Organizations Filed Purposes:
CONSERVE NATURAL BEAUTY & WILDNESS OF WISSAHICKON VALLEY & STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST THEREIN
INFRASTRUCTURETHE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMMING OF THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDES SEVERAL KEY PROJECT AREAS ORGANIZED AROUND THE MAN-MADE BUILT ELEMENTS OF THE PARK INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TRAILS, BUILDINGS, SIGNS, FENCES, MASONRY AND PARKING AREAS.
ENGAGEMENT:THE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING AT FOW ENABLES THE STAFF AND DIRECTORS OF FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON TO INFORM AND INVOLVE THE PUBLIC IN THE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON'S MISSION OF STEWARDSHIP AND SERVICE. THE SIGNATURE INITIATIVE UNDER ENGAGEMENT IS THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPREHENSIVE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMING, WHICH MAKES SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL OF OUR STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES. IN 2019, VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED OVER 16,573 HOURS OF DIRECT SERVICE TO THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE WISSAHICKON VALLEY PARK, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF OVER $420,000 (USING THE MOST RECENT AVAILABLE VALUATION OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA (2018), ASSESSED AT $25.43 PER HOUR BY INDEPENDENT SECTOR). IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION HAS IMPLEMENTED OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AS PART OF THE LITTLE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON PROGRAM.
HABITATTHE HABITAT PROGRAMMING INCLUDES TWO SIGNATURE EFFORTS, THE PROTECT OUR WATERSHED (POW) PROGRAM AND THE ECOLOGICAL LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN. POW IS A LAND CONSERVATION AND CITIZEN EDUCATION PROGRAM FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE IMPACT OF STORM WATER RUNOFF IN THE WISSAHICKON VALLEY PARK. THE ECOLOGICAL LAND MANAGEMENT (ELM) PLAN IS A STRATEGIC EFFORT TO COORDINATE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION EFFORTS IN AND BORDERING THE PARK.
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 |
|---|
| Maura Mccarthy | EXEC DIRECTOR THRU 12.31.19 | 50 | $131,461 |
| Hooman Parsia | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| John Meigs | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Berkhoff | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Christine Bamberger | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Wilmerding | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Patricia West | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Garrett Trego | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Janice Sykes-Ross | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jean Sachs | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Fred Magaziner | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Louise Johnston | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nina Hoe | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Joanne Dahme | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Samuel Finney | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Alyssa Edwards | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Emily Daeschler | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ethan Birchard | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stephanie Craighead | MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Tai-Ming Chang | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Bentley | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Sarah Weidner Asthiemer | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Kremnick | MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| James Walker | TREASURER (EFF 7/1/19) | 5 | $0 |
| David Pope | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Harbison | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
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