2024-11-14T10:31:26-05:00 2023-12-31 263641206 LEPPERT COMPANY CPAS LLC 196 W JOHNSTOWN RD GAHANNA OH 43230 990EZ 2023-01-01 262332568 FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS FRIE 6148910700 1069 WEST MAIN STREET WESTERVILLE OH 43081 JESSE CANTRELL TREASURER 6144622279 2024-10-28 true MATTHEW R LEPPERT P00290279 6145325098 2024-11-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X HTTPS://WWW.METROPARKSFRIENDS.ORG X X 145805 X 119407 30 22661 16526 6135 3707 5865 -2158 123414 64660 4386 83 39406 108535 14879 329815 344694 329815 344694 329815 344694 329815 344694 X TO ENHANCE PUBLIC USE AND ENJOYMENT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO AREA PARKS, SEEK OUT PUBLIC SUPPORT, AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PARKS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS PARTNERED WITH THE METRO PARKS IN SUPPORT OF THE TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM. THE TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE PARKS BY PLACING TREES AND BENCHES IN THE PARKS. DONATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHICH ALLOW THEM TO PLACE TREES AND BENCHES IN HONOR OF LOVED ONES FOR ALL TO ENJOY. 14320 14320 HOSTED COMMUNITY EVENTS TO BRING THE METRO PARKS TO THE COMMUNITY IN A NEW WAY FOR CENTRAL OHIO RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE PARKS AND EDUCATE THEM ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARKS. THESE EVENTS HELPED TO INTRODUCE NEW PEOPLE TO OUR METRO PARKS THROUGH FUN, INTERACTIVE EVENTS AND CREATED WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO APPRECIATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE METRO PARKS. THE EVENTS INCLUDED YAPPY HOUR, SCIOTO FESTIVAL, AND THE WINTER HIKE SERIES. FRIENDS OF THE METROPARKS ALSO PROVIDES PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE PARKS BY FACILITATING DONATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR VARIOUS PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 915 30945 FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS SUPPORT THE METRO PARKS BY ASSISTING WITH VARIOUS OPERATIONAL EXPENSES SUCH AS PERSONNEL COST SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF PARK ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS. 47925 48475 FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS PARTERED WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING TO GROUPS WHOSE GOALS ALIGNED WITH FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS' MISSION OF MAKING THE METRO PARKS ACCESSIBLE TO MORE PEOPLE. THE FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS ALSO FACILITATES VARIOUS DONATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKS, INCLUDING PROVIDING FLOWERS FOR THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN, PURCHASING PLAQUES FOR THE MEMORIAL BRICK PROGRAM AND OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS. 1500 1500 95240 JESSE CANTRELL TREASURER 2.00 0 AARON LANE VICE PRESIDE 2.00 0 CALEB RAY MEMBER 2.00 0 JEN MCMULLEN SECRETARY 4.00 0 JOSHUA HOSTETLER MEMBER 2.00 0 BEN SHINABERRY PRESIDENT 2.00 0 SALLY SHARROW MEMBER 2.00 0 KWESI KAMBON MEMBER 2.00 0 ALI IOVINO MEMBER 2.00 0 false false false false false false false false false OH MELISSA MEYER 1069 WEST MAIN STREET WESTERVILLE OH 43081 6148956228 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 92032 86815 156190 166613 119407 621057 92032 86815 156190 166613 119407 621057 621057 60 52 30 30 30 202 7700 7700 7578 6891 1671 2388 3707 22235 651194 51682 0.95370 0.95890 X PART II, LINE 10 PG 1, LN 7A GROSS MERCHANDISE SALES 19,017 SMALL EVENTS REV (SEE 2019 COLUMN) 3,218 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED SCIOTOFEST 9704 9704 2550 1722 FRIENDS GALA 6743 6743 433 7897 1300 257 16447 16447 433 10447 1300 1979 14159 2288 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 10 NAME: COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO ADDRESS: 1069 WEST MAIN STREET WESTERVILLE, OH 43081 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 14,320 NAME: COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO ADDRESS: 1069 WEST MAIN ST WESTERVILLE, OH 43081 CASH CONTRIBUTION: 47,925 FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES ADV & MARKETING 21 SOFTWARE 5,279 MEALS 278 INSURANCE 1,749 PROGRAMATIC SUPPLIES 26,921 MEMBERSHIP FEES 450 MERCHANT AND BANK FEES 3,244 OHIO FILING FEE 100 BOARD GIFTS 400 BOARD/VOLUNTEER UNIFORM 959 PERMITS 5 TOTAL 39,406 FORM 990-EZ, PART III TO ENHANCE PUBLIC USE AND ENJOYMENT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO AREA PARKS, SEEK OUT PUBLIC SUPPORT, AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PARKS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS PARTNERED WITH THE METRO PARKS IN SUPPORT OF THE TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM. THE TREE AND BENCH PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE PARKS BY PLACING TREES AND BENCHES IN THE PARKS. DONATIONS ARE RECEIVED BY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHICH ALLOW THEM TO PLACE TREES AND BENCHES IN HONOR OF LOVED ONES FOR ALL TO ENJOY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 HOSTED COMMUNITY EVENTS TO BRING THE METRO PARKS TO THE COMMUNITY IN A NEW WAY FOR CENTRAL OHIO RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE PARKS AND EDUCATE THEM ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARKS. THESE EVENTS HELPED TO INTRODUCE NEW PEOPLE TO OUR METRO PARKS THROUGH FUN, INTERACTIVE EVENTS AND CREATED WAYS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO APPRECIATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE METRO PARKS. THE EVENTS INCLUDED YAPPY HOUR, SCIOTO FESTIVAL, AND THE WINTER HIKE SERIES. FRIENDS OF THE METROPARKS ALSO PROVIDES PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE THE PARKS BY FACILITATING DONATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR VARIOUS PARK IMPROVEMENTS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS PARTERED WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING TO GROUPS WHOSE GOALS ALIGNED WITH FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS' MISSION OF MAKING THE METRO PARKS ACCESSIBLE TO MORE PEOPLE. THE FRIENDS OF COLUMBUS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY METRO PARKS ALSO FACILITATES VARIOUS DONATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKS, INCLUDING PROVIDING FLOWERS FOR THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN, PURCHASING PLAQUES FOR THE MEMORIAL BRICK PROGRAM AND OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS.