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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BULL CREEK COMMON LANDS.

Totals

Total revenue
$660,743
Total expenses
$21,254
Contributions and grants received
$658,218
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,525
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,042,444
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,042,444
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,166
Management and general expenses
$5,756
Fundraising expenses
$3,332
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,166

Program services were 57.2% 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)

    $333,784

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $324,434

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $310,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,525 · related or exempt $2,525

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,717 · management and general $1,717

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,004 · management and general $300 · fundraising $2,704

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,072 · program services $104 · management and general $1,968

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,968 · program services $197 · management and general $1,771

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAND MANAGEMENT SERVICE

    total $7,100 · program services $7,100

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $4,608 · program services $4,608

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $785 · program services $157 · fundraising $628

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $39,134 · end of year $22,404

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $30,000 · end of year $140,802

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

    $789,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $333,821 · end of year $789,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $90,238

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $380,837 · end of year $949,618

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,118 · end of year $92,826

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO CONSERVE LAND AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS. BENEFIT THE INNATE ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF THE LAND, SPECIFICALLY FOREST RESILIENCY AND BIODIVERSITY. ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY'S VITALITY BY ENCOURAGING ACCESS TO LAND FOR COMMUNITY-DEFINED PURPOSES INCLUDING FARMING, FORAGING, RECREATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDUCATION. ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY'S CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND HELP TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE VIA HEALTHY FORESTS, WETLANDS AND SHARED ENVIRONMENT. CONSERVE NATURAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONSERVE LAND AND PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS. BENEFIT THE INNATE ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF THE LAND, SPECIFICALLY FOREST RESILIENCY AND BIODIVERSITY. ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY'S VITALITY BY ENCOURAGING ACCESS TO LAND FOR COMMUNITY-DEFINED PURPOSES INCLUDING FARMING, FORAGING, RECREATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EDUCATION. ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE TO FLOODING VIA HEALTHY FORESTS AND WETLANDS. CONSERVE NATURAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, AND AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES.

  • OUTDOOR RECREATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: COLLABORATED WITH THE GRAFTON NATURE MUSEUM AND ATHENS BRICK MEETING HOUSE TO CO-SPONSOR TWO EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. AN INFORMATION KIOSK WAS MAINTAINED AT THE TRAILHEAD. OVER 74 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED THE HIKING TRAILS, BRIDGE CROSSING AND PARKING AREA. ALL MATERIALS FOR THE INFORMATION KIOSK WERE DONATED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $2,583

  • LAND MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE: MAINTENANCE OF WOODS ROADS TO PREVENT EROSION. REMOVAL OF INVASIVE PLANTS AND PROTECTION OF NATIVE HARDWOOD SEEDLINGS. MARKING OF BOUNDARY LINES AROUND THE PROPERTY AND PLACEMENT OF BOUNDARY SIGNS. REMOVAL OF TRASH. INVENTORY OF VERNAL POOL SALAMANDER AND FROG POPULATIONS. OVER 314 VOLUNTEER HOURS

    Expenses $5,238

  • NEW LAND CONSERVATION: PURCHASED AND CONSERVED 231 ACRES OF ECOLOGICALLY CRITICAL LAND IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE BULL CREEK. THE LAND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE 10-ACRES OF WETLANDS, STATE-SIGNIFICANT VERNAL POOLS, POPULATIONS OF THE FEDERALLY ENDANGERED NORTHEASTERN BULRUSH AND LEGACY RED OAK TREES. OVER 134 VOLUNTEER HOURS

    Expenses $4,345

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hannah Regier

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Andrew Toepfer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Debra Clarke

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
2025
Filed
24 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622679349301007

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