Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association

“The business manager, president, and executive committee perform an initial review of the form 990. The entire board is then given the opportunity to review the form 990 before the return is filed with the irs.”

“Directors, officers, and key employees complete an annual questionnaire. The conflict of interest policy is consistently monitored by the executive committee. Family and business relationships are mentioned in the conflict of interest policy as sources of potential conflicts. Conflicted individuals recuse themselves from any decision-making involving the conflict.”

“The board of directors determines the compensation of new officers by seeking out comparable positions at like-sized non-profit organizations, with a focus on conservation organizations, to ensure compensation is within fair market range for the industry. The compensation review process for top officials is determined subsequent to the determination of the overall annual fiscal budget. The president establishes the overall annual budget, and compensation adjustments are then determined based on the overall budget with specific salaries approved by the board.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon request.”

“The acopian center helps to foster the research, both on- and off-site, by sanctuary scientists and its collaborators globally and provides a headquarters and meeting place for other conservation groups to exchange information. It also functions as the center for hawk mountain's international traineeship program, which has trained more than 475 up-and-coming biologists and conservationists from 76 countries worldwide. In addition, more than 40 hawk mountain research associates now include scientists from cornell and princeton universities, as well as scientists from elsewhere in north america, south america, europe, africa and asia. Since 1992, hawk mountain's research staff and its collaborators have contributed more than 300 technical publications, reviews, theses and dissertations to the scientific literature. Its training program has evolved to produce a growing number of outstanding hawk mountain graduate students who conduct independent research in conjunction with the sanctuary and an accredited college or university. Hawk mountain scientists current co-advise more than one dozen such individuals on four continents. The sanctuary is a lead partner in the raptor population index (rpi) project, working with hawkwatch international, birdlife canada and the hawk migration association of north america (hmana) to assess the conservation status of north american raptors. The rpi goal is to monitor raptor populations on a continental basis, based on migration counts and other data. Hawk mountain offers its expertise at no charge and conducts data analysis for the project, thus providing a large snapshot on the status of raptors across the continent. 4) conservation training: since 1976, hawk mountain's conservation science internship program has trained more than 476 young conservationists from 76 countries on six continents. Upon their return home, trainees continue to work with us as partners and help to move forward hawk mountain's mission to conserve birds of prey worldwide. Partially through endowment but also funded in part by general operations, the best and brightest young conservationists come to hawk mountain at absolutely no cost. Trainees are selected exclusively upon personal merit and the conservation need in their area, never on individual ability to pay. The sanctuary also actively supports alumni work, including raising funds and offering technical assistance for their associated organizations. Examples include providing tools to help start migration counts, helping to launch critically needed research projects or by helping to fund workshops in the places where it is most needed. Training also is offered as summer field experiences for north american undergraduates, and leadership-level internships are designed for young professionals who are in the early stages of a promising conservation career. All training at hawk mountain sanctuary is provided at no charge. As stated previously, hawk mountain is growing its training and expanding its research by engaging with the most promising and fully-vetted trainees as hawk mountain graduate students and/or post-docs, many of whom are supported financially by an accredited college and/or a private funder. 5) stewardship - building use and maintenance as well as land stewardship activities: operation of hawk mountain's physical plant of 2,500 acres and six buildings depends upon a staff of three and many volunteers. With visitor safety and satisfaction being the highest priority, staff must provide continuous maintenance on the 8-mile trail system including monitoring storm water runoff and invasive plant removal, adding new hand or safety railing where necessary, and re-grading roadways and trails as needed. Formerly called the land and facilities, the department has changed to "stewardship," reflecting the sanctuary's commitment to serving as a model sanctuary that uses best practices in land management. Director of sanctuary stewardship todd bauman oversees responsi”

“Professional fees: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 37,124. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 37,124. Outside services: program service expenses 228,410. Management and general expenses 6,407. Fundraising expenses 50,445. Total expenses 285,262.”