2025-08-03T12:43:43-07:00 2024-09-30 990 2023-10-01 943039253 SAN FRANCISCO BAY WILDLIFE SOCIETY SANF 4085151889 P O Box 234 Newark CA 945600234 Cecilia Craig President 4088282643 2025-07-17 1 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Cecilia D Craig PO Box 234 Newark CA 945600234 198927 0 X www.sfbayws.org X 1987 CA Nurture in the public an understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, its natural and cultural history, and to conserve, preserve, and restore bay lands as essential wildlife habitat. Environmental Education supports conservation awareness and builds stewardship in local communities. Biology programs support habitat preservation and restoration. Long term partnerships with Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and local corporations provide major funding for these efforts. Efforts also support public access and conservation education. 7 7 9 40 0 0 15348 12825 188073 177813 3115 5823 1600 282 208136 196743 0 0 0 0 185071 176827 0 0 1231 29621 26944 214692 203771 -6556 -7028 254564 250009 603 3076 253961 246933 Nurture in the public an understanding, appreciation, and stewardship of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, its natural and cultural history, and to conserve, preserve, and restore bay lands as essential wildlife habitat. Environmental Education supports conservation awareness and builds stewardship in local communities. Biology programs support habitat preservation and restoration. Long term partnerships with Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and local corporations provide major funding for these efforts. Efforts also support public access and conservation education. 0 0 116128 0 123614 Environmental Education and Interpretation for Watershed Watchers program, funded by a contract from Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program. From Oct 2023 to Sep 2024: Reached over 6,820 people with public, group, outreach, and stewardship programs and activities. Programs: public, group and outreach programs (58); stewardship, volunteer coordination, and special events (24), summer camp (1). All public, group, and outreach programs included education on mercury pollution and impacts. 83 total programs offered. At least 1,545 K-12 students and 2767 adults, with over 2,859 people in total attended these programs, with at least 3,633 people learning via social media platforms. More details available upon request. 15487 0 22000 Warm Springs Vernal Pool Monitoring and Habitat Restoration, funded by Wildlife Heritage Foundation. For Warm Springs, Wildlife Heritage Foundation description: Warm Springs is a unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The income from the Wildlife Heritage Foundation funds a Wildlife Biologist Associate position to help monitor and protect endangered and threatened species in this unique vernal pool habitat. Primary responsibilities: conduct invasive weed management including hand pulling and herbicide application, assist with surveys including hydrological monitoring of vernal pools, aquatic surveys for vernal pool biota including tadpole shrimp and California tiger salamanders; vernal pool vegetation surveys; summer vegetation surveys; and invasive weed surveys. Other responsibilities include seed collection and processing, data management, cross support with other Refuges, data entry, report preparation, and supply and equipment inventories. 16259 0 13600 Summer Camp Support 2024 - tee-shirts, materials, payroll part-time associate. Long-standing joint USFWS-SFBWS program for K-12 students from lower income areas; high school students attend training and then lead camp activities. 60 attendees, funded by Cargill, with more than 30 volunteers. 21606 0 11500 Restoration associated (funded by Cargill) performed habitat restoration on the east and south sides of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. 4544 0 2500 Transportation support for buses and other transport for K-12 students to visit Refuge, providing opportunities for environmental education and outreach to occur with program onsite. Support provided to under-represented and lower socioeconomic students/schools. Income for this fund raised in prior years; not used during COVID. Funded by donations. 2382 0 0 Support San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex programs approved by the BOD, including volunteer support & recognition. Funded by donations and general reserves. Revenue (donations) is mostly not specific to these programs. 19 0 4598 Peninsula Programs Coordinator delivered activities on the peninsula side of the San Francisco Bay portion of the Don Edwards SFB National Wildlife Refuge. Walks and Volunteer Work Days reached out to about 200 people, and raised awareness through Facebook and other social media posts. 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Federal funding was successfully awarded, including funds to repair Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge-owned levees which help protect densely populated and commercially important San Francisco Bay Area communities and infrastructure from flood damage. 0 Pension (403b) payable 3011 3011 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Sent by email for July 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The SFBWS Code of Ethics states "refrain from voting on issues that may be perceived as a potential conflict of interest." Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Staff compensation is determined based on experience and using salary bands from the US Government generally. Administration staff compensation is determined based on discussions with other similar sized not-for-profit organizations with similar missions. This is documented by the Executive Director and BOD President. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 These documents are available upon request. In addition, we ensure our filings are available on Guidestar and Charity Navigator. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are available upon request. Medical issues of volunteer tax preparer. Transition from Program Administrator to Executive Director (training).