Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PRESERVE, HONOR, PROTECT, RESTORE AND PROMOTE THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF TUCSON'S BIRTHPLACE AT THE FOOT OF SENTINEL PEAK ('A' MOUNTAIN).
CELEBRATING Traditional Agriculture AND FOOD TRADITIONS:Agave Heritage Festival, San Ysidro Harvest Festival, Pomegranate Month, Membrillo Fest, Monsoon Harvest Dinner.EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & Workshops:Workshops: Fermentations, Herbal Medicines, Acorns, Cholla Bud & Nopalito Harvest & Agave History, Orange Marmalade, Heritage Fruit Tree Pruning and Propagation Workshops for School Children & Community Members, Audubon Birding, Seed- Harvesting Workshops, Expanded Docent Program, Bat Night, Garden Critter Night, Winter & Summer Solstice Celebrations, Native American Art Festival, Planting in Pre-contact Garden with Tohono Oodham. Patagonia area orchards, nurseries and Nature Preserve Tour and 6th Annual Ethnobotany Trip to Oaxaca, Mexico.NEW CONSTRUCTION AND New Planting in Garden:Constructed 300 ft. Acequia - Demonstration waterway with Central Pond Area, Wood and Stone Bridges, circulating pumps. Planted native riparian grasses and bushes along the acequia.Constructed Shade Ramada for grapes at Kitchen entrance, Built Pit House Replica- Hohokam era in Youth Garden with Archaeology Southwest. Created Era (Threshing Ground) and built structure to hold Taona (Grinding Stone).Planted agave trincheras garden along east entrance of Mission Garden.Advocacy:Continued process to declare TOHP with Historic Landmark status from City of Tucson. Continued discussions and research on sustainable use of A Mountain Landfill. Presentations to San Xavier District Tohono Oodham, Dioceses of Tucson. OUTREACH and COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS:Once Upon a Time in Tucson, United Ways-Days of Caring;Pima County, US Fish & Wildlife and Arizona Game to allow Gila Top Minnow and Huachuca Water Umbel, two threatened species, to reside in our Acequia, Chicanos por la Causa/Summer Youth Professionals Program, Hosted Ha:San High School Winter Storytelling, Nighthawk Nursery to begin tree propagation; Collaboration with ASDM, Community Food Bank; UNESCO City of Gastronomy, Tucson Meet Yourself, Ironwood Tree Experience; Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, Native Seed/SEARCH, Las Milpitas, Himdag Ki Tohono Oodham Cultural Center, Watershed Management Group, University of Arizona, National Phenology Network, Iskashitaa Refugee NetworkGarden Rental and Poetry Events:Rentals for large birthday, honorary events, Wedding Party, Northern Jaguar Presentation, Borderlands Restoration Event, Poetry Readings, Concerts.GRANTS AND AWARDS:Generous grants from US Fish & Wildlife Partners, the Wild Turkey Foundation and the Southwestern Foundation for Education & Historic Preservation, Stonewall Foundation,Pima County. Notables:First Olive and Fruiting Mulberry Harvests.Survived February snowfall!
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Richard Fe Tom | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Nancy Tom | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Jesus Garcia | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Tomas Castillo | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Amanda Castillo | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Don Guerra | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Kevin Dahl | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Diana Hadley | Secretary | 10 | $0 |
| Bill Dupont | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Amy Smith | Director | 10 | $0 |
| Roger Pfeuffer | CO-CHAIR | 30 | $0 |
| Katya Peterson | CO-CHAIR/TREAS | 30 | $0 |
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