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← GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$34,487,626
Total expenses
$14,803,030
Contributions and grants received
$33,531,192
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$782,931
Other revenue
$173,503
Total assets, end of year
$125,107,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,347,970
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$115,759,523
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,157,789
Management and general expenses
$819,953
Fundraising expenses
$825,288
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,157,789

Program services were 88.9% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $33,531,192

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $7,764,383

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $861 · related or exempt $861

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $61,464,733 · other assets $4,645,899

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $60,001,257 · other assets $5,327,305

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,463,476 · other assets -$681,406

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $782,070 · related or exempt $782,070

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $157,380 · related or exempt $157,380

  • 11b · Other revenue: BENEFIT PROCEEDS

    total $16,123 · unrelated business $16,123

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $173,503

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $251,801 · program services $100,721 · management and general $50,359 · fundraising $100,721

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,678,147 · program services $1,952,074 · management and general $376,713 · fundraising $349,360

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $120,672 · program services $84,546 · management and general $17,589 · fundraising $18,537

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $484,498 · program services $339,451 · management and general $70,621 · fundraising $74,426

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $213,084 · program services $149,292 · management and general $31,059 · fundraising $32,733

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $46,772 · program services $41,574 · management and general $2,591 · fundraising $2,607

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,553 · program services $4,235 · management and general $21 · fundraising $4,297

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,023 · program services $45,070 · management and general $4,846 · fundraising $5,107

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $80,515 · program services $56,411 · management and general $11,736 · fundraising $12,368

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,157 · program services $36,206 · management and general $5,332 · fundraising $5,619

  • 17 · Travel

    total $73,633 · program services $51,589 · management and general $10,733 · fundraising $11,311

  • 20 · Interest

    total $446,299 · program services $446,299

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $466,898 · program services $459,395 · management and general $3,653 · fundraising $3,850

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $151,193 · program services $105,930 · management and general $22,038 · fundraising $23,225

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRANSFERS TO OTHER ORGA

    total $5,749,861 · program services $5,749,861

  • 24b · Other expenses: EXTINGUISHED DEVELOPEME

    total $2,037,999 · program services $2,037,999

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES

    total $813,946 · program services $675,420 · management and general $138,526

  • 24d · Other expenses: TITLE WORK AND RECORDIN

    total $452,503 · program services $452,503

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $624,476 · program services $369,213 · management and general $74,136 · fundraising $181,127

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $202,332 · end of year $567,527

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,147,491 · end of year $3,406,507

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

    $83,489,374

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

    $2,493,907

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $66,823,132 · end of year $80,995,467

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $33,531,568 · end of year $39,607,731

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $530,260 · end of year $530,261

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $809,266 · end of year $1,239,724

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $8,250,000 · end of year $7,790,943

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $329,824 · end of year $317,303

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,477,083 · end of year $15,702,842

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $80,368,610 · end of year $100,056,681

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF GTRLC IS TO PROTECT SIGNIFICANT NATURAL, SCENIC AND FARM LANDS AND ADVANCE LAND STEWARDSHIP NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF GTRLC IS TO PROTECT SIGNIFICANT NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND SCENIC AREAS AND ADVANCE LAND STEWARDSHIP NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • FOR THE TAX YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, 359 ACRES OF LAND VALUED AT $1,478,200 WERE ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE OR DONATION FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION AND PUBLIC USE. INCLUDED IN ACQUISITIONS DURING THE TAX YEAR ARE THE BIRCH POINT, ARCADIA MARSH ADDITION, GOLDEN DAYS LOON, AND WILCOX-PALMER-SHA ADDITION. THE ACQUISITIONS BRING THE TOTAL LAND PRESERVES PROTECTED TO 10,980 ACRES, VALUED AT HISTORICAL COST OF $36,138,870. ALSO, CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS EXTINGUISHED IN THE TAX YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025 TOTALED $2,038,000 AS DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE D, PART XIII. A TOTAL OF 261 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSERVANCY DURING IT'S 30-YEAR HISTORY COMPRISING 22,849 ACRES, VALUED AT A HISTORICAL COST OF $70,126,610.

    Expenses $13,157,789

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Glen Chown

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $295,662
    From this org
    $240,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,190
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,978
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,494
    Filer's total
    $295,662

  • John Bercini

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Linda Cline

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Kathleen Guy

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

  • Greg Seman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Koffi Kpachavi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Alena Bowman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cliff Fox

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Don Coe

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Cathie Ballard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Caitlin Falenski

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Becky Ewing

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Paul Moyer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Chip May

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Barbara Nelson-Jameson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Susan Palmer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mack Beers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Annie Olds

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ray Kendra

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jim Huckle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Birgit Conway

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $130,734
    From this org
    $103,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,781
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Julin

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $119,995
    From this org
    $103,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,106
    Hours/week
    40

  • Marissa Duque

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $131,307
    From this org
    $108,514
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,793
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christopher Sullivan

    DIRECTOR OF LAND PROTECTIO

    Total calculated
    $119,897
    From this org
    $112,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,978
    Hours/week
    40

  • Erin Whiting

    SENIOR CHARITABLE GIVING SPECIALIST

    Total calculated
    $128,297
    From this org
    $105,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,617
    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. 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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, 4.B.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GLEN CHOWN, RECEIVED $21,463 IN 457(B) CONTRIBUTIONS.

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
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349305135

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