2012-11-15T13:11:58-06:00 2011-12-31 760260164 BUFFINGTON & COMPANY P C 12012 WICKCHESTER LNSTE 430 HOUSTON TX 770791228 990 2011-01-01 760279876 GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION GALV 2813323381 17330 HIGHWAY 3 WEBSTER TX 77598 ROBERT STOKES 2813323381 2012-11-15 1 JUDITH KAY JAGE P01283658 2819205455 2012-11-15 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z ROBERT STOKES 17330 HIGHWAY 3 WEBSTER TX 77598 3287969 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. 100 58 22 2400 -53 -53 2214551 3250470 0 0 3758 2710 -50636 -54 2167673 3253126 0 0 0 0 642371 705884 0 0 171321 1357211 2039069 1999582 2744953 168091 508173 1473150 1985089 83594 87360 1389556 1897729 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 456248 GBF'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE SCIENCE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOCUSED ON GALVESTON BAY. IN 2011, GBF HOSTED THE ANNUAL BAY DAY FESTIVAL ON MAY 21, WITH OVER 7,000 ESTIMATED ATTENDEES AND 150 VOLUNTEERS; SPREAD OUR MESSAGE TO A RECORD OF 956 REGISTERED CYCLISTS FOR BIKE AROUND THE BAY, 808 OF WHOM RODE DURING THE PARTIALLY RAINY BIKE RIDE; EXPANDED THE GET HIP TO HABITAT PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMER, FROM 300 STUDENTS AT SEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE 2010-11 SCHOOL YEAR TO 860 STUDENTS AT 14 SCHOOLS IN THE 2011-12 SCHOOL YEAR; PLACED 120 SEAFOOD ADVISORY SIGNS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AT 60 LOCATIONS IN UPPER GALVESTON BAY AND THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL AREA AND DEVELOPED A CORRESPONDING WEBSITE; AND CONTINUED MARKETING EFFORTS UNDER THE BOATER WASTE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND BEGAN PLANNING GBF'S CLEAN WATER PARTNERS PROGRAM. 1705326 GBF'S CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOCUS ON ESTUARINE HABITAT PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, AND RESTORATION. IN 2011, GBF PROTECTED VULNERABLE MARSH AND PRAIRIE HABITATS FROM EROSION THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF 3,749 FEET OF ROCK BREAKWATER ALONG ANAHUAC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE'S GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SHORELINE; INSTALLED 800 FEET OF GEOTEXTILE TUBES AT SNAKE ISLAND COVE, PROTECTING 30 ACRES OF INTERTIDAL MARSH AND CREATING 19 ACRES OF CALM, SHALLOW WATER HABITAT CONDUCIVE TO THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF SEAGRASSES; CONSTRUCTED THE CLEAR LAKE FOREST PARK LIVING SHORELINE ON MUD LAKE, CONSISTING OF A 650-FOOT ROCK BREAKWATER PROTECTING APPROXIMATELY 1/3-ACRE OF NEW INTERTIDAL MARSH, AND EARNED A H-GAC PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS AWARD; REMOVED 407 ABANDONED CRAB TRAPS FROM UPPER TRINITY BAY AS PART OF TPWD'S ANNUAL ABANDONED CRAB TRAP REMOVAL PROGRAM; COORDINATED A TRASH BASH SITE ON ARMAND BAYOU, WITH 855 VOLUNTEERS COLLECTING OVER 600 BAGS OF TRASH AND OVER 250 BAGS OF RECYCLABLE ITEMS FROM THE ARMAND BAYOU WATERSHED; HOSTED MARSH MANIA EVENTS, WITH 373 VOLUNTEERS PLANTING NEARLY FIVE ACRES OF MARSH AND SEAGRASS HABITAT AT SEVEN SITES AROUND GALVESTON BAY; CELEBRATED NATIONAL ESTUARIES DAY AT DICKINSON BAY ISLAND WITH 58 VOLUNTEERS PLANTING MANGROVES AND PICKING UP AN ESTIMATED 2,500 POUNDS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS; SEEDED FIVE ACRES OF REEF PADS WITH 180 BAGS OF GARDENED OYSTERS FROM THE SAN LEON, BAYVIEW, AND KEMAH COMMUNITIES; AND COLLECTED OVER 17 TONS OF DISCARDED OYSTER SHELL FROM ONE RESTAURANT THROUGH THE PILOT GALVESTON BAY OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM. 147756 GBF'S ADVOCACY PROGRAMS ATTEMPT TO BALANCE THE MULTIPLE USES OF GALVESTON BAY SO THAT THE LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF THE BAY ITSELF ARE NOT COMPROMISED. IN 2011, GBF'S WETLAND PERMIT REVIEW COMMITTEE CONTINUED ITS WORK FOR ITS 22ND YEAR, REVIEWING 54 APPLICATIONS FOR U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMITS AND PROVIDING COMMENT LETTERS TO THE CORPS ON 25 OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. GBF ALSO HOSTED AN EPA COASTAL WETLANDS REVIEW WEBINAR, TOOK PART IN THE EPA STAKEHOLDER REVIEW PROCESS, AND MET WITH THE CORPS DISTRICT COMMANDER TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS WITH POLICY AND PROCEDURES. GBF CONCLUDED TWO YEARS OF OUTREACH ON THE 2007 SENATE BILL 3, WHICH REQUIRED TCEQ TO ESTABLISH FRESHWATER INFLOWS STANDARDS FOR GALVESTON BAY AND INSTREAM FLOWS FOR THE TRINITY AND SAN JACINTO RIVERS BY JUNE 1, 2011. AS A RESULT OF OUR OUTREACH PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION AND THE LONE STAR CHAPTER OF SIERRA CLUB, TCEQ RECEIVED OVER 2,000 COMMENT LETTERS CALLING FOR STRONGER STANDARDS FOR GALVESTON BAY AND ITS TRIBUTARIES THAN THOSE PROPOSED BY TCEQ. GBF PARTICIPATED IN THE TEXAS LIVING WATERS PARTNERSHIP WATER CONSERVATION ROUNDTABLE WITH AREA UTILITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS AND USED THE RESULTS AND FINDINGS, PARTICULARLY THE FINDINGS ON WATER CONSERVATION VS. UTILITY REVENUE, TO BEGIN DESIGNING A WATER FOOTPRINT CONSERVATION PROJECT WITH A LOCAL UTILITY. UNDER THE DIRECT COORDINATION OF THE EPA, WE OVERSAW THE COMPLETION OF THE INTERMEDIATE CAPPING OF THE SAN JACINTO RIVER WASTE PITS SUPERFUND SITE AND CONTINUED SERVICE ON THE COMMUNITY AWARENESS COMMITTEE. GBF ALSO BEGAN WORKING WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS COASTAL AREA COMMITTEE (CTCAC) TO BECOME THE LEAD VOLUNTEER-COORDINATING ORGANIZATION IN CASE OF AN OIL SPILL WITHIN THE HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA. 1291 RESEARCH 1291 2310621 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 100 58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X X THE ACCOUNTANT 2813323381 17330 HIGHWAY 3 WEBSTER TX 77598 DR ANNA ARMITAGE 0.00 X 0 0 0 HARVERY DENMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN BARTOS 0.00 X 0 0 0 DANIEL LAYTON 0.00 X 0 0 0 JANIECE LONGORIA 0.00 X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA PICKETT-STEVENSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHARRON STEWART 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLYN WHITE 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAGE WILLIAMS 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM WINN 0.00 X 0 0 0 MATT WOODRUFF 0.00 X 0 0 0 PETER BROWN 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK FOSTER 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID HAGLUND 0.00 X 0 0 0 LARRY JOHNSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 WALTER JOHNSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 SAMRA JONES-BUFKINS 0.00 X 0 0 0 WADE KILPATRICK 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE KING 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON MATTOX 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG MCLEOD 0.00 X 0 0 0 EVAN WATKINS 0.00 X 0 0 0 LOUIS WILSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH JANUARY-BEVERS 0.00 X 0 0 0 TOMMY DOUGLAS 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARIANNE IBRAHIM 0.00 X 0 0 0 PETER MEYER 0.00 X 0 0 0 LAWRENCE REARICK 0.00 X 0 0 0 CDR STEPHAN GLENN 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAYO WASHINGTON 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR THOMAS LINTON 0.00 X 0 0 0 LAWRENCE TOBIN 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAPT ROBERT THOMPSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROSIE ZAMORA 0.00 X 0 0 0 BEVERLY VAN ZANDT 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARY ANNE PIACENTINI 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER LORENZ 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHNNY VALENTINO JR 0.00 X 0 0 0 CARO WALKER 0.00 X 0 0 0 LALISE WHORTON MASON 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM MATTHEWS 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAN WYATT 0.00 X 0 0 0 LAURANCE ARMOUR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JERRY MOHN 0.00 X 0 0 0 AR BABE SCHWARTZ 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALECYA GALLAWAY 0.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA CARROLL 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES HERBECK 0.00 X 0 0 0 CLIFFORD HILLMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 DORIS NELSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK SMITH 0.00 X 0 0 0 GLENDA CALLAWAY 0.00 X 0 0 0 J BYRON MORRIS 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES BLACKBURN 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATHRYN SMYTH 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD MORRISON 0.00 X 0 0 0 SALLY FISH 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVEN VALERIUS 0.00 X 0 0 0 WAYNE JOHNSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARY CARTER 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR PHIL BEDIENT 0.00 X 0 0 0 GUY ROBERT JACKSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN SHAW MILLER 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROXANNA BROM 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL CARUSELLE 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALISHA JACKSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 BERDON LAWRENCE 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET WOODRUFF 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS MCCARTHY 0.00 X 0 0 0 TOM KARTRUDE 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELE WILKENS 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR RON SASS 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVE HANBY 0.00 X 0 0 0 PRISCILLA SEYMOUR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM DOBBERSTINE 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES IRVINE 0.00 X 0 0 0 BILL JACKSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM FRIEDMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE PETIT 0.00 X 0 0 0 LEONARD HALE 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR EVAN SIEMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARISE TEXTOR 0.00 X 0 0 0 WALTER BARTEL 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK MOLINA 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL DUNPHEY 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM B BAKER JR 0.00 X 0 0 0 JERRY TOROK 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN CARDENAS 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHNNY CRONIN 0.00 X 0 0 0 FRANK MADERO 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK DUMESNIL 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICKEY EASTMAN 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT STOKES 40.00 X 118450 0 0 JAMES DOYLE 0.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE PONTIKES 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY LOVE 0.00 X 0 0 0 TRACEE JONES 0.00 X 0 0 0 GUY ROBERT JACKSON 0.00 X 0 0 0 MELINDA KILPATRICK 0.00 X 0 0 0 BILL KING 0.00 X 0 0 0 118450 0 0 1 0 0 0 MCMILLEN LLC 1401 SHORELINE DRIVE 100 BOISE ID 83702 CONSTRUCT 3749FT RIP RAP BREAKWATER FOR 730093 APOLLO ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES INC PO BOX 12114 BEAUMONT TX 77726 CONSTRUCT 800FT GEOTEXTILE TUBE BREAKWAT 260773 2 16993 101159 124714 1391752 1615852 194639 3250470 2710 2710 33130 124714 33131 -1 -1 1659 1712 -53 -53 3253126 0 -53 2709 118450 71756 29675 17019 443813 353507 41407 48899 9997 8015 1702 280 78177 3266 74873 38 55447 36462 13338 5647 22598 22598 14514 14514 1321648 1288483 2665 30500 53451 48004 460 4987 309478 252196 17838 39444 4618 14 4384 220 53206 36247 16959 38120 35315 1367 1438 1990 1555 360 75 10927 10927 58385 27891 26972 3522 EVENTS 99095 88466 1821 8808 MEMBERSHIP DUES 18518 15817 1690 1011 LICENSES & PERMITS 13770 13757 13 COMMITTEE EXPENSES 5206 3869 966 371 13545 3403 1080 9062 2744953 2310621 263011 171321 2 2 514758 1058762 343278 317752 1712 0 7071 7091 752038 150556 606329 601482 1473150 1985089 58594 87360 25000 0 83594 87360 X 923825 929506 399631 902123 66100 66100 1389556 1897729 1473150 1985089 508173 0 X X 0 1 1 X 1 1 X 1712211 1283986 2152888 2214551 3250470 10614106 1712211 1283986 2152888 2214551 3250470 10614106 816787 9797319 32367 11213 3961 3758 2710 54009 10668115 130367 0.91840 0.91020 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 4 103.37 0 0 0 1 1 35.00 1022 542774 542774 209264 150556 58708 601482 3253126 2744953 508173 508173 3253126 0 3253126 0 3253126 2744953 0 2744953 0 2744953 DESCRIPTION OF HOW ORGANIZATION REPORTS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS: PART II, LINE 9: AT THE END OF THE YEAR THE ORGANIZATION HELD 4 EASEMENTS TOTALING 103.37 ACRES (32.04, 2.91,31.39, AND 37.03 ACRES), ALL IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS. THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS MODIFIED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, RELEASED OR TERMINATED DURING THE YEAR. THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS ON BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES THAT ENCUMBER A GOLF COURSE OR PORTIONS OF A GOLF COURSE. THERE WERE 3 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 4 EASEMENTS, 103.37 ACRES, THAT WERE MONITORED BY PHYSICAL INSPECTION OR OTHER MEANS DURING THE TAX YEAR. THERE WERE 35 STAFF HOURS AND $1022 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 121426 96051 25375 17520 7855 REDFISH RAFT-UP 10531 7994 2537 379 2158 3 25887 20669 5218 800 600 3819 157844 124714 33130 18699 600 13832 33131 -1 X FORGIVENESS OF DEBT 1 25000 FAIR MARKET VALUE OF DEBT REPAYMENT X LEGAL FEES 1 22598 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY DONOR X PLANTS AND SUPPLIES 1 127725 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY DONOR X REEF RESTORATION 4 35939 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY DONOR X MISC SMALL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS 8 8378 FAIR MARKET VALUE AS DETERMINED BY DONOR 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 TWO MARRRIED COUPLES SIT ON THE BOARD AS TRUSTEES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND TWO OTHER TRUSTEES ARE PARTNERS OF THE SAME LAW FIRM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 THE FORM 990 WAS ELECTRONICALLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO FILING AND IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL WITH THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. THE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWES BOTH THE FORM 990 AND THE INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT AND PRESENTS A REPORT TO THE FULL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 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, 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.