Rgisc Inc.

“Rgisc solicits annually to the public to become members by contributing funds in different levels.”

“Dr. Thomas vaughan 1105 beverly dr. Laredo, tx 78045 armando cisneros 2709 cardigan laredo, tx 78043 jaime arizpe 1500 n. Arkansas laredo, tx 78043 danny gunn 307 e. Croydon pl. Laredo, tx 78045 victor oliveros 608 e. Taylor st. Laredo, tx 78041 israel reyna 3509 cuatro vientos rd. Laredo, tx 78046 adolfo gonzalez, jr. P.o. Box 2086 laredo, tx 78044 dr. Lynne manganaro 423 st. Croix dr. Laredo, tx 78045 eloy vega 10801 grenville laredo, tx 78045 adolfo gonzalez sr. P o box 2086 laredo, tx 78044”

“A draft of form 990 is presented to the board of directors for review prior to cpa's electronic submission of tax return.”

“Rgisc monitors and enforces compliance at least annually and when new officers, board members and key employees are added.”

“Compensation is reviewed by board of directors and any decision made is based on comparable pay in similar positions, demographics of region, and merit.”

“The executive director makes recommendations on compensation of other key employees. This is reviewed by board of directors and any decision made is based on comparable pay in similar positions, demographics of region, and merit.”

“Governing documents are available upon request.”

“The rgisc mission is to preserve and protect the rio grande-rio bravo, its watershed and environment, through awareness, advocacy, research, education, stewardship and bi-national collaboration for the benefit of present and future generations.”

“Least 30% based on last year's participation. Ddr 2013 - river cleanup and paso del indio nature trail work day: 1)goal - hundreds of volunteers are called by rgisc to clean up sections of the river and the paso del indio nature trail. The goal is to instill respect and "care" for our natural resources through hands-on activities in our community. 2)objective - recruit volunteers and promote the event; and measure the weight of garbage collected and disposed of as a baseline measure for future endeavors. 3)expected accomplishments - increase river sections cleaned by at least 20% compared with prior year; and have a baseline number on the weight of garbage/trash collected and disposed of during this event. Dia del rio - exhibits at public libraries & laredo center for the arts: 1)goal - many students and residents use and enjoy the services of our public libraries. They have partnered with rgisc to promote all the "dia del rio" activities in previous years with great success. 2)objective - continue collaborating with our public library system to promote river conservation programs and selected topics such as river's flora, fauna, endangered species, and other critical issues. 3)expected accomplishments - increase the level of public participation by at least 35% compared to prior year's level of participation in terms of library visitors accessing the displays set up by rgisc.”

“Advocated vigorously against aerial spraying of the herbicide imazapyr by the u.s. Border patrol on or near the river, where it represents a hazard to humans and river wildlife. Rgisc also brought attention to the near destruction of a critical inner city wetland at lake casa blanca by acquiring 13,000 signatures and holding countless meeting with city council members, and the u.s. Army corps of engineers. In january 2013, the city council eventually voted to sell all of this land for development with very little being preserved as a wetland feature.”

“General: river monitoring: measure and document water pressure of pollutants and pathogens in the rio grande river. For nearly 20 years, rgisc has conducted monthly sampling of water at four points along the river and submitting the data to federal and state agencies. Environmental health training: for 15 years, rgisc members have actively trained medical and health professional students via the south texas environmental education and research (steer) program of the ut health science center at san antonio- laredo extension campus. Plastic bag reduction campaign rgisc continued working on its plastic bag reduction campaign in 2013, which had resumed in 2011. In august 2013, the laredo city council adopted a plastic bag reduction ordinance but was scheduled to flesh out further details of the ordinance by 2014. Rgisc received a grant from webb county to begin an education awareness campaign that involved designing and placing ads and banners on the local bus system and local mall, and designing a loving laredo reusable bag and acquiring more than 10,000 of them for distribution throughout the city. Nature education: in 2013, rgisc continued its regular loving laredo hikes, which are free saturday nature excursions for the public to explore nature trails and other green gems throughout laredo. We also started new partnerships with webb county and texas army national guard to build community gardens in our community and conduct large-scale cleanups of our arroyos, respectively.”

“T-shirts - pa 1 3,758 0 0 water testing kits - pa 1 3,712 0 0 eco camp fees, supp-pa1 2,883 0 0 trash pickup tongs - pa 1 2,087 0 0 catering - attendees-pa 1 1,510 0 0 t-shirts - g o 0 1,000 0 admission fees- pa 2 875 0 0 meals and entert. - gen. 0 819 0 promotional exp. - pa 2 796 0 0 waders- pa1 732 0 0 awards - pa 1 714 0 0 reimbursed mileage - pa 2 584 0 0 t-shirts - pa 3 502 0 0 dues & subscrip. - gen op 0 422 0 educational mat. - gen op 0 396 0 member activities- gen op 0 380 0 promotional - gen op 0 361 0 educational mat. - pa 1 318 0 0 awards - gen oper 0 296 0 arts & crafts suppl-pa 1 267 0 0 meals-volunteers - pa 3 255 0 0 awards - pa 2 239 0 0 safety awards - gen oper. 0 200 0 meals - pa 3 167 0 0 meals & ent. - pa 2 141 0 0 equipment rental - pa 3 121 0 0 first aid-safety - pa 2 104 0 0 firstaid-safety - pa 3 91 0 0 arts & craft supp - pa 2 82 0 0 garden supplies - pa 3 72 0 0 arts & craft supp - pa 3 71 0 0 meals & ent. - pa1 66 0 0 rent-facilities - pa1 54 0 0 crossings/parking - g o 0 42 0 meals volunteers - pa1 37 0 0 bank charges - gen oper. 0 20 0 meals-volunteers. - g o 0 19 0 mileage/parking - pa 3 17 0 0 reimbursed mileage - pa 1 3 0 0”

“Unrealized gain on investments 201 adjustments to prior periods 5,670”