Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,848,710
- Total expenses
- $3,614,056
- Contributions and grants received
- $3,548,324
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $258
- Investment income
- $338,982
- Other revenue
- -$38,854
- Total assets, end of year
- $26,549,146
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,115,027
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $25,434,119
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,226,964
- Management and general expenses
- $197,450
- Fundraising expenses
- $189,642
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,226,964
Program services were 89.3% 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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1c · Fundraising events
$395,889
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,936,559
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,215,876
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$6,879
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2a · Program service revenue: Service fees
total $258 · related or exempt $258
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3 · Investment income
total $174,177 · excluded $174,177
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6a · Gross rents
real property $35,880
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $34,243
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $1,637
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $1,637 · excluded $1,637
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $1,070,079
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $905,274
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $164,805
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $164,805 · excluded $164,805
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$83,538
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$395,889
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$124,797
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$41,259 · excluded -$41,259
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11a · Other revenue: Other
total $768 · related or exempt $768
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11e · Other revenue, total
$768
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $175,906 · program services $105,545 · management and general $17,590 · fundraising $52,771
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $772,452 · program services $613,390 · management and general $66,960 · fundraising $92,102
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $13,533 · program services $10,259 · management and general $1,207 · fundraising $2,067
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $77,601 · program services $58,828 · management and general $6,919 · fundraising $11,854
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $74,046 · program services $56,133 · management and general $6,602 · fundraising $11,311
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11a · Fees: management
total $23,279 · program services $3,082 · management and general $20,197
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11b · Fees: legal
total $60,801 · program services $60,801
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $46,900 · management and general $46,900
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $17,259 · program services $8,464 · management and general $1,463 · fundraising $7,332
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13 · Office expenses
total $62,783 · program services $49,355 · management and general $11,762 · fundraising $1,666
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14 · Information technology
total $17,344 · program services $11,658 · management and general $1,236 · fundraising $4,450
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16 · Occupancy
total $61,894 · program services $52,610 · management and general $6,189 · fundraising $3,095
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $14,921 · program services $13,605 · management and general $1,316
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $27,793 · program services $23,624 · management and general $2,779 · fundraising $1,390
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23 · Insurance
total $36,968 · program services $29,034 · management and general $6,330 · fundraising $1,604
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24a · Other expenses: Land preservation costs
total $2,030,089 · program services $2,030,089
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24b · Other expenses: Land stewardship costs
total $100,487 · program services $100,487
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,599,452 · end of year $1,636,257
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $475,898 · end of year $90,751
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $125,500 · end of year $125,500
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $98,443 · end of year $57,778
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,377,022
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$814,394
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,610,763 · end of year $1,562,628
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $5,308,108 · end of year $6,241,754
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $16,834,478 · end of year $16,834,478
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $103,213 · end of year $115,027
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $1,000,000
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $348,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $19,586,254 · end of year $19,756,496
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,015,175 · end of year $5,677,623
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The primary mission of the Westchester Land Trust is to conserve, maintain and enhance the natural environment and resources of Westchester County and eastern Putnam County. The Trust acquires interests in land exhibiting important natural features or values.
Activities or mission (Part I)
The primary mission of the Westchester Land Trust is to conserve, maintain and enhance the natural and aesthetic environment and resources of Westchester County, eastern Putnam County and its environs.
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Westchester Land Trust (WLT) conserves and cares for land in urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout its service territory of Westchester and eastern Putnam counties. Its land preservation efforts serve the public by protecting public drinking water supplies, climate-resilient lands, trails for passive recreation and scenic enjoyment, wildlife habitats, farmland, and urban green spaces such as community gardens and pocket parks. - continued on Schedule O - Since 1988 WLT has preserved more than 9,270 acres of open space, and 20 miles of hiking trails in 23 communities. WLT has protected properties ranging from a quarter of an acre to over 600 acres. In 2023, WLT preserved an additional 140 acres across three projects. Community members enjoyed more than 45,000 visits to WLT's preserves in 2023. Twelve preserves are free and open to the public year-round, with the remaining preserves closed to the public as wildlife sanctuaries. WLT partners with the State of New York, Westchester and Putnam counties, private landowners, and local governments to acquire and care for land.WLT is committed to community education about the protection of natural resources, wildlife habitats, and sustainable agriculture. WLT's inclusive collaborations with dozens of national, regional, and local organizations help advance its mission. WLT's mobile education exhibit, the Pollinator Pop-Up, appeared at 17 events in 2023, allowing WLT to connect with thousands of community members about environmental topics. WLT's headquarters, Sugar Hill Farm, is the site of a half-acre organic garden, where vegetables are grown and distributed to local food pantries. In its 12 years of operation, more than 82,000 servings of fresh produce have been donated to families in need of food. Volunteers are the backbone of WLT's work. In 2023 volunteers donated more than 1,200 hours of their time to support WLT's land protection and community engagement programs. WLT's protected lands are home to more than 1,300 species of native plants and animals. In addition to proactive land protection, land stewardship is an important component of WLT's mission. WLT regularly conducts land management and habitat restoration projects on publically accessible lands that it owns or holds conservation easements on. In 2023, WLT hired 40 youth conservationists to help launch a landscape-scale forest health project spanning all its preserves. WLT also employs three summer conservation apprentices as part of its conservation career development program.
Expenses $3,226,964 · Revenue $1,026
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Bruce Churchill
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Nancy Karch
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe Edgar
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amy Ferguson
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Ansel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Clifford H Aronson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Christopher Boege
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Nanette Bourne
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dina Dublon
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Chantel McGee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Lee Manning-Vogelstein
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Gary Perusse
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Offutt A Porter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Bruce Ward
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Norma Silva
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Jennifer Schwartz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Carine Verschueren
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Tony Freund
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Dr Diana Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Matt Young
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Kara H Whelan
President
- Total calculated
- $175,906
- From this org
- $175,906
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $175,906
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $175,906
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 9 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202442839349301369
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