2023-07-21T10:32:19-05:00 2022-06-30 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 1188 PADRE DRIVE STE 101 SALINAS CA 93901 990 2021-07-01 474184235 WESTERN FLYER FOUNDATION WEST 8312208047 10928 CLAM WAY MOSS LANDING CA 95309 ANDREW GREGG TREASURER 8312208047 2023-06-06 1 ANDREW GREGG 999009999 AUTUMN ROSSI P01404602 8317596300 2023-05-31 0 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X ANDREW GREGG 10928 CLAM WAY MOSS LANDING CA 95309 1527825 0 X WESTERNFLYER.ORG X 2016 CA OUR MISSION IS TO "STIR CURIOSITY" BY CONNECTING ART AND SCIENCE IN THE SPIRIT OF JOHN STEINBACK, ED RICKETTS, AND THEIR JOURNEY ON THE WESTERN FLYER. 7 5 1 30 0 0 702741 1527825 0 0 0 0 0 0 702741 1527825 0 0 0 0 31214 58466 0 0 8824 120711 54027 151925 112493 550816 1415332 3260238 5095459 0 471100 3260238 4624359 X THE WESTERN FLYER FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH A MISSION TO "STIR CURIOSITY" BY CONNECTING ART AND SCIENCE IN THE SPIRIT OF AUTHOR JOHN STEINBECK, MARINE BIOLOGIST EDWARD F. RICKETTS, AND THEIR JOURNEY ON THE WESTERN FLYER. 1 0 11373 RESTORATION OF THE WESTERN FLYER: WE WORKED WITH SHIPWRIGHTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE IN PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, TO CONTINUE CAREFULLY RESTORING THE WESTERN FLYER WITH THE GOAL OF PRESERVING ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WHILE EQUIPPING IT WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY. USING SUSTAINABLY SOURCED WOOD, WE REPLACED 90 PERCENT OF THE HULL AND 20 PERCENT OF THE DECKHOUSE. ON JUNE 29, 2022, THE WESTERN FLYER RETURNED TO THE WATER AND WAS TOWED TO SEATTLE, WHERE IT WILL HAVE A HYBRID ENGINE INSTALLED BEFORE RETURNING TO MONTEREY BAY TO BE PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. 83660 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: OUR COMMUNITY JOURNAL PROJECT CONNECTED SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION AND CREATIVE WRITING MENTORS WITH ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES TO PROVIDE LESSONS ON DRAWING TECHNIQUES, FIELD SKETCHING, AND NATURE JOURNALING. IN 2021-22, THE PROJECT SERVED 551 STUDENTS AND 18 EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT MONTEREY COUNTY. WE ALSO MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS DEVELOPING OUR ONBOARD OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, WITH INPUT FROM EIGHT LOCAL TEACHERS AND AN EDUCATION EVALUATOR, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STANFORD AND THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. WE ORGANIZED A "STUDENT HISTORY SLAM" AS PART OF THE MONTEREY PUBLIC LIBRARY'S "LOCAL HISTORY SLAM" EVENT, WITH TWENTY-TWO STUDENTS DELIVERING PRESENTATIONS ON LOCAL HISTORY DURING LIVE-VIRTUAL EVENTS. WE ALSO PILOTED AN INTERTIDAL ZONE BIOBLITZ, A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM THAT INVITES COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CATALOG AND IDENTIFY MARINE INVERTEBRATES USING THE PROGRAM INATURALIST. BY PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY-FOCUSED EVENTS AND FESTIVALS, WE RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE HISTORIC WESTERN FLYER AND THE LESSONS OF STEINBECK AND RICKETTS WHILE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO INTERACT WITH THE ICONIC VESSEL. WE OFFERED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGULAR TOURS OF THE WESTERN FLYER AND REACHED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWERS THROUGH YOUTUBE VIDEOS THAT WE PRODUCED ABOUT THE RESTORATION PROCESS. ON JUNE 29, WHEN THE WESTERN FLYER RETURNED TO THE WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS, MORE THAN 100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PORT TOWNSEND SHOWED UP TO CELEBRATE AND SEE THE WESTERN FLYER OFF. 95033 1 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA X JULIE FLANDERS 8312366870 275 RIVER ROAD STE A SALINAS CA 93908 X JOHN GREGG FOUNDER 10.00 X 0 0 0 TOM KEFFER BOARD PRESIDENT 10.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM GILLY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN SHILLINGLAW SECRETARY 2.00 X 0 0 0 LINDA POWELL - MCMILLAN DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ENRIQUE HAMBLETON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JACK BARTH DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREW GREGG TREASURER 2.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1527825 63674 1527825 1527825 0 0 0 X 58466 52620 2923 2923 3259 3259 25002 25002 4625 4625 12468 12468 1076 1076 1280 1280 POSTAGE AND SHIPPING 4631 3500 1131 MISCELLANEOUS 1555 367 1043 145 DUES 131 131 112493 95033 8636 8824 26049 121023 63294 0 3234189 4494 0 4906648 3260238 5095459 471100 0 471100 X 3260238 4624359 3260238 4624359 3260238 5095459 1415332 -63674 12463 0 X 0 0 0 X 204978 1752103 1138578 702741 1527825 5326225 204978 1752103 1138578 702741 1527825 5326225 2756147 2570078 5326225 0.48250 0.42400 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS 4906648 4906648 JOHN GREGG INDIVIDUAL IS A BOARD MEMBER OF ORGANIZATION 70609 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS WITH BOARD MEMBER OWNED BUSINESS 0 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OUR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS WILL BE DEEPLY INTEGRATED: STUDENT DATA COLLECTION IS INFORMED BY STAFF RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND STAFF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WILL SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WORK IN THE RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY FOUNDATION STAFF AND PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. COMMUNITY JOURNAL PROJECT THIS INNOVATIVE, CLASSROOM-BASED PROGRAM FOSTERS ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF VISUAL ARTS, ECOLOGY, AND CREATIVE WRITING. WE PAIR STUDENT GROUPS (INCLUDING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES, AFTERSCHOOL GROUPS, AND SUMMER PROGRAMS) WITH PROFESSIONAL ARTIST MENTORS WHO LEAD LESSONS ON SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION, NATURE JOURNALING, CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING, AND LOCAL ECOLOGY. THROUGH THESE LESSONS, STUDENTS PRODUCE NATURE JOURNALS THAT ARE PROUDLY DISPLAYED IN OUR ONLINE ART GALLERY. ONBOARD OCEANOGRAPHY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AND STANFORD'S HOPKINS MARINE STATION, WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN ONBOARD OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND POST-SECONDARY SCIENCE CLASSES. SEACOAST PROGRAMMING WILL INCLUDE TIME ON THE NEWLY-RESTORED WESTERN FLYER AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE SCIENTIFICALLY VALUABLE OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA ON MONTEREY BAY. THE CURRICULUM IS MODULAR, ALLOWING TEACHERS TO SELECT FROM A VARIETY OF FOCAL AREAS, AND THE LESSONS COMBINE AT-SEA EXPERIENCES, IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES, AND MENTORSHIP FROM UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT SCIENTISTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 JOHN GREGG - FOUNDER AND ANDREW GREGG - TREASURER ARE RELATED THROUGH FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES SO NO MINUTES REQUIRED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE 990 WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE IT'S FOUNDING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION WILL MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROGRAM CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 25,002. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 25,002.