2026-05-04T18:11:38-04:00 2025-06-30 WITHUMSMITHBROWN PC 1835 MARKET STREET SUITE 1710 PHILADELPHIA PA 191032945 990 2024-07-01 231654975 The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education % THE ORGANIZATION SCHU 2154827300 8480 Hagys Mill Road Philadelphia PA 19128 ERIN MOONEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2154827300 2026-04-27 true true MELISSA DUNN P01278330 2155462140 2026-04-27 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ERIN MOONEY 8480 Hagys Mill Road Philadelphia PA 19128 4550775 false X WWW.SCHUYLKILLCENTER.ORG X 1965 PA TO INSPIRE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE. 12 12 87 873 -13773 0 3869521 1396393 1192345 1193820 1089929 373881 44698 9340 6196493 2973434 0 0 0 0 2033545 2036751 0 0 289217 1319156 1672817 3352701 3709568 2843792 -736134 12968392 12653426 698197 752957 12270195 11900469 X THE SCHUYLKILL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INSPIRES MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE. WE ENGAGE WITH OUR FORESTS AND FIELDS TO FOSTER APPRECIATION, DEEPEN UNDERSTANDING, AND ENCOURAGE STEWARDSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENT. false false 753090 548567 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - THE CENTER OFFERS A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOLS, SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SIGNATURE PROGRAMS INCLUDE FIELD TRIPS FOR STUDENTS IN PREK - 12 SCHOOLS, SUMMER CAMPS AND DAY OFF CAMPS, LARGE WEEKEND FESTIVALS, A NATURE-BASED PRESCHOOL, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC. 244622 WILDLIFE CLINIC - THE WILDLIFE CLINIC, STAFFED BY STATE AND FEDERALLY LICENSED REHABILITATORS, CARES FOR THOUSANDS OF INJURED, SICK, AND ORPHANED ANIMALS ANNUALLY, ALL BROUGHT BY THE COMMUNITY TO OUR FACILITY, AND STRIVES TO RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THEIR NATURAL HABITAT. MEDICAL TREATMENT AND TEMPORARY REFUGE ARE PROVIDED FOR NATIVE BIRDS, MAMMALS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS IN NEED. 382138 LAND AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING LAND STEWARDSHIP - THE DEPARTMENT WORKS TO MAINTAIN FACILITIES AND TRAILS, AND IMPROVE THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF THE FORESTS AND MEADOWS OF OUR 365-ACRE PROPERTY BY: ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS AND THE PUBLIC IN RESTORING HABITAT; REPLANTING NATIVE WILDFLOWERS, TREES AND SHRUBS; REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES; AND ADDRESSING STORMWATER CONCERNS, WHILE REPLANTING THE NATIVE SPECIES THAT PROVIDE A GREATER BENEFIT TO THE ECOSYSTEM. 412528 0 37603 ENVIRONMENTAL ART 806647 0 607650 OTHER PROGRAMS 1219175 0 645253 2599025 true true false false false false false true false true true false false 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 true false false false false false false false false true 37 0 true 87 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false PA X THE ORGANIZATION 2154827300 8480 HAGYS MILL ROAD PHILADELPHIA PA 19128 X ERIN R MOONEY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.0 0.0 X 144182 0 4986 MARILYN M TINARI EDD PRESIDENT 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 STACI VERNICK VICE PRESIDENT 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 STEPHEN J KAUFMAN SECRETARY 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 JANE BRADLEY ALAVI MD TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MARY ANN BOYER TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CATRIONA BRIGER TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 NEIL FEINSTEIN TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ELLEN W FERNBERGER TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 THOMAS L KEHOE JR TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 MAUREEN LANOCE TRUSTEE (EFF 01/2025) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 RYAN MCDONALD TRUSTEE (EFF 09/2024) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 LAUREN DRINKER PUTNAM TRUSTEE 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 144182 0 4986 1 false false false PAMELA WHITT 40 THAYER WAY PHOENIXVILLE PA 19460 HUMAN RESOURCES 106358 1 46086 1500 1348807 36712 1396393 PUBLIC PROGRAM AND OTHER FEES 900099 1193820 1193820 1193820 339829 339829 0 0 24148 24148 0 24148 24148 1538457 1504405 34052 34052 34052 0 0 0 0 0 0 53434 72936 -19502 -13773 -5729 OTHER INCOME 900099 4694 4694 4694 2973434 1193820 -13773 396994 0 0 0 0 162625 119955 31898 10772 0 1556203 1178235 272161 105807 11578 8540 2271 767 169791 125241 33303 11247 136554 100725 26784 9045 0 6087 2457 2867 763 0 0 0 0 687358 278833 321932 86593 24978 23978 604 396 140780 99202 18732 22846 47060 11445 32874 2741 0 65497 60764 1310 3423 19514 18091 1416 7 0 21069 8206 11953 910 5383 5383 0 312393 280761 15816 15816 148979 109890 29221 9868 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 128665 127203 1462 WILDLIFE FOOD AND SUPPLIES 26534 26534 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 15597 7647 4637 3313 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 14201 7042 4109 3050 8722 4276 2593 1853 3709568 2599025 821326 289217 -1394 46585 2664702 1873293 154000 156561 13089 11621 0 0 0 0 0 0 14981 16478 47323 85064 10357472 6406387 3967404 3951085 6108287 6512739 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12968392 12653426 144374 233022 0 0 404673 370785 0 0 0 0 0 0 149150 149150 0 0 0 0 698197 752957 X 8568008 8355351 3702187 3545118 12270195 11900469 12968392 12653426 X -736134 416408 -50000 X false true X true false X 1374409 1501528 935344 3896021 1396393 9103695 0 0 1374409 1501528 935344 3896021 1396393 9103695 3120092 5983603 120721 102240 169363 296990 363977 1053291 0 21777 51817 12498 1092 4694 91878 10248864 6283858 0.58383 0.58790 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X false 6293330 741898 240000 6795228 5876738 656717 240125 6293330 5523702 553036 200000 5876738 6242452 -718750 5523702 4985572 1371880 115000 6242452 0.80040 0.19960 0.00000 false false 2809830 2809830 6079595 5118864 960731 1339319 1202532 136787 128728 84991 43737 3951085 0 0 X 3412778 416408 -50000 366408 3046370 -72936 -72936 2973434 3782504 72936 72936 3709568 3709568 PART III, LINE 4: DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTIONS THE CENTER'S COLLECTIONS CONSIST OF BOTH LIVING AND NON-LIVING COLLECTIONS, EACH SUPPORTING THE CENTER'S MISSION OF CREATING IMMERSIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. THE CENTER'S 365 ACRES OF PRIVATELY OWNED AND MANAGED PROPERTY IS THE LARGEST, NON-GOVERNMENT OWNED OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND IS ONE OF THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA. THE LIVING COLLECTIONS INCLUDE A "LAND COLLECTION" OF ECOSYSTEMS - WOODLANDS, MEADOWS, SUCCESSIONAL HARDWOOD FORESTS, WETLANDS, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS AND AQUATIC HABITATS; A NATIVE PLANT NURSERY; THE WILD ANIMALS, BIRDS AND INSECTS LIVING IN THESE HABITATS; A GREEN ROOF. NON-LIVING COLLECTIONS INCLUDE A 1,400 INDIGENOUS SPECIES HERBARIUM; THOUSANDS OF PLANT, ANIMAL AND MINERAL SPECIMENS; REVOLVING EXHIBITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ARTWORK; HUNDREDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND SLIDES, INCLUDING HISTORICAL PHOTOS OF THE CENTER'S GROUNDS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY; HISTORICAL STRUCTURAL REMNANTS THROUGHOUT THE CENTER'S PROPERTY; AND A DEMONSTRATION SOLAR PV INSTALLATION. PART V, LINE 4: INTENDED USE OF ORGANIZATION'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS OF THE CENTER ARE TO BE USED PRIMARILY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE CENTER AND ITS MISSION. PART X, LINE 2: GAAP REQUIRES ENTITIES TO EVALUATE, MEASURE, RECOGNIZE AND DISCLOSE ANY UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN ON THEIR TAX RETURNS. GAAP PRESCRIBES A MINIMUM RECOGNITION THRESHOLD THAT A TAX POSITION IS REQUIRED TO MEET IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE CENTER BELIEVES IT HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS DEFINED IN GAAP. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: LOSS ON UNCOLLECTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS -50,000 PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD -23,917 OVERHEAD COSTS FROM SALES -49,019 ------- TOTAL -72,936 PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD 23,917 OVERHEAD COSTS FROM SALES 49,019 ------- TOTAL 72,936 X 2700 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 3 29012 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 false false false PART II: COLUMN (B) REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D: ENVIRONMENTAL ART AND OTHER - THE ENVIRONMENTAL ART DEPARTMENT INCITES CURIOSITY AND SPARKS AWARENESS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ART. THE DEPARTMENT WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS THAT ATTRACT, EDUCATE, AND INSPIRE THE PUBLIC. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B: GOVERNING BODY REVIEW OF FORM 990: THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE RETURN IS SIGNED. IN ADDITION, A FINAL COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO ITS FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY: IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY BOARD TRUSTEE TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE. ANNUAL COMPLETION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM IS REQUIRED. WHEN THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THERE MAY BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, TRUSTEES WILL SEEK GUIDANCE FROM THOSE TRUSTEES WHO ARE ATTORNEYS OR SEEK OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A: PROCESS FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REVIEWS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE AND INSTITUTES SALARY ADJUSTMENTS ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS HISTORY AND BUDGETING. IN THE CASE OF THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, A SEARCH FIRM CONTRACTED BY THE CENTER PROVIDED INPUT ON SALARY BASED ON COMPARABLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES' SALARIES ARE ADJUSTED VIA THE APPROVED ANNUAL BUDGET. ANY BUDGETED SALARY INCREASES ARE IMPLEMENTED BASED ON STAFF HIRE DATES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GOVERNING DOCUMENTS: THE CENTER MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: LOSS ON UNCOLLECTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS -50,000 FORM 990 PART IX LINE 11G DESCRIPTION:OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES TOTAL FEES:687358