THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES INC (EIN 51-0639429)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-05-07
IRS object ID: 201841279349300839
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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 F
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-07T10:20:36-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	020476956	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TYLER SIMMS & ST SAUVEUR CPAS PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	19 MORGAN DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	LEBANON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NH	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	03766	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	510639429	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VERM	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8026491431	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 420	AddressLine1Txt
City	NORWICH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05055	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRISTOPHER C RIMMER	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE OFFICER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8026491431	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JAMES N GODFREY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00913422	PTIN
Phone	6036530044	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-05-03	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	CHRISTOPHER C RIMMER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 420	AddressLine1Txt
City	NORWICH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05055	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,003,814	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	VTECOSTUDIES.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2007	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VT	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES ADVANCES THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE ACROSS THE AMERICAS THROUGH RESEARCH, MONITORING AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	18	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4073	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,376,602	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$957,901	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$30,005	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$36,034	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$880	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$1,348	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$10,359	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$8,531	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,417,846	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,003,814	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$16,805	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$6,849	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$841,602	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$754,074	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$88,448	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$296,565	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$237,302	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,154,972	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$998,225	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$262,874	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$5,589	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$908,782	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$911,796	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$84,319	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$81,743	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$824,463	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$830,053	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE VERMONT CENTER FOR ECOSTUDIES ADVANCES THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE ACROSS THE AMERICAS THROUGH RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$181,840	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,273	RevenueAmt
Desc	SUSTAIN THE HEALTH OF NORTHEASTERN ECOSYSTEMS- THE ECOREGION THAT STRETCHES FROM NEW YORK'S CATSKILL MOUNTAINS AND MASSACHUSETTS'S BERKSHIRES TO THE GASPE PENINSULA OF QUEBEC IS UNIQUELY AT RISK. HOME TO ALMOST 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE AND WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE FROM 70 MILLION MORE, THE REGION'S HEART IS THE RUGGED AND ANCIENT APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE, FLANKED BY AN ECOLOGICALLY RICH WEB OF TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC NATURAL COMMUNITIES. VCE'S WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND MONITORING WITHIN THE EXPANSIVE AREA CROSSES INTERNATIONAL, STATE, AND PROVINCIAL BOUNDARIES TO FOCUS ON THREE DISCRETE ECOSYSTEMS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN;MOUNTAINS, GRASSLANDS, AND FORESTS. OUR OVERARCHING GOAL FOR NORTHEASTERN ECOSYSTEMS IS TO GALVANIZE AND COORDINATE COLLABORATIVE,SCIENCE-BASED CONSERVATION ACTIONS TO PROTECT WILDLIFE AND THEIR ECOSYSTEMS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$85,893	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$6,849	GrantAmt
Desc	PROTECT VITAL CARIBBEAN HABITATS- SOME 120 SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING BIRDS MIGRATE ANNUALLY TO THE ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN, WHICH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AMONG THE TOP "HOTSPOTS" FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION WORLDWIDE. YET, BURGEONING HUMAN POPULATIONS AND THEIR ATTENDANT DEMAND FOR NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE DEVASTATED MONTANE FORESTS - THE REGION'S MOST HIGHLY THREATENED TERRESTRIAL HABITAT. THESE FORESTS PROVIDE CRITICAL WINTER HABITAT FOR BICKNELL'S THRUSH, ONE OF NORTH AMERICA'S HIGHEST CONSERVATION PRIORITY MIGRANT BIRDS. EFFORTS AIMED AT LONG-TERM BICKNELL'S THRUSH CONSERVATION INCLUDE HABITAT AND BIRD POPULATION MODELING AND MONITORING, BUILDING LOCAL AWARENESS OF CONSERVATION ISSUES, AND CAPACITY BUILDING AND COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$201,080	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,432	RevenueAmt
Desc	MAP BIODIVERSITY FOR CONSERVATION- WITH MANY ECOSYSTEMS UNDERGOING UNPRECEDENTED CHANGE AS A RESULT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY, OUR MAPPINGBIODIVERSITY FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAM PROVIDES KEY INFORMATION FOR CONSERVATION. MANY HABITATS HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOSS, DEGRADATION OR FRAGMENTATION, AND INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC SPECIES HAS TRANSFORMED OTHERS, CAUSING DECLINES OR EXTINCTIONS OF NATIVE WILDLIFE. ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE NOW THREATENS TO REDRAW THE GEOGRAPHIC MAP OF BIOTIC DIVERSITY. STUDIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS AS A MEANS TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION, TERMED "CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY," USE THE CONCEPTUAL TOOLS AND METHODS OF BIOGEOGRAPHY TO ADDRESS REAL WORLD CONSERVATION PROBLEMS. RESULTS PROVIDE PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FATE OF KEY SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS, NOW AND FAR INTO THE FUTURE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$237,472	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$34,060	RevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$237,472	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$34,060	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$706,285	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
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	5	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	18	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
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	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	0	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	SUSAN HINDINGER	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	8026491431	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 420	AddressLine1Txt
City	NORWICH	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	05055	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
PETER BROOKE
CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARGARET CHENEY
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRIAN DADE
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JARED KEYES
VICE-CHAIR, TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ELIZABETH RUML
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER C RIMMER
TRUSTEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTO	45.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$79,602	$0	$15,547
ROBERT HOLLEY
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM SCHMIDT
TRUSTEE	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$79,602	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$15,547	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
Government Grants	$163,444	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$794,457	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$70,070	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$957,901	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PROGRAM SERVICE	Desc
Business	541700	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$36,034	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$36,034	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$36,034	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,348	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,348	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$7,800	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	$7,800	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$7,800	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$7,800	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$56	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$56	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$56	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISC	Desc
Business	900000	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$675	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$675	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$675	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,003,814	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$36,765	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$9,148	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,849	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$95,149	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,535	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,184	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$31,430	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$510,813	TotalAmt
Program Services	$399,253	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$78,325	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33,235	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$103,648	TotalAmt
Program Services	$80,108	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,342	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,198	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,464	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,707	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,382	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,375	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$58,010	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,083	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,434	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,493	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,924	TotalAmt
Management And General	$35,924	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,382	TotalAmt
Program Services	$45,726	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$233	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$423	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,439	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,145	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$5,294	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32	TotalAmt
Management And General	$32	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,414	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,414	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,435	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,219	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,216	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
CONTRACTORS	$66,598	$55,660	$10,938
MISC EXPENSE	$68		$68

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$998,225	TotalAmt
Program Services	$706,285	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$203,492	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$88,448	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$195,566	BOYAmt
EOY	$187,373	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$439,669	BOYAmt
EOY	$490,988	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$235,489	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,613	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,573	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,222	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$93,821	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$76,221	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,485	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,600	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$908,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$911,796	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,107	BOYAmt
EOY	$81,064	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$629	BOYAmt
EOY	$679	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,583	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$84,319	BOYAmt
EOY	$81,743	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$510,968	BOYAmt
EOY	$517,958	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$313,495	BOYAmt
EOY	$312,095	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$824,463	BOYAmt
EOY	$830,053	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$908,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$911,796	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$5,589	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$1	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$826,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,095,796	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,290,664	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,376,602	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$957,901	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,547,326	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$13,674	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13,619	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$7,858	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$32,564	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$36,756	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$104,471	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,046	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Total	$2,046	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$842,083	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,109,415	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,298,522	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,409,166	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$994,657	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,653,843	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$5,653,843	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$442	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,428	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,598	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,680	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,148	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$35,296	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$442	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$8,428	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,598	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,680	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$9,148	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$35,296	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$842,525	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,117,843	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,307,120	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,417,846	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,003,805	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,689,139	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.99380	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.99500	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00620	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00500	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$93,821	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$76,221	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$17,600	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$17,600	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$0	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$0	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	BICKNELL'S THRUSH MONITORING AND WINTERING GROUNDS CONSERVATION.	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$6,849	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	CHECK	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	6	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$70,070	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 32B:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	STOCK GIFTS RECEIVED ARE PROCESSED AND SOLD BY CHARLES SCHWAB	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY KEY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED TO THE PREPARER AND RESOLVED PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	EACH DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AND MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATING POWERS IS REQUIRED TO SIGN AN ANNUAL STATEMENT AFFIRMING THAT SUCH PERSON (1) HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY (2) HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE POLICY, (3) HAS AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, (4) UNDERSTANDS THE ORGANIZATION IS CHARITABLE, AND THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES THAT ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES. THE FORM ALSO PROVIDES SPACES FOR ADVANCE DISCLOSURE OF ANY RELATIONSHIPS THAT COULD CONSTITUTE OR APPEAR TO CONSTITUTE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERFORMS AN ANNUAL REVIEW TO DETERMINE SUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE PROCESS INCLUDES A REVIEW OF COMPARABILITY DATA. DURING 2014, COMPARABILITY DATA WAS COMPLIED BY SURVEYING OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S BUSINESS OFFICE.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	ROUNDING 1.