2026-02-23T21:21:45-07:00 2025-06-30 990EZ 2024-07-01 581394451 KEEP WINSTON-SALEM BEAUTIFUL INC KEEP 3367715161 PO Box 2511 Winston Salem NC 27102 Christina Sherrill Treasurer 3367570614 2026-02-23 0 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X https://www.cityofws.org/405/Keep-Winston-Salem-Beautiful X X 61072 X 60957 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61072 16500 0 0 0 0 1247 29109 46856 14216 50870 -212 64874 50870 64874 0 0 0 0 50870 64874 0 0 50870 64874 Keep America Beautiful Affiliate. Community beautification and clean-up efforts are the primary mission. Flower Beds & Bulbs: Provide flowers and distribute bulbs to community & neighborhood organizations, other Keep America Beautiful affiliates, and other North Carolina cities for landscaping and flower beds. Distributed 50,000 bulbs (valued at $9,000) in December 2024 and January 2025. Conducted annual flower bed competition for organizations and individuals in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, NC. 20993 17599 Tree Planting and Landscape Projects: Includes two components. First, an annual tree planting ("Community Roots Day") in one or more neighborhoods using community volunteers. In FY 224-25, 120 trees were planted in public rights-of-way, specifically in areas of the city that were classified as underserved and lacked a poor tree canopy. Additionally, 200 more trees were given out to neighborhood groups during educational sessions regarding the importance of trees and environmental stewardship. Second, a cooperative effort with neighborhood organizations and the Winston-Salem Foundation to establish and maintain landscape planting areas in public rights-of-way at key neighborhood locations. For FY 24-25, these locations included County Club Rd, Buena Vista, Rupert Bell, Minnie Lee David Harris, Miller Park (and others), neighborhood entrances, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, and city fairgrounds. 11708 11717 Community Clean Ups: Coordinate volunteers to clean waterways, streets, parking lots, school grounds, and parks at annual events (Great American Clean Up and Big Sweep) and in ongoing site adoption programs. 6756 6537 35853 Andy Szabat Executive Director 40 0 0 0 Jina Bush Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Kevin Cook Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Shannon Dubuisson Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Sophia Kennedy Board President FY 2023-2024 0.5 0 0 0 Christina Sherrill Board Co-Treasurer FY 2024-2025 0.5 0 0 0 Robert Leak III Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Katrina McCoy Scott Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Moriah Gendy Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Traci Porter Board Co-Treasurer FY 2024-2025 0.5 0 0 0 Adolfo Briceno Board Secretary 0.5 0 0 0 Tamra Bradshaw Sheller Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Anna Donze Board member 0.5 0 0 0 Sarah Stiltner Board Vice President FY 2024-2025 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Christina Sherrill PO Box 2511 Winston Salem NC 27102 3367715161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 127595 106843 109115 28966 60957 433476 127595 106843 109115 28966 60957 433476 0 0 0 0 0 0 433476 4 5 11 20 4 5 0 11 0 20 127599 106848 109115 28977 60957 433496 0.99995 0.99995 0.00005 0.00005 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 General expenses not assigned to a singular program. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 Discrepancy regarding end of year balance on tax form and closing balance per bank statement. Adjustment made for transparency and to ensure matching amounts moving forward. I, Christina Sherrill, served as Co-Treasurer for FY 2023-2024 with Teresa Porter. Whereas I maintained the bank ledger, Ms. Porter completed the tax filings. When she vacated the board, there were no instructions regarding when or how to file the organization's taxes. I erroneously assumed that the taxes were reportable by calendar year, thus due on April 15th. On the evening of February 20th, our organization's Director, Nancy Szabat contacted me to inquire about the tax status. It was at that time that we realized we had failed to file FY 2024-2025. Ms. Szabat filed for an extension that same weekend, but it was denied. The first business day following (today), Ms. Szabat reached out to the IRS e-filing tech support team. With their wonderful assistance, I was able to log in and file our organization's taxes for FY 2024-2025. The other individuals that were listed as contacts in the system are no longer serving on the Board. Because of this, any reminder notifications regarding taxes were not received by the organization. Moving forward, we will be taking steps to ensure this error does not occur again. This includes but is not limited to guidance documents for all board positions, listing tax filing deadlines on the organization's calendar of events provided to the Board, and transition activities/training session with incoming officers. We will also explore options for professional tax preparation services for future filings. We would also like to note that to our knowledge, this organization has not filed taxes late previously. We apologize for the oversight and ask for a waiver of any potential fines associated with this late filing. We appreciate your time and understanding.