2025-10-24T00:50:01-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 953488027 SOUTHWEST WETLANDS INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION SOUT 6195750550 PO Box 575 Imperial Beach CA 91933 Michael McCoy President 6195750550 2023-09-27 1 2022 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Michael A McCoy PO Box 575 Imperial Beach CA 91933 1275417 0 X https://southwestwetlands.org/ X 1980 CA The education, acquisition, protection, and restoration of coastal wetlands. 5 5 16 0 971 0 1419413 1333913 0 0 37351 -59467 0 971 1456764 1275417 0 0 0 0 701193 839391 0 0 0 603826 403271 1305019 1242662 151745 32755 1049674 1103280 422180 443031 627494 660249 Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association (SWIA) manages wetland restoration and protection projects in the Tijuana River NERR, the South SD Bay refuge, and Border Field State Park. SWIA also monitors wetland ecosystems and provides staffing and program support for the TRNERR. In 2022, SWIA continued to be funded to work in collaboration with regional partners to develop strategies to address climate change and ensure coastal resiliency. Work is being done in Mexico, adjacent to the Reserve, to stem sediment and trash flows. 0 0 851831 878896 0 SWIA provides program support and staffing for the Research Program, the Coastal Training Program, and the Stewardship Programs at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (TRNERR) with an emphasis on coastal resiliency in the face of climate change. 196168 209189 0 SWIA maintains wetlands restoration and protection projects in TRNERR, South San Diego Bay, and Seal Beach. Planning phase continues for further wetland restoration in the Reserve and includes pre-construction monitoring, surveying, design, and engineer support. SWIA is in its eleventh year of monitoring flora and fauna recovery at the South San Diego Bay post-restoration. SWIA's wetlands restoration and protection projects also include continual monitoring support of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon. 21730 21730 0 SWIA provides an invasive plant control program in the Tijuana River Valley. The invasive plant control program began in 2001 to strategically remove three invasive plant species from the TRNERR river valley, re-vegetate the areas with native plant species, and monitor those areas for possible re-emergence of non-native plants and maintain the viability of native re-vegetation. 0 0 0 1069729 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 CA X Cristina Bingham 6195750550 PO Box 575 Imperial Beach CA 91933 Jeff Crooks Research Coordinator 40 0 X 110475 0 0 Yvonne Oden Board Member 3 0 X 0 0 0 Justin Anderson Board Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Gary Brown Treasurer 6 0 X 0 0 0 Michael McCoy President, Board of Directors 8 0 X 0 0 0 Robert Miller Treasurer/Vice-President 6 0 X 0 0 0 William Tippets Secretary 6 0 X 0 0 0 110475 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1173639 160274 0 1333913 0 -59467 -59467 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 971 0 971 0 971 1275417 -59467 971 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 689460 585985 103475 0 19415 16297 3118 0 75883 58531 17352 0 54633 45909 8724 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12220 0 12220 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4540 0 4540 0 261270 254635 6635 0 275 275 0 0 5153 11 5142 0 13299 11771 1528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6444 6444 0 0 0 0 0 0 18042 17767 275 0 600 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7280 0 7280 0 Program Supplies for Reserve Programs 67492 67492 0 0 Memberships, Permits, Penalties, Beneficiaries Expense & Misc 6656 4612 2044 0 1242662 1069729 172933 0 183300 195012 30640 36069 365472 489712 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6052 6583 464210 375904 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1049674 1103280 297559 342866 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20000 15000 104621 85165 422180 443031 X 212753 235544 414741 424705 627494 660249 1049674 1103280 32755 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1206660 1556182 1239024 1419413 1333913 6755192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1206660 1556182 1239024 1419413 1333913 6755192 6755192 -587 15501 35495 37351 -59467 28293 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 971 1110 6784595 0.99567 0.96274 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 2022 - $971 cash reward from association business credit card; 2020 - $139 workshop funds RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 96288 0 -12595 0 0 991 82702 82009 0 15565 0 0 1286 96288 74753 0 8340 0 0 1084 82009 59760 0 15770 0 0 777 74753 95688 0 422 0 35000 1350 59760 0.4 0.6 0 0 0 0 Beneficiary Payable - Agee Street CRUT 85165 85165 1300876 0 30000 0 0 30000 1270876 4541 0 4541 1275417 1268121 30000 0 0 0 30000 1238121 4541 0 4541 1242662 Schedule D, Part V, Line 2a Lines 2a and 2c were amended to correct a data entry error. The organization holds 40% of its endowment funds as board designated or quasi endowment (line 2a) and 0% as term endowment (line 2c). This correction aligns with the organization's internal fund designations and donor restrictions. Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association adopts investment and spending policies for the Endowment to provide a predictable stream of funding for general operations while maintaining purchasing power of the assets. The endowment was established for unrestricted support with the corpus of $50,000 to remain permanently donor-restricted. Form 990, Header, Line B Schedule D, Part V, lines 2a and 2c were amended to correct a data entry error. The organization holds 40% of its endowment funds as board-designated or quasi-endowment (line 2a) and 0% as term endowment (line 2c). This correction aligns with the organization's internal fund designations and donor restrictions. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association's completed 990 and all required schedules are emailed to board members for review before submitting. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 SWIA's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g $89,935 AECOM Environmental Services; $29,150 Cordrey, Michelle - GIS for TRNERR, provides GIS mapping services; $22,696 Regents of the University of California - sampling of water and other; CSULB $20,902 - Assessing the effects of sediment augmentation on the marsh plain and tidal creeks at Seal Beach Wetlands; $15,000 ERRG - Quantification, characterization, and removal of solid waste from the Goat Canyon Sediment Basin Complex at TRNERR; $9,906 Nordby Biological Consulting: Field biologist - wetlands restoration projects; $9,200 Big Bay Marine Services (CSP) removal of derelict boat at Silver Strand State Beach; $8,351 Anchor QEA environmental services; $7,230 Physis Environmental Laboratories - sampling and testing of contaminants, $6,315 Move Central - Storage facility for SWIA administrative office items and supplies; $6,246 Houndsystems data collection, Los Peñasquitos Lagoon; $5,500 CONCUR, Inc. - Strategic planning at TRNERR; $5,084 Minimal Chaos - website design and communication; $4,939 UC San Diego - sampling; $3,600 Waste For Life- project development for repurposing single-use product debris into materials; $3,000 Estañon, Sofia - market analysis to aid in distribution and sale of products created in a pilot project (for reuse); $3,000 CSU Summer 2022 internship program; $2,800 Bonilla, Adela - community trainer for activities for upcycled products; $2,000 Serrano, Jesus administering questionnaires and surveys in indigenous community of Los Laureles canyon; $320 Markman, Michelle - development of case statement for brochure; $845 - misc. outside services for program support Agee St CRUT PO Box 575 Imperial Beach CA 91933 846863541 Trustee to a charitable trust CA N/A T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0