Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any unusual grants.) .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10. | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 113,830 | 106,990 | 127,995 | 78,262 | 91,364 | 518,441 |
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | 17,569 | 17,569 | ||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | 113,830 | 106,990 | 127,995 | 78,262 | 108,933 | 536,010 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 536,010 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 113,830 | 106,990 | 127,995 | 78,262 | 108,933 | 536,010 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 100 | 282 | 6 | 272 | 3 | 663 |
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | 100 | 282 | 6 | 272 | 3 | 663 |
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 113,930 | 107,272 | 128,001 | 78,534 | 108,936 | 536,673 |
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2015 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2015 |
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Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2015 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015: | ||||
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| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2010 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2015 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2015, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2015. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2016. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| c Excess from 2013....... | ||||
| d From 2014....... | ||||
| e From 2015....... | ||||
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| FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 | EXPENSES OFFICE EXPENSES 1,346 TRAVEL 170 MEETINGS AND EVENTS 438 FINANCE CHARGES 716 INSURANCE 596 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 325 TOTAL 3,591 |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 | EQUIPMENT 6,997 6,997 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 6,618 6,943 SECURITY DEPOSIT 725 725 TOTAL 1,104 779 |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 0 1,229 |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART III | RESTORE: THE NORTH WOODS, INC. IS A NONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION WORKING TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND DEFEND THE NATURAL INTEGRITY OF THE NORTH WOODS REGION THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS AND CITIZEN ACTIVISM. OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE ECOLOGICAL AWARENENSS CONCERNING THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE NORTH WOODS THROUGH CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS SERVING OVER 750 MEMBERS. |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 | MAINE WOODS NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE(MWNP) - IN 1994, RESTORE PROPOSED A STUDY OF THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF CREATING A MAINE WOODS NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE. DURING FY16, WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD PUBLIC AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE PARK VISION BY GIVING PRESENTATIONS, TABLING AT CONFERENCES AND FAIRS, AND DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION INCLUDING COPIES OF A FULLY REVISED VERSION OF OUR PARK BROCHURE. SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES THIS YEAR INCLUDE: QUIMBY CAMPAIGN - CAMPAIGN TO CREATE A KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS (KWW) NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION AREA OF UP TO 150,000 ACRES GAINED MOMENTUM. IN NOVEMBER 2015, SENATORS COLLINS AND KING AND REP POLIQUIN SENT A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT URGING SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL MONUMENT. PUBLIC PRESSURE WAS BUILDING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL. WE URGED OUR MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE QUIMBY INITIATIVE. ALL OF THE LANDS ARE WITHIN THE 3.2 MILLION ACRE AREA PROPOSED BY RESTORE AS MWNP. ON AUGUST 24, 2016, PRESIDENT OBAMA DESIGNATED KWW A NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE QUIMBY CAMPAIGN SUCCESS WAS BUILT ON THE PIONEERING EFFORTS OF RESTORE FOR A NEW NATIONAL PARK IN THE MAINE WOODS. PUBLIC OUTREACH - WE CONTINUED OUTREACH TO OUR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC TO INCREASE PRESSURE FOR PROTECTION OF LANDS IN THE KATAHDIN REGION. IN JULY 2015, WE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL THOREAU SOCIETY GATHERING IN CONCORD, MA. WE TABLED AT VENUES SUCH AS THE HOPE FESTIVAL AND THE POPULAR COMMON GROUND FAIR IN SEPTEMBER. IN NOVEMBER, WE PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS UNDERSCORING THE NEED FOR MORE CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN LIGHT OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. FROM SPRING UNTIL FALL, WE AGAIN USED THE PENOBSCOT WATERSHED ECOCENTER (FORMERLY OUR MAINE WOODS VISITOR CENTER) IN DOWNTOWN BAR HARBOR AS A VEHICLE TO REACH VISITORS TO ACADIA NATIONAL PARK WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MAINE WOODS NATIONAL PARK. A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY IN SEPTEMBER 2015 FOUND THAT THREE-QUARTERS OF MAINERS SUPPORT A NEW MAINE WOODS PUBLIC PARK. |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 | MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS - WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS WEBSITE (WWW.MAINEENVIRONEWS.COM)AS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF ONLINE CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCE NEWS IN MAINE. WE POSTED LINKS TO ANOTHER 5,000 ARTICLES, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ALERTS, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO MORE THAN 40,000. WE ALSO ROUTINELY POSTED TWEETS ABOUT IMPORTANT NEWS ITEMS TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO THE MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS WEBSITE. |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 | NEW NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT - FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, RESTORE HAS BEEN BUILDING A NETWORK OF CITIZENS AND CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT OUR NATIONAL PARKS. WE CONTINUED OUR WORK TO BUILD A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL PARK INITIATIVES, BRING TOGETHER A GRASSROOTS PARKS COALITION, AND RALLY BROAD PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NEW PARKS. THIS CAMPAIGN IS SYNERGISTIC WITH THE MAINE WOODS NATIONAL PARK CAMPAIGN. IT IS GATHERING INFORMATION, DEVELOPING ALLIES, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, AND RALLYING SUPPORT THAT WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY NEW PARK CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO IN MAINE AND NEW ENGLAND. THE CAMPAIGN MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARD CREATION OF A NEW NATIONAL PARKS CAMPAIGN BROCHURE AND COMPLETION OF A NEW NATIONAL PARKS WEBSITE. WE SIGNED A DOZEN GRASSROOTS GROUPS ONTO THE NEW NATIONAL PARKS COALITION AND REACHED OUT TO DOZENS OF OTHER GROUPS. FINALLY, WE CONTRIBUTED AN ESSAY, "NEW NATIONAL PARKS FOR THE NEXT CENTURY", TO A POPULAR NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER WEBSITE, AND AN ARTICLE, "ROOM FOR MORE", WAS PUBLISHED IN THE SUMMER 2016 ISSUE OF EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL. |
| FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 | KEEPING THE MAINE WOODS WILD -FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, RESTORE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EXPOSING THREATS TO MAINE'S WILDLANDS AND WILDLIFE, AND OFFERING HOPEFUL CONSERVATION ALTERNATIVES. IN RECENT YEARS, THE SCOPE AND INTENSITY OF CHALLENGES FACING THE MAINE WOODS HAVE GROWN. WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND RESPOND TO THE GROWING THREATS TO THE WILDLANDS OF THE MAINE WOODS FROM WEAKENED REGULATIONS AND MISPLACED NEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. BIOENERGY - WITH THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL PAPER MILLS AND BIOMASS PLANTS IN THE REGION, PRESSURE IS BUILDING TO EXPORT MORE WOOD FROM THE NORTHEASTERN US TO THE UK AND EU. THIS COULD DEVASTATE THE AREA OF OUR PROPOSED MAINE WOODS NATIONAL PARK, AS WELL AS OTHER POTENTIAL PARKS IN THE NORTHEAST. IN RESPONSE TO STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING BIOMASS ENERGY, RESTORE JOINED MASSACHUSETTS-BASED PARTNERSHIP FOR POLICY INTEGRITY (PFPI)TO FIGHT THESE BIOMASS ENERGY THREATS. AN OP-ED WRITTEN BY OUR TWO GROUPS BLASTING BIOMASS ENERGY WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE OF MAINE'S LARGEST NEWSPAPERS. MAINE WOODS THREATS - WE UPDATED AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE OUR COMPREHENSIVE MAP DISPLAYING THE TOP 20 THREATS. SAVE MOOSEHEAD - IN 2015, PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO RESTORE'S LONG-STANDING EFFORTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOOSEHEAD REGION, LOCAL OFFICIALS UNVEILED A NEW BRANDING INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE THE MOOSEHEAD LAKE REGION AS "AMERICA'S CROWN JEWEL". MINING REGULATIONS - RESTORE JOINED SCORES OF CITIZENS IN TESTIFYING AGAINST THE DRAFT MINING REGULATIONS IN MAINE BECAUSE THEY WOULD SANCTION GROUND AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION. BECAUSE OF STRONG PUBLIC PUSHBACK, THE LEGISLATURE HAS REJECTED THESE WEAKENED PROPOSALS. ENDANGERED SPECIES - RESTORE HAS SUBMITTED COMMENTS TO US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS)OPPOSING DELISTING WOLVES FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST AND REITERATING THAT USFWS SHOULD IN FACT INITIATE A RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR WOLVES IN THE NORTHEAST. WE HAVE WORKED WITH NORTHEAST WOLF COALITION TO EXPAND PROTECTIONS. IN ADDITION, IN 2015 WE PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS AIMED AT REVISING MAINE'S STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN, AND ENDORSED EXPANSION OF CRITICAL HABITAT FOR CANADA LYNX IN MAINE. ALLAGASH WILDERNESS WATERWAY(AWW) - RESTORE HAS LED THE CHARGE AGAINST WEAKENED PROTECTION FOR THE AWW. IN 2015, GOVERNOR LEPAGE REPLACED THE LAST PRO-WILDERNESS MEMBER ON THE ALLAGASH ADVISORY COUNCIL. DURING 2016, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AWW, WE CONTINUED TO MONITOR MANAGEMENT OF THIS NATIONALLY DESIGNATED WILD RIVER. WIND POWER - AS DEMAND FOR ENERGY EXPANDS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, THE PRESSURE FOR NEW ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND MOUNTS. APPLICATIONS FOR NEW WIND PROJECTS WITHIN OUR PROPOSED MAINE WOODS NATIONAL PARK ARE ANTICIPATED. TO KEEP ACTIVISTS INFORMED, WE HAVE POSTED HUNDREDS OF NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT WIND AND OTHER ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS ON THE MAINE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS WEBSITE. |
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