2014-05-05T05:54:37-07:00 2013-12-31 Bay Business Group 105 E Annandale Road Suite 215 Falls Church VA 22046 990 2013-01-01 541868546 Earth Sangha EART 7037644830 10123 Commonwealth Blvd Fairfax VA 22032 Chris Bright President 2014-05-05 true David Bradsher P00290229 7035330888 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z Chris Bright 10123 Commonwealth Blvd Fairfax VA 220322707 283390 false false X www.earthsangha.org X 1997 VA Socially engaged Buddhism & ecological restoration. 10 8 4 600 0 219969 200930 68307 82011 291 407 140 42 288707 283390 0 0 136160 160266 0 11109 104192 101752 240352 262018 48355 21372 180327 192560 10322 1183 170005 191377 X Socially engaged Buddhism & ecological restoration. false false 90576 9642 Tropical Agroforestry: Operation of a community tree nursery and associated forest-conservation programs on the Dominican side of a portion of the Dominican Republic Haiti border, to slow deforestation and help impoverished farmers increase their incomes. By the end of 2013 about 40 farms were participating. The nursery produced about 30,000 tree seedlings of 11 local-ecotype native species and various exotic (non-invasive) orchard species, including coffee, avocado, cacao, and citrus. Our Forest Credit program, in which our local independent partner organization makes low-cost credit available to small-holder farmers in exchange for forest conservation easements, made 27 loans, amounting to approximately $13,970, in exchange for easements over about 92 acres. We established the regions first community-owned nature reserve, a 44.3-acre property that protects an important local water supply. We installed our second Parcela Agro-Ecolgica, a sophisticated, polyculture system that increases soil fertility on about one acre, in exchange for additional conservation easements. This system is designed to help our poorest farmers. Our Rising Forests Coffee program, which buys small-holder native-shade coffee, is protecting about 20 acres of forest; in 2013, Rising Forests paid our farmers about twice the usual Fair Trade rate. 74881 72369 DC-Area Wild Plant Nursery:Propagation from the wild of about 300 plant species native to the greater Washington, DC, region for use in local ecological restoration projects. All stock is local ecotype (propagated directly from local wild native-plant populations). Our plants are used in our own projects and in those of other nonprofits, friends of groups, individual restorationists, and government agencies managing local parkland. During 2013, about 13,000 native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants were distributed from the nursery to local natural areas. 25556 DC-Area Meadow Restoration:Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and Fairfax County, Virginia, on native-meadow restoration. At the BLMs Meadowood Recreation Area, we replanted 4.25 acres of a 17-acre field mostly dominated by exotic fescue grass. We put in about 20 species of native, local-ecotype meadow species. We also developed a scythe-based hand-mowing technique for managing Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), a serious pest plant on this site. At the FWSs Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, we subjected one acre of our 12.5-acre restoration site to an experimental hand-mowing regimen, and demonstrated an increase in native forb abundance, at the expense of the eastern gamagrass (Trypsacum dactyloides) monoculture that covers most of the site. At the Park Services Fort Dupont Park in DC, we supplied plants and volunteers for a small meadow planting at the Historic Earthworks. We also installed small meadow plantings in three Fairfax County parks: Rutherford, Waples Mill, and the Marie Butler Leven Preserve. 46782 237795 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true true false 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 true 0 0 false 4 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 10 8 true false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false true false false false X X X Chris Bright 7037644830 10123 Commonwealth Blvd Fairfax VA 22032 Chris Bright President 50.00 0.00 X X 57835 0 2444 Lisa Bright Exec Dir/Treas 50.00 0.00 X X 37277 0 1788 Bruce Engelbert Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Burke Director 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Haeuber Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Irmer Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ashley Todd Mattoon Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Weigl Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Jordan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Sylvia Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 95112 4232 0 false false false 0 46481 154449 200930 Forest Coffee Sales 9642 9642 Native Plant Sales 72369 72369 82011 407 407 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 42 42 0 283390 82011 449 X 0 0 0 0 99345 85703 7628 6014 0 49833 43184 3659 2990 0 0 11088 9646 776 666 0 0 1600 1440 80 80 0 0 0 16021 15518 274 229 0 966 870 46 50 1962 1710 135 117 0 2775 2749 14 12 0 0 0 19 17 1 1 0 6860 6226 343 291 8813 8813 Tree Bank Parks 18144 18144 Farmer Support Forest Credit 4568 4568 Field Containers 4388 4388 Printing and Publications 2852 2533 78 241 32784 32286 80 418 262018 237795 13114 11109 61660 40801 101024 139431 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57315 45463 16572 11852 0 0 0 1071 476 0 180327 192560 10322 1183 10322 1183 X 170005 191377 170005 191377 180327 192560 21372 X false false false X 186811 151255 139519 219969 200930 898484 0 0 186811 151255 139519 219969 200930 898484 144115 754369 2128 1229 472 306 407 4542 190 174 20 140 42 566 0 903592 221503 0.83490 0.84060 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 57315 45463 11852 11852 Central Amer/Caribbean 0 3 Program Services Forest Conservation 43144 3 3 43144 43144 false false false false false false Part I - Additional Supplemental Information Operation of a community tree nursery and associated forest-conservation programs on the Dominican side of a portion of the Dominican Republic Haiti border, to slow deforestation and help impoverished farmers increase their incomes. By the end of 2013 about 40 farms were participating. The nursery produced about 30,000 tree seedlings of 11 local-ecotype native species and various exotic (non-invasive) orchard species, including coffee, avocado, cacao, and citrus. Our Forest Credit program, in which our local independent partner organization makes low-cost credit available to small-holder farmers in exchange for forest conservation easements, made 27 loans, amounting to approximately $13,970, in exchange for easements over about 92 acres. We established the regions first community-owned nature reserve, a 44.3-acre property that protects an important local water supply. We installed our second Parcela Agro-Ecolgica, a sophisticated, polyculture system that increases soil fertility on about one acre, in exchange for additional conservation easements. This system is designed to help our poorest farmers. Our Rising Forests Coffee program, which buys small-holder native-shade coffee, is protecting about 20 acres of forest; in 2013, Rising Forests paid our farmers about twice the usual Fair Trade rate. Matthew Bright Officer Son 29000 Employee false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information The son of the President and Executive Director/Treasurer was an employee of the organization during 2013. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: DC-Area Meadow Restoration:Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and Fairfax County, Virginia, on native-meadow restoration. At the BLMs Meadowood Recreation Area, we replanted 4.25 acres of a 17-acre field mostly dominated by exotic fescue grass. We put in about 20 species of native, local-ecotype meadow species. We also developed a scythe-based hand-mowing technique for managing Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), a serious pest plant on this site. At the FWSs Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, we subjected one acre of our 12.5-acre restoration site to an experimental hand-mowing regimen, and demonstrated an increase in native forb abundance, at the expense of the eastern gamagrass (Trypsacum dactyloides) monoculture that covers most of the site. At the Park Services Fort Dupont Park in DC, we supplied plants and volunteers for a small meadow planting at the Historic Earthworks. We also installed small meadow plantings in three Fairfax County parks: Rutherford, Waples Mill, and the Marie Butler Leven Preserve. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Tropical Agroforestry: Operation of a community tree nursery and associated forest-conservation programs on the Dominican side of a portion of the Dominican Republic Haiti border, to slow deforestation and help impoverished farmers increase their incomes. By the end of 2013 about 40 farms were participating. The nursery produced about 30,000 tree seedlings of 11 local-ecotype native species and various exotic (non-invasive) orchard species, including coffee, avocado, cacao, and citrus. Our Forest Credit program, in which our local independent partner organization makes low-cost credit available to small-holder farmers in exchange for forest conservation easements, made 27 loans, amounting to approximately $13,970, in exchange for easements over about 92 acres. We established the regions first community-owned nature reserve, a 44.3-acre property that protects an important local water supply. We installed our second Parcela Agro-Ecolgica, a sophisticated, polyculture system that increases soil fertility on about one acre, in exchange for additional conservation easements. This system is designed to help our poorest farmers. Our Rising Forests Coffee program, which buys small-holder native-shade coffee, is protecting about 20 acres of forest; in 2013, Rising Forests paid our farmers about twice the usual Fair Trade rate. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Meditation: The practice of traditional Buddhist meditation in a nondenominational format, in the Washington, DC, area. During 2013, sessions were generally conducted once a week. About 60 people attended at least one sitting; there were about 15 regular attendees. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Non-Buffer Forest Restoration:On-going work at the 20-acre Marie Butler Leven Preserve in Fairfax County, Virginia. During 2013, we suppressed invasive alien vegetation over about half an acre of the parks 17-acre forest, bringing the total area cleared of invasives to about 6.5 acres. We also planted a grove of possibly blight-resistant American chestnut (Castanea dentata), intermingled with butternut (Juglans cinerea), another uncommon tree. (Both species were propagated by us from wild-collected seed.) And we established a small meadow planting on the Preserves main lawn. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et The President and Executive Director/Treasurer of Earth Sangha are married; Two of the volunteer directors are also married to each other. Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings Line 8b: No such committees were in place during 2012. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is reviewed by the President, on behalf of the Board, and by our accountant. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts Relevant personnel must sign an annual disclosure. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Appropriate documents will be made available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $73; Column (B) - Program Services = $73; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Inventory Management: Column (A) - Total = $760; Column (B) - Program Services = $760; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Processing: Column (A) - Total = $277; Column (B) - Program Services = $277; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Roasting: Column (A) - Total = $1109; Column (B) - Program Services = $1109; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Storage: Column (A) - Total = $853; Column (B) - Program Services = $853; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $156; Column (B) - Program Services = $156; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $732; Column (B) - Program Services = $732; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Transport: Column (A) - Total = $2474; Column (B) - Program Services = $2474; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Credit Card Fees: Column (A) - Total = $322; Column (B) - Program Services = $322; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Equipment R and M: Column (A) - Total = $473; Column (B) - Program Services = $473; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Events Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $556; Column (B) - Program Services = $510; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $46 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Events: Column (A) - Total = $624; Column (B) - Program Services = $562; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $62 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Farmer Support Coffee Payments: Column (A) - Total = $2702; Column (B) - Program Services = $2702; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Farmer Support PAE: Column (A) - Total = $1597; Column (B) - Program Services = $1597; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Construction Materials: Column (A) - Total = $1363; Column (B) - Program Services = $1363; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Fuel: Column (A) - Total = $1662; Column (B) - Program Services = $1662; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Greenhouse Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $4; Column (B) - Program Services = $4; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Greenhouse Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $406; Column (B) - Program Services = $406; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Misc Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $1090; Column (B) - Program Services = $1090; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Misc Field Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $935; Column (B) - Program Services = $935; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Soil and Sand: Column (A) - Total = $2791; Column (B) - Program Services = $2791; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Tools: Column (A) - Total = $810; Column (B) - Program Services = $810; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Volunteer Refreshments: Column (A) - Total = $656; Column (B) - Program Services = $656; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Watering Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $942; Column (B) - Program Services = $942; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses FieldErosion Control Materials: Column (A) - Total = $277; Column (B) - Program Services = $277; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Meditation Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $29; Column (B) - Program Services = $29; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Miscellaneous Fees: Column (A) - Total = $141; Column (B) - Program Services = $124; Column (C) - Management & General = $10; Column (D) - Fundraising = $7 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Postage and Shipping: Column (A) - Total = $2135; Column (B) - Program Services = $2004; Column (C) - Management & General = $70; Column (D) - Fundraising = $61 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Research Expenses: Column (A) - Total = $623; Column (B) - Program Services = $428; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $195 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree Bank Motorcycle Fuel: Column (A) - Total = $897; Column (B) - Program Services = $897; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree Bank Other Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $115; Column (B) - Program Services = $115; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree Bank Truck Fuel: Column (A) - Total = $2124; Column (B) - Program Services = $2124; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree Bank Truck Other: Column (A) - Total = $311; Column (B) - Program Services = $311; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree BankConstruction Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $1070; Column (B) - Program Services = $1070; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree Saver: Column (A) - Total = $480; Column (B) - Program Services = $480; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses volunteer appreciation: Column (A) - Total = $1215; Column (B) - Program Services = $1168; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $47 Part V, Line 3 The Organization had income of $72,369 from sales of native plants grown in the Wild Plant Nursery and $9,642 from sales of coffee grown through the Tropical Agroforestry program. This income is reported on line 9 of Part I. These sales are directly related to the Organization's tax-exempt purpose. See Part III line 4b and Schedule O description of Part III line 4a.The Organization had income of $72 from occasional sales of t-shirts bearing the Earth Sangha logo, reported on line 11 of Part I. This income is not reported as unrelated business income under the exclusion for income from activities that are not regularly carried on (IRC 512(a)(1)). The t-shirts are sold at or near cost; the entire cost of t-shirt purchases is recorded as an expense at the time of purchase by the Organization. Part VIII Line 2 Business codes for program service revenue:Line 2a:110000 (Agriculture)LIne 2b:110000 (Agrigulture) Statement on the Value of In-Kind Donations During 2013, volunteers contributed approximately 11,000 hours of service to our Wild Plant Nursery and DC-area ecological restoration sites. We value this effort at $24.64 per hour, which is the 2012 Virginia Average Hourly Value of Volunteer Time, set by the Virginia Department of Social Services (2012 is the most recent year for which a value was available). The total value of our 2013 volunteer effort was therefore $271,040.During 2013, Fairfax County, Virginia, regraded 4,000 square feet of container yard at our Wild Plant Nursery and removed debris produced by our on-going nursery upgrade. We value Fairfax Countys contribution at $2,000