VERMONT INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: VERMONT INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE INC (EIN 03-0231665)
Tax period: 2020-04-01 to 2021-03-31
Filed: 2021-10-11
IRS object ID: 202122849349300617
Schema version: 2020v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-10-11T09:42:13-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-03-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	030210880	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	AM PEISCH & COMPANY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	24 AIRPORT ROAD SUITE 402	AddressLine1Txt
City	WEST LEBANON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	037841663	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-04-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	030231665	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VERMONT INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VERM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8023595000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	149 NATURES WAY PO BOX 1281	AddressLine1Txt
City	QUECHEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05059	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHARLES F RATTIGAN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8023595000	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-10-01	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	CHARLES	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	RATTIGAN	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MANDY C GILES CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01204048	PTIN
Phone	6033060100	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	CHARLES F RATTIGAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	149 NATURES WAY PO BOX 1281	AddressLine1Txt
City	QUECHEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05059	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,570,104	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.VINSWEB.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1972	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	VINS MISSION IS TO MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND AVIAN WILDLIFE REHABILITATION. VINS IS CREATING A NEW GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS EACH DAY. LOCATED IN VERMONT, THE ORGANIZATION COMBINES SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ALONG WITH WILD BIRD REHABILITATION FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	53	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	86	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,779,638	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,466,891	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$862,544	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$743,221	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$39,537	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$19,760	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$113,175	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$105,511	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,794,894	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,335,383	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,109,694	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,264,190	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$263,671	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$764,569	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$745,210	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,874,263	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,009,400	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$920,631	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$325,983	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$7,985,698	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,043,376	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$759,196	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,160,233	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$7,226,502	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,883,143	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND AVIAN WILDLIFE REHABILITATION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$784,402	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$504,432	RevenueAmt
Desc	NATURE CENTER: HEADQUARTERED ON 47 ACRES OF FOREST, MEADOW, AND ROLLING HILLS IN QUECHEE, VT, OPEN YEAR ROUND AND LOCATED NEXT TO THE QUECHEE GORGE, VINS NATURE CENTER FEATURES 17 STATE-OF-THE-ART RAPTOR ENCLOSURES THAT HOUSE HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS, OWLS AND OTHER BIRDS OF PREY. IN ADDITION, THE SITE HAS A SONGBIRD AVIARY, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PAVILLIONS, SEVERAL NATURE TRAILS INCLUDING THE ADA COMPLIANT MCKNIGHT TRAIL, EXHIBITS INCLUDING DINOSAUR, FOREST AND CANOPY WALK, WILD BIRD REHABILITATION CENTER AND NATURE STORE. IN 2013, OLD PEPPER PLACE NATURE RESERVE, AN "OFF THE GRID", 327 ACRE, SELF-SUSTAINING, SEASONAL PROPERTY WAS BEQUEATHED TO VINS BY GOOD FRIENDS. LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, VT, THIS PROPERTY HAS HOSTED OUR OVERNIGHT CAMP AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$404,675	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$301,175	RevenueAmt
Desc	EDUCATION: DUE TO COVID, THE NATURE CENTER WAS CLOSED FOR THREE MONTHS, MARCH 15 THROUGH JUNE 15, 2020. THE YEAR INCLUDED VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON LEARNING. WE TAUGHT OVER 45,000 PEOPLE WHEN THEY CAME EYE TO EYE WITH PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND. OUR AUDIENCE INCLUDES SCHOOLCHILDREN, TEACHERS, FAMILIES AND ADULTS. VINS SCHOOL PROGRAMS, NATURE CAMP, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH ADD MORE PARTICIPANTS TO OUR CURRICULUM EACH YEAR. RESEARCH PROJECTS INVOLVE OBSERVING THE NATURAL WORLD, THEN ENTERING OBSERVATIONS ONLINE FOR URGENTLY NEEDED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$266,058	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$33,270	RevenueAmt
Desc	WILD BIRD REHABILITATION: VINS HIGHLY TRAINED REHABILITATORS TREAT APPROXIMATELY OVER 1,000 INJURED AND ORPHANED BIRDS FROM THROUGHOUT VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE EACH YEAR. WE ALSO ANSWER WILDLIFE QUESTIONS AND CARE FOR THE MANY RESIDENT RAPTORS, SONGBIRDS, ARTHROPODS AND REPTILES! OUR NEWLY RENOVATED FACILITY WILL ACCOMMODATE OVER 60-80 SPECIES AT ONE TIME. WE ARE THE LARGEST REHABBER IN THE STATE OF VERMONT.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,455,135	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	7	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	53	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CHARLES F RATTIGAN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8023595000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	149 NATURES WAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	QUECHEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05059	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JOHN LEE
CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DAVID TILLINGHAST
VICE CHAIR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN BOUTON
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RONALD PAPROCKI
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RICHARD FERRELL
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHUCK SHERMAN
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
EDITH HUBBELL
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PATRICE MUSHLIN
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH ADAMS
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
THOMAS WESCHLER
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STACEY GERRISH
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LEONARD REITSMA
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHARLES RATTIGAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$91,171	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$91,171	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$17,400	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$304,613	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,144,878	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$74,510	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,466,891	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMISSION FEES	900099	$408,776	$408,776
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FE	900099	$159,500	$159,500
MEMBERSHIP FEES	900099	$141,675	$141,675
ADOPT-A-RAPTOR	900099	$33,270	$33,270

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$743,221	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$15,306	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$15,306	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$4,895	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$4,895	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,895	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,895	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$149,078	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$138,689	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$5,935	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$10,389	SecuritiesAmt
Other	-$5,935	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,454	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,454	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$12,625	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$17,400	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$14,301	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,676	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$1,676	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$166,557	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$75,796	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$90,761	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$90,761	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$11,531	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$11,531	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$11,531	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,335,383	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$854,862	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$13,630	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,060	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,224	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,377	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,459	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$975,299	TotalAmt
Program Services	$738,966	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$92,239	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$144,094	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$94,498	TotalAmt
Program Services	$68,369	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,147	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,982	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$91,333	TotalAmt
Program Services	$66,080	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,740	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,513	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,413	TotalAmt
Management And General	$49,413	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,308	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,788	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,304	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,216	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,785	TotalAmt
Program Services	$24,359	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,335	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,091	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$37,883	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,174	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,964	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,745	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,962	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,710	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,796	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,456	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$152,573	TotalAmt
Program Services	$134,066	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,507	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,405	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,467	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$938	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,435	TotalAmt
Program Services	$676	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,331	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$428	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$52,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,199	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,457	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,644	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$232,358	TotalAmt
Program Services	$216,077	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,252	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,029	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROGRAM EXPENSES	$55,787	$55,675	$112	$0
IN-KIND DONATIONS	$29,471	$23,863	$836	$4,772
DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS	$3,198	$1,442	$514	$1,242
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE	$332	$0	$332	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,009,400	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,455,135	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$290,594	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$263,671	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,724	BOYAmt
EOY	$194,921	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$643,042	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,285,695	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$94,076	BOYAmt
EOY	$188,385	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,454	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,971	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,028	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,368	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$8,406,446	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$2,392,260	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,109,768	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,014,186	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$972,389	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,299,981	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,869	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,985,698	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,043,376	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$160,497	BOYAmt
EOY	$89,549	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$77,148	BOYAmt
EOY	$81,479	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$421,015	BOYAmt
EOY	$872,030	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,536	BOYAmt
EOY	$117,175	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$759,196	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,160,233	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,473,377	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,935,105	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$753,125	BOYAmt
EOY	$948,038	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,226,502	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,883,143	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,985,698	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,043,376	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$325,983	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$330,658	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,148,987	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,885,478	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,019,671	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,878,243	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,608,566	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,540,945	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,148,987	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,885,478	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,019,671	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,878,243	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,608,566	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,540,945	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$8,540,945	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$35,850	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$45,739	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$53,209	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$26,682	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,306	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$176,786	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$290	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$51,132	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$70,483	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$9,219	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$11,531	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$142,655	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$8,860,386	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$4,017,510	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.96390	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.95790	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$767,699	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$8,754	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$281,727	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$35,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,023,180	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$855,402	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,650	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$66,027	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$24,326	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$767,699	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$866,969	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$24,233	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$35,800	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$855,402	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$352,774	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$475,200	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$39,489	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$494	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$866,969	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$328,345	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$33,253	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$8,824	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$352,774	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.17000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.62000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.21000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,133,985	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,133,985	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$6,691,734	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,911,825	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,779,909	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$562,083	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$480,435	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$81,648	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$18,644	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$18,644	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$6,014,186	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DEPOSITS	Desc
Amt	$117,175	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$117,175	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,756,138	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$330,658	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$90,097	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$420,755	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,335,383	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,335,383	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,099,497	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$90,097	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$90,097	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,009,400	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,009,400	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4:	ENDOWMENT FUND INCOME IS FOR USE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL OPERATIONS.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF MERCHANDISE 75,796. FUNDRAISING DIRECT EXPENSE 14,301.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	COST OF MERCHANDISE 75,796. FUNDRAISING DIRECT EXPENSE 14,301.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	SILENT AUCTION	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$30,025	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$17,400	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$12,625	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$14,301	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$30,025	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$17,400	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$12,625	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$14,301	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$14,301	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	-$1,676	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$30,738	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (4 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxInd	DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)	WILDLIFE FEED	14	$23,865	FAIR MARKET VALUE
Yes (X)	AUCTION ITEMS	67	$12,625	FAIR MARKET VALUE
Yes (X)	EXHIBIT ITEMS	2	$4,913	FAIR MARKET VALUE
Yes (X)	VOLUNTEER FOOD	1	$771	FAIR MARKET VALUE

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOTH REVIEWED THE FORM 990 BEFORE IT WAS FILED. A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS ALSO THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE ANNUALLY INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICT.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE PROPOSED INCREASES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR.