2016-11-10T12:32:59-06:00 2015-12-31 472305259 LOISELLE GOODWIN & HINDS 12 STILLWATER AVE STE 5 BANGOR ME 04401 990 2015-01-01 046042239 THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB INC NEWE 4135315745 22 DIVINITY AVE CAMBRIDGE MA 021382020 KARRO FROST TREASURER 4135315745 2016-10-31 true CHRISTOPHER S HINDS P01070796 2079904585 2016-10-31 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z BRYAN CONNOLLY 22 DIVINITY AVE CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 118217 false X WWW.RHODORA.ORG X 1896 MA DISSEMINATION OF BOTANICAL INFO. 16 15 3 20 0 41770 43956 56829 56815 14454 16597 142 369 113195 117737 3000 8471 0 18401 20804 0 0 63164 77839 84565 107114 28630 10623 972887 983672 23978 29941 948909 953731 X DISSEMINATION OF BOTANICAL INFO. false false 61557 54503 PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES OF RHODORA, AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH. 12241 MAINTAINED BOTANICAL LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM, BOTH AVAILABLE FOR USE BY BOTANICAL RESEARCHERS. 8471 8471 AWARDED ONE FERNALD AWARD OF 1,000; AWARDED FIVE MEHRHOFF AWARDS TOTALLING 4,993; AWARDED TWO GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS TOTALLING 1,728; AWARDED FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALLING 750. 11009 2312 HELD A NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS AT WHICH BOTANICAL ISSUES WERE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THE 120TH BIRTHDAY CONFERENCE. ORGANIZED A FIELD TRIP TO NANTUCKET ISLAND. SOLD COPIES OF "FIELD GUIDE TO CAREX OF NEW ENGLAND", A SPECIAL PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE INDENTIFICATION OF PLANT SPECIES IN THE GENUS CAREX. SOLD COPIES OF "VASCULAR FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS", A SPECIAL PUBLICATION PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE PHYSICAL SETTING, GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, SOILS, VEGETATION PATTERNS, HUMAN IMPACT, AND A HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL COLLECTION IN THE COUNTY. 11009 2312 93278 true true false false false false false true false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 8 0 3 true false false false false false false false false false false X 16 15 false false false false true true false true true false false false true false false false false false false false MA X KARRO FROST CO NEBC 4135315745 22 DIVINITY AVE CAMBRIDGE MA 021382020 NISHANTA RAJAKARUNA EDITOR-IN-CH 9.00 X X 7200 0 0 BRYAN CONNOLLY PRESIDENT 3.50 X X 0 0 0 BRETT TROWBRIDGE VICE PRESIDE 6.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY M EYSTER-SMITH CORR. 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THESE SPECIMENS ARE HOUSED IN CLIMATE-CONTROLLED SPACE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND ARE CARED FOR IN A WAY THAT SHOULD PRESERVE THEM INDEFINITELY. DONATIONS OF NEW SPECIMENS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4 AROUND 260,000 PLANT SPECIMENS, HOUSED IN A CLIMATE CONTROLLED FACILITY, ARE USED BY BOTANICAL RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF PLANT TAXONOMY AND OF PLANT DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY AT THE PRESENT TIME AND COMPARED WITH HISTORICAL PERIODS. false RESEARCH GRANTS 2 1728 SCHOLARSHIPS 5 750 FERNALD AWARDS 1 1000 MEHRHOFF AWARDS 5 4993 FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D HELD A NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS AT WHICH BOTANICAL ISSUES WERE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THE 120TH BIRTHDAY CONFERENCE. ORGANIZED A FIELD TRIP TO NANTUCKET ISLAND. SOLD COPIES OF "FIELD GUIDE TO CAREX OF NEW ENGLAND", A SPECIAL PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE INDENTIFICATION OF PLANT SPECIES IN THE GENUS CAREX. SOLD COPIES OF "VASCULAR FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS", A SPECIAL PUBLICATION PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE PHYSICAL SETTING, GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, SOILS, VEGETATION PATTERNS, HUMAN IMPACT, AND A HISTORY OF THE BOTANICAL COLLECTION IN THE COUNTY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS ARE THOSE THAT PAY DUES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF NEBC PRESENT AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING WHICH IS IN MARCH. A SLATE OF OFFICERS IS DRAWN UP BY A COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTS OF VOLUNTEERS (GENERAL MEMBERS AND OR COUNCIL MEMBERS) WHICH IS PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY AND VOTED ON IN MARCH. THERE IS A PROCEDURE TO ENTER ALTERNATE NAME(S) FOR COUNCIL POSITIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST