Dixiearizona Strip Interpretive Association

“Form 990 was distributed via email to all board members for review and comment prior to filing.”

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“Dixie arizona strip interpretative association (dasia) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation formed in 1994 primarily to enhance the understanding of the arizona strip and southern utah region, its history and natural resources. As a formal cooperating association, dasia partners with bureau of land management, national park service, and usda forest service offices to provide interpretation education and customer service related materials for area visitors while assisting, where possible, with project funding. Dasia operates sales and information outreach facilities at an interagnecy information center in st. George, ut; the kanab, ut bureau of land management field office; the paria contact station near the vermilion cliffs national monument and the pine valley, ut heritage center. Additional inventory is offered for sale at the grand staircase escalante national monument visitor center in kanab, ut through an agreement with the glen canyon natural history association. These activities allow dasia to accomplish its motto of "connecting people and public lands".”

“Dasia partnered with 46 federal land agnecy volunteers who contributed nearly 5,400 hours supporting the agency missions, programs and projects. Based on estimates from the independent sector which places the value of volunteer work at 21.67 per hour, volunteers offered 117,000 in value of work in 2015”

“Special events dasia engaged in nine special events during 2015 that generated more than 10,100 in contributions and sales. These revenues constitute the major source of funds devoted to administrative support of the organization. The keynote envent was annual gala fundraising dinner titled evening on the arizona strip, which generated more than 7,500. Other events included get outdoors day, public lands day, a winter bird festival and pine valley heritage day. Dasia also sponsored its inagural golf tournament and continued a very popular brown bag lecture series focused on the natural and cultural resources of the the region.”