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← SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$777,020
Total expenses
$441,979
Contributions and grants received
$708,717
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$66,224
Other revenue
$2,079
Total assets, end of year
$2,661,891
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,689
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,660,202
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$363,545
Management and general expenses
$42,479
Fundraising expenses
$35,955
Program service expenses (Part III)
$363,545

Program services were 82.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $19,840

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $688,877

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $14,715

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $66,224 · excluded $66,224

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $19,509

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $19,840

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,509

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $940 · excluded $940

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,139 · related or exempt $1,139

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,079

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $92,177 · program services $73,741 · management and general $9,218 · fundraising $9,218

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $108,813 · program services $87,051 · management and general $10,881 · fundraising $10,881

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,914 · program services $1,530 · management and general $192 · fundraising $192

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,520 · program services $2,816 · management and general $352 · fundraising $352

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,404 · program services $12,324 · management and general $1,540 · fundraising $1,540

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,790 · program services $1,402 · management and general $2,388

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,675 · program services $2,470 · management and general $4,205

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,713 · program services $1,004 · management and general $1,709

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $257 · program services $257

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,521 · program services $24,310 · management and general $6,216 · fundraising $7,995

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $251 · program services $201 · management and general $25 · fundraising $25

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,559 · program services $9,559

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,115 · program services $8,092 · management and general $1,012 · fundraising $1,011

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSERVATION EXPENSES

    total $148,270 · program services $138,788 · management and general $4,741 · fundraising $4,741

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $101,227 · end of year $192,822

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $229,175 · end of year $102,771

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,909

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,630,968 · end of year $2,038,271

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $328,027 · end of year $328,027

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,689

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $896,636 · end of year $1,172,025

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,396,670 · end of year $1,488,177

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST WORKS WITH LANDOWNERS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO PRESERVE NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY THROUGH LANDOWNER EDUCATION AND HOLDING AND FACILITATING LAND PROTECTION AGREEMENTS.

  • SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING FORESTS, WETLANDS, FARMLANDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. WE WORK WITH LANDOWNERS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO CONSERVE NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, LAND STEWARDSHIP, AND BY HOLDING AND FACILITATING LAND PROTECTION AGREEMENTS. WE WORK WITHIN THE HERRING BAY, SEVERN, SOUTH, PATUXENT, RHODE, BODKIN CREEK, PATAPSCO AND WEST RIVER WATERSHEDS. TO DATE, SCENIC RIVERS HOLDS OVER 80 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ACROSS ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, TOTALING MORE THAN 3,829 ACRES.

    Expenses $363,545

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sarah Knebel

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $92,177
    From this org
    $90,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,512
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joan Renner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edmee Geis

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Butler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kirk Mantay

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joe Ports

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Phil Dales

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristen O Maneval

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liam O'Meara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lily Openshaw

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sara Ramotnik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Rosborg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Zanecki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349306979

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