing access to resources, technical expertise and broader conservation networks. C. Developed fundraising and awareness campaigns to grow individual membership, corporate sponsorships, and foundation grants, thereby supporting the financial sustainability of the preserve's mission and programs. 0 46763 Conservation and Research: HCWF manages a 142-acre nature preserve in Portsmouth, VA, which comprises tidal creek and salt-marsh habitats, riparian forest, and a brackish lake-an unusually diverse set of ecosystems in the mid-Atlantic coastal plain. During the reporting year, the Foundation: A. Continued invasive species removal efforts and native habitat restoration through regular volunteer workdays, engaging hundreds of volunteers and restoring acres of native forest. B. Maintained and improved trails, observation points and interpretive facilities, ensuring safe, low-impact public access while preserving wildlife integrity. C. Monitored water quality, raised thousands of oyster spat, and studied climate change impacts on mummichog in collaboration with regional partners to support the health of the Hoffler Creek watershed. HCWF supports applied research and monitoring that enhances understanding of coastal ecosystems, habitat change, and human and natural system interactions. Highlights include: A. Partnering with regional universities and agencies to host research in salt-marsh ecology, brackish lake habitat dynamics, tick populations, and nest predation. B. Facilitating citizen science programs such as bird species counts, oyster aquaculture, turtle surveys, and water quality sampling, thus enabling both public involvement and data collection for professional research. C. Ensuring that findings and data are integrated into HCWF's interpretive materials so that visitors not only experience the preserve but also understand the underlying science that informs its stewardship. 0 45175 Recreation: HCWF offers low impact recreational experiences designed to engage the community while safeguarding sensitive habitats. During the year, the Foundation: A. Maintained five hiking trails, three bird-viewing blinds, seasonal kayak rental access, an oyster pier, and observation decks that overlook marsh and lake habitats. B. Welcomed thousands of visitors to the preserve (open Tue-Sun, 10 am-4 pm), offering opportunities for nature photography, bird watching, family exploration, and passive recreation in a suburban wilderness. C. Continued to enforce preservation-friendly practices (for example, excluding pets, restraint of high-impact activities such as biking or running within the preserve) to ensure that recreation remains compatible with conservation goals. 0 29837 121775 Ray Strutton President 10 0 0 0 Beth Hester Vice President 2 0 0 0 Amy Poland Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Debbie Farrell Secretary 2 0 0 0 Kathryn Edmondson Director 1 0 0 0 Justin Lovell Director 1 0 0 0 Becky Zambas Director 1 0 0 0 Ashley Morgan Executive Director 40 58000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VA Ashley Morgan 4510 Twin Pines Rd Portsmouth VA 23703 7576868684 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 133563 123291 102327 170001 136516 665698 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133563 123291 102327 170001 136516 665698 30740 634958 57 142 1297 6110 7316 14922 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 680620 0 0.93291 0.98522 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Restricted Grant Expense -- 12,640, Program Expense -- 714 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Inventory -- 839 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Payroll Taxes Withheld -- 1213