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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$829,652
Total expenses
$644,763
Contributions and grants received
$688,953
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$137,835
Other revenue
$2,864
Total assets, end of year
$8,905,060
Total liabilities, end of year
$96,598
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,808,462
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$552,585
Management and general expenses
$79,650
Fundraising expenses
$12,528
Program service expenses (Part III)
$552,585

Program services were 85.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $137,547

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $551,406

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $31,568

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $137,835 · excluded $137,835

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,864

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,864 · related or exempt $2,864

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $130,000 · program services $130,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $214,414 · program services $214,414

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,504 · program services $78,504

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,288 · program services $25,288

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,384 · management and general $2,384

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,900 · management and general $21,900

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $19,397 · management and general $19,397

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,945 · program services $8,945

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,628 · fundraising $11,628

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,430 · management and general $1,430

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,949 · program services $31,949

  • 17 · Travel

    total $173 · program services $173

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,431 · management and general $10,431

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANTS

    total $45,302 · program services $45,302

  • 24b · Other expenses: REAL ESATE TAXES

    total $18,010 · program services $18,010

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $11,236 · management and general $11,236

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $7,120 · management and general $7,120

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,652 · management and general $5,752 · fundraising $900

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $502,769 · end of year $627,221

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,286 · end of year $2,518

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,853

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

    $3,446,429

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,446,429 · end of year $3,446,429

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,390,904 · end of year $4,770,560

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $50,250 · end of year $58,332

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,307 · end of year $28,906

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $75,388 · end of year $67,692

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,300,796 · end of year $8,808,462

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY, INC. (VCS) IS A CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION INCLUDES ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, AS WELL AS RESOURCE AND ENIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY ADVOCATES, EDUCATES, AND PROTECTS ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION (VCS) HAS INITIATIVES WHICH INCLUDES ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND RESOURCE PROTECTION; PARTNERING WITH OTHER CONSERVATION AGENCIES TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ACTION IN DEFENSE OF A VIABLE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUTURE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS. VCS CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AS IT HAS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. VCS SPONSORS A RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL, AND AWARENESS-RAISING EVENTS THAT BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AT-LARGE. VCS WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TEACHERS IN ISLAND SCHOOLS TO BRING THIS CIURRICULUM TO ISLAND STUDENTS. VCS OUTREACH ALSO INCLUDES A MONTHLY FREE ELECTRONIC INFORMATIONAL ALMANAC.

    Expenses $552,585

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Samantha Look

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,942
    From this org
    $123,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,312
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ewell Hopkins

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carolyn O'Brien

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Blum

    INTERIM TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jack Fruchtman

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Agnoli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ollie Becker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jonathan Cobb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shelley Edmundson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Glazer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Abigail Higgins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alexis Moreis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Juliet Mulinare

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Clark Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marc Rosenbaum

    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
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531349349303533

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