2022-03-24T18:27:38-05:00 2021-09-30 953001179 WINDES INC PO BOX 87 LONG BEACH CA 908010087 990 2020-10-01 931229006 NATURAL COMMUNITIES COALITION NATU 7149736651 13042 OLD MYFORD ROAD IRVINE CA 92602 JAMES SULENTICH EXEC. DIRECTOR 7149736651 2022-03-17 1 JAMES SULENTICH 999009999 DONITA M JOSEPH P00286656 5624351191 2022-03-10 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z JAMES SULENTICH 13042 OLD MYFORD ROAD IRVINE CA 92602 2593612 0 X WWW.OCCONSERVATION.ORG X 1996 CA TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED RESERVE THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES, CONSERVATION-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC. 14 14 4 14 0 0 544016 198527 0 0 735466 949373 0 0 1279482 1147900 0 0 0 0 422032 495117 0 0 0 1593200 1068488 2015232 1563605 -735750 -415705 28851754 32527301 327139 205412 28524615 32321889 TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE DESIGNED RESERVE THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES, CONSERVATION-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC. 0 0 778656 RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT - WORKING WITH PARTICIPATING LANDOWNERS THAT MAKE UP THE MORE THAN 37,000 ACRE NATURE RESERVE OF ORANGE COUNTY (NROC), THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES COALITION (NCC) COORDINATED THE RESTORATION OF THE COASTAL SAGE SCRUB (CSS) HABITAT WITHIN THE RESERVE. THIS BENEFITS THE COASTAL CACTUS WREN, CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER AND ORANGE-THROATED WHIPTAIL LIZARD, EACH IDENTIFIED IN THE NATURAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLAN (NCCP) AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN (HCP) FOR THE CENTRAL AND COASTAL SUBREGION OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. NROC AND THE HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS WITHIN BENEFIT AN ADDITIONAL 31 IDENTIFIED SPECIES WHOSE LONG TERM SURVIVAL IS DEPENDENT UPON HEALTHY AND CONNECTED LANDSCAPES. IN 2021 NCC CREATED PONDS AND RESTORED UPLAND HABITAT TO BENEFIT WESTERN SPADEFOOT TOADS IN THE NROC. 371901 MONITORING - COORDINATING THE ANNUAL MONITORING OF SPECIES AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE RESERVE IS THE WAY NCC MEASURES THE SUCCESS OF LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND IMPACTS OF PUBLIC RECREATION, AND HOW IT TRACKS THE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THE SPECIES FOR WHICH NROC WAS ESTABLISHED. IN ADDITION TO ONGOING ECOLOGICAL MONITORING EFFORTS, NCC PLAYS A LEAD ROLE EVERY THREE YEARS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPONENT OF THE RANGE-WIDE CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER MONITORING PROGRAM. THIS GNATCATCHER MONITORING PROGRAM IS A FIVE COUNTY EFFORT. NCC ALSO CONTINUED A COMPREHENSIVE RESERVE-WIDE MONITORING AND HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORT TO ASSESS THE DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION STATUS FOR THE WESTERN SPADEFOOT - ONE OF THE IDENTIFIED SPECIES FOR WHICH THE RESERVE WAS ESTABLISHED. 36337 COWBIRD TRAPPING - IN 2021, NCC CONTINUED ITS ANNUAL OBLIGATION TO TRAP BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS TO MANAGE THEIR IMPACTS ON PROTECTED BIRD SPECIES. COWBIRDS ARE BROOD PARASITES. FEMALE COWBIRDS LAY THEIR EGGS IN THE NEST OF OTHER NATIVE BIRDS. THE NEST-OWNING SPECIES THEN UNKNOWINGLY RAISE THE COWBIRD CHICK TO MATURITY OFTEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF ITS OWN CLUTCH. IN AREAS WHERE THE COWBIRD POPULATIONS ARE HIGH, TRAPS ARE USED TO LOWER THEIR NUMBERS AND INCREASE REPRODUCTIVE AND FLEDGLING SUCCESS OF BIRD SPECIES PARASITIZED BY COWBIRDS. A TOTAL OF NEARLY TWO DOZEN COWBIRD TRAPS WERE DEPLOYED IN 2021 FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 2,400 TRAP-DAYS IN AREAS OF THE RESERVE WHERE COWBIRD IMPACTS ON PROTECTED SONGBIRDS ARE KNOWN TO BE HIGH. 1186894 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 11 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X JAMES SULENTICH 7149736654 13042 OLD MYFORD ROAD IRVINE CA 92602 STEVE LAMAR IRWD PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANE DOESSERICH MWD VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK DENNY PAL SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DEAN KIRK IRVINE COMPANY TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY GARDNER CITY OF NB DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID MAYER CDFW DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TODD LEWIS CDPR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG FERAMENGA TCA DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH BORNGREBE SCE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TRAVIS HUXMAN UCI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT SMITH CITY OF IRVINE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL RECUPERO PAL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 THOMAS EASTMAN PAL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STACY BLACKWOOD CNTY OF ORANGE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES SULENTICH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 221791 0 19945 221791 0 19945 1 0 1 0 NAKAE & ASSOCIATES INC 11159 JEFFREY ROAD IRVINE CA 92602 INVASIVE PLANT CNTL & CACTUS SALVAGE 336856 LEATHERMAN BIOCONSULTING INC 4848 LAKEVIEW AVE SUITE 100E YORBA LINDA CA 92886 MONITORING AND TRAPPING 223189 UC REGENTS IRVINE 120 THEORY SUITE 200 IRVINE CA 92597 RESTORATION AND MONITORING PROJECTS 157097 NORTHERN TRUST 660 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE SUITE 110 NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 FINANCIAL INVESTMENT SERVICES 126255 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY PO BOX 410027 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84141 RECREATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES 109754 5 137573 60954 198527 623195 623195 1771890 1445712 326178 326178 326178 1147900 0 0 949373 X 243099 171385 71714 191514 156518 34996 10390 10390 20368 20368 29746 22434 7312 48383 48383 126255 126255 828305 808093 20212 16936 7506 9430 4921 4921 501 334 167 7778 7778 12408 12408 10886 10886 HONORARIUMS 7560 7560 MISCELLANEOUS 2936 2936 MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPT 788 788 VEHICLE & EQUIPMENT EXP 656 656 175 175 1563605 1186894 376711 0 3047 836146 988866 231789 152630 31339 31612 15130 9508 109094 70794 50707 38300 27686643 31303338 28851754 32527301 137752 75780 117582 129632 71805 0 327139 205412 X 15925798 18870308 12598817 13451581 28524615 32321889 28851754 32527301 -415705 4212979 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 267719 1736878 838431 544016 198527 3585571 267719 1736878 838431 544016 198527 3585571 1477865 2107706 586803 658278 786781 694436 623195 3349493 6935064 0.30390 0.36090 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 X 12547365 2094461 1260186 13381640 12572604 446442 471681 12547365 12727386 213742 368524 12572604 13083885 623914 980413 12727386 12694867 1112249 723231 13083885 0.87000 0.13000 0 0 21088 17362 3726 88006 53432 34574 38300 X 5234624 4212979 4212979 1021645 126255 126255 1147900 1437350 0 1437350 126255 126255 1563605 PART IV, LINE 2B: PER A LETTER OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES COALITION, THE COALITION HAS TAKEN OVER MANAGEMENT OF THE PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE CUSTODIAL FUND. THE CUSTODIAL FUND PAYABLE BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND 2020, WAS $129,632 AND $117,582 RESPECTIVELY. PART V, LINE 4: THE NCC ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF TWO DONOR-RESTRICTED FUNDS PRIMARILY ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THE COALITION'S OPERATIONS AND MISSION. THE TWO FUNDS ARE THE NCCP/HCP ENDOWMENT AND THE COWBIRD TRAPPING ENDOWMENT. AS REQUIRED BY UNITED STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, NET ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE CLASSIFIED AND REPORTED BASED ON EXISTENCE OR ABSENCE OF DONOR-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS. PART X, LINE 2: FASB ASC TOPIC 740, INCOME TAXES, REQUIRES MANAGEMENT TO EVALUATE THE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE COALITION AND TO RECOGNIZE A TAX LIABILITY IF THE COALITION HAS TAKEN AN UNCERTAIN POSITION THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. MANAGEMENT HAS ANALYZED THE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE COALITION AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021, THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN POSITIONS TAKEN, OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN, THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION OF A LIABILITY OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE COALITION IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY THE TAXING JURISDICTIONS. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR FEDERAL AND CALIFORNIA STATE PURPOSES IS GENERALLY THREE AND FOUR YEARS, RESPECTIVELY. 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JAMES SULENTICH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 211791 0 10000 0 0 0 0 0 19945 0 241736 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW THE PREPARED FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS. THIS IS DONE AT A REGULAR BOARD MEETING. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SENDS THE FORM 990 TO THE MEMBERS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND AT THE MEETING ASKS WHETHER THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE STAFF, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE ALL SUBJECT TO THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. TRANSACTIONS ARE MONITORED BY STAFF AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (WHO IS AN OFFICER). THE DETERMINATION WOULD BE MADE AT THE OFFICER LEVEL. RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED WOULD BE DETERMINED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THERE IS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE FULL GOVERNING BOARD FOR A VOTE TO CHANGE THE BASE AMOUNT. THERE IS AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE STAFF COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. COST OF LIVING INCREASES ARE BASED ON CPI FOR ORANGE COUNTY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVE PERFORMANCE BASED COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ON THE NCC WEBSITE - OCCONSERVATION.ORG. ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PAYROLL AND ADMINISTRATION: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 3,952. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,952. MONITORING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 186,179. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 186,179. COWBIRD TRAPPING: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 36,337. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 36,337. CONSULTING & PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 0. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 16,260. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 16,260. RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 585,577. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 585,577. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 1E: PPP LOAN FORGIVENESS IN MARCH 2020, CONGRESS PASSED THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM (PPP) UNDER DIVISION A, TITLE I OF THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, AUTHORIZING LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESSES FOR USE IN PAYING EMPLOYEES THAT THEY CONTINUE TO EMPLOY THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND FOR RENT, UTILITIES AND INTEREST ON MORTGAGES. LOANS OBTAINED THROUGH THE PROGRAM ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE FORGIVEN AS LONG AS THE PROCEEDS ARE USED FOR QUALIFYING PURPOSES AND CERTAIN OTHER CONDITIONS ARE MET. ON APRIL 30, 2020, THE COALITION RECEIVED A LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $71,805 THROUGH THE PPP. IN APRIL 2021, THE COALITION RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) THAT THE LOAN WAS FORGIVEN IN FULL. THE COALITION HAS RECOGNIZED THE FORGIVENESS AS INCOME ON THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS.