2025-05-15T11:28:55-07:00 2024-12-31 SELAH FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LLC 6749 ANGELS LANE TUCKER GA 30084 990 2024-01-01 200890449 West Atlanta Watershed Alliance WEST 4047525385 PO Box 10883 Atlanta GA 30310 Warren Edwards Treasurer 4047525385 2025-05-05 true true Tiffany Dover P00276250 6789379115 2025-05-15 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z WAWA Warren Edwards PO Box 10883 Atlanta GA 30310 1681651 false X wawa-online.org X 2004 GA The mission of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving, and restoring our communitys natural resources. 9 7 13 830 0 0 1079434 1634565 33374 40476 0 2322 6610 1115130 1681651 0 0 474676 677570 0 18845 580605 519931 1055281 1197501 59849 484150 1365403 1849553 -3589 -3589 1368992 1853142 X The mission of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance is to improve the quality of life within the West Atlanta Watershed by protecting, preserving, and restoring our communitys natural resources. false false 377597 0 0 WAWA partnered with the City of Atlanta Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs and other partners to provide environmental education, environmental stewardship and health and wellness programming at the Outdoor Activity Center, Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, the Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Preserve. Specifically, WAWA led repeated and significant experiences for youth from underserved communities in the outdoors as well as led the Atlanta, GA Nature Everywhere initiative to determine a collective vision statement and goals with our partners. We also facilitated over 1,015 hours of outdoor youth and family programs, led youth and families in hiking 1,900 miles of trails, and engaged over 4,739 adults and children in outdoor exploration, learning, and fun! 220667 0 0 In partnership with grassroots community-based partners, environmental non-profit organizations, and local collegiate partners such as the Proctor Creek Stewardship Council, Green Team of English Avenue, Cascade Springs Nature Conservancy, Hunter Hills, the Mozeley Park Neighborhood Association, the Student Conservation Association, and Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, WAWA led 25 nature-based, environmental stewardship volunteer projects helping to sustain the 22-acre old growth urban forest at the OAC and other West Atlanta parks and greenspaces in the Proctor, Utoy, and Sandy Creek Watersheds. With these efforts, we cleared over 17,000 sq. ft. of nonnative species and engaged over 500 volunteers to care for the native species, food, and wildlife at the OAC. In addition to the OAC, we cleared non-native species, cleaned West Atlanta waterways, and mapped urban heat islands across West Atlanta neighborhoods through additional volunteers in over 2,170 hours of service, and contributing over $72,471 in volunteer labour to steward the City of Atlantas parks and greenspaces and to advance local climate resilience initiatives. 285784 0 0 WAWA invested in community-led solutions to environmental challenges in urban watershed by co-facilitating the training of 10, Metropolitan Atlanta-based community leaders through the Atlanta Watershed Learning Network (AWLN) and supporting their initiation of community-based Champions projects to address watershed protection, equitable development, and environmental justice issues in their communities. WAWA also helped to grow and distributed 994 pounds of fresh produce through a community-based mutual aid effort; conducted on-site torus at the Hartnett Community Garden at the OAC and led educational programming on local food sovereignty efforts; hosted a capacity-building workshop for 40 community based organizations to learn grant-writing,environmental mapping, and coalition-building; and led place-keeping efforts through our OAC/Bush Mountain Oral History Project. 58607 0 0 Provided land and water stewardship of publicly forested greenspaces in and waterways through water quality monitoring, trail maintenance,creek clean-up activities, and invasive removal. Delivered watershed-based environmental training programs,conducted community-engaged research on urban heat islands and heat resilience. 58607 0 0 942655 true true false false false false false false false false true 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 true 0 0 13 true false false false false false false false false false false X 9 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false GA X Na'Taki Osborne Jelks 4047525385 1442 Richland Rd SW Atlanta GA 30310 X Patrice Francis Board Chair 20.00 X X 0 0 0 Warren Edwards Board Treasurer 10.00 X X 0 0 0 Tia Bohannon Board Secretary 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Lorraine McCall Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Victoria Johnson Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 CW Copeland Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Alyssa Combs Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Duane Jackson Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Lacie Pierre Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 17024 22000 1595541 1634565 Environmental Education Programs 813312 40476 0 0 40476 6610 6610 6610 6610 17024 1681651 47086 0 0 610049 529513 63636 16900 67521 58607 7043 1871 365584 320032 45552 0 1160 0 1160 0 1644 0 1644 0 81008 20283 60676 49 5228 0 5228 0 27252 12226 15026 0 1883 344 1514 25 31304 163 31141 0 Dues and Subscriptions 2943 850 2093 0 Licenses and Permits 30 0 30 0 Meals 1663 637 1026 0 Gifts 232 0 232 0 1197501 942655 236001 18845 1347400 1826857 22696 18003 22696 1365403 1849553 -3589 -3589 -3589 -3589 X 1368992 1853142 1368992 1853142 1365403 1849553 484150 X false false false false X 0 222123 767677 1204025 1075704 1633975 4903504 0 15000 75000 80000 82000 85000 337000 237123 842677 1284025 1157704 1718975 5240504 0 5240504 0 0 0 5240504 1.00000 1.00000 X 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 22696 22696 22696 State Taxes -3589 -3589 Pt VI, Line 11b The Board of Directors has approved this form. Pt VI, Line 12c Annually, all Officers and Directors are asked to fill out a form declaring any conflicts of interest. If conflicts of interest are declared or otherwise discovered, the Officers and/or Directors in question have to respond to a line of inquiry to provide more detail on the conflict of interest. The conflict is then addressed/eliminated which can include removal from the Board of Directors. To date, no such actions have had to be taken. Pt VI, Line 19 The organization made governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public during the tax year upon request at its physical location: 1442 Richland Rd. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Provided land and water stewardship of publicly 58607. 0. 0.