2021-06-28T06:12:48-07:00 2020-09-30 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2019-10-01 472407669 Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards SOUT 8287851517 225 E Chestnut Street Asheville NC 28801 Eric Giebelstein Acting Executive Director 8287851517 2021-06-28 true Stephen C Corliss P01333317 8282360206 2021-06-28 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Meryl Harrell 225 E Chestnut St Asheville NC 28801 972676 false X www.wildernessstewards.org X 2014 NC Educating, cultivating, and empowering an engaged public for the stewardship of protected public lands. 15 14 47 129 0 0 322669 292067 612557 679911 0 310 698 935536 972676 0 0 801980 756396 0 16796 217924 170075 1019904 926471 -84368 46205 101805 193183 96648 141821 5157 51362 Educating, cultivating, and empowering an engaged public for the stewardship of protected public lands. false false 770683 0 679911 Field Crew Program: In FY 20, our Field Crew program employed 19 individuals and engaged 27 volunteers and provided over 7,102 hours of stewardship. SAWS also staffed the Linville Gorge Cabin Crew, interacting with over 3,000 visiors during the season, educating visitors on wilderness and "leave no trace", as well as doing trails and wilderness stewardship. Field crew stewardship projects included recreation infrastructure improvements, such as train maintenance and train construction, and site restoration. Improvements to recreation infrastructure mitigated ecological degradation, improved recreational user safety, and directly supported the local tourism economies. Wilderness Ranger and Wilderness Specialists Program: The FY 20 SAWS Wilderness Ranger and Wilderness specialist program worked across 54 Wilderness Areas and across eight states providing over 16,230 hours of stewardship. The work focused on wilderness character monitoring, trail assessments, public education, recreation site, invasive species, and solitude monitoring, and management plan development. The program employed a staff of 17. Wilderness Skills Institute and Wilderness Education: In FY 20, the Wilderness Skills Institute trained 150 students in six virtual sessions. Courses included visitor Use Mangement, Wilderness Stewardship Performance, Natural Disaster Response, Leave No Trace, Trail Maintenance and Construction, and Wilderness Character Monitoring. Student applies learned skills in enironment stewardship on federally protected public lands in projects which improved recreation infrastructure, educated the recreating public, and collected data. The education program also trained over 20 members of various local stewardship organizations. 770683 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true false true 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 true 4 0 true 47 true false false false false false false false false false false X 15 14 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false AR GA NC SC TN VA WV KY X Preston Jacobsen 7049620209 225 E Chestnut Street Ste 001 Asheville NC 28801 Anders Reynolds Chairman 3.00 X X 0 0 0 Samuel Owl Vice Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Jessica DeLoach Secretary 2.50 X X 0 0 0 Camilla Simon Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Aaron Sanford Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Jodi Goldberg Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Hannah Malvin Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Will Skelton Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Carl Rountree Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Anna Wlodarczyk Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Terence Morrison Board Member 0.50 X X 0 0 0 Tye Tavaras Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Bill Meadows Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mason Boring Board Member 0.50 X 0 0 0 Meryl Harrell Executive Director 40.00 X 31295 0 0 31295 0 0 false false false 292067 292067 Contract Service Revenue 541900 679911 0 0 679911 Other Income 900099 698 0 0 698 698 972676 679911 0 698 78650 35392 31460 11798 596015 535666 60349 0 32885 29555 3330 0 48846 43900 4946 0 1750 1750 0 0 6710 2311 3807 592 176 7 69 100 12127 3481 8646 0 2520 50 2470 0 27631 16578 9671 1382 41719 41667 52 0 3007 60 2947 0 1180 944 177 59 13444 10755 2017 672 36769 29360 7409 0 Program Supplies 18425 18425 0 0 Staff Training 387 368 19 0 Educational Materials 379 379 0 0 Taxes and Licenses 941 0 941 0 2910 35 682 2193 926471 770683 138992 16796 46416 140592 18086 26516 2331 2522 2522 94042 72221 30718 21821 1732 1732 101805 193183 67454 124379 29194 17442 96648 141821 X -34203 51362 39360 5157 51362 101805 193183 46205 X false true X true false X 0 357159 391654 360368 322669 292067 1723917 0 0 357159 391654 360368 322669 292067 1723917 852293 871624 0 0 210 310 698 1218 1725135 2758501 0.50520 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Other Income 2017: 210. 2018: 310. 2019: 698. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 10799 6548 4251 83243 65673 17570 21821 Security Deposits 1732 1732 X 972676 972676 972676 926471 926471 926471 Pt X, Line 2 SAWS is exempt from federal income taxes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Code, however, income from certain activities not related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose may be subject to taxation as unrelated business income. The organization had no income from unrelated business activities in the year ended September 30, 2020 and was, therefore, not required to file Federal Form 990-T (Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return). The organization believes that it has appropriate support for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements Pt VI, Line 11b The 990 is prepared by independent accountants, reviewed by management, presented to the Board for review, proposed revisions and final approval. Pt VI, Line 12c Enforced as necessary. Any Board member with a conflict of interest on any specific issue informs the Board and abstains from voting on the issue. Pt VI, Line 15a In the annual budgeting process, the Board approves a budget line for aggregate salary expense. Thereafter, individual salaries and salary increases for employees are determined by the Executive Director. The Board of Directors sets the Executive Director's salary after a performance review and a check of comparable salary information for similar organizations with similar budgets. Pt VI, Line 18 Forms 1023 and 990 are available upon request. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements are available upon request. Other Meryl Harrell served on the board of SAWS in the fiscal year 2018-2019, and in the spring of 2019 she took over the duties of the executive director.