2025-12-16T14:48:00-07:00 2025-08-31 990EZ 2024-09-01 161457866 FRIENDS OF THE GENESEE VALLEY GREENWAY INC FRIE 5857977098 PO Box 42 Mount Morris NY 14510 Frances Gotcsik Treasurer 5857977098 2025-12-15 0 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X www.fogvg.org X X 52610 X 52599 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 52610 0 0 0 9355 1420 2655 7568 20998 31612 65234 0 96846 65234 96846 0 0 0 0 65234 96846 0 0 65234 96846 The mission of the Friends is to assist in the development, protection, promotion, and maintenance of New York's Genesee Valley Greenway State Park in accordance with guidelines established in the OPRHP Genesee Valley Greenway Management Plan and to support and promote other non-motorized recreational opportunities for the general public along the Genesee Valley Greenway. Public Recreation: Annual 10-mile Challenge bike ride on Greenway for families; other trail bike rides, hikes, and history walks on Greenway throughout the year, participation in trail community events and festivals, trail workdays Results: Challenge bike ride 200 participants; Other trail events estimate 250 participants and volunteers, Benefit: increased awareness and usage of trail, greater physical activity, economic activity, and civic pride in trail towns 0 10504 Trail Enhancement: Approximately 65 miles of the 90-mlle trail are open to the public, Portajohn rental at trailheads, creation and installation of five interpretive signs along the trail, trail brush cutting, trail adopters caring for section of trail, trail gate painting, construction and refurbishment of trailhead infrastructure. Trail work day attendance estimate 50, Benefit: Increased enjoyment and interest in trail experience for estimate 200,000 users, greater understanding of trail history, increased trail use among persons of all ages and abilities 0 6024 Public Communications: website, newsletter, social media, ads, posters; Benefit: 207 members and interested public, 2.2K Facebook followers and 19K likes, 1229 Instagram followers, 15 e-news communications to 750-person contact database with 35-50% open rate; Benefit: organizational visibility, information on activities for all the public and all stakeholders 0 2655 19183 Coleridge Gill Director 1 0 0 0 Marilee Patterer Director 2 0 0 0 Joan Schumaker Director 1 0 0 0 Pam Hill Director 3.00 0 0 0 Phyllis Gaerte Director 1 0 0 0 Jason Morrison Director 1 0 0 0 Davies Nagel Director 2 0 0 0 Benjamin Woelk Director 1 0 0 0 Jonathan Enzinna Director 1 0 0 0 Beth Hazelton Director 1 0 0 0 Frances Gotcsik Director and Treasurer 4 0 0 0 Robert Reynolds Director and Secretary 2 0 0 0 Rebecca Rowley Director and Vice-President 2 0 0 0 Carl Schoenthal Director and President 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Frances Gotcsik PO Box 42 Mount Morris NY 145100042 5857977098 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 58355 7181 66869 29663 52599 214667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58355 7181 66869 29663 52599 214667 80931 133736 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 389 2223 11 2623 217290 0 0.61547 0.538 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Line 10(c) 2022: $389 refund of sales tax on purchase; 10 (d) 2023: $2223 refunds for payments made on behalf of partner organization and mistaken double payment of D&O insurance premium; 10 (e) 2024 $11 insurance policy refund Schedule A, Part II, Line 15 Percentage is calculated from financial data but organization filed a 990N not a 990EZ in 2023 so did not file Schedule A Part II Line 14 for 2023. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Insurance policy refund Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Insurance;1826|NYS filing fee;50|PTNY membership;150|Online store set up fee;75|Board expenses and travel;328|Interpretive sign manufacture;3207|Port a potty rental for trail;1150|Trail event permits;190|Trail event musicians;350|Trail events supplies;242^Total;7568^