2024-05-08T11:23:04-07:00 2023-12-31 541792613 Katherine F Funkhouser CPA 1504 Earle Road Charles Town WV 25414 990 2023-01-01 273143754 The Clermont Foundation CLER 5409550102 151 Clermont Lane Berryville VA 22611 Robert W Stieg Jr CEO 5409550102 2024-01-26 true Robert Stieg Jr XXX-XX-XXXX true Katherine F Funkhouser P00575926 3047251040 2024-05-08 X 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Robert W Stieg Jr PO Box 32 Millwood VA 22646 1196484 false X clermontfarm.org X 2010 VA The Foundation preserves the cultural landscape of historic Clermont Farm and uses it to promote public education and engagement with agriculture, history, and historic preservation, including the history of all the peoples associated with the site, through partnerships with regional educational organizations. 12 12 4 48 0 0 10684 20606 62312 74976 11346 237718 717 -4613 85059 328687 0 0 148423 162619 0 0 198458 180237 346881 342856 -261822 -14169 3930520 4104009 16240 13795 3914280 4090214 The Foundation preserves the cultural landscape of historic Clermont Farm and uses it to promote public education and engagement with agriculture, history, and historic preservation, including the history of all the peoples associated with the site, through partnerships with regional educational organizations. false false 183620 0 68785 AGRICULTURE: The Foundation uses the 360-acre Clermont Farm site as a commercial beef cattle and sheep operation, which is the basis for: A) preserving intact and sustainably an historic agricultural landscape, and B.) providing an agricultural education and research program working with Virginia Tech and the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Clermont also serves as a teaching farm for the local Clarke County Public Schools and supports working farmers through the Extension Service. In 2023. the cost of replacing the burned barn required a supplemental from the VA General Assembly which was requested. The 15-year FSA-USDA riparian buffer lease was renewed, with removal of invasives and planting of hundreds of new native trees. A new public Native Plant Sale event, with educational components was introduced. Cattle and sheep age profiles improved. 40818 0 0 HISTORIC PRESERVATION: The Foundation demonstrates best historic preservation practices and conducts education programs about them for special interest groups, students, and the general public, using the dozen historic buildings (18th and 19th centuries) above ground and the archaeological resources being protected underground. Rehabilitation of and repairs to historic buildings are used not only as active opportunities for demonstrations of best practices and appropriate technologies, but also to conduct further research on and documentation of the buildings. In 2023, plans were completed and federal and state reviews conducted for the $472,000 National Park Service grant to rehabilitate the Owner House, the Smokehouse, and the Dairy/Springhouse, with archaeology and work scheduled for 2024. Groundhog/raccoon protections added for Slave Quarter. Cemetery landscaping improved. 50140 0 1578 HISTORY: The Foundation conducts research and education programs related to the history of the farm, its regional and economic ties, and the people who have lived and worked there. The Foundation maintains archives of family papers and research materials related to the farm, and collections of historic furnishings, objects, and archaelogical materials. All are available to external researchers. In 2023 The Foundation assisted with the publicatin of "Clarke County, Virginia: History Through Architecture" by Maral Kalbian, a 319-page key local research tool, including Clermont's historic buildings. A major research discovery in the Library of Congress was the original Survey Warrant for Clermont, pushing settlement back from 1750 to 1744. 274578 true true false false false false false true false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X Robert W Stieg Jr 5409550102 151 Clermont Lane Berryvilla VA 22611 X Norma Johnson Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Murphy Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tom Judge Secretary/Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Chuck Bishop Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Cooke Vice President 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Philip Shenk Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mia Franklin Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Hobert Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Erin O'Neill Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Noyales Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Robert W Stieg Jr CEO 40.00 X 0 0 0 Carol Sullivan President X X 0 0 0 Wendy Dorsey Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 19745 861 20606 Farm Income 900099 73398 0 0 Education Income 900099 1578 0 0 74976 76840 0 76840 1007390 2114 846512 2114 160878 0 160878 0 0 160878 14558 19171 -4613 -4613 328687 70363 0 237718 115428 81535 33893 0 35635 35635 0 0 11556 8963 2593 0 13132 450 12682 0 15884 0 15884 0 2065 1549 516 0 4003 3003 1000 0 25081 25081 0 0 440 440 0 0 70441 68731 1710 0 4592 4592 0 0 Farm Services & Supplies 2241 2241 0 0 Farm Equipment Expenses 11772 11772 0 0 Farm Livestock expenses 25236 25236 0 0 Education Services 5350 5350 0 0 342856 274578 68278 0 19742 4925 4925 46275 37266 0 76570 93313 1591089 413533 1224932 1177556 2567085 2781940 3930520 4104009 9081 9170 2534 0 4625 4625 16240 13795 X 3914280 4090214 3914280 4090214 3930520 4104009 -14169 134383 55720 X X true X false true false X 0 116601 84509 6735 10684 20606 239135 0 237182 191945 172160 173620 160770 935677 353783 276454 178895 184304 181376 1174812 0 1174812 83154 56067 52618 56375 76840 325054 0 0 1499866 0.78330 0.79380 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X false 0 0 0 659814 151942 507872 621993 178727 443266 152206 78776 73430 157076 4088 152988 1177556 Security Deposits 4625 4625 Pt III, Line 4 Elizabeth Rust Williams, who created The Clermont Foundation at her death in 2004 to oversee a program of education, research, and demonstration at Clermont Farm (1750), also bequeathed to the Foundation the historic Shenandoah Valley home's furnishings and family archives. These are added to from time to time by gifts of related materials. The purpose of maintaining and adding to these materials includes their use in engaging the public with regional history, their use for scholarly and artistic research, and their preservation as permanent witnesses to the past. Pt VI, Line 11b The Foundation provides the Board of Directors with a copy of the 990 to review prior to filing. Pt VI, Line 12c To implement this policy, Trustees will submit annual reports and will make disclosures before any relevant board or committee action. These reports will be reviewd by the trustees of an appointed committee of trustees, who will attempt to resolve any actual or potential conflict(s) and, in the absence of resolution, refer the matter to the trustees. Pt VI, Line 15a Compensation is reviewed by the Board of Directors using local non-profit data. Pt VI, Line 19 The Foundation makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available upon request. Pt XII, Line 1 The Foundation uses the modified cash basis of accounting. Pt XII, Line 2c No change from prior year.