SALEM AUDUBON SOCIETY

Programs

1. Membership: the Salem Audubon Society membership continues to grow, up to 900. Membership is comprised of a combination of national audubon members who live in our service area (marion, polk, and yamhill counties) and local chapter members. We have an active volunteer workforce of approximately 200 hardworking salem audubon members and friends who donate an estimated 4,500 hours to salem audubon-sponsored activities

   $101,505 spent
   56% of program spending

2. Public programs: Salem Audubon Society offers programs focused mainly on birds in their natural habitats. The programs also emphasis conservation and protection of natural resources. Our monthly meetings are open to the public and feature guest speakers making powerpoint presentations. In the past year, we conducted 10 such public lectures with approximately 400 attendees. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the programs were offered in a hybrid format, with attendance options both in person and through zoom. We also organized and led around 36 field trips and bird walks for the community with a total of around 400 participants. We offered 2 zoom webinars on a variety of topics mostly focused on birds, attended by around 50 participants. These webinars are recorded and upload to the salem audubons youtube channel. Currently we have 49 videos weve produced on this youtube channel, with a total of 3,867 views. Work continued at the nature reserve in west salem.

   $26,179 spent
   15% of program spending

3. Environmental education: Salem Audubon Society has been a significant environmental education provider in the mid-willamette valley for several decades, delivering around 40 programs per year to mostly k-12 schools--public, private, and alternative. In addition, the traveling education program participates in community events such as the mswd stream celebration and presents at events for adults including at center 50 and the salem grow and show garden club. For the 2025 year, we reached an audience of 1002 people. For the past decade, we have been partnering with u.s. Fish and wildlife service and the friends of the willamette valley nwr complex in creating and operating a new nature center at ankeny national wildlife refuge, south of salem. The nature center serves as a resource for regional environmental education, with two classrooms. In fy 2024-25, we had approximately 15,000 people visit the nature center, and 26 organizations deliver environmental

   $26,178 spent
   15% of program spending

4. Public programs: Salem Audubon Society offers programs focused mainly on birds in their natural habitats. The programs also emphasis conservation and protection of natural resources. Our monthly meetings are free and open to the public. They feature guest speakers making powerpoint presentations. In the past year, we conducted 10 such public lectures with approximately 400 attendees. The programs were offered in a hybrid format, with attendance options both in person and through zoom. Meetings are recorded and made available to the public on salem audubons youtube channel. We also organized and led around 50 field trips and bird walks for the community with a total of around 1,000 participants. Work continued at the nature reserve in west salem. A dedicated work party continues to maintain the native habitat of the seven-acre parcel of oak woodland and its several walking trails. .

   $26,178 spent
   15% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $180,040.