2024-02-15T12:42:56-07:00 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 020567125 POLISTES FOUNDATION POLI 6174846428 133 Washington Street Belmont MA 024783558 Kevin Weick Executive Director 6174846428 2024-02-15 Kevin Weick 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.discoverlife.org X X 115288 X 115249 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 115288 25000 0 8000 18882 0 0 8685 60567 54721 39365 0 94086 39365 94086 0 0 0 0 39365 94086 0 0 39365 94086 Our mission is to assemble and share knowledge about nature in order to improve education, health, agriculture, economic development, and conservation throughout the world. Bee Studies/Bee Lab Project (USGS Cooperative Agreement)- BumbleBee Project - Patuxent Wildlife Center Bee Studies. Collected, processed, cataloged, IT entry - native bee specimens from Integrated Bee Samples into Polistes WEB portal. Project includes $39,414 spent from 2023 private donations for Bee Lab Contractors and USGS Federal grant funds 2023 (Bee Lab Project). Initial Outreach services with Pollinators Partnership(501)c3, additional bee specimen cataloging and idenitification with contract research scientists. 108562 39414 Discoverlife - Shoal Creek Sanctuary. Continued System maintenance www.discoverlife.org with SHSU. Moth Collection, identification fieldwork. Shoal Creek Sanctuary invasive species cleanup services using local volunteers. 6687 2868 42282 Dr John Pickering President CEO 15 0 0 0 Kevin Weick Executive Director VP 20.00 8000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MA Kevin Weick 133 Washington Street Belmont MA 024783558 6174846428 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 142584 31205 96373 199744 115249 585155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142584 31205 96373 199744 115249 585155 46183 538972 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 585155 0.92108 0.82561 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Cambridge Trust Company - Bank wiring fees reimbursed -$39 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Sam Houston State University - Endowment donation to cover services to maintain and operate Polistes web site, www.discoverlife.org - $5,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pollinators Partnership (501)c3 - Donation to provide research and outreach services in support of Bee Lab Project/Bee Studies -- Total - $20,000. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Cambridge Trust Bank fees;127|Corporate Liability Insurance;1503|Annual meeting costs Citicard;50|Droege Bee Studies Camera Equipment;4000|Shoal Creek Sanctuary Project Supplies;900|Equatorial Guinea Bird Project BIODIV Initiative;2105^Total;8685^