Totals
- Total revenue
- $4,896,336
- Total expenses
- $1,188,652
- Contributions and grants received
- $4,466,901
- Grants paid
- $16,196
- Program service revenue
- $342,697
- Investment income
- $86,738
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $37,271,026
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $321,907
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $36,949,119
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,049,660
- Management and general expenses
- $88,899
- Fundraising expenses
- $50,093
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,049,660
Program services were 88.3% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,441,482
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$3,025,419
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$400,425
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2a · Program service revenue: Education, events, and lodging
total $335,546 · related or exempt $335,546 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Miscellaneous related to program services
total $7,151 · related or exempt $7,151 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $79,777 · related or exempt $79,777 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $44,158 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $37,197 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $6,961 · other assets $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $6,961 · related or exempt $6,961 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $16,196 · program services $16,196
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $80,580 · program services $44,319 · management and general $24,174 · fundraising $12,087
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $495,244 · program services $444,445 · management and general $36,987 · fundraising $13,812
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $56,624 · program services $47,439 · management and general $6,668 · fundraising $2,517
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $5,276 · program services $0 · management and general $5,276 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,788 · program services $600 · management and general $3,188 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,620 · program services $1,620 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $54,042 · program services $29,424 · management and general $5,060 · fundraising $19,558
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14 · Information technology
total $7,316 · program services $3,173 · management and general $2,115 · fundraising $2,028
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $127,105 · program services $127,105 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
17 · Travel
total $27,951 · program services $27,308 · management and general $552 · fundraising $91
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $571 · program services $282 · management and general $289 · fundraising $0
-
20 · Interest
total $1,377 · program services $1,377 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $131,141 · program services $131,141 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $28,783 · program services $24,213 · management and general $4,570 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Events and workshops supplies
total $30,959 · program services $30,939 · management and general $20 · fundraising $0
-
24b · Other expenses: Non-capital special projects
total $120,079 · program services $120,079 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $88,456 · end of year $290,559
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,180,070 · end of year $977,168
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $64,240 · end of year $66,135
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $133,024 · end of year $1,334,284
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $17,850 · end of year $46,882
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$33,317,308
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,581,440
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $29,571,430 · end of year $31,735,868
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $36,971 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,028,273 · end of year $2,820,130
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $109,376 · end of year $90,278
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,813
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $28,751 · end of year $31,339
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $32,527 · end of year $21,569
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $173,908
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $30,921,386 · end of year $36,949,119
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,028,274 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Our Mission: To protect the rich diversity of life within North America's Great Eastern Forest. Our Work: We acquire and steward wild lands in the Ohio region. We create sanctuaries where people can connect with the natural world. We teach about our forest heritage to inspire a global conservation ethic. We honor, in our work and our teachings, our Native American legacies.
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Land Acquisition & Nature Preservation - In 2023, the Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Inc. (HNS) (dba the Arc of Appalachia) expanded its preserve holdings by 319.013 acres, thus bringing the total natural project areas acquired by fee simple or conservation easement since the organization's inception in 1995 to 10,598.01 acres. These acquisitions further the nonprofit's mission of wildlands preservation. Natural area acquisitions over the organization's 29 year history through 2023 totaled 159 separate land acquisitions in 28 preserve regions, most of which remain actively monitored and managed by HNS. New land acquisitions that were purchased in 2023 with the aid of private donations and grants included a 5-acre expansion of the Highlands Nature Sanctuary in Highland County called Sycamore Springs, the 31.32-acre acquisition of Honeycomb Rocks in Hocking County, the 84-acre expansion of Tremper Mound in Scioto County known as Huckleberry Ridge, the 91.193-acre expansion of the Killbuck Swamp Preserve in Holmes County known as Bowfin Bottoms, and the 95-acre expansion of the Simon Farm Preserve in Scioto County known as Noel Hollow. One property was donated to HNS in 2023: the 12.5-acre Foster's Retreat in Hocking County, which provided a trailhead entrance for HNS' Resilience Woods preserve. Land Stewardship & Hiking Trails - A significant priority for the staff of HNS's Land Stewardship Team in 2023 was the development of hiking trails that were in large part funded by the Clean Ohio grant program. These included development of trails at Quiverheart Gorge, Killbuck Swamp, Huckleberry Ridge, Cliff Run, Gladys Riley Golden Star Lily Preserve, Sylvan Deep, and Tobacco Barn Hollow, which will add a total of nearly 20 miles of new hiking opportunities for our visitors when they are complete. Non-native invasive plant control is a year-round task across the preserve system, focusing primarily on bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose, autumn olive, and Chinese lespedeza. HNS staff continue to track and treat hemlock wooly adelgid, a non-native invasive insect, in five of our preserves with stands of Canadian hemlock. Efforts to release and expand the native prairie areas at Plum Run continued in 2023. HNS continues management of an Ohio History Connection-owned site, Fort Hill, in Highland County. Research - Arc of Appalachia staff and volunteers continued to engage in several research studies across its preserves. These included an annual week-long bird survey at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary; an on-going timber rattlesnake habitat study at its Tobacco Barn Hollow preserve; a two-week long biological inventory of Pickett Run Wetlands; and a three-day-long acoustic bat monitoring survey at its Tobacco Barn Hollow preserve.
Expenses $508,984 · Grants $13,196 · Revenue $7,151
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Education - In 2023 The Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Inc. (HNS) (dba the Arc of Appalachia) was committed to teaching the value of Ohio's natural landscapes through its outdoor education courses, through interpretive displays and staff contact at the Appalachian Forest Museum, and via nature immersion opportunities presented to visitors on HNS's nearly 70 miles of hiking trails. Calculated through head counts, registration data, and car counters, HNS attracted 96,564 visitors in 2023. Notable attendance includes: 11,631 visitors to the Appalachian Forest Museum, 16,545 visitors to Fort Hill Preserve, 24,079 visitors to Junction Earthworks, and 18,204 hikers at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary. HNS hosted four large annual events in 2023: Wildflower Pilgrimage, Mothapalooza, Tree People, and the John Roger Simon Sorghum Festival.
Expenses $540,676 · Grants $3,000 · Revenue $335,546
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Nancy J Stranahan
Director
- Total calculated
- $80,580
- From this org
- $80,580
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 50
-
David Baker
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Brian Blair
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Randy Carmel
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jean Farkas
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Martha Fikes
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Hazel Morrow Jones
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael Rigsby
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jenny Sadler
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jim Silver
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lewis Ulman
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick Perkins
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Marilyn Welker
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dave Todt
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kathleen Bruns
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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
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$6,658
payment of real estate taxes for land currently owned by entity.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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Charitable Remainder Trust #1
T · Irrevocable remainder interest · OH · 0% owned · share of income $0 · share of assets $0
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 28 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202423029349300342
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