2013-05-07T07:22:09-07:00 2012-12-31 Bay Business Group 105 E Annandale Road Suite 215 Falls Church VA 22046 990 2012-01-01 541868546 Earth Sangha EART 7037644830 10123 Commonwealth Blvd Fairfax VA 22032 Chris Bright 2013-05-07 true David Bradsher P00290229 7035330888 2012 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z Chris Bright 10123 Commonwealth Blvd Fairfax VA 220322707 288722 false false X www.earthsangha.org X 1997 VA Socially engaged Buddhism & ecological restoration. 9 7 9 600 0 219969 68307 291 140 288707 0 0 136160 0 9334 104192 240352 48355 124563 180327 2913 10322 121650 170005 X Socially engaged Buddhism & ecological restoration. false false 78952 5941 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 2012 about 40 farms were participating. The nursery produced about 23,000 local-ecotype native tree seedlings, representing 11 species. 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 19 loans, amounting to approximately $9,600, in exchange for easements over about 62 acres. On one of our poorest farms, we installed our first Parcela Agro-Ecolgica, a sophisticated, polyculture system designed to increase soil fertility on about one acre, in exchange for additional conservation easements. Our Rising Forests Coffee program, which buys small-holder native-shade coffee, is protecting about 20 acres of forest; in 2012, Rising Forests paid our farmers about twice the usual Fair Trade rate. We also built a coffee warehouse and community center in the village that serves as the base of our operations. Finally, we launched a water security project to help stabilize streams and provide parasite-free drinking water for our project area. As first steps, we repaired a local reservoir and installed a sand filter at the local elementary school to provide safe water to students and staff. 67220 62366 Wild Plant Nursery:Propagation from the wild of about 250 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. During 2012, about 15,500 native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants were distributed from the nursery to local natural areas. 31207 Meadow Restoration:Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service on native-meadow restoration. At the BLMs Meadowood Recreation Area, we worked with BLM staff to devegetate 4.25 acres of a 17-acre field dominated by exotic fescue grass; we then replanted with about 20 native meadow species. We direct-sowed some species, using local, wild-collected seed; we also installed about 4,400 plants from our nursery. At the FWSs Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, we hand-pulled invasives on our 12.5-acre restoration site; we also organized herbicide application for about 2.5 acres of the site, and conducted repeated hand-mowing of another 2.5 acres, in a regimen designed to favor the natives over the invasives. 36078 213457 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 X 0 0 false 9 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 9 7 true false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false true false false false VA X X X Chris Bright 7037644830 10123 Commonwealth Blvd Fairfax VA 22032 Robert Jordan 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Weigl 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ashley Mattoon 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cynthia Irmer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Haeuber 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Burke 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bruce Engelbert 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa Bright 50.00 0.00 X X 37546 0 2006 Chris Bright 55.00 0.00 X X 56701 0 2662 94247 4668 0 false false false 0 X 91255 128714 219969 Native Plant Sales 62366 62366 Forest Coffee Sales 5941 5941 68307 306 306 0 0 0 15 -15 -15 -15 0 0 140 140 140 0 288707 68292 446 X 0 0 0 0 98915 80976 11935 6004 0 27902 22880 3348 1674 0 0 9343 7661 1121 561 0 0 2778 2500 139 139 0 0 0 15389 15193 120 76 265 258 7 2178 2065 58 55 510 486 11 13 0 1473 1457 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 8000 7112 580 308 3815 3815 Field Misc Supplies 3724 3724 Farmer Support Forest Credit 4218 4218 Coffee Construction Supplies 8943 8943 Farmer Support Coffee Payments 14883 14883 38016 37286 241 489 240352 213457 17561 9334 8976 61660 99917 101024 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55770 39198 14855 16572 0 0 0 815 1071 0 124563 180327 2913 10322 2913 10322 X 121650 170005 121650 170005 124563 180327 48355 X false false false X 116844 186811 151255 139519 219969 814398 0 0 116844 186811 151255 139519 219969 814398 122444 691954 4012 2128 1229 472 306 8147 132 190 174 20 140 656 0 823201 146436 0.84060 0.76060 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 55770 39198 16572 16572 Central Amer/Caribbean 0 1 Program Services Forest Conservation 48182 1 1 48182 48182 false false false false false false 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 2012 about 40 farms were participating. The nursery produced about 23,000 local-ecotype native tree seedlings, representing 11 species. 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 19 loans, amounting to approximately $9,600, in exchange for easements over about 62 acres. On one of our poorest farms, we installed our first Parcela Agro-Ecolgica, a sophisticated, polyculture system designed to increase soil fertility on about one acre, in exchange for additional conservation easements. Our Rising Forests Coffee program, which buys small-holder native-shade coffee, is protecting about 20 acres of forest; in 2012, Rising Forests paid our farmers about twice the usual Fair Trade rate. We also built a coffee warehouse and community center in the village that serves as the base of our operations. Finally, we launched a water security project to help stabilize streams and provide parasite-free drinking water for our project area. As first steps, we repaired a local reservoir and installed a sand filter at the local elementary school to provide safe water to students and staff. Matthew Bright Officer Son 11250 Employed in 2012 false The son of the President and Executive Director/Treasurer was an employee of the organization during 2012. Statement on the Value of In-Kind Donations During 2012, 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. The total value of our 2012 volunteer effort was therefore $271,040.During 2012, Fairfax County, Virginia, donated improvements to the access road that serves our Wild Plant Nursery, and built a gravel truck ramp at the nursery. We value these improvements at $2,000. Part VIII Line 2 Business codes for program service revenue:Line 2a:110000 (Agriculture)LIne 2b:110000 (Agrigulture) Part V, Line 3 The Organization had income of $62,352 from sales of native plants grown in the Wild Plant Nursery and $5,955 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 $140 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. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree bank transportation: Column (A) - Total = $1909; Column (B) - Program Services = $1909; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree bank other travel: Column (A) - Total = $744; Column (B) - Program Services = $744; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Tree bank misc fees: Column (A) - Total = $345; Column (B) - Program Services = $345; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Research Expenses: Column (A) - Total = $429; Column (B) - Program Services = $234; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $195 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Printing and Publications: Column (A) - Total = $2567; Column (B) - Program Services = $2323; Column (C) - Management & General = $18; Column (D) - Fundraising = $226 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Postage and Shipping: Column (A) - Total = $1515; Column (B) - Program Services = $1392; Column (C) - Management & General = $65; Column (D) - Fundraising = $58 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Miscellaneous Fees: Column (A) - Total = $299; Column (B) - Program Services = $136; Column (C) - Management & General = $158; Column (D) - Fundraising = $5 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Meditation Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $101; Column (B) - Program Services = $101; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Watering Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $69; Column (B) - Program Services = $69; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Volunteer Refreshments: Column (A) - Total = $1186; Column (B) - Program Services = $1186; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Tools: Column (A) - Total = $617; Column (B) - Program Services = $617; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Soil and Sand: Column (A) - Total = $2586; Column (B) - Program Services = $2586; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Signage: Column (A) - Total = $323; Column (B) - Program Services = $323; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Misc Field Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $2158; Column (B) - Program Services = $2158; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Landscaping Materials: Column (A) - Total = $388; Column (B) - Program Services = $388; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Greenhouse Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $142; Column (B) - Program Services = $142; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Fuel: Column (A) - Total = $1797; Column (B) - Program Services = $1797; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Equipment & supplies: Column (A) - Total = $589; Column (B) - Program Services = $589; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Containers: Column (A) - Total = $2322; Column (B) - Program Services = $2322; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Field Construction Materials: Column (A) - Total = $225; Column (B) - Program Services = $225; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Farmer Support PAE: Column (A) - Total = $1495; Column (B) - Program Services = $1495; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Events: Column (A) - Total = $1047; Column (B) - Program Services = $1042; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $5 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Equipment R and M: Column (A) - Total = $375; Column (B) - Program Services = $375; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Water: Column (A) - Total = $401; Column (B) - Program Services = $401; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Visiting: Column (A) - Total = $393; Column (B) - Program Services = $393; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Truck Other: Column (A) - Total = $2571; Column (B) - Program Services = $2571; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Truck Fuel: Column (A) - Total = $1685; Column (B) - Program Services = $1685; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Telephone Internet & Fax: Column (A) - Total = $657; Column (B) - Program Services = $657; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR School: Column (A) - Total = $217; Column (B) - Program Services = $217; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Nursery Other Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $601; Column (B) - Program Services = $601; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Motorcycle Other: Column (A) - Total = $130; Column (B) - Program Services = $130; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Motorcycle Fuel: Column (A) - Total = $864; Column (B) - Program Services = $864; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Misc: Column (A) - Total = $95; Column (B) - Program Services = $95; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Housing: Column (A) - Total = $26; Column (B) - Program Services = $26; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Farmer Stem Payments: Column (A) - Total = $566; Column (B) - Program Services = $566; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses DR Farmer Planting Maintenance: Column (A) - Total = $700; Column (B) - Program Services = $700; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Transport: Column (A) - Total = $2546; Column (B) - Program Services = $2546; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $438; Column (B) - Program Services = $438; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $130; Column (B) - Program Services = $130; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Storage: Column (A) - Total = $734; Column (B) - Program Services = $734; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Roasting: Column (A) - Total = $845; Column (B) - Program Services = $845; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Processing: Column (A) - Total = $309; Column (B) - Program Services = $309; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Coffee Equipment: Column (A) - Total = $880; Column (B) - Program Services = $880; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Appropriate documents will be made available upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c 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 11b 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 8 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 2 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 III, Line 4d Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Meadow Restoration:Collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service on native-meadow restoration. At the BLMs Meadowood Recreation Area, we worked with BLM staff to devegetate 4.25 acres of a 17-acre field dominated by exotic fescue grass; we then replanted with about 20 native meadow species. We direct-sowed some species, using local, wild-collected seed; we also installed about 4,400 plants from our nursery. At the FWSs Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, we hand-pulled invasives on our 12.5-acre restoration site; we also organized herbicide application for about 2.5 acres of the site, and conducted repeated hand-mowing of another 2.5 acres, in a regimen designed to favor the natives over the invasives. 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 2012 about 40 farms were participating. The nursery produced about 23,000 local-ecotype native tree seedlings, representing 11 species. 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 19 loans, amounting to approximately $9,600, in exchange for easements over about 62 acres. On one of our poorest farms, we installed our first Parcela Agro-Ecolgica, a sophisticated, polyculture system designed to increase soil fertility on about one acre, in exchange for additional conservation easements. Our Rising Forests Coffee program, which buys small-holder native-shade coffee, is protecting about 20 acres of forest; in 2012, Rising Forests paid our farmers about twice the usual Fair Trade rate. We also built a coffee warehouse and community center in the village that serves as the base of our operations. Finally, we launched a water security project to help stabilize streams and provide parasite-free drinking water for our project area. As first steps, we repaired a local reservoir and installed a sand filter at the local elementary school to provide safe water to students and staff. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Meditation: The practice of traditional Buddhist meditation in a nondenominational format, in the Washington, DC, area. During 2012, sessions were generally conducted once a week. About 40 people attended at least one sitting; there were about 20 regular attendees. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Non-Buffer Forest Restoration:Suppression of invasive alien vegetation covering about one acre of forest floor in the Marie Butler Leven Preserve, in Fairfax County, Virginia. Our 2012 invasives-control effort included both the complete devegetation of heavily infested areas, as well as careful handweeding of areas where invasives were growing amidst valuable natives. Thus far, we have suppressed invasives over about six acres of this 20-acre park. We also replanted portions of the forest floor with a selection of appropriate native local-ecotype plants.