2023-05-15T08:33:45-04:00 2022-12-31 330996010 J Lunsford CPA 2255 Lewis Street NW Kennesaw GA 30144 990 2022-01-01 020648202 BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE INC BLUE 4055 ROSWELL ROAD ATLANTA GA 30342 MELODY HARCLERODE EXECUTIVE DIREC 4049466394 2023-05-12 true MELODY HARCLERODE XXX-XX-XXXX James R Lunsford Jr P00568479 7702620745 2023-05-15 0 11 AAL2 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z 425591 false X WWW.BHNP.ORG X 2002 GA WE CREATE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH NATURE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGH INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND NATURE-INSPIRED ART EXHIBITIONS AT OUR 30-ACRE PRESERVE AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS ATLANTA TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. 15 15 6 300 0 0 211103 195502 152724 133231 0 95228 96858 459055 425591 0 0 90748 143650 0 29777 369577 339789 460325 483439 -1270 -57848 959024 882428 26983 8235 932041 874193 WE CREATE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH NATURE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGH INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CONSERVATION PROJECTS, AND NATURE-INSPIRED ART EXHIBITIONS AT OUR 30-ACRE PRESERVE AND IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS ATLANTA TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. false false 273630 CONSERVATION: AS AN ECOLOGICAL TREASURE FILLED WITH WOODLANDS, WETLANDS, RIPARIAN CREEK AREAS OVER 30-ACRES, A MEADOW, BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE IS COMMITTED TO TAP THE BEAUTY AND WONDER OF OUR GREENSPACE REGIONALLY AS A DYNAMIC OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND RESEARCH HUB FOR METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AND BEYOND. IN 2022, WE STARTED A PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGIA TECH AND THE CITY OF ATLANTA TO LEVERAGE THE USE OF DRONE AND APPS FOR OUR ONGOING TREE CANOPY WORK. OUR NATIVE PLANT GARDEN HAS GROWN IN SIZE AND APPRECIATION WITH THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS. IN TOTAL, OVER XXX VOLUNTEERS FROM CORPORATE AND UNIVERSITY GROUPS DONATED XXX HOURS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING TRAIL CLEANUPS AND REMOVAL OF INVASIVE PLANTS. WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF OUR TREE CANOPY STUDY AT THE LARGEST PARKS AND GREENSPACE CONFERENCE IN THE SOUTHEAST IN MARCH 2023. 106899 EDUCATION: BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE, INC. ENHANCED THE QUALITY AND REACH OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN 2022. UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR CURRICULUM SHOULD BE DYNAMIC LIKE OUR 30-ACRE GREENSPACE, BLUE HERON EDUCATORS COMPLEMENTED OUR REGGIO EMILIA CURRICULUM WITH ART ACTIVITIES FOR THE 930 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN OUR SUMMER AND SCHOOL BREAK CAMPS, SCOUT PROGRAMS, AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND COUNSELOR-IN-TRAINING PROGRAMS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SERVING UNDERSERVED FAMILIES, WE WERE HONORED TO INSPIRE CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS ABOUT THE NATURE BEAUTY AT OUR 30-ACRE PRESERVE AND THE GREENSPACES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 11387 PUBLIC ART:2022 WITNESSED THE BLOSSOMING OF OUR NATURE-THEMED ART PROGRAMS. A RECORD 11 VISUAL ARTISTS AND 3 PERFORMING ARTISTS FROM THE ATLANTA REGION AND THE SOUTHEAST PARTICIPATED IN OUR ART OF NATURE OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION, CURATED BY THE BLUE HERON ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE. THE FERTILE GROUND EXHIBITION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH ZUCOT GALLERY AND ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (APS) EXPANDED APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR PRESERVE TO 70 APS ART EDUCATORS AND 150 APS STUDENTS. ART LOVERS WERE ALSO FETED WITH THREE EXHIBITIONS FROM EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS FROM ATLANTA TO DALLAS, TEXAS. OUR ARTS PROGRAM STANDS OUT AS ONE OF THE FEW COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE FREE, ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTHEAST. PARTNERSHIPS:REFLECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS TO ESTABLISHED OUR ORGANIZATION IN 2000, BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE, INC. UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, AND NATURE-INSPIRED ARTS IN ATLANTA AND BEYOND. WE INITIATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH GREENING YOUTH FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS, TREES ATLANTA FOR CRITICAL TREE PLANTINGS ALONG OUR STREAM BUFFER, AND GEORGIA TECH AND THE CITY OF ATLANTA FOR OUR TREE CANOPY WORK. HONORING OUR FOUNDERS ROLE AS AN ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOL (APS) EDUCATOR, OUR LONGSTANDING APS PARTNERSHIP DEEPENED FROM THE FERTILE GROUND INITIATIVE WITH ZUCOT GALLERY. PARTNERSHIPS WITH CORPORATE AND CIVIC PARTNERS HELPED US TO BEAUTIFY AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF OUR GREENSPACE. WORKING WITH RESPECTED PARTNERS ON IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES IN 2022 POSITIONS BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE, INC. WELL FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2023. BLUEWAY TRAIL: WITH THE ADDITION OF RAILING AND BOARDWALK TO OUR 3-MILE EARTH-FRIENDLY BLUEWAY TRAIL IN 2020, BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS IMPROVED ACCESS TO THE PRESERVE TO DEVELOP WELL-RECEIVED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING IN 2022. WE RESUMED YEAR-ROUND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS AT OUR CITY OF ATLANTA PARK FOR CHILDREN IN SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND BEYOND. OUR ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED VOLUNTEER SATURDAYS TO PROMOTE EXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN THE SPACES ADJOINING THE BLUEWAY TRAIL. THESE INITIATIVES WERE COMPLEMENTED WITH OUR FERTILE GROUND PARTNERSHIP WITH ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ZUCOT GALLERY, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREENING YOUTH FOUNDATION TO SERVE UNREPRESENTED YOUTHS, THE ART OF NATURE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION, AND AUGUST HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS. 391916 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false 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 false true 20 0 true 6 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false GA X MELODY HARCLERODE 4049466394 4055 ROSWELL ROAD ATLANTA GA 30342 X KATHERINE FROST DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE MCINANEY DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LINDSAY S JOHNSON DIRECTOR 3.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JASON ULSETH DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELTON HART DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AKEIME LEACHMAN DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARET GONZALES DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT THRELKELD DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT COOK PRESIDENT 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD BARTOLANZO TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK WILLS VICE PRESIDENT 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KITSIE RIGGALL SECRETARY 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER PATRICK TREASURER 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MELODY HARCLERODE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 195502 29680 195502 EDUCATION 611600 133231 133231 133231 96858 96858 96858 96858 425591 230089 0 0 67202 43803 13716 9683 76448 49829 15603 11016 4353 4353 14324 14324 24000 24000 5455 5455 12657 8480 1519 2658 3710 3710 5755 2878 2877 1686 1686 58198 58198 10484 8155 2329 EDUCATION 106899 106899 BLDG MAINTREPAIR 22039 22039 LANDSCAPING 41602 41602 ART PROGRAM 11387 11387 17240 8607 2213 6420 483439 391916 61746 29777 158113 157904 21289 2500 600 937594 220845 774947 716749 4675 4675 959024 882428 21533 2785 5450 5450 26983 8235 X 922041 874193 10000 932041 874193 959024 882428 -57848 0 X false true X false false X 564713 613690 372345 211103 193823 1955674 75425 75425 75425 75425 75425 377125 640138 689115 447770 286528 269248 2332799 319249 2013550 106040 99375 98924 95228 96858 496425 2829224 0.71170 0.81990 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 937594 220845 716749 716749 SECURITY DEPOSITS 5450 5450 425591 425591 425591 483439 483439 483439 X ARCHETECTURAL DESIGN 1 24000 FMV X LEGAL SERVICES 1 2763 FMV X FOOD 1 1327 FMV false false false Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE TREASURER ADN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE 990. 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