← BLACK HILLS PARKS AND FORESTS ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK HILLS PARKS AND FORESTS ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $787,261
Total expenses: $966,620
Contributions and grants received: $133,156
Grants paid: $119,712
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $24,665
Other revenue: $629,440
Total assets, end of year: $1,577,967
Total liabilities, end of year: $76,268
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,501,699
Program services expenses (Part IX): $642,694
Management and general expenses: $323,926
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $642,694

Program services were 66.5% 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.

1b · Membership dues

$4,013
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$129,143
3 · Investment income

total $18,329 · excluded $18,329
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $7,363
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $0 · other assets $1,027
7c · Gain or loss

securities $7,363 · other assets -$1,027
7d · Net gain or loss

total $6,336 · excluded $6,336
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$1,371,923
10b · Cost of goods sold

$752,628
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $619,295 · related or exempt $619,295
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

total $10,145 · related or exempt $10,145
11e · Other revenue, total

$10,145

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $119,712 · program services $119,712
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $92,705 · program services $59,441 · management and general $33,264
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $363,639 · program services $233,160 · management and general $130,479
9 · Other employee benefits

total $9,142 · program services $3,811 · management and general $5,331
10 · Payroll taxes

total $50,690 · program services $32,502 · management and general $18,188
11c · Fees: accounting

total $30,612 · management and general $30,612
11g · Fees: other

total $660 · management and general $660
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $18,965 · program services $18,965
13 · Office expenses

total $35,611 · program services $8,332 · management and general $27,279
16 · Occupancy

total $76,000 · program services $68,400 · management and general $7,600
17 · Travel

total $9,398 · management and general $9,398
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $12,782 · management and general $12,782
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $17,400 · program services $16,663 · management and general $737
23 · Insurance

total $17,812 · management and general $17,812
24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

total $48,145 · program services $48,145
24b · Other expenses: FREIGHT

total $31,118 · program services $31,118
24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

total $14,686 · management and general $14,686
24d · Other expenses: AUTOMOBILE

total $10,518 · management and general $10,518
24e · All other expenses

total $7,025 · program services $2,445 · management and general $4,580

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $372,579 · end of year $364,733
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $341,200 · end of year $280,175
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $1,644 · end of year $1,948
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $386,072 · end of year $270,177
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $9,304 · end of year $21,736
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$238,552
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$38,438
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $145,009 · end of year $200,114
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $369,799 · end of year $413,945
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $21,521 · end of year $25,139
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $86,344 · end of year $76,268
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,386,960 · end of year $1,258,432
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $173,824 · end of year $243,267

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BLACK HILLS PARKS AND FORESTS ASSOCIATION (BHPFA) IS A NON-PROFIT COOPERATING PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE. OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT WONDER AND EXPLORATION THROUGH STEWARD SHIP OF YOUR PUBLIC LANDS. BHPFA SUPPORTS OUR PUBLIC LAND PARTNERS WITH THEIR INTERPRETIVE, EDUCATIONAL, AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS THAT PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE BLACK HILLS, WESTERN NEBRASKA, AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY OPERATING SALES OUTLETS IN PUBLIC LAND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. PURCHASES FROM THESE SITES EXPAND THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE BEYOND PARK AND FOREST BORDERS AND SUPPORTS INTERPRETIVE, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR OUR PARTNER AGENCIES. IN ADDITION TO ASSISTING OUR PARTNERS, BHPFA'S SECONDARY MISSION IS COMMITTED TO CREATING LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THROUGH OUR MEMBERSHIP AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

SEE SCHEDULE O

Expenses $453,690 · Revenue $629,440
PROGRAM AID AND SUPPORT TO NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE.

Expenses $157,070 · Grants $112,622
PROGRAM AID AND SUPPORT TO USDA FOREST SERVICE.

Expenses $31,934 · Grants $7,090

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

Listed in Part VII

Jamie LadenburgerJAMIE LADENBURGER

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Julie BrazellJULIE BRAZELL

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Andrea SernaANDREA SERNA

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joanne SuttonJOANNE SUTTON

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jennifer FowlerJENNIFER FOWLER

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Barb McCartneyBARB MCCARTNEY

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kyla WrightKYLA WRIGHT

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Patty ResslerPATTY RESSLER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$92,705

From this org

$92,705

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Sarah WedgeSARAH WEDGE

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David MertzDAVID MERTZ

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

DEPT OF INTERIOR NPS

$112,622

SUPPORT NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
USDA

$7,090

SUPPORT THE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 6 May 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202511289349301886

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