2015-07-20T15:38:48-05:00 2013-12-31 760260164 BUFFINGTON & COMPANY P C 14811 SAINT MARYS LANE SUITE 180 HOUSTON TX 770792947 990 2013-01-01 760279876 GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION INC GALV 2813323381 17330 HIGHWAY 3 WEBSTER TX 77598 ROBERT STOKES PRESIDENT 2813323381 2015-07-20 1 JUDITH KAY JAGE P01283658 2819205455 2015-07-20 2013 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z X ROBERT STOKES 17330 HIGHWAY 3 WEBSTER TX 77598 3341087 0 X WWW.GALVBAY.ORG X 1987 TX THE MISSION OF THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE GALVESTON BAY ESTUARINE SYSTEM AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FOR PRESENT USERS AND FOR POSTERITY. ITS PROGRAMS IN ADVOCACY, CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH STRIVE TO ENSURE THAT GALVESTON BAY REMAINS A BEAUTIFUL AND PRODUCTIVE PLACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 24 24 30 2044 0 0 2067639 3247159 0 2300 1752 32824 0 0 2069391 3282283 51500 1500 0 0 843939 975464 0 0 342737 951163 1822719 1846602 2799683 222789 482600 2190498 2715744 69980 112626 2120518 2603118 X THE MISSION OF THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE GALVESTON BAY ESTUARINE SYSTEM AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FOR PRESENT USERS AND FOR POSTERITY. 0 0 667212 1000 EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOCUSED ON GALVESTON BAY. OUR EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALLOWED US TO REACH THOUSANDS OF YOUTH AND ADULTS IN 2013. WE HOSTED BAY DAY 2013 AT THE KEMAH BOARDWALK, WITH 27 ORGANIZATIONS EXHIBITING AT 38 EXHIBITS/BOOTHS, SUPPORT FROM 87 VOLUNTEERS, AND AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 4,800 VISITORS. WE ALSO HOSTED THE SEVENTH ANNUAL BIKE AROUND THE BAY SPONSORED BY SHELL WITH MORE THAN 1,000 REGISTERED RIDERS. WE CONCLUDED THE 2012-13 GET HIP TO HABITAT YEAR BY SERVING MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS (61% OF WHOM QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH) AT 17 SCHOOLS WITH SUSTAINED, MEANINGFUL WATERSHED EDUCATION EXPERIENCES OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND KICKED OFF THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR WITH PARTICIPATION BY 21 SCHOOLS. OUR BAY AMBASSADORS PRESENTATION WAS DELIVERED TO ANOTHER 694 YOUTH BY THE END OF THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR. GBF ALSO PRINTED A NEW EDITION OF THE GALVESTON BAY DRIVE & DISCOVER GUIDE AND DEBUTED THE CORRESPONDING (AND OUR FIRST EVER) MOBILE APP, AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON APPLE AND ANDROID DEVICES. 1350779 500 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON ESTUARINE HABITAT PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND RESTORATION. IN 2013, WE RECEIVED OFFICIAL ACCREDITATION BY THE LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION, JOINING 230 LAND TRUSTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING SEVEN IN TEXAS, THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED ACCREDITATION SINCE THE FALL OF 2008. WE ALSO CLOSED ON THE RICH SANCTUARY WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM CONSERVATION EASEMENT, GENERATING $254,000 IN RETURN FOR THE PERMANENT PROTECTION OF THIS TRACT IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, AND SIGNED AND RECORDED AN EASEMENT WITH THE CHAMBERS-LIBERTY COUNTIES NAVIGATION DISTRICT ON A 514-ACRE PARCEL ALONG LAKE ANAHUAC AND TURTLE BAYOU IN CHAMBERS COUNTY. WE REMOVED 20 LARGE MARINE DEBRIS ITEMS FROM THE GALVESTON BAY COMPLEX-SIX ABANDONED VESSELS AND ONE 40-FOOT SHIPPING CONTAINER FROM DICKINSON BAY AND BAYOU AND THIRTEEN ABANDONED VESSELS FROM CEDAR BAYOU. WE PROTECTED SENSITIVE, ERODING HABITATS BY CONSTRUCTING 1,325 FEET OF ROCK BREAKWATERS AT OUR SHIPE WOODS PRESERVE AND AN ADJACENT LIVING SHORELINE SITE AND INSTALLING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF REEF DOMES AT THE FAR WEST BAY SITES OF OYSTER LAKE AND BAY HARBOR. OUR COMMUNITY-BASED HABITAT RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT EVENTS INVOLVED US HOSTING TPWD'S ANNUAL ABANDONED CRAB TRAP REMOVAL EVENT AT THE FORT ANAHUAC PARK SITE AND REMOVING 202 ABANDONED CRAB TRAPS FROM TRINITY BAY; HOSTING THE TRASH BASH EVENT AT BAY AREA PARK, WITH 615 VOLUNTEERS COLLECTING AN ESTIMATED 6,000 POUNDS OF TRASH AND 3,000 POUNDS OF RECYCLABLES IN AND AROUND ARMAND BAYOU; AND HOSTING SEVERAL MARSH MANIA EVENTS AT CANDY CAIN ABSHIER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IN SMITH POINT, BAY HARBOR ON GALVESTON ISLAND, AND SHIPE WOODS NEAR OAK ISLAND, INVOLVING 289 VOLUNTEERS IN PLANTING 1.3 ACRE OF ESTUARINE MARSH. AND FINALLY, WE CONTINUED RECYCLING OYSTER SHELL FROM TOMMY'S OYSTER BAR AND BEGAN RECYCLING SHELL WITH FIVE NEW RESTAURANTS, IN TOTAL COLLECTING OVER 78 TONS OF SHELL FOR FUTURE REEF RESTORATION PROJECTS DURING 2013. 262224 2300 ADVOCACY PROGRAMS ATTEMPT TO BALANCE THE MULTIPLE USES OF GALVESTON BAY SO THAT THE LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF THE BAY ITSELF ARE NOT COMPROMISED. WE INTRODUCED THE ELEMENT OF ENFORCEMENT TO THE EXISTING BOATER WASTE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN BY CONVENING A NEW CLEAN VESSEL COMMITTEE WITH THE GOAL TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL BOAT SEWAGE DISCHARGES WITH A COMBINATION OF OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT. WE GREW OUR GALVESTON BAY WATER MONITORING TEAM TO 40 VOLUNTEERS WHO SAMPLED FROM 41 SITES (OF THESE, 13 SAMPLED FOR ENTEROCOCCUS BACTERIA FROM 15 SITES). GBF ALSO FORMED A NEW CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP WITH PELICAN REST MARINA AND CONTINUED THREE EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDING CONDUCTING OUR FIRST GALVESTON BAY WATERSHED TOUR FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT BALL HIGH SCHOOL; CARRYING OUT OUR FIRST AQUAKIDS CLASS FOR 24 KIDS AND 19 ADULTS AT PELICAN REST MARINA; HOSTING OUR FIRST RAIN BARREL WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY OF NASSAU BAY, WITH 55 PARTICIPANTS AND 40 RAIN BARREL KITS DISTRIBUTED; AND CEMENTING 170 STORM DRAIN MEDALLIONS AT STORM DRAIN OPENINGS ACROSS A 30-BLOCK SECTION OF DOWNTOWN GALVESTON, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS STRAND STREET, WITH THE HELP OF 25 VOLUNTEERS. AND FINALLY, OUR VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN WETLAND PERMIT REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED 58 APPLICATIONS FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMITS AND ISSUED LETTERS OF CONCERN OR COMMENTS ON 25 OF THEM. 34381 RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOCUS ON THE MONITORING OF CREATED WETLANDS, RESTORED HABITAT, AND NEAR-SHORE WATER QUALITY AROUND GALVESTON BAY. TRAINED CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AUGMENT PROFESSIONAL MONITORING DATA AND AID IN WATERSHED PLANNING THROUGH GBF'S WATER MONITORING TEAM, BACTERIA SAMPLING PROGRAM, AND WATER QUALITY INTERNSHIPS. THE FOUNDATION IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DISCUSSION AND PLANNING ON IMPROVING COASTAL RESILIENCY AND ALSO ADVOCATES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF RESEARCH DOLLARS TO THE REGION TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF GALVESTON BAY AND ITS USERS. 34381 2314596 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45 0 1 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 24 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X X CFO 2813323381 17330 HIGHWAY 3 WEBSTER TX 77598 CYNTHIA PICKETT-STEVENSON BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHARRON STEWART BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR ANNA ARMITAGE BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAGE WILLIAMS BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES WINN BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 MATT WOODRUFF BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM BAKER BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL LAYTON TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID HAGLUND TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR HELEN LANE BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JACK SUTHERLAND BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF MYERSON BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 WADE KILPATRICK TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 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SHEAD TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 JACQUELINE SMITH TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DON STEVENSON TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT STICKNEY TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 RUSSELL RUSTY SWAFFORD TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE TALBOTT TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF TAYLOR TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 TERESA THOMPSON TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD TILLMAN TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 TOM TOLLETT BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 LORI TRAWEEK TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELLA TYLER TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 BEVERY VAN ZANDT TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 KURT VOSS TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 LYNN WATKINS TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM WEBB TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID WESTON TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN WHITE TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVE WILCOX TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE PUDGE WILCOX TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARCUS WOODRING TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 WOODY WOODROW TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROSIE ZAMORA TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT ALFORD TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARY DODSON TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 MELINDA KILPATRICK BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL KING TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM KING BOARD MEMBER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN STOUT TRUSTEE 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT STOKES PRESIDENT 40.00 X 118450 0 0 GEORGE PONTIKES CHAIRMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY LOVE 1ST VICE CHAIR 0.00 X 0 0 0 GUY ROBERT JACKSON 2ND VICE CHAIR 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARISE TEXTOR TREASURER 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN RAGAN SECRETARY 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES DOYLE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 118450 0 0 1 0 0 0 CRAWLEY'S SHORELINE CONSTRUCTION INC 225 JORDON RD BAYTOWN TX 77523 CONTRACTUAL WORK ON SEVERAL PROJECTS 362780 HDR PO BOX 3480 OMAHA NE 681030480 DICKINSON BAY BIRD ISLAND CREATION AND B 124464 2 16960 37535 255424 1237272 1699968 117242 3247159 WORKSHOP PROGRAM FEES 611600 2300 2300 2300 2574 2574 34550 4300 30250 30250 30250 54504 255424 54504 0 3282283 2300 0 32824 X 1500 1500 118450 81819 3857 32774 767804 570884 50738 146182 11469 8169 1303 1997 77741 49263 15435 13043 10037 10037 12735 12735 1079416 1030540 3008 45868 27702 25832 1870 54306 30497 8334 15475 3778 996 2782 66857 57027 9719 111 53278 54368 -4787 3697 7504 3955 2590 959 14089 7615 6474 78088 45719 20965 11404 PROGRAM SUPPLIES AND MA 154481 138643 5899 9939 PROGRAM EVENTS 149427 118116 1507 29804 MEMBERSHIP DUES 12360 9015 2705 640 LICENSES & PERMITS 12045 11995 50 86616 58606 -964 28974 2799683 2314596 142350 342737 1345470 1700009 245117 406616 8229 5277 778287 174445 591682 603842 2190498 2715744 69980 112626 69980 112626 X 1161870 1494000 892548 1043018 66100 66100 2120518 2603118 2190498 2715744 482600 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 2152888 2214551 3250470 2067639 3247159 12932707 8844 8844 2152888 2214551 3250470 2067639 3256003 12941551 837949 12103602 3961 3758 2710 1752 32824 45005 12986556 175417 0.93200 0.90650 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 1 648 0 1 649 1 648 0 1945 0 PART II-B, LINE 1: STAFF MEMBERS SPENT A TOTAL OF 27 HOURS ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES DURING 2013. STAFF MEMBERS SPENT 6 HOURS MEETING WITH TEXAS STATE LEGISLATURES ABOUT TEXAS LAND CONSERVATION. STAFF MEMBERS SPENT 21 HOURS MEETING WITH FEDERAL LEGISLATURES TO DISCUSS THE GREAT WATERS COALITION. X X X 6 657.00 0 0 1 1 151.00 3250 542774 542774 235513 174445 61068 603842 3365710 83427 83427 3282283 0 3282283 2883110 83427 83427 2799683 0 2799683 PART II, LINE 9: AT THE END OF THE YEAR THE ORGANIZATION HELD 6 EASEMENTS TOTALING 657 ACRES (32.04, 2.91,31.39,37.03,42.87 AND 514 ACRES), FOUR EASEMENTS ARE IN GALVESTON COUNTY, ONE EASEMENT IS IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, AND ONE EASEMENT IS IN HARRIS COUNTY. THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS MODIFIED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, RELEASED OR TERMINATED DURING THE YEAR. THERE WERE TWO EASEMENTS ADDED DURING THE YEAR. THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS ON BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES THAT ENCUMBER A GOLF COURSE OR PORTIONS OF A GOLF COURSE. THERE WERE 4 EASEMENTS WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS, INCLUDING EASEMENTS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY. THERE WERE NO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT WERE ACQUIRED IN A TRANSACTION DESCRIBED UNDER PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN NOTICE 2004-41. THERE WERE 6 EASEMENTS, 657 ACRES, THAT WERE MONITORED BY PHYSICAL INSPECTION OR OTHER MEANS DURING THE TAX YEAR. THERE WERE 85 STAFF HOURS AND $4,424 EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE MONITORING AND ENFORCING OF NEW OR EXISTING EASEMENTS DURING THE TAX YEAR. THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS ON BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES ACQUIRED AFTER AUGUST 17, 2006. THE FOUNDATION ASSIGNS NO VALUE TO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR WHICH IT HAS NO OWNERSHIP RIGHTS OTHER THAN MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE EASEMENT TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE THE PROPERTY. THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT ARE RECORDED AS EXPENSES WHEN THEY ARE INCURRED. LUNCHEON 306425 255424 51001 12050 10642 31812 REDFISH RAFT-UP 3503 3503 309928 255424 54504 12050 10642 31812 54504 0 X 1 450 FAIR MARKET VALUE X CONVERSATION 4 68688 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS X SUPPLIES & EQ 5 23237 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS X FUNDRAISING C 3 18833 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS X PROGRAM EVENT 5 6035 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 TWO MARRIED COUPLES SIT ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS ARE PARTNERS OF THE SAME LAW FIRM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION UNDERTOOK AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS TO MODERNIZE, SIMPLIFY AND CLARIFY ITS BYLAWS AND BOARD STRUCTURE IN 2013. IT REMOVED THE MULTIPLE CLASSES OF GOVERNING TRUSTEES AND REPLACED IT WITH A TRADITIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT STILL REPRESENTS THE MULTIPLE INTERESTS OF GALVESTON BAY. IN ADDITION, IT CREATED A NON-VOTING BOARD OF ADVISORY TRUSTEES TO SUPPORT ITS WORK. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 WAS ELECTRONICALLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING AND IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL WITH THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWS BOTH THE FORM 990 AND THE INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT AND PRESENTS REPORTS TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD HAS TO SIGN AND ACKNOWLEDGE A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LOOKS AT OUTSIDE DATA SOURCES LIKE CHARITY NAVIGATOR OR THE LOCAL UNITED WAY WAGES AND BENEFITS SUMMARY. THEY ALSO BASE THEIR DECISIONS ON PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 18,790. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 58. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 44,893. TOTAL EXPENSES 63,741. CONTRACTED RESTORATION MATERIALS & SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,011,750. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 2,950. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 975. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,015,675. FORM 990, PAGE 12, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE TREASURER IS REQUIRED TO CHAIR THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER QUALIFIED BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE BY THE TREASURER.