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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$153,222
Total expenses
$118,703
Contributions and grants received
$120,990
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$10,322
Membership dues (line 3)
$12,830
Investment income (line 4)
$7,517
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$1,563
Total assets, end of year
$234,275
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$234,275
Program service expenses (Part III)
$108,750

Program services were 91.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

SCIENTIFIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

  • IN 2024, THE PA/NJ CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION PARTICIPATED IN MANY OUTREACH EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE PARTICIPATED IN THE PA FARM SHOW, DISTRIBUTING NUTS AND SHARING THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT WITH THOUSANDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE 8-DAY EVENT. SIMILARLY, WE PARTICIPATED IN OTHER OUTREACH EVENTS: AG PROGRESS DAYS, ECO EVENT AT CODORUS STATE PARK, LANCASTER NATIVE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE FESTIVAL, CENTRAL PA NATIVE PLANT FEST, DUNCANNON APPALACHIAN TRAIL FESTIVAL AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DAY AT HANOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS OUTREACH EVENT WAS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL AS THE AUDIENCE WAS SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO LISTENED TO THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT STORY. ALL THE OUTREACH EVENTS ARE STAFFED BY PA/NJ CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS. WE HELD SPRING AND FALL MEETINGS WHICH WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH A TOTAL OF 150 ATTENDEES. IN JANUARY 2022, THE CHAPTER ESTABLISHED A SPEAKER'S BUREAU. THE GROUP CONSISTED OF MANY VOLUNTEERS INTERESTED IN GIVING PRESENTATIONS TO VARIOUS GROUPS. THE CHAPTER RECEIVES REQUESTS TO SPEAK AT MEETINGS AND GROUP EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2024. THE SPEAKER'S BUREAU PARTICIPANTS CONTINUE TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES WITH THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT.WE ALSO CONDUCTED MANY ORCHARD HELP OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE 2024 GROWING SEASON. WITH OVER 150 ORCHARDS IN PA, THERE WERE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH SMALL STEM ASSAY AND INOCULATIONS ON CHESTNUT SEEDLINGS AND AT MANY ORCHARDS. OTHER VOLUNTEER WORK INCLUDED PLANTING SEEDLINGS AND HARVESTING CHESTNUTS AT THE ORCHARDS.

    Expenses $108,750

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • RICK HARTLIEB

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • DANIEL O'KEEFE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER REINHART

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEAN NAJJAR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MARY AYRES

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKE AUCOTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDWARD BUCHAK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID DEAVILLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVE DELP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIM ECK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAKE GRABOSKI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ED REGINA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502179349200740

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