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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PALMETTO CONSERVATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,962,128
Total expenses
$3,187,797
Contributions and grants received
$2,907,942
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$60,713
Other revenue
-$6,527
Total assets, end of year
$6,579,717
Total liabilities, end of year
$213,364
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,366,353
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,629,983
Management and general expenses
$557,814
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,629,983

Program services were 82.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,770,468

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $137,474

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,713 · excluded $60,713

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $6,527

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$6,527 · related or exempt -$6,527

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $777,937 · program services $584,675 · management and general $193,262

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $24,732 · program services $7,953 · management and general $16,779

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $62,927 · program services $44,591 · management and general $18,336

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,247,980 · program services $1,169,480 · management and general $78,500

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $110,522 · program services $97,649 · management and general $12,873

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,575 · program services $3,710 · management and general $32,865

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,250 · program services $4,544 · management and general $18,706

  • 17 · Travel

    total $93,789 · program services $69,399 · management and general $24,390

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,865 · program services $21 · management and general $6,844

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $83,607 · program services $78,108 · management and general $5,499

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,023 · program services $9,099 · management and general $38,924

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAIL MAINTENANCE

    total $462,197 · program services $462,197

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTING AND EVENT EXPENSE

    total $62,206 · program services $58,754 · management and general $3,452

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $55,138 · management and general $55,138

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $27,010 · program services $7,986 · management and general $19,024

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $65,039 · program services $31,817 · management and general $33,222

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $645,891 · end of year $727,211

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,066,475 · end of year $586,791

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $179,427

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $13,553 · end of year $6,689

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

    $5,487,096

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

    $231,795

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,173,442 · end of year $5,255,301

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,725 · end of year $3,725

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $174,505 · end of year $68,538

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $158,684

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $163,830 · end of year $144,826

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,200,494 · end of year $1,981,353

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,385,000 · end of year $4,385,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO FOSTER AN APPRECIATION FOR SOUTH CAROLINA'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE RECREATION ON THE PALMETTO TRAIL AND OTHER TRAIL YSTEMS THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, RACE, CREED, AGE OR ABILITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PALMETTO TRAIL IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING, PROTECTING AND MAINTAINING A STATEWIDE MULTI-USE NATURE BASED TRAIL THAT PROVIDES A CONTINUOUS TRAIL SPANNING FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA. OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FOSTER ECONOMIC VITALITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH ECO-TOURISM AND INSPIRE A DEEP APPRECIATION AND STEWARDSHIP OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THROUGH CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. PALMETTO TRAIL, SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST TRAIL SYSTEM CAN BE ENJOYED BY ALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, RACE, CREED, AGE, OR ABILITY.

  • THE PALMETTO TRAIL IS DEDICATED TO BUILDING, PROTECTING AND MAINTAINING A STATEWIDE MULTI-USE NATURE BASED TRAIL THAT PROVIDES A CONTINUOUS TRAIL SPANNING FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA. OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS THROUGH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, FOSTER ECONOMIC VITALITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH ECO-TOURISM, AND INSPIRE A DEEP APPRECIATION AND STEWARDSHIP OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THROUGH CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. PALMETTO TRAIL, SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST TRAIL SYSTEM CAN BE ENJOYED BY ALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, REGARDLESS OF GENDER, RACE, CREED, AGE, OR ABILITY.

    Expenses $2,629,983

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeffrey Archie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Phil Gaines

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Grady Johnson

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Mikee Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Sam Konduros

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Dr Tracy MacPherson

    BOARD CHAIRM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • William Mitchell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Jess Powell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Mary Roe

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    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
20 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202610759349300616

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