Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF THE JENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS IS TO PRESERVE NATURAL, TRANQUIL WOODLANDS FOR COMMUNITY ENJOYMENT, TO SHOWCASE NATIVE PLANTS AND A WORLD CLASS COLLECTION OF RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS, AND TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE THROUGH LEARNING, RESEARCH, AND CONSERVATION.
EDUCATION - THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS EDUCATIONAL INTERNSHIPS, WORKSHOPS, TOURS, AND LECTURES TO THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT HORTICULTURE AND ECOLOGY. THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES EDUCATIONAL NEWSLETTERS, WHICH FOCUS ON RELATED TOPICS SUCH AS BIRDS, THE BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR EXERCISE, AND TREES IN ADDITION TO A LISTING OF VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS BEING OFFERED TO THE COMMUNITY. DURING THE YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHED THREE INFORMATIONAL NEWSLETTERS, HOSTED MORE THAN 60 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS, AND PROVIDED 22 TOURS IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION.
HORTICULTURE - THE ARBORETUM IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE, ALL 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR FROM 8 AM TO SUNSET. THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES 70,000 GUEST VISITS A YEAR WHO ARE ABLE TO VIEW AND APPRECIATE ONE OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S GREAT HORTICULTURAL AND ENVIORNENTAL ASSETS. THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS SPECIAL EVENTS DURING THE YEAR, INCLUDING PLANT SALES AND GATHERINGS OF PLANT SOCIETIES, WHICH SERVE TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND FULFILL THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. DURING 2019, THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED TWO PUBLIC PLANT SALES MANAGED BY AMERICAN RHODODENDRON SOCIETY AND DELAWARE VALLEY IRIS SOCIETY, WHO WERE THE FIDUCIARIES. JENKINS RECEIVED CHARITABLE DONATION GRANTS FROM PLANT SOCIETES FOR HOSTING THE EVENTS.
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 |
|---|
| Dr Harold Sweetman | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 6/19) | 50 | $56,425 |
| Tom Smarr | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EFF 7/19) | 50 | $45,000 |
| John Otto Haas | BOARD MEMBER - HONORARY | 1 | $0 |
| Margret H Wolcott | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Marilyn Sifford | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITA | 1 | $0 |
| Frederick C Fletcher Ii Esq | BOARD MEMBER - EMERITUS | 1 | $0 |
| Sally Wood | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Roger H Whiteman Esq | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Cole P Vastine | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Angela Scully | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| William Schwarze | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Mintun | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Leboutillier | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Pamela Joy Jensen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Holmes | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Howard Holden | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Linda K Himmelberger | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| John Fischer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Julia Wood Devuono | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Gretchen Kiernan | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Walter Lenhard | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Cordray | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Edmond Morse | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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