2019-08-02T07:09:49-05:00 2018-09-30 341602442 H & J CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS INC 7555 FREDLE DR STE 110 CONCORD OH 44077 990 2017-10-01 272817313 CROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER CROW 3306688992 PO BOX 484 BATH OH 44210 ALICIA BONGUE-BARTELSMAN PHD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3306688992 2019-07-15 true ROLLAND B STANDISH P00169705 4409512997 2019-07-15 167.68.16.49 2019-08-02 07:09:49 CD P 11D08EB2F5BE2EC3AE7D51D9233745753A7734C1 3FA6B1F2686BB45C3826A88A5968E42EF562B40E 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z ALICIA BONGUE-BARTELSMAN PHD PO BOX 484 3220 IRA ROAD BATH OH 44210 489477 false X CROWNPOINTECOLOGY.ORG X 2010 OH TO DEMONSTRATE THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ECOLOGY AND ITS CONNECTION TO SPIRITUALITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 19 19 14 180 0 237716 241405 121301 133163 5520 831 61730 66432 426267 441831 7410 9000 0 274110 298836 18000 0 82126 157290 202400 456810 510236 -30543 -68405 573769 504537 77609 88951 496160 415586 X TO DEMONSTRATE THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ECOLOGY AND ITS CONNECTION TO SPIRITUALITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. false false 342922 9000 124163 FY 2018 YEAR IN REVIEW OUR BEAUTIFUL, 115-ACRE HOME IN BATH, OHIO SAW CONSTANT ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARM GREW THOUSANDS OF PLANT SEEDLINGS FOR OUR PLANT SALE AND COMMUNITY GARDENS AND SUPPLIED FRESH PRODUCE TO THE FOOD BANK AND OUR CONSUMER SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) MEMBERSHIP. WE OFFERED MANY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AKRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER YOUTH GROUPS. THE YEAR WAS PUNCTUATED IN THE WINTER BY LOCAL TO GLOBAL DINNERS, AND IN THE SUMMER BY OUR 20TH ANNUAL TASTE OF THE EARTH GALA AND "JAZZ IN THE BARN". WE ALSO BROADENED OUR USE OF OUR HOME TO INCLUDE OUR FIRST-EVER EARTH DAY VOLUNTEER DAY AND OUR SECOND ANNUAL PUMPKIN PATCH DASH 5K RACE. THESE EVENTS BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF VISITORS TO CROWN POINT - MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME - AND HELPED THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CROWN POINT'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR WORLD. IN EARLY SPRING, WE HAD OUR FIRST, EVER PRAIRIE BURN TO HELP RESTORE AND IMPROVE OUR NATIVE GRASSLANDS AND FLOWERS. PRAIRIE PLANTS EVOLVE DEEP ROOTS AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGROW QUICKLY AND GROW STRONGER AFTER FIRES. BY WORKING WITH NATURE, WE ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE HABITATS FOR NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND REDUCE THE PRESSURE OF INVASIVE SPECIES LIKE MULTIFLORA ROSE. OUR INAUGURAL EARTH DAY VOLUNTEER DAY WAS A SUCCESS WITH SEVERAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A STRAW BALE WORKSHOP BUILDING AND TRAIL CLEAN-UP. MANY TREES AND PERENNIALS WERE PLANTED THAT DAY. FAMILIES AND BOY SCOUTS HAD FUN SEEDING THE PRAIRIE AND TRANSPLANTING PERENNIALS FROM OUR GREENHOUSE GROWN SEEDLINGS. WE FOLLOWED UP IN MAY WITH OUR 14TH ANNUAL PLANT SALE. WE HAD 40,000 PLANTS FOR SALE, WITH OVER 250 VARIETIES OF CERTIFIED ORGANIC VEGETABLE, FLOWER, AND HERB PLANTS. THE NEW NATIVE PRAIRIE PERENNIALS WE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR SOLD OUT QUICKLY. THE SALE WAS WELL ATTENDED AND GENERATED 40,000 IN REVENUE FOR CROWN POINT. AFTER THE PLANT SALE 12,000 PLANTS WERE DONATED TO 40 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CHURCHES, EDUCATIONAL FARMS, REFUGEE SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT DONATE FOOD TO OUR FOOD BANKS. THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE OHIO & ERIE CANALWAY, WE CREATED NEW SIGNAGE, TRAIL MAPS AND PRODUCED A SELF-GUIDED TOUR MAP FOR OUR 5.5 MILES OF WALKING AND HIKING TRAILS. WE ALSO PLANTED CORNELLIAN CHERRY TREES, SERVICEBERRY SHRUBS, AND FRINGE TREES ALONGSIDE A NEW TRAIL IN MEMORY OF SISTER PAT SIGLER THE WILDLIFE ORCHARD WALK. YOUTH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WE HELD SOIL SCIENCE FIELD TRIP WORKSHOP FOR SIXTH GRADER CLASSES FROM FOUR AKRON CITY SCHOOLS AND INVITED MANY SCHOOL GROUPS FOR DIFFERENT FIELD TRIPS. WE ARE INCREASING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SCOUT GROUPS AROUND THE AREA, INCLUDING ST HILLARY CUB SCOUTS AND SCOUT PACK 3387 OF RICHFIELD, OHIO. CROWN POINT HOSTED ITS SECOND PUMPKIN PATCH DASH 5K IN OCTOBER. WE HOSTED FOUR SOLD-OUT HEALTHY DINNERS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND APRIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CLEVELAND BASED LOCAL ABUNDANCE NON-PROFIT. IN JULY, WE HOSTED A SOMALI OUTDOOR COOKING CLASS CENTERED ON THE USE OF OUR COB OVEN. THE EVENT SOLD OUT. LOCAL ABUNDANCE KITCHEN EDUCATES AND ASSISTS REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS TO OFFER COOKING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH AN EMPOWERING AND ENRICHING PATH TO MEANINGFUL INCOME. NEW EVENT THIS YEAR, JAZZ IN THE BARN, WAS A WELL-ATTENDED AND FUN CONCERT IN OUR LOVELY BARN. THE 20TH ANNUAL TASTE OF EARTH GALA, CELEBRATING BATH'S BICENTENNIAL WAS HELD IN AUGUST FOR A FULL HOUSE OF GUESTS WHO DINED ON OUR BEAUTIFUL PRODUCE AND ENJOYED A SUSTAINABLY PREPARED LOCAL MEAL. WE HOSTED MEDITATION WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR MEETINGS TO STUDY POPE FRANCIS' ENCYCLICAL "CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME." WE CONTINUED TO OFFER OUR MONTHLY LABYRINTH WALKS THROUGH THE YEAR AND OUR WEEKLY YOGA CLASSES IN FALL, SPRING AND SUMMER. WE ALSO HAD A FULL DAY YOGA RETREAT AND ALSO A FUN GOAT YOGA DAY. WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF OUR "HONEY HOUSE" BY BRINGING WATER TO AN OLD WHITE FARM SHED. THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE BLOOMING PRAIRIE FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDS RAISED AT OUR TASTE OF EARTH GALA EVENT THIS SHED WILL BE RETROFITTED TO HOUSE HONEY EXTRACTING EQUIPMENT AND BEE-KEEPING WORKSHOPS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUMMIT COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION. OUR PROPERTY CONTINUES TO GROW AS A VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND BUSINESS AND CIVIC MEETINGS. THESE OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY BRING NEW VISITORS TO CROWN POINT BUT ALSO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT REVENUE STREAM THAT SUPPORTS OUR ORGANIC FARM AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. FARM O OUR FARM MANAGER, ASSISTANT MANAGER AND A TEAM OF SEVEN INTERNS HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, SERVING 100 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) CLIENTS AND DONATING OVER 2000 POUNDS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE TO THE AKRON CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK. IN ADDITION, WE DONATED OVER 12,000 STARTER PLANTS TO AREA SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS AFTER OUR ANNUAL PLANT SALE IN MAY. O SOIL RESTORATION CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY AT CROWN POINT AS WE IMPROVE OUR SOIL FERTILITY WITH MUCH-NEEDED COMPOST AND LEAF LITTER AND ROTATING COVER CROPS. O WE CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOME OF OUR PRODUCE FARMING FROM ANNUALS TO A PERMACULTURE STRATEGY, WHICH IS BETTER FOR SOIL HEALTH, LESS LABOR- INTENSIVE AND LESS EXPENSIVE OVER TIME. THIS SEASON, WE ADDED MORE ASPARAGUS, RHUBARB, RASPBERRIES, AND ELDERBERRIES. WE ESTABLISHED WINE CAP MUSHROOM BEDS IN THE SHADE OF OUR WOODLANDS, IMPLEMENTING OUR FIRST AGROFORESTRY CROP. THE ADDITION OF THESE PERENNIAL VEGETABLES AND MUSHROOMS WILL PROVIDE A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST IN YEARS TO COME. O THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE USDA NATIONAL RESOURCES CONSERVATIONS SERVICES (NRCS) WE INCREASED OUR PRAIRIE AREA AND RE-SEEDED PASTURE LAND TO INCORPORATE SHEEP INTO THE FARM IN FUTURE YEARS. 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WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR BEEKEEPING ACTIVITIES (AND INCLUDED BEEKEEPING TRAINING IN THE FARM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM) AND HAVE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AROUND OUR 115 ACRES WHERE WE HAVE STARTED TO PLANT ROBUST VEGETATION TO ATTRACT BIRDS, BEES AND BUTTERFLIES. 342922 true true false false false false false false false true true true false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 7 0 true 14 true false false false false false true true false false false false X 19 19 false false false false true false true true true false false true true true true true true true false false OH X ALICIA BONGUE-BARTELSMAN PHD 3306688992 PO BOX 484 3220 IRA ROAD BATH OH 44210 JAMES SIMON CHAIR 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ALICIA THOMAS VICE CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MAUREEN AEBI CPA TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BRIAN FLANNERY SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JOEL D EAGLE ESQ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEOFFREY W HALL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN JACKSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF KERR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARY ANNE KREJCI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 WEI LI PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JANET BARNETT MINC PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SR CHARLENE MOSER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOE NEMETH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH A REILLY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE A SAMPSEL DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICIA MARIE SIGLER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SIMPSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LIBBY UPTON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROSE ANN VAN BUREN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALICIA BONGUE-BARTELSMAN PHD EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 47681 0 921 47681 921 false false false 117017 25000 8338 91050 241405 FARM/FARM PRODUCTS 611600 99834 99834 YOUTH PROGRAMS 111000 23504 23504 YOUTH PROGRAMS - SCHOLARSHIPS 611600 9000 9000 ADULT PROGRAMS 825 825 133163 831 831 68862 2720 66142 66142 66142 44926 117017 44926 MISCELLANEOUS 290 290 290 441831 133994 66432 9000 9000 48412 16944 16944 14524 197029 147827 31370 17832 7710 5176 1518 1016 21392 14361 4211 2820 24293 16309 4782 3202 8064 8064 16574 14419 2155 13812 5928 7884 37502 34277 3225 1244 933 311 40894 36805 4089 6353 5718 635 FARM PROGRAM EXPENSES 29346 29346 MARKETING 18956 2384 16572 DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES 15576 15576 FUNDRAISING 10584 10584 3495 3495 510236 342922 85188 82126 15317 16344 47341 4445 3400 16933 28638 14715 658185 264544 419437 393641 59636 58459 573769 504537 11609 50801 66000 38150 77609 88951 X 402132 306311 35569 50816 58459 58459 496160 415586 573769 504537 -68405 1960 -14129 X true X false true false X 233292 366350 198748 237716 241405 1277511 233292 366350 198748 237716 241405 1277511 1277511 3599 545 29 195 68862 73230 5351 3260 497 466 290 9864 1360605 178920 0.93890 0.98380 X PART II, LINE 10 9,864 59636 -1177 58549 71988 2100 5548 20000 59636 67952 2000 4569 2655 71866 72088 2140 -3421 2855 67952 68338 2230 4287 2767 72088 1.00000 true false 559760 181866 377894 98425 82678 15747 393641 AKRON COMMUNITY FDN INVESTMENT 58459 F 58459 X SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 CROWN POINT'S ENDOWMENT CONSISTS OF FUNDS WHICH ARE RESTRICTED AS TO USE IN PERPETUITY. THE INCOME FROM THESE FUNDS IS TO BE USED FOR THEIR DONOR- RESTRICTED PURPOSES INCLUDING OPERATIONS AND THE CHILDREN'S GARDENS/PROGRAMS. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X CROWN POINT IS A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. CROWN POINT BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. CROWN POINT'S RETURNS WILL BE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED. OH TASTE OF EARTH 145215 108847 36368 18064 350 17954 OTHER EVENTS 16728 8170 8558 1627 1100 5831 161943 117017 44926 19691 1450 23785 44926 true SCHOLARSHIPS 45 9000 FMV FEE SUBSIDY SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN FOR THE SUMMER FARM AND SCIENCE CAMP TO CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASIA SERVICES IN ACTION (ASIA) AND PROYECTO RAICES AND CERTAIN OTHER GROUPS. OTHER PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED AFTER AN APPLICATION FORM IS COMPLETED. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A PUMPKIN PATCH DASH 5K RACE. THESE EVENTS BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF VISITORS TO CROWN POINT - MANY FOR THE FIRST TIME - AND HELPED THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CROWN POINT'S IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR WORLD. IN EARLY SPRING, WE HAD OUR FIRST, EVER PRAIRIE BURN TO HELP RESTORE AND IMPROVE OUR NATIVE GRASSLANDS AND FLOWERS. PRAIRIE PLANTS EVOLVE DEEP ROOTS AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO REGROW QUICKLY AND GROW STRONGER AFTER FIRES. BY WORKING WITH NATURE, WE ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE HABITATS FOR NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND REDUCE THE PRESSURE OF INVASIVE SPECIES LIKE MULTIFLORA ROSE. OUR INAUGURAL EARTH DAY VOLUNTEER DAY WAS A SUCCESS WITH SEVERAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A STRAW BALE WORKSHOP BUILDING AND TRAIL CLEAN-UP. MANY TREES AND PERENNIALS WERE PLANTED THAT DAY. FAMILIES AND BOY SCOUTS HAD FUN SEEDING THE PRAIRIE AND TRANSPLANTING PERENNIALS FROM OUR GREENHOUSE GROWN SEEDLINGS. WE FOLLOWED UP IN MAY WITH OUR 14TH ANNUAL PLANT SALE. WE HAD 40,000 PLANTS FOR SALE, WITH OVER 250 VARIETIES OF CERTIFIED ORGANIC VEGETABLE, FLOWER, AND HERB PLANTS. THE NEW NATIVE PRAIRIE PERENNIALS WE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR SOLD OUT QUICKLY. THE SALE WAS WELL ATTENDED AND GENERATED 40,000 IN REVENUE FOR CROWN POINT. AFTER THE PLANT SALE 12,000 PLANTS WERE DONATED TO 40 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CHURCHES, EDUCATIONAL FARMS, REFUGEE SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT DONATE FOOD TO OUR FOOD BANKS. THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE OHIO & ERIE CANALWAY, WE CREATED NEW SIGNAGE, TRAIL MAPS AND PRODUCED A SELF-GUIDED TOUR MAP FOR OUR 5.5 MILES OF WALKING AND HIKING TRAILS. WE ALSO PLANTED CORNELLIAN CHERRY TREES, SERVICEBERRY SHRUBS, AND FRINGE TREES ALONGSIDE A NEW TRAIL IN MEMORY OF SISTER PAT SIGLER THE WILDLIFE ORCHARD WALK. YOUTH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES WE HELD SOIL SCIENCE FIELD TRIP WORKSHOP FOR SIXTH GRADER CLASSES FROM FOUR AKRON CITY SCHOOLS AND INVITED MANY SCHOOL GROUPS FOR DIFFERENT FIELD TRIPS. WE ARE INCREASING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SCOUT GROUPS AROUND THE AREA, INCLUDING ST HILLARY CUB SCOUTS AND SCOUT PACK 3387 OF RICHFIELD, OHIO. CROWN POINT HOSTED ITS SECOND PUMPKIN PATCH DASH 5K IN OCTOBER. WE HOSTED FOUR SOLD-OUT HEALTHY DINNERS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH AND APRIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CLEVELAND BASED LOCAL ABUNDANCE NON-PROFIT. IN JULY, WE HOSTED A SOMALI OUTDOOR COOKING CLASS CENTERED ON THE USE OF OUR COB OVEN. THE EVENT SOLD OUT. LOCAL ABUNDANCE KITCHEN EDUCATES AND ASSISTS REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS TO OFFER COOKING CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH AN EMPOWERING AND ENRICHING PATH TO MEANINGFUL INCOME. NEW EVENT THIS YEAR, JAZZ IN THE BARN, WAS A WELL-ATTENDED AND FUN CONCERT IN OUR LOVELY BARN. THE 20TH ANNUAL TASTE OF EARTH GALA, CELEBRATING BATH'S BICENTENNIAL WAS HELD IN AUGUST FOR A FULL HOUSE OF GUESTS WHO DINED ON OUR BEAUTIFUL PRODUCE AND ENJOYED A SUSTAINABLY PREPARED LOCAL MEAL. WE HOSTED MEDITATION WORKSHOPS AND REGULAR MEETINGS TO STUDY POPE FRANCIS' ENCYCLICAL "CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME." WE CONTINUED TO OFFER OUR MONTHLY LABYRINTH WALKS THROUGH THE YEAR AND OUR WEEKLY YOGA CLASSES IN FALL, SPRING AND SUMMER. WE ALSO HAD A FULL DAY YOGA RETREAT AND ALSO A FUN GOAT YOGA DAY. WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF OUR "HONEY HOUSE" BY BRINGING WATER TO AN OLD WHITE FARM SHED. THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE BLOOMING PRAIRIE FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDS RAISED AT OUR TASTE OF EARTH GALA EVENT THIS SHED WILL BE RETROFITTED TO HOUSE HONEY EXTRACTING EQUIPMENT AND BEE-KEEPING WORKSHOPS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUMMIT COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION. OUR PROPERTY CONTINUES TO GROW AS A VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND BUSINESS AND CIVIC MEETINGS. THESE OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY BRING NEW VISITORS TO CROWN POINT BUT ALSO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT REVENUE STREAM THAT SUPPORTS OUR ORGANIC FARM AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. FARM O OUR FARM MANAGER, ASSISTANT MANAGER AND A TEAM OF SEVEN INTERNS HAD A SUCCESSFUL YEAR, SERVING 100 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE (CSA) CLIENTS AND DONATING OVER 2000 POUNDS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE TO THE AKRON CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK. IN ADDITION, WE DONATED OVER 12,000 STARTER PLANTS TO AREA SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS AFTER OUR ANNUAL PLANT SALE IN MAY. O SOIL RESTORATION CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY AT CROWN POINT AS WE IMPROVE OUR SOIL FERTILITY WITH MUCH-NEEDED COMPOST AND LEAF LITTER AND ROTATING COVER CROPS. O WE CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOME OF OUR PRODUCE FARMING FROM ANNUALS TO A PERMACULTURE STRATEGY, WHICH IS BETTER FOR SOIL HEALTH, LESS LABOR- INTENSIVE AND LESS EXPENSIVE OVER TIME. THIS SEASON, WE ADDED MORE ASPARAGUS, RHUBARB, RASPBERRIES, AND ELDERBERRIES. WE ESTABLISHED WINE CAP MUSHROOM BEDS IN THE SHADE OF OUR WOODLANDS, IMPLEMENTING OUR FIRST AGROFORESTRY CROP. THE ADDITION OF THESE PERENNIAL VEGETABLES AND MUSHROOMS WILL PROVIDE A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST IN YEARS TO COME. O THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE USDA NATIONAL RESOURCES CONSERVATIONS SERVICES (NRCS) WE INCREASED OUR PRAIRIE AREA AND RE-SEEDED PASTURE LAND TO INCORPORATE SHEEP INTO THE FARM IN FUTURE YEARS. O BUILDING OUT POLLINATOR HABITATS ON THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE FARM. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR BEEKEEPING ACTIVITIES (AND INCLUDED BEEKEEPING TRAINING IN THE FARM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM) AND HAVE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AROUND OUR 115 ACRES WHERE WE HAVE STARTED TO PLANT ROBUST VEGETATION TO ATTRACT BIRDS, BEES AND BUTTERFLIES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 CORPORATE MEMBER - THE MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION ARE THE PRIORESS AND COUNCIL OF THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF PEACE, INC. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B DECISIONS SUBJECT TO MEMBER APPROVAL - THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY NOT TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE CORPORATE MEMBERS: 1) ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2) HIRING OR TERMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3) THE SALE, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, LEASE FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR, OR PLEDGE/MORTGAGE OF THE CORPORATION'S REAL ESTATE 4) THE ALTERATION OR ADDITION TO BUILDINGS OR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CORPORATION'S REAL ESTATE, OR THE MAKING OF ANY CONTRACT, OPTION OR OTHER AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, IF THE TRANSACTION INVOLVED HAS A VALUE IN EXCESS OF 50,000 5) APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET 6) INCURRENCE OF ANY DEBT 7) THE MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR REORGANIZATION OF THE CORPORATION 8) THE AMENDMENT OF THE CODE OF REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORATION 9) ACCEPTANCE OF A GIFT OR GRANT WITH RESTRICTIONS AS TO ITS CHARITABLE USE, WHEN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH RESTRICTIONS WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PURPOSE, PLAN OR MISSION OF THE CORPORATION 10) ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PURPOSE, PLAN OR MISSION OF THE CORPORATION FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B REVIEW OF FORM 990 - FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEN PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C MONITORING OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY - EACH YEAR, BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO READ AND THEN SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT. IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE A CONFLICT ON A VOTE BEING TAKEN, THE BOARD MEMBER ABSTAINS FROM VOTING AND THE REASON IS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A REVIEW OF COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BEFORE DECIDING ON THE COMPENSATION FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SALARIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNING DOCUMENTS - COPIES OF CROWN POINT'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 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