C&O CANAL TRUST INC

Hagerstown, MD

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C&O CANAL TRUST INC

Physical Address:: Hagerstown, MD 21740
EIN:: 30-0401642
Web URL:: www.canaltrust.org
Leadership:: Matthew Logan

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Fiscal Year Starting: Oct 01, 2010
Fiscal Year Ending: Sep 30, 2011

Revenue
Total Revenue	$530,139

Expenses
Total Expenses	$444,840

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C&O CANAL TRUST INC

Physical Address:: Hagerstown, MD 21740
EIN:: 30-0401642
Web URL:: www.canaltrust.org
NTEE Category:: C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification; C99 Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.; A Arts, Culture, and Humanities; A54 History Museums; N Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics; N30 Physical Fitness/Community Recreational Facilities
Year Founded:: 2007
Ruling Year:: 2007

Mission Statement

The C&O Canal Trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to work in partnership with the National Park Service to protect, restore, and promote the C&O Canal National Historical Park. The Trust seeks to ensure that the park's natural, historical, and recreational potential is fully realized. The C&O Canal Trust believes that bold thinking and fresh ideas are needed if the canal is going to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

Accomplishments, 2007-2010   Canal Quarters: Launched the Canal Quarters Interpretive Program by furnishing and making available 3 historic lockhouses for guests to stay in overnight and experience first-hand what it may have been like to live along the canal. Volunteerism: Mobilized over 2,000 volunteers during the first 3 years of our annual Canal Pride Days to complete hundreds of backlogged maintenance projects prior to the visitor season in some of the most visited locations in the park. Education and Interpretation: Developed 13 audio podcasts to provide interpretive content to Park visitors to encourage walking on the towpath as part of a healthy lifestyle; Helped bring nearly 7,000 schoolchildren and 21,000 people in total to Williamsport to experience the interactive “Building America’s Canals” traveling exhibit. Fundraising: Provided $100,000 to the Park to speed up repair of the breach in the canal between Great Falls and Angler’s Inn, the most visited section of the entire 184.5-mile long park; Established memorial funds to support the Billy Goat Stewards volunteer corps, Eagle Scout projects in the park, and park bench adoption along the towpath.  Economic Development: Helped launch a marketing alliance to promote the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (of which the C&O Canal NHP is a major component), including the development of a website, familiarization tours for travel writers, and travel itineraries; Participated in the creation of the Canal Towns program in gateway communities along the park to stimulate park-related economic development. Advocacy: Led and actively supported advocacy efforts for the Park for Centennial funding, ARRA funding, Big Slackwater, the Angler’s breach, Western Maryland Rail-Trail, and the Catoctin Aqueduct. Other: Digitally preserved nearly 5,000 historic photographs in the park’s collection.

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Leadership

Matthew Logan

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Since Feb 2007

Profile:

Matthew is the founding president of the C&O Canal Trust and the immediate past-president of Potomac Conservancy, a regional conservation organization. Matthew's tenure at the Conservancy (1998-2006) was marked by tremendous growth in organizational resources, capacity, and effectiveness. Matthew used to serve on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, was a co-founder and past-chairman of Potomac Riverkeeper, and holds Master's degrees in environment/land use planning and United States history.

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