Grand Canyon River Guides Inc (Aka Gcrg)

“Travel 1,955”

“Equipment rental and maintenance 4,097”

“Supplies 2,893”

“Telephone 2,811”

“Advertising promotion 199”

“Food for annual GTS Guides Training Seminar other 7,989”

“Insurance liability, DO, workers comp 4,984”

“Honorarium GTS 1,450”

“Investment fees 1,016”

“Merchant fees 677”

“Payroll taxes 3,624”

“Repairs maintenance website, computer, office 462”

“Dues subscriptions 84”

“Depreciation 1,019”

“Outside services outfitters GTS 6,828”

“Prepaid expenses security deposit postage Beginning of year 1,249, End of year 1,072”

“Grants receivable Beginning of year 0, End of year 10,000”

“Accounts payable payroll tax liabilities Beginning of year 1,466, End of year 2,070”

“- ORGANIZATIONS PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE - Grand Canyon River Guides GCRG is an educational environmental organization whose mission is to protect the Grand Canyon, set the highest standards for the river guiding profession, celebrate the unique spirit of the river community provide the best possible river experience to the public. GCRG celebrated its 30th year in FY 2018. Please visit gcrg.org.”

“- BOATMANS QUARTERLY REVIEW BQRExpenses 43,421 - The BQR is GCRGs keynote publication a distinct service to the river running community. This 48-page journal is published quarterly, written produced by the organizations members as well as National Park Service representatives, members of the Grand Canyon scientific community, and others. The BQR includes educational, scientific, historical and training articles for the organizations general and guide members as well as articles on resource management challenges new threats to Grand Canyon. This allows the organization to educate about important issues generate advocacy for wise-use stewardship of Grand Canyon the Colorado River. The BQR was published four times in FY 2018, with a circulation of approximately 1,700. Also in FY 2018, GCRG commenced work on a project to provide web access to three decades worth of BQRs. Thumbnail images of BQR covers will be paired with the respective .pdfs in order to highlight the evolution of our newsletter in a visually compelling manner, and showcase the astounding breadth of our body of work. The web access project is scheduled to be completed available online in FY 2019.”

“- GUIDES TRAINING SEMINAR GTSExpenses 47,046 Program Service Revenue 20,094 - This annual seminar was held from March 31 - April 18, 2018 and included an intensive two-day land-based session at Marble Canyon, AZ attended by over 200 participants including 32 speakers with a keynote address by the Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park, followed by a two-week long, river-based session on the Colorado River through Grand Canyon attended by 21 guides and 8 speakers. The focus of both seminars was interpretive training in the cultural, natural and human history of Grand Canyon the Colorado River, as well as relevant safety, resource management and river/canyon protection issues. GCRG coordinates the GTS in cooperation with the National Park Service and the commercial river outfitters in Grand Canyon. Articles about the GTS were published in the spring summer 2018 issues of the Boatmans Quarterly Review. Detailed abstrasts of GTS presentations were subsequently added to the GTS Library page of the GCRG website gcrg.org, categorized by topic, as a continuing education resource for the river community.”

“- GLEN CANYON DAM ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS/LONGTERM EXPERIMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN LTEMP EIS Expenses 16,930 - The organization represents recreational river running interests on the Federal Advisory Commitee FACA charged with advising the US Secretary of the Interior on how to best manage Glen Canyon Dam to comply with the mandates of the Grand Canyon Protection Act. In FY 2018, GCRG representatives participated in meetings, webinars, workshops conference calls of the Technical Work Group TWG Adaptive Management Work Group AMWG of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program. Our representatives also participated in related ad hoc committees the Socio-Economic Ad Hoc and Budget Ad Hoc Committees. Throughout FY 2018, GCRG representatives communicated regularly with program stakeholders, federal agencies and scientists from the Grand Canyon Monitoring Research Center. In Volume 31 1 Spring 2018 of the Boatmans Quarterly Review, our Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program representatives published an article about High Flow Experiments HFEs to increase understanding of the HFE protocols, the science behind the experiments, stakeholder perspectives and possible new directions. Additionally, as the recreational river running stakeholder for the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program, GCRG has been intimately involved with the LTEMP EIS from the draft through the final plan. The Record of Decision for the LTEMP EIS was signed in Dec 2016, defining how Glen Canyon Dam will be operated how the river corridor through Grand Canyon will be taken care of for the next 15-20 years. Stemming from our belief that the fragile, non-renewable cultural resources traditional cultural properties along the river corridor must be protected preserved over the long term, GCRG became a concurring party to the Cultural Programmatic Agreement PA for the LTEMP. In FY 2018, GCRG worked with other stakeholders to develop the Historic Preservation Plan, participated in webinars, and offered our perspectives suggestions for its finalization.”

“- FIRST AID PROGRAMS Expenses 5437 Program Service Revenue 4785 - Grand Canyon River Guides sponsored a Wilderness First Responder Recertification course February 16 - 18, 2018 to meet river guides needs for safety/training courses in compliance with the Commercial Operating Requirements for Grand Canyon National Park and best practices in the industry. The course specifically addressed the emergency situations that arise within the challenging desert and remote environment in Grand Canyon. Seventeen river guides participated and received their WFR recertifications, including CPR and eight participants received CPR-only certifications.”

“- ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM AAB Expenses 6,299 - GCRG developed our Adopt-a-Beach program in 1996 to document change attributable to the first Beach Habitat Building Flow from Glen Canyon Dam. Since that time, our long-term photo-matching, beach monitoring effort has utilized volunteer guides to document the continuing evolution of sand deposition on approximately 44 camping beaches along the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. The AAB photographs datasheets are analyzed, compiled and disseminated in a report to the U.S. Geological Surveys Grand Canyon Monitoring Research Center GCMRC and subsequently included in the GIS Campsite Atlas managed jointly by the National Park Service and GCMRC for access by researchers and scientists. The AAB principal investigator served as a speaker at the spring 2018 Guides Training Seminar land and river sessions to discuss beach change and provide program oversight/dataset assessment.”

“- COLORADO RIVER RUNNERS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT/ADOPT-A-BOATMAN PROGRAM Expenses 5174 - This oral history project is a longstanding collaborative effort between GCRG and the Cline Library/Special Collections at Northern Arizona University NAU, capturing in-depth interviews featuring key figures crucial to understanding the rich human history of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon. Interviews serve as the centerpiece for each issue of the Boatmans Quarterly Review BQR, and transcripts are archived at the NAU Cline Library/Special Collections. In FY 2018, GCRG published four interviews in the BQR. Four additional interviews were also conducted and transcribed for future use. The process of interviewing, reviewing, editing and transcribing the oral histories is essentially ongoing.”

“- COLORADO RIVER DAYS Expenses 3750 - GCRG served as the fiscal sponsor for Colorado River Days/Flagstaff Sept 1 - 11, 2017, a community-based, multi-faceted series of lectures and events coordinated by the Sierra Club to celebrate, educate and build advocacy for the Colorado River. GCRGs duties included financial management of Colorado River Days contributions and payables, participations in program meetings, community outreach and other related administrative work.”

“- OTHER PROGRAMS Expenses 1348 - Other programs with limited activity expenses during FY 2018 included the Little Colorado River Confluence Development, the Grand Canyon River Heritage Coalition museum, Fall Rendezvous, and ongoing monitoring of uranium mining threats to Grand Canyon National Park see more information at Schedule C, p3-4.”

“GENERAL NOTE The organization has only one permanent, part-time staff member, the Executive Director, who generally works 30 hours/week. As is common with many smaller nonprofit organizations, the Executive Director fills many roles, including membership management and development, program and office adminstration, bookkeeping, etc. GCRG relies heavily on its members and volunteers to manage its programs and achieve its mission. For example, its keynote publication, the Boatmans Quarterly Review and its Adopt-a-Beach research program would not exist without the significant contribution of dozens of volunteers. The value of such services and contributions is not reflected in the financial statements.”

“The CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY is provided to all GCRG directors and officers each year. They are asked to review the policy and complete the form disclosing any potential conflicts. The completed and signed forms are kept on file at the GCRG office. Also, as any potential conflicts arise throughout the year, they are addressed at regularly scheduled board meetings. Directors or officers with conflicts or potential conflicts are excused from discussions and from voting on related issues in accordance with the Conflict of Interest Policy guidelines.”

“The FORM 990 and related schedules are prepared by an outside accountant and are reviewed in detail by the Executive Director and the Treasurer. After the Form 990 draft is completed, it is forwarded to the President, Vice President and entire Board of Directors for review, questions and comments before it is finalized and filed.”

“The Board of Directors reviews and approves COMPENSATION for the Executive Director the only permanent employee on an annual basis, after first comparing salaries and compensation packages with similar positions at other local nonprofit organizations of a similar size. The Executive Director who in FY 2018 celebrated her 23rd year with the organization was paid 43,249 during calendar year 2017. Note Board members/officers are not compensated for this service to the organization. There were no qualifying key employees in FY 2018 or any other year.”

“PUBLIC DISCLOSURE - The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request. The annual Form 990 is also available online at www.guidestar.org and by request. A summary of the financial statements is published annually in an issue of the Boatmans Quarterly Review.”

“RELATED PARTIES - All of the officers and directors of GCRG who are volunteers are working river guides employed by a variety of commercial river outfitters in Grand Canyon National Park. During FY 2018, three of these board members the President and two directors were employees of Arizona Raft Adventures, a commercial river outfitter that is owned by the organizations Secretary/Treasurer, Fred Thevenin and his spouse. Also, the Vice President and four other directors were river guide employees of other commerical river outfitters. Note each year, the Vice President/President Elect, and three new directors are voted into office by the guide members of GCRG in an anonymous mail-in ballot see more below.”

“BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The guide members of the organization river guides who pay annual dues to the organization determine by an anonymous mail-in vote annually who will serve on the Board of Directors and in the position of officers. Board members serve a volunteer two-year term. The Vice President serves a one-year term, then becomes the President for a one-year term. The Secretary/Treasurer has no set term limit. Guide members, in addition to voting for the governing body members, can also vote to remove a director at any time with or without cause.”

“- ENDOWMENT FUND RESERVE ACCOUNT - During FY 2016, the organization began an endowment fund for the general purpose of permanently restricting funds to help provide for the long term financial health of the organization. Currently the investment income generated by the endowment fund is re-invested back into the endowment account. The endowment fund is held by the Arizona Community Foundation, an unrelated nonprofit organization that manages and invests the funds. The balance in the endowment fund account at 6/30/18 was 64,070. The organization also maintains a reserve investment account with the Arizona Community Foundation. The balance in this account at 6/30/18 was 50,065. Investment income for FY 2018 includes 6924 of unrealized gains.”

“- PROFESSIONAL FEES OTHER PAYMENTS FOR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS This represents professional design/scientific analysis/educational/editing services related to the Boatmans Quarterly Review publication, Adopt-a-Beach monitoring program, AMWG LTEMP meetings, first aid courses, oral history interviews and transcription services, and accounting/tax services. See Program Service Accomplishments in Part III for more information.”

“COLORADO RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN expenses 1590 - Since the Record of Decision was signed in 2006, the revised Colorado River Management Plan CRMP continues to be the multi-faceted visitor use management plan that specifies actions to conserve park resources, protect the visitor experience, and enhance recreational opportunities. In FY 2018, GCRG collaborated with the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association to revise/update our jointly produced River Courtesy flyer initially developed during the CRMP planning process. The River Courtesy flyer is an educational tool designed to promote positive interactions between all river users in order to preserve the integrity of the river experience by emphasizing respect, environmental ethics, communication, flexibility, on-the-water safety, campsite planning and other helpful suggestions. Additionally in FY 2018, efforts by the Hualapai Tribe to charge fees for camping on Grand Canyon beaches adjacent to Hualapai lands prompted internal discussion and outreach to other river stakeholders, all of whom are invested in the continued success of, and adherence to, the CRMP. Based on those discussions and our own research, GCRG drafted a detailed letter to the Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park expressing our strong support for retaining the definition and understanding of the boundary between the park and the Hualapai Tribe as laid out in the CRMP. Providing our insights and expertise based on our institutional knowledge of the river corridor and the complexities of the CRMP is an important way in which we can support Grand Canyon National Park.”