2025-09-11T05:53:53-07:00 2024-12-31 823350979 White Pine Business Services LLC 10502 King Rd Davisburg MI 48350 990 2024-01-01 386004962 Detroit Bird Alliance DETR 3135881015 174 Clark St Suite 201 Detroit MI 48209 Colleen Sturm Treasurer 2025-09-11 true true Rebecca Mattson P02061439 2486723014 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X Diane Cheklich 300462 false X https://www.detroitbirdalliance.org X 1939 MI TO FOSTER APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT WE SHARE THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ACTION. 19 19 4 450 0 185508 264990 14792 16229 8573 9255 7588 6883 216461 297357 0 0 170412 172364 0 33305 97948 122789 268360 295153 -51899 2204 311749 336967 7850 30863 303899 306104 X TO FOSTER APPRECIATION AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT WE SHARE THROUGH EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ACTION. false false 63012 CONSERVATION & Advocacy: PARTNER WITH OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND EDUCATION GROUPS TO DEVELOP SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH END GOAL OF ADVOCACY AND CONSERVATION. PARTNERS HAVE INCLUDED/ CURRENTLY INCLUDE NATIONAL AUDUBON, AUDUBON GREAT LAKES, NAT FISH & WILDLIFE, DETROIT CITY PARKS, BELLE ISLE NATURE CENTER, DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, DETROIT RIVERFRONT CONSERVANCY, US FISH AND WILDLIFE, GREENING OF DETROIT, HURON CLINTON METROPARKS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, SEMI-WILD, AND MORE. JOINT CONSERVATION AND ADVOCACY PROJECTS INCLUDE DETROIT BIRD CITY, URBAN BIRD TREATY AND OTHERS. DETROIT BIRD CITY IS A LONG-TERM MAJOR FOCUS PROJECT, PARTNERING WITH DETROIT CITY PARKS, NATIONAL FISH and WILDLIFE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, NATIONAL AUDUBON, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES, MI STATE UNIVERSITY, AND OTHERS TO DEVELOP MULTIPLE PARKS AND VACANT CITY LOTS AS NATIVE MEADOW GRASSLAND HABITATS FOR ENJOYMENT BY BIRDS AND RESIDENTS. ADDITIONAL GROWTH OF PROGRAM HAS COME IN FORD CORKTOWN PROJECT AND IN THE 1000 ACRE MEADOWS PROJECT. CONSERVATION ALSO INCLUDES PURSUIT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESERVE LAND BY PURCHASE, EASEMENTS, OR SUPPORT OF OTHER 501C3'S PURCHASE FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES. 43926 COMMUNICATIONS and EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS - PRINT and DIGITAL: PROVIDE over 5000 MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC WITH ONLINE NEWS-MAGAZINE AND INFORMATIONAL WEBSITE, AS WELL AS REGULAR DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING. PROVIDE DETROIT CHAPTER MEMBERS WITH PERIODIC PRINT MAGAZINE. PUBLICATIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, PROGRAMS, EVENTS, ADVOCACY. 40442 16230 EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS AND PUBLIC: REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMS SUCH AS CLASSROOM AND LIBRARY PRESENTATIONS OR WORKSHOPS. FREQUENT FIELD TRIPS FOR NEW AND EXPERIENCED BIRDERS, FIELD TRIPS TO REGIONAL CONSERVANCY LANDS AND AT AREA NATURE CENTERS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING TO ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES, LEADERSHIP OF YOUNG BIRDERS, PERIODIC OWL PROWLS. HOLDING AND/OR SPEAKING/TEACHING AT CONFERENCES. AWARD EVENTS TO RECOGNIZE AND ENCOURAGE AREA INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS. PARTNERS / RECIPIENTS INCLUDE BELLE ISLE NATURE CENTER, AREA LIBRARIES, GARDEN CLUBS, AUDUBON CHAPTERS, AUDUBON GREAT LAKES, SCHOOLS IN DETROIT, AND GENERAL PUBLIC. EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE CONTINUED OFFERINGS OF LIVE WEBINARS AND LESSONS, VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS, AND ACCESS TO ARCHIVED WEBINARS AFTER THE EVENTS. 9062 RESEARCH PROGRAMS: CONTINUING MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH: CONDUCT MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH ON BLACK TERN AND OTHER AVIAN SPECIES OR GROUPS THAT ARE AT RISK OR PERTINENT TO THE REGION AS WELL AS OTHER RELATED HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS. RESEARCH ALSO INCLUDES SAFE PASSAGE PROGRAM AND VARIOUS BIRD COUNTS, INCLUDING WINTER WATERFOWL, CHRISTMAS COUNT, AND MULTIPLE GRASSLAND. ALL RESEARCH PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE INVOLVEMENT AND EDUCATION OF VOLUNTEERS AS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS, AS WELL AS PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS. PARTNERS HAVE/DO INCLUDE MI STATE UNIV, UNIV OF MI, WAYNE STATE, MI DNR, USFW, DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NATIONAL AUDUBON AND OTHERS. 2228 MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAM EXPENSES: INCLUDES PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPENSES THAT CANNOT BE ALLOCATED PRIMARILY TO A SINGLE PROGRAM CATEGORY BUT IS INHERENT TO ALL PROGRAMS OF THE ORGANIZATION. 11290 158670 true true false false false false true false false true true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 4 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 19 19 false false false false true true false true true false false true true true true false true true false false MI X Colleen Sturm 3135881015 174 Clark St Suite 201 Detroit MI 48209 X ROCHELLE BREITENBACH Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES BULL Director 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JACK SMILEY Director 2.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 DIANE CHEKLICH President 2.70 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SARA COLE SRINIVASAN Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMY GREENE Director 0.40 0.00 X 0 0 0 GISELA LENDLE-KING Director 0.30 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROSANN KOVALCIK Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sharon Crockett Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Evan Deutsch Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeremiah Steen Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Patrick Filbin Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 Colleen Sturm Treasurer 10.60 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Carla VanKampen Secretary 1.20 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Meredith Meyer Vice President 1.40 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Joyce Arakelian Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Whitney Marx Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kyle Schanta Director 0.60 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Woodhams Director 0.90 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 386 200 264404 264990 Educational Programming 611600 16229 16229 16229 9255 9255 0 0 0 0 7980 200 3105 4875 0 0 2016 UIA Refund 900099 749 749 Insurance Equip Theft 900099 1259 1259 2008 297357 27492 0 0 0 0 0 0 156826 79324 57425 20077 0 2993 2457 337 199 12545 6363 4594 1588 0 3500 3500 22850 22850 0 0 0 6190 5150 760 280 2888 2817 52 19 5601 2617 2021 963 9178 4694 3758 726 0 13500 6750 4941 1809 4828 4716 32 80 0 1586 1555 31 1 1 0 0 2287 2287 Program Materials & Activities 26338 26338 Printing 18730 12416 226 6088 Postage & Mailing 5062 3223 363 1476 Dues & Subscriptions 250 250 0 295153 158670 103178 33305 88760 63116 3500 0 3335 6515 0 0 0 0 2176 4267 72786 8383 64403 64403 153075 177340 0 0 0 17826 311749 336967 2242 825 5608 30038 7850 30863 X 176930 159218 126969 146886 303899 306104 311749 336967 X 2204 1 X true X false true false X 99196 207667 221827 185508 181340 895538 2262 7331 13795 22380 21149 66917 0 0 0 101458 214998 235622 207888 202489 962455 3205 3312 2509 20148 17334 46508 0 3205 3312 2509 20148 17334 46508 915947 442 18 2776 8573 9255 21064 0 442 18 2776 8573 9255 21064 0 0 101900 215016 238398 216461 211744 983519 0.93130 0.81410 0.02140 0.01330 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 5 88 1 false 40 false 12801 12801 12801 12801 12801 12801 12801 12801 12801 12801 1.00000 false false false 64403 64403 7448 7448 935 935 64403 Right-of-use Assets 17826 17826 Accrued Payroll Liabilities 12212 Operating Lease Liab, Current 11623 Operating Lease Liab, Long Term 6203 30038 Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. Any nominal expense related to acquiring easements has been expensed in year of acquisition. Conservation Easements held with zero monetary ownership value: Open space along Clinton River, Sterling Hts, Macomb Cty. Arthur M Pasinski Memorial Preserve, Oceola Twp, Livingston Cty. LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve, 2 parcels, Superior Twp, Washtenaw Cty. Heritage Oaks Nature Preserve, Van Buren Twp, Wayne Cty. No change in 2024. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. Earnings on Endowment to be used for ongoing operations. Principal to be held in perpetuity. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 BYLAWS ARTICLE 3: MEMBERSHIP SHALL BE OPEN TO ALL PERSONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION. MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND DUES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED AND ADJUSTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD. DUES SHALL BE PAID ON ANNUAL BASIS. ANNUAL PERIOD AND AMOUNT OF DUES DETERMINED BY BOARD. CURRENT MEMBERSHIP MINIMUM DONATION OF $30 PER ANNUM. TWELVE MOnth MEMBERSHIP BEGINS AT DATE OF RECORD OF DONATION. BYLAWS ALSO PROVIDE FOR NON-VOTING MEMBERSHIP VIA JOINT MEMBERSHIP WITH NATIONAL AUDUBON, WHOSE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS ARE SET BY NATIONAL AUDUBON. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Copy provided to governing body for review, board members vote to accept to file Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c periodic review of policy. required review upon installment of new board member. board procedures to review, avoid, address and remove conflicts. documentation of proceedings related to conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a BYLAWS ARTICLE 6, SECTION 1 AUTHORIZES BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO APPROVE AND FILL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b NO COMPENSATION FOR ANY OFFICERS Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Available upon request Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 ROUNDING = $1