Save Mount Diablo

“Board members, scott hein and claudia hein, are husband and wife.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the finance committee for review and recommendation to the board. The board approves the final filing of the form 990.”

“All key employees and all board & committee members are required to fill a form annually. If there is a conflict with any staff, the Executive Director shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists. If it is a board or committee member, the board shall determine if a conflict of interest exists. The person(s) involved with the transaction shall not be present during the board or committee's discussion. Any recusal of a board or committee member from the meeting is also noted in the minutes.”

“The Executive Director reviews compensation with the Executive Committee (composed of elected board members) based on other non-profit comparisons; the Executive Committee reviews the compensation for the Executive Director. This is an annual review prior to year end.”

“The Executive Director reviews compensation with the Executive Committee (composed of elected board members) based on other non-profit comparisons; the Executive Committee reviews the compensation for the Executive Director. This is an annual review prior to year end.”

“The form 990 is posted on the organization's website and is also available upon request.”

“AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.”

“Acquisitions of conservation land = $65549”

“Inventory items given away for free = -$10603”

“Inventory purchased = $2301”

“Loss on sale of conservation land = -$19643”

“Unrealized loss on charitable remainder trust = -$2512”

“Education and recreation (continued):we host many events on and around the mountain to encourage recreation consistent with the protection of natural resources. As we have done in prior years, in 2016 we hosted outdoor recreational events geared to a variety of user groups such as hikers, cyclists, runners, artists and scientists. Events included a long distance trail run, a backpacking/hiking trip, a bike ride, and family hikes. We lead many free guided hikes on our properties and in parks on mount diablo. We continued our hike & thrive program which resulted in us leading 51 hikes with over 750 attendees.”

“Land use and stewardship (continued):on a weekly basis, save mount diablo monitors 51 different planning agendas and responded to several dozen different development proposals around mount diablo from cell tower proposals and small subdivisions to large projects such as the reuse plan for the concord naval weapons station and the sand creek focus area plan in antioch.save mount diablo participated in a coalition working to provide sustainable transportation programs, funding and growth management policies throughout the county. We responded to the local agency formation commission open space and agriculture preservation policy, the tassajara parks development project, laid the foundation for a new parks bond, and engaged in many other land use projects and policies throughout our area of interest.in total, we led 75 projects which included 650 volunteers who completed 5,150 hours of work on our properties. We restored ponds for threatened species at our curry canyon ranch and mangini ranch properties. We continued cleanup projects at curry canyon ranch and big bend and removed a vacant structure at our hanson hills property. We fully implemented our fire abatement/fuel load reduction program on all properties. We funded small grants, a bioblitz and a colloquium as part of our mary bowerman science and research program.”