2024-01-11T08:09:16-08:00 2023-06-30 680388891 Mike Wells CPA PO Box 6566 Tahoe City CA 96145 990 2022-07-01 911848359 Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships SIER 5305831430 PO Box 1602 Tahoe City CA 96145 Melissa Mohler Executive Dir. 2024-01-11 true Melissa Mohler 999009999 true Mike Wells P00308112 5305811014 X 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Melissa Mohler 486638 false X 4swep.org X 1997 CA Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) promotes environmental stewardship by connecting students to their community and local environment through comprehensive watershed education and service learning projects. 7 0 8 202 0 206445 338239 144639 144610 158 3789 0 351242 486638 0 0 213682 321938 0 31393 71715 116201 285397 438139 65845 48499 372448 423077 4010 6140 368438 416937 Sierra Watershed Education Partnerships (SWEP) promotes environmental stewardship by connecting students to their community and local environment through comprehensive watershed education and service learning projects. false false 210690 SWEP promotes Sustainability and Advocacy Clubs applicable to various groups based on school levels. For kindergarten to 5th grade the Green Team program is utilized, with the Eco-Action program applicable to 6th, 7th and 8th grades and via the Envirolution Club for high school students 9th grade and above.These sustainability and advocacy clubs utilize interactive educational projects to empower students and teachers to be good global citizens working to ensure adequate resources for a clean and healthy environment. SWEP educators, along with high school student mentors, facilitate weekly club meetings with student participants to explore green service learning projects including waste reduction, reuse, recycling, gardening, composting, energy and water conservation, and pollution prevention. Through these meetings students work together to develop their knowledge, create a sense of civic responsibility, foster a school environment that emphasizes sustainability while practicing data, monitoring and other important language arts, math and science skills. 91515 SWEP sponsors various fieldwork programs during the year with students eligible to participate in various programs based on their grade levels. The Wonders of Watershed fieldwork program for 4th grade students is a hands-on watershed education program that combines environmental science and community service.The Sagehen Field Station program for 5th grade students engages students in hands-on field study activities about the Sagehen forest, watershed and the plants and animals that exist in these environments.Environment Detectives is a field trip where 8th grade students learn skills used by environmental scientists to be detectives working as a group to solve the Mystery of the Dying Fish.The Tahoe Basin Watershed Education Summit allows high school students work along side scientific professionals to do hands-on field data collection.Various native fish education programs, field days and other events are sponsored for students of all grades 16504 SWEP sponsors a nature, art and adventure summer camp for children aged 6 through 12 in addition to science festivals and science family nights, with the science programs open to students kindergarten through 8th grade. SWEP also sponsors snow science programs that include a Winter Discover Program for 3rd through 5th grade students along with a Winter Trek program for 5th graders. SWEP has also established native fish education, waste management and fire ecology programs for various grade levels. 318709 true true false false false false false false false false 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 false false false false true 4 0 true 8 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 0 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CA X Deena Karuna 5303208366 PO Box 233 Tahoe Vista CA 96148 Melissa B Mohler Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 88390 0 3515 Rachel Pringle President 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tamara Anderson Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sally Lyon VP/Treasurer 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Camille Jensen Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jill Sanford Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Andrea Batie Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kirsten Pekarek Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 88390 3515 0 false false false 0 338239 338239 Clubs-Envirolution/Green 47273 47273 Contracted Programing 42460 42460 Field Programming 36669 36669 Site Programming 18208 18208 Summer Programming 144610 3789 3789 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 486638 148399 0 0 0 0 88390 33588 38008 16794 0 213431 211973 1458 785 785 0 19332 15729 2434 1169 0 0 0 0 0 0 10422 10422 3023 3023 1508 1508 4943 1977 1977 989 0 7841 7841 8763 8763 0 0 0 0 1238 1238 33642 13841 13841 5960 Program supplies, expenses 23559 23559 Bookkeeping 7911 7911 Donation fees 4600 4600 Professional development 2581 2581 6170 5018 729 423 438139 318709 88037 31393 201208 34407 100000 312727 0 70002 75943 0 0 0 0 0 15064 15064 1238 0 0 0 0 0 0 372448 423077 4010 6140 4010 6140 X 368438 416937 368438 416937 372448 423077 48499 X false false false X 88333 96549 225560 206445 338239 955126 0 0 88333 96549 225560 206445 338239 955126 0 955126 59 106 126 158 3789 4238 0 0 959364 0.99560 0.99930 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 15064 15064 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A PDF file of Form 990 is made available to all Board members before the exempt organization returns are electronically filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The conflict of interest policy is reviewed annually with all Board members and with each new Board member when they join the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 No documents available to the public.