Maryland Forestry Boards Foundation Inc

We administer the financial side of the grant programs of the Maryland Urban & Community Forestry Committee (MUCFC) and the Maryland Dept of Transportation (MDOT) Urban Tree grant program. The MUCFC grant program gave out 24 grants in 9 counties worth $16,511. The MDOT distributed 25 grants in 12 counties worth $44,898. MUCFC also spent $4,113 to administer an award program for municipalities that meet the tree care requirements for receiving award plaques. The revenue was a grant from MDOT of $78,311.

The Foundation launched the Urban Forestry Careers Camp at the University of Maryland's College Park campus. We hosted 20 high school students for a week in July. The cost of room, board and field trips was $24,532. Camp coordinator was paid $4,000. College students majoring in Natural Resources acted as counselors and were paid $590 each for a total of $2,950. Materials/supplies/website exps were $2,452. Planning and promotion expenses for the brand new camp was $19,923. The camp was funded by a $94,094 grant from the Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, student fees of $2,250 and donations of $1,750.

$161,487 in Other Exps: $31,685 in expenses associated with the Natural Resources Careers Camp (NRCC - incl travel, promotion, etc), $45,512 for 4 college students in our Fellowship program, $1,469 of mileage reimbursement to the Big Tree program volunteers, $7,636 maint of new website, $39,397 management of 4 separate grants, $6,325 distribution of donations to Forestry Boards, $25,435 to host a 2-day Forestry Board Summit, $4,028 all other prgm support. $154,197 in Other Revenue: $50,000 grant rec'd for Fellowship program, $29,800 donations and tuition payments for NRCC, $47,630 grant rec'd for Forestry Board Summit, $19,970 grant rec'd for Alignment project, $250 Big Tree contributions, $6,325 contributions to Forestry Boards, $76 donations made to the Foundation, $146 interest income.