2026-03-13T15:49:39-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 020567125 Polistes Foundation Inc POLI 6174846428 133 Washington St BELMONT MA 02478 Kevin Weick Executive Director 6174846428 2026-03-10 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Kevin Weick 133 WASHINGTON ST BELMONT MA 02478 274139 0 X www.discoverlife.org X 2002 MA Our mission is to assemble and share knowledge about nature in order to improve education, health, agriculture, economic development, and conservation throughout the world. 2 0 0 4 0 0 103768 274139 0 0 0 0 0 0 103768 274139 0 0 0 0 7000 8500 0 0 0 106989 262063 113989 270563 -10221 3576 83865 87441 0 0 83865 87441 X Our mission is to assemble and share knowledge about nature in order to improve education, health, agriculture, economic development, and conservation throughout the world. 1 0 127451 76789 0 Bee Studies/Bee Lab Project (USGS Cooperative Agreement)- BumbleBee Project - Patuxent Wildlife Center Bee Studies. Collected, processed, cataloged, IT entry - native bee specimens from Integrated Bee Samples into Polistes WEB portal. additional bee specimen cataloging and identification with contract research scientists. USGS Bee Lab Project: Continued implementing the outreach strategy to current and prospective state, federal, and tribal partners who have interest and capacity to participate in pollinator science activities with USGS scientists and programs, such as CRUs and the USGS Bee Lab. * Engaged current and prospective partners to discover their interests, needs, and gaps to formulate suggestions for integrating appropriate collaborative research opportunities identified by partners and prospective partners into the project. 61631 43500 0 Discoverlife - Shoal Creek Sanctuary. Continued System maintenance www.discoverlife.org with SHSU. Moth Collection, identification fieldwork. Shoal Creek Sanctuary invasive species cleanup services using local volunteers. Installed bee collection units. Provided local sanctuary tours for churches, Georgia conservation groups. Published materials for free distribution. 10793 10000 0 Statistical analysis work on Native and Nonnative Bee and Wasp Survey. Continued statistical surveys, analaysis 2024-2025 for Penn. Dept. of Agriculture. Consultant processing results. 59442 138700 0 American Petroleum Institute -Project components included AI analysis of drone imagery, including plant identification, pollinator habitat evaluation, and field verification. Project partners include US Geological Survey and The Pennsylvania State University. 59442 138700 0 259317 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA X X Kevin Weick 6174846428 133 Washington Street Belmont MA 024783558 Kevin Weick Executive Director VP 30 0 X 8500 0 0 Dr John Pickering President CEO 20 X 0 0 0 8500 0 0 0 0 0 0 JMS Natural Resource Strategies LLC 100 Commons Road Suite 7 203 Dripping Springs TX 78620 Contractor - Program Manager - USGS Bee Lab Grant 111600 0 0 0 0 0 49670 224469 0 274139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 274139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8500 8500 0 0 1200 1200 0 1546 1546 Exps/services/supplies Shoal Creek Sanct/Bee Studies 77482 77482 0 0 ProgramMgr Services-USGS Bee Lab-JMS Natural Res.Strategies- 111600 111600 0 0 ContractServices-American Petroleum Inst. AI analysis drone imagery- 59442 59442 0 0 ContractServices-Penn.Dept of Agriculture- Native Bee and Wasp Survey 10793 10793 0 0 0 270563 259317 11246 0 83865 87441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83865 87441 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 83865 87441 0 0 83865 87441 83865 87441 3576 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 96373 199744 115249 103768 274139 789273 0 0 0 0 0 0 96373 199744 115249 103768 274139 789273 139379 649894 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 789273 0.82341 0.77154 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part III, Line 2 American Petroleum Institute Grant- Penn State - Bee studies, e.g. classification, species tracking. Web site creation - results, public access links. Drone technology being used. Total grant $138,700- two year project timeline. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form990 draft provided to exec committee with approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Contributors are informed that Form990 filings are available to be provided by Polistes. Massachusetts Charitable Org. web site also retains copies of all tax forms for public access. Any contributors are informed of this access and availability. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Disclosure of Corporate and 501C3 related documents (including IRS processed forms) publically available on Massachusetts Commonwealth Corp and Charities Division sites. Contributors, general public, and interested parties are informed of availability.