Information Age Learning Center

“A copy of the return is given to the ceo who distributes the return to board members for review prior to signing the electronic filing authorization.”

“The board of trustees meets without salaried personnel to discuss salaries.”

“The return is presented by the chief financial officer to the board for review and approval before authorization for electronic filing is signed and returned to ero.”

“It is also very important to preserve camp evans to use as a site to inspire students to study engineering, science and history. How can we expect new generations to know what they are capable of if we do not show them what generations before them achieved. At the site, where thousands and thousands of persons worked to win ww ii and the cold war, hundreds of volunteers have been working to create a cultural resource. Here future generations learn history, science and enjoy excellent intergenerational family time. It is a growing heritage tourist attraction. Many visitors visit to see where a parent or grandparent served their country. The work to save camp evans by giving it a future in education to insure its preservation began in 1993. This was shortly after the public announcement of the camp evans closure under the army base realignment and closure program (brac93). As a volunteer effort, with the support of the township of wall, the group incorporated as the information age learning center t/a infoage science history center in 1998. Infoage took all the steps required to gain the historic designations needed to enable protection of the site. Infoage researched the sites history and created a 1,200 page website to raise public awareness of the amazing history of the little known site. Infoage enabled camp evans to qualify for the transfer of the 37 acre historic district to wall township under the national park service - historic surplus program. By 2001 brac93 program mismanagement of the site caused serious damage to the infrastructure and buildings to the point the township informed infoage they would not accept the transfer of the property. The property would then be auctioned to developers. Infoage secured the help of congressman chris smith, preservationnj and the national trust for historic preservation to hold the army to the requirements of national law, brac regulations and presidential orders. The army was compelled to replace the site sewer system infoage volunteers took extraordinary efforts to remediate suspected lead-based paint problems and massive fungal infestation of the historic structures. With these problems resolved as evidenced by a 'letter of no further action' issued by the njdep wall township accepted the transfer of the first portion of the historic district in 2005. Other portions were transferred in 2009 and 2012. Over the years as the organizational expertise of infoage has grown. Our yearly budget is approaching nearly $400,000. Since 2008 infoage financial information has been reviewed and filed with the irs by a professional accountant. This year and the previous year records have been moved to quickbooks for non-profits. Since 1993 the past records were kept in microsoft excel. The board of trustees has 15 members including an attorney, an experienced treasurer, a teaching ph.d professor from princeton university, a former bell laboratories/lucent technologies ph.d in engineering and three founding members. The board guides the organization by policies and procedures. To move the mission forward in a volunteer based organization, the coo, an administration assistant and a handyman are part-time employees. A professional firm handles payroll and payroll tax disbursements. For the protection of the mission infoage caries various insurance coverage including officers insurance, liability, volunteer injury and special event coverage as appropriate. State, county and local government as well as others have shown confidence in infoage with grants over the years. Examples are $450,000 - wall township over nine years, $250,000 - monmouth county freeholders, $98,000 - comm. Dev. Block grant, $75,000 - founders gifts over 23 years, $60,000 - itt for hotel a/c, $50,000 - nj historical commission to update preservation master plan, $50,000 duncan thecker trust, $47,000 - nj historic trust - heat in 9010a, $33,000 - njht general operating support, $60,000 - nj natural gas, $20,000 michael gallob foun”

“Value of historical artifacts in musuem not previously reported 812916.”