2025-03-25T19:27:48-07:00 2024-12-31 Mary Tolles 43 Hendrickson Point Rd Owls Head ME 04854 990 2024-01-01 010535846 FRIENDS OF BAXTER STATE PARK FRIE 2079753787 PO Box 322 Belfast ME 04915 Steuart Thomsen Treasurer 2079753787 2025-03-26 1 1 Mary Tolles P01606439 2075931445 2025-03-26 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Josie Quintrell PO Box 322 Belfast ME 04915 420792 0 X www.friendsofbaxter.org X 2000 ME Friends of Baxter State Park strives to inspire passion for the Park's wild character in the spirit of Percival Baxter. We promote exemplary use, natural resource stewardship, and a healthy Katahdin region to ensure the Park forever remains a refuge. 14 14 20 35 0 0 394652 374185 132 696 11040 18145 2477 3287 408301 396313 5578 4833 0 0 257562 277313 12000 12000 75249 90025 96634 365165 390780 43136 5533 650093 691225 15511 15590 634582 675635 Friends of Baxter State Park strives to inspire passion for the Park's wild character in the spirit of Percival Baxter. We promote exemplary use, natural resource stewardship, and a healthy Katahdin region to ensure the Park forever remains a refuge. 0 0 139426 0 0 Support for Park Activities: Our Baxter Youth Conservation Corps (BYCC) completed eight weeks of full-time trail work in Baxter State Park, for a total of 2,488 hours of donated services. Crews completed projects and maintenance work on the Mount OJI, Abol, Chimney Pond, and other trails. Our two BYCC Conservation Fellows completed 640 hours of independent study focused on the natural communities and fire ecology of Baxter State Park. We also made a direct contribution of $4,833 to Baxter State Park, which represents 50% of the net proceeds from our annual fundraising sign auction. 99747 0 6635 Education and Outreach: We offered the 2024 Maine Youth Wilderness Leadership Program which enabled ten Maine high school students to experience a nine-day leadership training program in spectacular wilderness. Participants in this program learned from specialists in botany, geology, environmental advocacy, art, storytelling, history, and recreation. The goal of this program is to inspire and cultivate the next generation of Maine's environmental leaders. We published five issues of our Forever Wild newsletter with a circulation of 2,100 (1,500 print, 600 digital) per issue. We published the 2025 Baxter State Park calendar in partnership with Baxter State Park and a local company. We produced and distributed nine podcast episodes containing over eight hours of content focused on Baxter State Park. We hosted a forestry tour of the Austin Cary Forest in September 2024 that was attended by 35 people. We hosted four showings of the film Lost on a Mountain in Maine at The Grand in Ellsworth that were attended by more than 1,200 people. 18636 0 0 Advocacy for the Park: We attended five meetings of the Baxter State Park Authority, three meetings of the Katahdin Collaborative and related groups, three meetings of the BSP - AT Task Force, and one meeting with Wabanaki leaders. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 Individuals who pay annual dues are members of the organization. Members elect the Board of Directors and vote on any changes to the organization's bylaws, but have no other power or authority to make governance decisions. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a See explanation above for line 6. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The completed form 990 is reviewed by the Executive Director and the Treasurer. Once they have completed their review, reviewed any corrections subsequently made, and are satisfied with the information presented in the documents, the 990 is signed and filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The Conflict of Interest Policy was adopted in September 2024. All directors and officers are required to submit a statement on an annual basis describing any interests that could give rise to conflicts. These statements are reviewed and directors must recuse themselves from any board decisions that may have an effect on any area in which they have an interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The organization uses the Maine Association of Non-Profits' biennial salary and benefits survey to review the Executive Director's salary and benefits. This review takes place on an annual basis during the budget process. Also taken into consideration are cost of living, inflation, and performance. The Board of Directors sets the Executive Director's salary. The answer to Line 15b is "No" because no other officers are compensated and there are no key employees. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. Financial statements are distributed at the organization's annual meeting, which is open to the public. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c The Finance Committee oversees the compilation of the financial statements and advises the Executive Director on the organization's work with an independent accountant.