2025-03-25T13:34:54-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 364594784 THE GREATER IRVINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION INC GREA 9178257851 21 Ardsley Ave E Irvington NY 10533 Charles Kerr Co-Chair 9178257851 2025-03-25 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X X 7558 X 1400 0 0 6158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7558 6650 0 0 0 0 0 1456 8106 -548 169008 35372 203832 169008 203832 0 0 0 0 169008 203832 0 0 169008 203832 Stewardship of and preserving and advocating for open space, parkland and environmental sustainability in Irvington, Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown, New York. This includes advocating for the preservation of open space, the protection and restoration of local ecosystems, and environmental education. We have worked with the Village of Dobbs Ferry, Groundwork Hudson Valley and Saw Mill River Coalition to develop and create a new Village park in Dobbs Ferry, New York. We continued to work with the Dobbs Ferry Village Attorney on the acquisition of a 8.4-acre State-owned parcel for this park. We also worked on Trees for Tribs planting events, the Great Saw Mill River Cleanup event and we led several walking tours of the new park. We also did invasive plant removal and trail maintenance 0 0 We worked with the Planning Board of the Village of Irvington with respect to site development plan approval for a property adjacent to Halsey Pond in Irvington. Specifically, we negotiated with the landowner and advocated before the Planning Board on the design and content of a Conservation Buffer Area separating the property from Halsey Pond Park, which includes Halsey Pond. 0 0 We have continued to run the Rivertowns Pollinator Pathway project. This Project is focused on promoting the use of native plants, removing destructive invasive plants and limiting the use of Pesticides. We have also worked to support other communities who are developing a Pollinator Pathway project and have worked with the New York State Parks to develop a pollinator garden project for the Old Croton Aqueduct. 0 0 We created a Community Grant Program focused on providing small grants to local community groups, student groups and 501(c)(3) organizations to promote and preserve open space and parkland and provide advocacy and education about environmental stewardship. We solicited applications from the community and granted four individual grant in the aggregate amount of $6,650. We also held a public event attended by over 100 people to honor the four grantees and to hear presentations about the work that each local group did. These projects included the removal of invasive plants, the planting of native plants, trees and shrubs, and developing educational programs promoting this work 6650 0 We worked with the Irvington Green Policy Task Force and individual community leaders to create a new Halsey Pond working group to address pollution and algae problems at Halsey Pond and to remove invasive plants in the surrounding woodlands of Halsey Pond Park. 0 0 We worked with the Sustainability Director of Irvington and the Irvington Tree Commission to develop a new proposed Native Plant Policy for the Village of Irvington. We provided research about other similar policies, prepared and revised multiple drafts of the proposed policy and presented to the Village Board of Trustees about the proposed Policy 0 0 We provided advice to a local open space advocacy group in Dobbs Ferry, New York, challenging the proposed development of open space on the edge of protected Woodlands. We did historical property research and met and advised this group about strategy to develop a community outreach program and address issues before the Dobbs Ferry Planning Board. 0 0 0 Jonathan Elwyn Director 0.10 0 0 0 Jan Blaire Director 0.10 0 0 0 Richard Goldman Director 0.10 0 0 0 Charles Kerr Director 5.0 0 0 0 Neil Maher Director 0.10 0 0 0 Phil Whitney Director 0.50 0 0 0 Paula Veale Director 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Jonathan Elwyn 204 Hermits Road Irvington NY 10533 9149520875 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 2543 1575 1560 2500 1400 9578 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2543 1575 1560 2500 1400 9578 6135 3443 0 0 933 3892 6158 10983 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20561 0 0.16745 0.42533 X Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 In 2024, The Greater Irvington Land Conservancy Foundation, Inc. began a Community Grant Program, under which we solicited grant applications from the wider community that supported and promoted our mission, and we awarded four grants, totaling $6,650 in the aggregate, to four separate community groups. We also held a public event in the fall honoring these four groups and the work they did using these grants. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 We paid a $50 fee in connection with filing our Annual CHAR500 to the New York Charities Bureau. We also paid a total of $1,406 in premiums for insurance coverage. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 During 2024, we held a portion of our assets in a brokerage account at Vanguard, which were invested conservatively in index funds based on our Board-approved Investment Policy. Based on those investments, we realized a net increase in our fund balances of $35,372.