Ogden Nature Center Annual Report
OGDEN NATURE CENTER ANNUAL REPORT Action: To receive report Background The City Council has requested to receive a presentation and annual overview of the Ogden Nature Center. Executive Director, Mary McKinley will be making the presentation. Council Staff Contact: Mavis Hawley, (801)629-8166 Ogden City Council Work Session: March 9, 2021 Page 1 of 1 2020 Operating Budget: $944,549 2021 Operating Budget: $923,240 2020 Operating Income and Expenses: • $1,095,850 - Total support, revenue and gains (includes $115,900 forgiven PPP loan, and $259,000 in CARES grants) • $921,597 - Total expenses 2020 Endowment and Donor Restricted Funds received: $477,856 Endowment: as of 12/31/2020 - $1,707,710 Operating Reserve: as of 12/31/2020 – $351,307 Membership Households: 774 – as of 12/31/2020. Staff: 9 FT, 7 PT (20-30 hrs/week), 2 AmeriCorps – 11 month FT, plus 2 PT Summer Seasonals, and 2 fill-in substitute teachers. No staff members were furloughed or lost their jobs in 2020. Our board of directors made the decision to use our operating reserve and endowment if needed to keep all our employees. Volunteers: Volunteers help with all aspects of the Ogden Nature Center, from digging weeds, caring for our education animals, answering phones, to setting up the grounds for events. Many volunteers come to us from Weber State University. • In 2020, 709 people donated 5,723 hours of service. We saw approximately a 50% reduction in the number of volunteers, as well as the number of hours of service. Core volunteers 1 | P a g e remained steady, with the reduction of volunteers largely due to groups not coming because of the pandemic.
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