2024-10-24T10:07:01-05:00 2023-12-31 431985162 SMITH SULLIVAN & BROWN PC 80 FLANDERS ROAD SUITE 302 WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 990 2023-01-01 046042239 THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB INC NEWE 6085778672 22 DIVINITY AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 ROBERT WERNEREHL TREASURER 6085778672 2024-10-22 1 0 SANDRA M BROWN CPA P01614103 5088717178 2024-10-18 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z ROBERT WERNEREHL 22 DIVINITY AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 119551 0 X WWW.RHODORA.ORG X 1896 MA DISSEMINATION OF BOTANICAL INFORMATION 18 18 1 50 0 0 35016 33962 56260 44591 27329 40847 91 151 118696 119551 18309 12770 0 0 79102 66050 0 0 0 63122 32900 160533 111720 -41837 7831 1744680 2065110 18477 8046 1726203 2057064 DISSEMINATION OF BOTANICAL INFORMATION 0 0 17833 20507 PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES OF RHODORA, AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH. 5846 24084 MAINTAINED BOTANICAL LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM, BOTH AVAILABLE FOR USE BY BOTANICAL RESEARCHERS. 12770 12770 AWARDED TWO FERNALD AWARDS TOTALING $1,000; THREE MEHRHOFF AWARDS TOTALING $6120; TWO RESEARCH GRANTS TOTALING $5500; AND ONE SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $150. 36449 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 18 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA X ROBERT WERNEREHL TREASURER 6085778672 22 DIVINITY AVENUE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 MATTHEW CHARPENTIER PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 MELISSA CULLINA VICE PRESIDENT 0.50 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT WERNEREHL TREASURER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 NANCY M EYSTER-SMITH CORR. 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DONATIONS OF THE NEW SPECIMENS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 MEHRHOFF AWARDS 3 6120 RESEARCH GRANTS 2 5500 FERNALD AWARDS 2 1000 SCHOLARSHIPS 1 150 FORM 990 SCHEDULE I PART III COLUMN B ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS ARE SPELLED OUT ONLINE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE. ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE MADE FOR EACH GRANT TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. ANYONE ELIGIBLE MAY APPLY AND THERE ARE FULL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS ONLINE. SOME GRANTS RESTRICT APPLICANTS TO HAVE CERTAIN ACADEMIC BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR JUNIOR FACULTY AWARD IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO JUNIOR FACULTY IN A TENURE TRACK INSTITUTION. OTHERS REQUIRE GRADUATE LEVEL STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENROLLED. IN SOME CASES, REFERENCE LETTERS ARE REQUIRED. OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE MADE CLEAR IN THE INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS AND WHAT GRANT EXPENSES ARE PERMISSIBLE. INDEPENDENT COMMITTEES, IN A SEPARATE FUNCTION FROM NEBC COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, ARE FORMED FOR EACH GRANT, COMPOSED OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN INDEPENDENTLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF EACH APPLICATION. COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEMSELVES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A GRANT. COMMITTEES DEVELOP THEIR OWN SET OF OBJECTIVE CRITERIA FOR THE APPLICATIONS. EACH APPLICATION IS RANKED NUMERICALLY AND INDEPENDENTLY BY EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER AND THE WINNERS DECIDED BASED UPON THIS RANKING. AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. WE MAINTAIN ACCOUNTING AND OTHER RECORDS TO DOCUMENT AND MONITOR THE USE OF THE GRANT FUNDS. GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO FILE A FINAL REPORT, OR IN SOME CASES, PUBLISH A SCIENTIFIC PAPER IN OUR ACADEMIC JOURNAL "RHODORA." ANY GRANTEE WHO CANNOT COMPLETE THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO RETURN THE FUNDS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 ORGANIZATIONS' MEMBERS ARE THOSE THAT PAY DUES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF NEBC PRESENT AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING WHICH IS IN MARCH. A SLATE OF OFFICERS IS DRAWN UP BY A COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF VOLUNTEERS (GENERAL MEMBERS AND OR COUNCIL MEMBERS) WHICH IS PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY AND VOTED ON IN MARCH. THERE IS A PROCEDURE TO ENTER ALTERNATE NAME(S) FOR COUNCIL POSITIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST