2024-05-01T10:16:03-07:00 2023-06-30 990EZ 2022-07-01 541778484 HOFFLER CREEK WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED HOFF 7576868684 4510 Twin Pines Rd Portsmouth VA 23703 Ray Strutton Treasurer 7574836838 2024-02-11 Ray Strutton 999009999 1 1 11 0 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X www.hofflercreek.org X X 110204 X 102327 5365 0 1297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 320 83 237 895 110121 0 0 91512 0 12062 6577 20267 130418 -20297 155463 0 135166 X 156196 135266 0 0 961 879 157157 136145 1694 979 155463 135166 Environmental education & habitat conservation Environmental Education and Outreach: HCWF engages the public in educational activities and outreach programs throughout the year by partnering with local professionals to provide engaging and informative hikes, tours, paddles, classes, and experiences. HCWF works closely with the Portsmouth Public School system to provide instruction, technical support, materials, and equipment to raise butterflies in all of the second grade classrooms in the city. Student groups raise oysters at the preserve throughout the school year and deposit the full grown oysters onto local reefs to help filter the water and to provide habitat. High school students from Portsmouth Public Schools participated in a 6-week internship in cooperation with ODU's Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center combining environmental science, field research, and technology. 0 47106 Conservation and Research: More than 1,000 volunteers participated in work days and donated community service hours to removing invasive species, improving wildlife habitat, and preserving beneficial plant species. Goats and sheep helped maintain areas of the forest overtaken by invasive vines, preparing the area for replanting native species. Visitors to the preserve in the spring spread seed bombs full of wildflower seeds beneficial to pollinators throughout sunny open areas of the preserve. Birders catalogued the bird species living in and migrated through the preserve each month. HCWF contributed data to the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count. HCWF added 2,000 oysters to the local reefs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Old Dominion University (ODU) professors and students conducted research on the tick populations. Christopher Newport University (CNU) engaged in studies on fish populations and the impacts of climate change on coastal habitats. The foundation in partnership with the VA Department of Environmental Quality, the Chesapeake Monitoring Coop, and other partner agencies conducted monthly water quality tests, contributing important data through the citizen monitoring program. 0 39900 Recreation: The preserve remained open six days a week throughout the year. Visitors came to hike the over 3 miles of trails, paddle the creek in kayaks, glimpse the abundant bird life, picnic in the pavilion, and photograph the scenery and wildlife. Staff and volunteers hosted kayak tours, kayak rentals, yoga classes, tree identification tours, birdwatching tours, and mindful meditation sessions. 0 26675 113681 Ray Strutton President 10 0 0 0 Kristin Fregelj Vice President 1 0 0 0 Amy Poland Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Debbie Farrell Secretary 2 0 0 0 Kathryn Edmondson Director 1 0 0 0 Justin Lovell Director 1 0 0 0 Beth Hester Director 1 0 0 0 Shannon Glover Director 1 0 0 0 Ashley Morgan Executive Director 40 50308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VA Ashley Morgan 4510 Twin Pines Rd Portsmouth VA 23703 7576868684 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 54320 82896 133563 123291 102327 496397 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54320 82896 133563 123291 102327 496397 0 496397 1532 1578 57 142 1297 4606 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 501003 0 0.99081 0.94653 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 Close out of grants -- 763; reimbursement -- 132 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Grant expenses -- 19,693; Program expenses -- 574 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Inventory -- 879 Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Payroll Taxes -- 979 The organization filed for an automatic extension, but when the preparer completed the 990EZ, he was not aware of the requirement to e-file the return. The mailed 990EZ was returned to us by the IRS with the notice to e-file the return. We are now e-filing the return the day after we received the IRS notice. This will not happen again.