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← GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,453,680
Total expenses
$9,444,252
Contributions and grants received
$1,766,874
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,125,437
Investment income
$768,275
Other revenue
$1,793,094
Total assets, end of year
$37,979,401
Total liabilities, end of year
$344,596
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$37,634,805
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,081,828
Management and general expenses
$1,257,244
Fundraising expenses
$105,180
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,081,828

Program services were 85.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • GORDON WARBURTON

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CATHERINE WALKER MORTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIA MACRAE MORTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE LEONARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON BARRETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB BIGGERSTAFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSE POPE

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $233,055
    From this org
    $233,055
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,050
    Bonus
    $92,005
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $233,055

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
WE CONDUCT A SALARY AUDIT, BY AN OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY, EVERY 3-5 YEARS FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION. WE REVIEW EVERY POSITION AND SEEK BOARD APPROVAL OF OUR SALARY RANGES FOR ALL POSITIONS. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND EXECUTIVE STAFF DETERMINES ALL OTHER SALARIES AND COMPENSATION THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SALARY GRADES ARE ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE AUDIT, BASED ON COMPARABILITY DATA OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR REGION. PROGRESSION IN THE SALARY STRUCTURE IS ACHIEVED BY PROMOTION, REVIEW OF JOB PERFORMANCE THROUGH ANNUAL EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS AND AN ANNUAL CONSIDERATION OF A COLA SALARY ADJUSTMENT, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349312854

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