Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PILOT HILL INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $524,606
Total expenses: $235,870
Contributions and grants received: $496,833
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $27,773
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $2,256,562
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,128,307
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,128,255
Program services expenses (Part IX): $208,561
Management and general expenses: $2,871
Fundraising expenses: $24,438
Program service expenses (Part III): $208,561

Program services were 88.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1e · Government grants (contributions)

$27,528
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$469,305
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$42,155
3 · Investment income

total $27,773 · excluded $27,773

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

7 · Other salaries and wages

total $90,947 · program services $72,520 · fundraising $18,427
10 · Payroll taxes

total $6,958 · program services $5,555 · fundraising $1,403
11c · Fees: accounting

total $4,896 · program services $4,896
11g · Fees: other

total $3,217 · program services $3,217
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $6,152 · program services $4,420 · fundraising $1,732
13 · Office expenses

total $2,716 · management and general $2,641 · fundraising $75
14 · Information technology

total $3,486 · program services $3,486
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $2,143 · program services $1,876 · fundraising $267
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $24,663 · program services $24,663
23 · Insurance

total $28,355 · program services $28,355
24a · Other expenses: OSLI LEASE

total $40,455 · program services $40,455
24b · Other expenses: INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD-OUT

total $18,168 · program services $18,168
24c · Other expenses: EVENTS

total $1,736 · fundraising $1,736
24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

total $1,043 · program services $547 · fundraising $496
24e · All other expenses

total $935 · program services $403 · management and general $230 · fundraising $302

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $13,973 · end of year $32,570
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $50,435 · end of year $53,230
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $27,232
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $14,732
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$660,186
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$32,444
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $358,108 · end of year $627,742
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $799,320 · end of year $1,543,020
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $60
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $438,755 · end of year $1,126,154
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $2,060 · end of year $2,153
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $822,925 · end of year $1,128,255

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE NON-PROFIT PILOT HILL INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL SERVE AS THE GOVERNING BODY TO OVERSEE ALL THE PILOT HILL LAND. THE PILOT HILL RECREATION AREA WILL BE MANAGED SIMILARLY TO A STATE OR COUNTY PARK WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON PUBLIC, NON-MOTORIZED RECREATION. THE PILOT HILL WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT AREA WILL BE MANAGED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS ON CRUCIAL WILDLIFE HABITAT NEEDS. DETAILS ON THE MANAGEMENT GOALS ARE OUTLINED IN THE PILOT HILL LAND USE PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED WITH GUIDANCE BY PROJECT PARTNERS INCLUDING LARAMIE RIVERS CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WYOMING GAME & FISH DEPARTMENT, WYOMING STATE PARKS, US FOREST SERVICE, THE CITY OF LARAMIE AND ALBANY COUNTY AMONG OTHERS, AND WAS BASED ON EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY VISION FOR THE AREA. A FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN OPEN SPACE PLANNING WAS HIRED TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL ESTIMATES, A TRAILS CONCEPT PLAN, AND TH

PILOT HILL, INC IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT TO TURN A DREAM INTO REALITY. IN JULY 2020, THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY ALBANY COUNTY CITIZENS, THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, AND THE WYOMING OFFICE OF STATE LANDS AND INVESTMENTS, THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND ON PILOT HILL WERE PRESERVED. THESE ACRES, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO LARAMIE, CREATE A UNIQUE COMMUNITY RESOURCE ON PILOT HILL THAT PREVENTS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, PROTECTS THE CASPER AQUIFER, AND CONSERVES WILDLIFE HABITAT. PILOT HILL ALSO SUPPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO OPEN SPACES FOR RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

Expenses $183,898
PILOT HILL, INC IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EFFORT TO TURN A DREAM INTO REALITY. IN JULY 2020, THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BY ALBANY COUNTY CITIZENS, THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, AND THE WYOMING OFFICE OF STATE LANDS AND INVESTMENTS, THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND ON PILOT HILL WERE PRESERVED. THESE ACRES, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO LARAMIE, CREATE A UNIQUE COMMUNITY RESOURCE ON PILOT HILL THAT PREVENTS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, PROTECTS THE CASPER AQUIFER, AND CONSERVES WILDLIFE HABITAT. PILOT HILL ALSO SUPPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO OPEN SPACES FOR RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. IN 2021 THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETED 7 MILES OF TRAIL AND REPAIRED AND REPLACED PERIMTER FENCING AND GATES.

Expenses $24,663

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

WENDY BERELSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
LEAH BURGESS

CO CHAIR

Total calculated

$0
CHARLIE DEWOLF

CO-CHAIR

Total calculated

$0
MEGAN HAYES

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
BILL MAI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
DAN MCCOY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
AMY NAGLER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
KEITH RITTLE

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0
CHRISTIE ROBERTS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
MICHAEL SAMP

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
GREGORY SLATE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0
JILL WALFORD

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0
CHRISTINA BIRD

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0
JONATHAN BROOKS

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0
HOLLY DYER

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0
BRIAN HARRINGTON

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0
TERRI JONES

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0
MICAH MORRIS

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0
RUTH SHEPHERD

EX-OFFICIO

Total calculated

$0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 15 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202411369349311996

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