2025-11-03T15:22:38-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 411730982 SUGARLOAF THE NORTH SHORE STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION SUGA 2185250001 6008 London Road Duluth MN 55804 Mark Magney Treasurer 6512273100 2025-11-10 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Molly Thompson 6008 LONDON RD Duluth MN 55804 1282230 0 X www.sugarloafnorthshore.org X 1993 MN To inspire the preservation and restoration of the North Shore's unique environment through education and exemplary stewardship, especially at Sugarloaf Cove. 13 13 5 20 0 0 243737 1205357 37299 33890 2671 163 12531 37354 296238 1276764 0 0 0 0 84553 89119 5875 0 2973 125223 226203 215651 315322 80587 961442 1932482 2991966 59802 57338 1872680 2934628 To inspire the preservation and restoration of the North Shore's unique environment through education and exemplary stewardship, especially at Sugarloaf Cove. 0 0 136197 19500 15792 The organization operates and maintains the North Shore's only private, non profit nature center. Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center, located near Schroeder, MN, offers public access to Lake Superior and a variety of educational programs and workshops about natural history and coastal conservation throughout the year. The site also serves as a demonstration site for forest restoration projects. Over 25,000 people visit the site each year and many participate in our educational programs. Programs offered include bird banding demonstrations, geology educational walks, Master Naturalist workshops, and guest speakers. In 2023 we began the construction of a new outdoor education which we completed in 2025. 55318 55127 -192 Sugarloaf is committed to the restoration of the North Shore forest of Minnesota. As part of this commitment, we offered a variety of invasive species and forest restoration workshops, and successfully procured funding for the North Shore Forest Collaborative coordinator position. Sugarloaf is a founding and active member of the North Shore Forest Collaborative (NSFC) and contracts with the coordinator. The mission of the North Shore Forest Collaborative is to revitalize and maintain a healthy and functioning ecosystem along the North Shore of Lake Superior with emphasis on restoring and maintaining native trees and associated forest communities. The Collaborative is a coordinated effort between local, state, and federal land management agencies as well as public and private organizations and individuals who want to work together to assure a healthy forest environment. Recent efforts include popular North Shore landowner workshops, a discounted tree fencing programs for landowners, and the initiation of a program offering private landowners a visit by a Woodland Advisor who tour their property and give them reforestation recommendations. 61818 45000 63099 Sugarloaf manages a reduced cost fencing supplies program for landowners in partnership with the North Shore Forest Collaborative. With funding from a private foundation and payments from landowners, landowners receive fencing and post which they use to protect seedlings they plant on their properties. This program is vital to restoring a healthy North Shore forest as approximately 75% of the property along the North Shore is privately owned. Through this program, over 90,000 trees have been planted since 2016 by private landowners. 0 0 0 253333 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40547 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MN X Sugarloaf The North Shore Stewardship Association 2185250001 6008 London Road Duluth MN 55804 Molly Thompson Executive Director 35 0 X X 51806 0 0 Mike Reichenbach Director 0.5 0 X 10744 0 0 Jeff Gniffke Director 0.5 0 X 1027 0 0 Bruce Martinson Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Dan Kaler Vice President 0.5 0 X X 0 0 0 Mark Magney Treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Peter Juhl Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Phil Sogge Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Ari Fuad President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Susan Fuad Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Tam Seidl Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Russ Baker Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 John Bathke Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Steve Harstad Director 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 63577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64947 0 0 55127 1085283 0 1205357 Educational programs 712190 33890 0 0 33890 0 0 0 0 33890 163 0 0 163 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33717 0 0 33717 0 33717 0 0 0 0 0 0 9103 5466 3637 0 0 3637 0 0 0 0 0 1276764 0 0 71407 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51806 8366 43440 0 0 0 0 0 30980 30980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6333 2723 3610 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 575 0 575 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 90426 90226 200 0 224 224 0 0 5461 809 1679 2973 2825 0 2825 0 0 0 0 0 3225 0 3225 0 1139 0 1139 0 0 0 0 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14250 14250 0 0 3834 3834 0 0 Visitor Center expenses 45291 45291 0 0 Program expenses 56078 56078 0 0 Bank service charges and credit card fees 2791 552 2239 315322 253333 59016 2973 75811 52576 111674 109387 550 13723 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1150528 134269 775355 1016259 947732 1794079 21360 5942 1932482 2991966 1643 0 0 0 57178 56678 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 981 660 59802 57338 X 1833580 2934628 39100 0 1872680 2934628 1932482 2991966 961442 100506 0 0 0 0 X 0 1 1 0 X 195860 263998 506611 250748 1239063 2456280 195860 263998 506611 250748 1239063 2456280 1294090 1162190 58 8 20 2671 2757 2459037 0 0.47262 0.93856 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 947732 1112 0 0 0 0 948844 557321 316408 81927 0 7923 0 947733 661751 13544 -117974 0 0 0 557321 468853 130950 61948 0 0 0 661751 419270 38971 13816 0 3204 0 468853 1 0 0 0 0 0 610089 610089 0 251118 115456 135662 0 0 0 0 0 20231 11556 8675 0 269090 7257 261833 1016259 0 Sales tax payable 524 Payroll liabilities 136 660 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 For operating and capital projects the board deems needed. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 President and treasurer are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 The organization solicits membership from donors on an annual basis. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Members elect directors at the annual meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The 990 is reviewed by the finance committee and approved by the Board of Directors before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members are required to note if they have a conflict of interest regarding any of the business of the organization the moment they are aware of such conflict. Generally this is addressed at a board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 To determine the compensation rates of the Executive Director and staff, a review of state and local similar organization salaries is conducted by the Executive committee with assistance from the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All governing documents, policies and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Contractors were hired for office cleaning, landowner assistance programs, program coordination, bird banding and parking lot repair.