2025-04-10T08:39:58-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 872704374 POLLINATOR PATHWAY INC POLL 9178257851 63 St Johns Road Wilton CT 06897 Charles Kerr Board Member 9178257851 2025-04-10 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.pollinator-pathway.org X X 132996 X 103138 18272 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6984 6984 0 4602 126012 16964 0 0 32884 0 3497 6574 59919 66093 103901 -6984 163010 X 98204 156798 0 0 5697 6212 103901 163010 0 0 103901 163010 Pollinator Pathway, Inc.'s mission is to inspire, educate, and support local communities taking the initiative to make positive change by restoring and connecting habitat for pollinators. We promote education and awareness about proper land care, avoidance of harmful pesticides and use of native plants across a network of connected parks, preserves and private property. Pollinator Pathway, Inc. is organized to provide support to local Pollinator Pathway Projects at the local level and is now established in over three hundred and seventy-five cities, towns and villages across twenty-five states and Canada. A key part of this program is increasing education and awareness about the importance of native plants and not using pesticides. A key part of this programmatic effort is the distribution of Pollinator Pathway signs, which we encourage communities to post. These signs both educate and signify that native plants supporting local pollinators are being intentionally grown and that the property is pesticide free and direct individuals to the Pollinator Pathway, Inc. website for further information. To date, this program has resulted in signs having been placed on over 10,000 public and private properties across the US and Canada. 0 10356 Pollinator Pathway, Inc. maintains a website with newsworthy blog posts and an archive of Pollinator Pathway newsletters sent quarterly to over 7000 individuals. We also provide a free platform to host webpages for local towns on the Pollinator Pathway and information about gardens on the Pathway and offer printable plant lists, brochures and signage, all at no cost. Our iNaturalist Pollinator Pathway Project has over 50,000 sightings for Citizens Science data collection purposes. We also offer webinars and in-person speaking engagement about the importance of protecting pollinators and biodiversity. 0 2293 We advocate for reducing pesticide and herbicide use as part of our support for pollinator habitat. We worked to develop testing in local streams in Connecticut for neonics and to support a scientific team documenting the existence of neonics in the State's freshwater bodies. We also advocate for changes to regulations limiting the use of neonics and other pesticides. 9066 0 We provide ongoing support and suggestions to local Pollinator Pathway projects across the country, including the Trees for Trumbull program in Trumbull, CT. We are routinely contacted by a variety of groups with questions about pollinator protection, native plants, invasive plant removal and management, pesticide alternatives and a variety of related topics. We work to be a clearing house for information and organizational guidance to these local groups. We also encourage local groups to advocate for issues supporting our mission 7898 0 We run quarterly webinars on topics relating to our mission, including webinars about the dangers presented by and steps to reduce the use of pesticides 0 0 We work with local school districts to assist in developing curriculum and lesson plans on the use of native plants and their importance to biodiversity. 0 0 12649 Donna Merrill President and Director 35 0 0 0 Louise Washer Treasurer and Director 20 0 0 0 Jana Hogan Vice-President and Director 20 0 0 0 Charles Kerr Secretary and Director 20 0 0 0 Jackie Algon Director 5 0 0 0 Mary Hogue Director 2 0 0 0 Holly Kocet Director 1 0 0 0 Karalyn Lamb Director 10 0 0 0 Jean Puchalski Director 2 0 0 0 Melanie Hollas Director 5 0 0 0 Kitsey Snow Director 2 0 0 0 Mary Wilson Director 5 0 0 0 X 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CT Louise Washer 280 Silvermine Avenue Norwalk CT 06850 2038561497 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 18000 105722 60868 103138 287728 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18000 105722 60868 103138 287728 287728 0 0 0 1849 4162 6011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1147 667 440 2254 295993 18267 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 These are credits Pollinator Pathway, Inc. received on it credit card from its bank. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 We received $4,162 in interest on our funds at Fairfield County Bank. We also received credit on our card credit in the amount of $440. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 As part of programming on reducing pesticide use, Pollinator Pathway, Inc. made grants in the amount of $9,066 for water testing and report preparation. Pollinator Pathway, Inc. also made grants in the amount of $7,898 to the Trees for Trumbull tree planning program. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Pollinator Pathway, Inc. paid expenses for advertising and marketing, Board retreat expenses, insurance, bank fees, technology subscriptions (Zoom and Adobe), processing fees (PayPal, WIX, Venmo), telephone, office supplies, Pollinator Pathway sign purchases, and webinar fees. Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 20 As part of the Pollinator Pathway Sign Program, we distributed Pollinator Signs out of inventory with a cost value of $6,984. (This is also reflected in Part I, Lines 7a and 7b above.) During 2024, Pollinator Pathway, Inc. changed how it accounts for its sign distribution program and now it treats the purchase and holding of these signs solely as inventory on Pollinator Pathway's balance sheet. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 As part of our Pollinator Pathway sign program, at the end of calendar year 2024 we held $6212 of Pollinator Pathway signs in inventory on our Balance Sheet. Form 990-EZ, Part V, Line 34 On September 18, 2024, we filed a Certificate of Amendment with the Connecticut Secretary of State changing the name of the corporation to Pollinator Pathway, Inc.