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← KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,089,123
Total expenses
$2,600,904
Contributions and grants received
$7,599,019
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$95,827
Investment income
$376,739
Other revenue
$17,538
Total assets, end of year
$35,409,143
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,647,041
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,762,102
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,918,423
Management and general expenses
$424,846
Fundraising expenses
$257,635
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,918,423

Program services were 73.8% 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)

    $629,512

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,969,507

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,199,809

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROJECT INCOME

    total $95,827 · related or exempt $95,827

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $249,341 · excluded $249,341

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,836,328

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,708,930

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $127,398

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $127,398 · excluded $127,398

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $12,500 · related or exempt $12,500

  • 11b · Other revenue: MOUNTAIN LAUREL LAKE

    total $5,038 · unrelated business $5,038

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $17,538

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $134,767 · program services $81,497 · management and general $22,910 · fundraising $30,360

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $501,693 · program services $303,387 · management and general $85,287 · fundraising $113,019

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $25,108 · program services $15,183 · management and general $4,269 · fundraising $5,656

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $88,483 · program services $53,509 · management and general $15,042 · fundraising $19,932

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,302 · program services $28,605 · management and general $8,041 · fundraising $10,656

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $242,784 · program services $199,338 · management and general $43,446

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,390 · management and general $15,390

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $55,784 · management and general $55,784

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,246,379 · program services $1,050,521 · management and general $137,975 · fundraising $57,883

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,036 · program services $2,388 · management and general $523 · fundraising $125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,631 · program services $23,883 · management and general $7,245 · fundraising $11,503

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,027 · program services $18,742 · management and general $4,087 · fundraising $1,198

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,162 · program services $5,588 · management and general $1,217 · fundraising $357

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,001 · program services $28,082 · management and general $6,121 · fundraising $1,798

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,073 · program services $15,659 · management and general $3,411 · fundraising $1,003

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,131 · program services $14,143 · management and general $3,083 · fundraising $905

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,617 · program services $19,200 · management and general $4,185 · fundraising $1,232

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $28,744 · program services $22,419 · management and general $4,887 · fundraising $1,438

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $27,368 · program services $27,368

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $11,424 · program services $8,911 · management and general $1,943 · fundraising $570

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,443,020 · end of year $12,149,574

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $2,521,316

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,300 · end of year $66,802

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,979 · end of year $6,073

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $10,930,496

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $122,415

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,821,068 · end of year $10,808,081

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,433,894 · end of year $7,395,215

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $735,674 · end of year $2,458,879

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,203 · end of year $3,203

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $209,710 · end of year $157,352

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,539,309 · end of year $11,489,689

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,333,309 · end of year $23,424,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $371,810 · end of year $337,383

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST WORKS TO PROTECT, CONNECT AND RESTORE WILDLANDS WITH A COMMITMENT TO SAFEGUARDING BIODIVERSITY, MITIGATING CLIMATE IMPACTS AND FOSTERING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NATIONALLY ACCREDITED LAND TRUST WORKING TO PROTECT, CONNECT, AND RESTORE WILDLANDS IN KENTUCKY.

  • KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST (KNLT) IS WORKING TO PROTECT WILDLANDS IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA AND BEYOND. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ALONG PINE AND CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS. OUR EFFORTS BEGAN WITH RAISING FUNDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF KENTUCKY NATURE PRESERVES TO SAFEGUARD KENTUCKY'S LARGEST REMAINING TRACT OF OLD GROWTH FOREST NOW KNOWN AS BLANTON FOREST STATE NATURE PRESERVES. SINCE 1995, KNLT HAS PROTECTED MORE THAN 60,000 ACRES OF WILDLANDS. THROUGH 2024, KNLT HAS DIRECTLY PROTECTED OVER 19,000 ACRES AND PARTNERED ON THE PROTECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL 40,500 ACRES. KNLT CONTINUES TO STEWARD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WILDLANDS ACRES BOTH KNLT PRESERVES AND IMPORTANT CONSERVATION AREAS HELD BY PARTNERS.

    Expenses $1,918,423 · Revenue $108,327

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kelly Bartley

    CHAIR AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Julia Taylor

    VICE CHAIR AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bert Lyons

    SECRETARY, TREASURER AND D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Allan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bethany Baxter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ivy Brashear

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Greg Davis MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Premalatha Durham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Marc Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Susan Hamilton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Laura Keller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melanie Ratliff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kathleen Shelton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Zoe Strecker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Zeb Weese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Greg Abernathy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,767
    From this org
    $116,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,127
    Hours/week
    40

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
2024
Filed
26 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511499349300046

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