2025-04-08T12:48:15-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 731664447 FRIENDS OF ST JOSEPH BAY PRESERVES INC FRIE 8502291789 3915 State Road 30A Port Saint Joe FL 32456 March Ard treasurer 4043573423 2025-04-08 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 0000 X X www.stjosephbaypreserve.org X X 23140 X 11286 6283 3709 1026 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 836 0 836 0 23140 7835 706 0 694 3802 3041 0 16078 7062 75326 0 82388 75326 82388 0 0 0 0 75326 82388 0 0 75326 82388 Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves, Inc., is a Citizen Support Organization with the purpose of promoting the goals of the managers of the St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve by volunteering for specific tasks and by raising funds for improvements to the Preserve. The semiannual fundraiser, Bay Day, includes educational exhibits which raise awareness of the Preserves and help the community around St. Joseph Bay learn about the importance of keeping the bay clean. Part III, line 28, A large expense category for 2024 was payments for maintenance of Preserve equipment and vehicles, combined with utilities (Part I, line 14). The interpretive trail by the lodge was started and will be completed in 2025 . By paying for maintenance of the equipment used for this work, the support organization helps the Preserve's program. The utility that we pay for is phone and internet service for the large number of students and researchers who visit the Preserve to study plants and animals of the St. Joseph Bay. 0 0 Part III, line 29, The support organization spent a considerable amount of money in preparation for its two semiannual fundraisers called Bay Days. A "Low Country Boil" lunch is served and a donation for the lunch is requested; so purchase of food, drinks, and serving ware are the largest expenses each time. Amost all of the work of cooking and serving food, setting up information booths to educate visitors about local nature and nature-focused organizations, presenting free, guided tours of the Preserve, and arranging parking is performed by volunteers. Educating people who live around the St. Joseph Bay about the importance of pristine water is a goal of the St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve. 0 0 Part III, line 30, Volunteers carry out projects of both the Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves support organization and the Preserve itself. Some are our members, but we get an out-sized share of help from site volunteers, people who park their RVs at the Preserve for one month, and in return, work 20-40 hours per week at the Preserve. Depending on their skills, they mow, build and repair buildings, clean the lodgings for students and researchers who stay, and do many odd jobs. The Friends organization pays for amenities such as a farewell meal for each group of volunteers, to recognize and thank them for their contributions. 0 0 0 Richard Trahan President 1 0 0 0 Tania Williamson Secretary 1 0 0 0 Roland Burnett Treasurer 3 0 0 0 John Ehrman Director 1 0 0 0 Gloria Hames Director 1 0 0 0 Tim Nelson Director 2 0 0 0 Linda Palma Past President 1 0 0 0 Brenda Burnett Director 1 0 0 0 Alan Mays Director 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FL Roland Burnett 3915 State Road 30A Port Saint Joe FL 32456 4043573423 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X X 1 St Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve 731664447 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 0 0 0 0 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 expenses for fundraisers Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 fund raising activities