SONOMA COUNTY MYCOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
EIN 68-0486141 · Environmental Education (C60)
What they do
In The Fiscal Year We Consulted With Hospital Emergency Health Care Personnel to Assist In Identification of Wild Mushrooms As Possible Cause of Patient Poisoning. In Addition We Awarded 22 Scholarships Ranging From $500 to $2500 to Ph.D. and Graduate Students, and Community Scientists. SOMA Led 9 Forays to Collect and Identify Wild Mushrooms and 8 Educational Lectures Attended By About 1500 Members of The Public. Our Organization Held A 4-day Wild Mushroom Camp In January Consisting of 9 Forays, With DNA Analysis and Photography of Wild Mushrooms Found. 40+ Educational Lectures, Workshops, and Demos, for 325 People.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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DAVID HEALYDIRECTOR
ELISSA CALLENDIRECTOR
GLADE BOGARDIRECTOR
GORDON WALKERDIRECTOR
HARTE SINGERDIRECTOR
JUSTIN REYESVICE PRESIDENT
KEN BUEGELEISENPRESIDENT
MELANIE PERKINSSECRETARY
MELISSA JAFFREYDIRECTOR
MIKHAEL CHRISTALLAH SELKDIRECTOR
PATRICK HAMILTONDIRECTOR
RYATH BEAUCHENEVICE PRESIDENT
STEPHANIE JARVISDIRECTOR
TAYE BRIGHTDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2025
- Location
- PO BOX 7147, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407
- County
- Sonoma
- In care of
- Ken Buegeleisen
- Primary officer
- Ken Buegeleisen, Treasurer
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2023
- Tax period began
- August 1, 2023
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Environmental Education (C60)
- IRS tax category
- Environmental Education