2024-05-07T16:23:05-07:00 2022-12-31 260801786 JENNIFER B HUTCHESON CPA 402 BROADWAY AVE BROADWAY VA 22815 990 2022-01-01 542014680 Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia Inc LEWI 4349967282 PO Box 281 Charlottesville VA 22902 Malou S Dichtel President BOD 4349967282 2024-04-28 true Malou Dichtel true Jennifer B Hutcheson CPA P00192894 8043561276 2024-05-07 X 3 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Malou S Dichtel PO Box 281 Charlottesville VA 22902 91681 false X N/A X 2000 VA To establish a unique Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center for scientific and educational purposes, open to and for the benefit of the public with focus on the conception, origin and legacy of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. 15 0 1 0 5008 0 91197 79376 4019 7297 0 500 5008 95716 91681 0 0 62030 51326 0 19934 80308 77979 142338 129305 -46622 -37624 1539883 1506895 285934 290569 1253949 1216326 To establish a unique Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center for scientific and educational purposes, open to and for the benefit of the public with focus on the conception, origin and legacy of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. false false 55244 0 91681 See Schedule O 55244 true false 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 0 0 1 true false false false false false false false false false false X 15 0 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false Alexandria Searls 4349967282 PO Box 281 Charlottesville VA 22902 X Diana Amatucci Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Brooke Asher Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Chew Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Bob Fenwick Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Sarah Gran Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Deborah McLeod Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Julia Shields Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Sally Thomas Director 1.15 X 0 0 0 Malou Stark President 3.45 X 0 0 0 Dan Mahon Vice President 1.00 X 0 0 0 Valerie L'Herrou Treasurer 2.50 X 0 0 0 Eileen Akers Secretary 9.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 1180 78196 79376 Admission Fees 712110 7297 0 0 7297 5008 5008 5008 5008 1180 91681 7297 5008 0 47129 23564 14139 9426 550 275 165 110 3647 1824 1094 729 1400 0 1400 0 246 123 74 49 1051 0 1051 0 1268 0 1268 0 990 990 0 0 48098 24049 14429 9620 17564 0 17564 0 Bank Fees 50 0 50 0 Telephone 3238 1619 1619 0 Website 0 0 0 0 Program Expenses 2800 2800 0 0 1274 0 1274 0 129305 55244 54127 19934 7455 22566 1970457 486128 1532428 1484329 1539883 1506895 1559 7097 284375 283472 285934 290569 X 1250129 1216326 3820 1253949 1216326 1539883 1506895 -37624 X false false false X 0 67967 64221 82999 68271 79376 362834 0 0 67967 64221 82999 68271 79376 362834 0 362834 12 3 1 0 0 16 941 2146 685 500 5008 9280 0 372130 0.97500 0.98840 X 0 0 0 0 0 1801189 323938 1477251 12212 7845 4367 144215 143574 641 12841 10771 2070 1484329 Other Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center 2022 Statement of Accomplishments In 2022 we reopened for small and medium-sized school groups for our field trip program, but we still did not return to the pre-pandemic class sizes. We served public, private, and homeschool groups and taught them about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and its local roots. We gave tours to adult groups and tourists from both in-state and out-of-state. We ran outdoor arts programs for visitors of all ages related to exploration, such as journaling based on the Lewis and Clark journals, and photography, bringing in modern skills. We worked with area Cub Scouts on badge requirements. In partnership with the County of Albemarle, we mentored a high school capstone arborist project. We did research and exhibition planning for the City of Charlottesvilles Lewis & Clark statue that had been moved to our location in 2021 pending a final decision on a transfer of ownership. That statue, Charles Kecks Their First View of the Pacific, had been a monument on Main Street since 1919. After many years of community debate, the statue was voted to be taken down because of controversy involving the depiction of Sacajawea. The base still stands on Main Street, and LCEC received the upper bronze portion of the statue, now on display outside. Throughout 2022 we did extensive research and writing on the Keck statue. We fabricated new displays for our history tour that relate to the statue, including 3-D print outs of scans that also relate to STEM studies. We participated in Virginia Association of Museum conference, focusing on the impact of race on interpretations of art and history. We participated in a Moton Museum meeting about museums in a time of reexamination concerning race and interpretation. Attendees included museum leaders from throughout the state. We did extensive site work and debris removal from damage from storms to built-structures, such as our kayak shed and outdoor storage. In May, we held a major community event called FLOWRALIA, which involved musicians, painters, installation artists, and more. This was a free event that welcomed over 800 people. Adults and children learned about plein art painting and about appreciating nature through art. The streams and river were highlighted through drama, plein air painting, and installations. FLOWRALIA was part of the River Renaissance project started by the County of Albemarle and local non-profits, including LCEC, to highlight the watershed and in particular the Rivanna River where the Exploratory Center is located and which has historical connections to Thomas Jefferson and to the Lewis and Clark families. We opened our building to events for other non-profits, such as the Nature Conservancy, Building Goodness, Piedmont Environmental Council. In the summer we ran small group camps for children related to exploration. We worked with City of Charlottesville special needs summer camp groups and with private special needs camps. We partnered with CBI Forest School on outdoor programs. In addition, we taught classes in photography, history, and tree identification for homeschool groups. One class involved the history of boats. We explored our nature trails and a Pollinator Trail. We led a field trip to Pen Park where we scouted the Rivanna River and explored the burial places of the enslaved that were recently discovered on the outside of the wall of an 18th century cemetery. Also in the summer, we were invited by the Freedom School to make an in-person presentation to elementary and middle school students at the schools summer home at the Darden School of Business. They asked us to present on freedom, global warming, the watershed, and literacy. We used an African recipe to tell a story of enslavement and freedom along the African East Coast. In the fall we collaborated with Piedmont Virginia Community College students to produce an installation at the annual Let There Be Light event. The installation was based on aquatic life in the Rivanna River. The installation, which was interactive, was visited by area children, including children from the Boys and Girls Club. Over 1000 people attended the event. Throughout the fall, we continued with our small to medium field trip programs. For adults, we ran special tours and offered Zoom presentations, including one on the Keck statue. For the Rutherford Hayes Museum in Ohio, we ran a presentation on Zoom on the book Undaunted Courage. We began writing articles for Words from Your Watershed, the Thomas Jefferson Planning Districts newsletter, distributed to five counties, on watershed issues. We reported on the flora and fauna at the Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center. The newsletter is part of the Rivanna River Basin Commissions efforts. We also reported on the progress of the Exploratory Centers watershed mapping project using photographs, text, and writings of area schoolchildren to document the Rivanna River watershed. Pt VI, Line 11b No Review was or will be conducted.