Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$365,917

Total expenses

$293,160

Contributions and grants received

$178,062

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$4,824

Investment income

$63,885

Other revenue

$119,146

Total assets, end of year

$1,339,479

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,656

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,334,823

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$153,559

Management and general expenses

$84,165

Fundraising expenses

$55,436

Program service expenses (Part III)

$153,559

Program services were 52.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Land protection and stewardship: Since incorporating in 1992, LPOSC has accepted donations of conservation easements permanently protecting in excess of 24,435 acres of land with superior conservation values across six counties in southwestern Colorado. LPOSC accepted two new conservation easement donations in 2022, resulting in the protection of nearly 200 acres of farmland, forestland, and areas with significant cultural resources. After transferring certain conservation easements to geographically better-positioned organizations over the years, LPSOC now holds, by one counting method, 175 easements comprising in excess of 20,496 acres. As a certified conservation easement holder, LPOSC is legally obligated to monitor land use and ecological conditions on each property on which it holds a conservation easement to ensure that the conserved land and natural resources are being used in compliance with the terms of the conservation easement. Monitoring helps LPOSC to establish and/or maintain valuable relationships with owners of conserved land, and further helps to foster LPOSCs image in the community as a trusted land steward. This is in addition to work the organization does with numerous private landowners to secure protection of other valuable open spaces, wildlife habitat, recreational areas, and agricultural land in the region.

  Expenses $109,784 · Revenue $4,824

• Community engagement and education: LPOSCs community-centric conservation programming is key to connecting people to the lands we protect. In 2022, LPOSC provided educational presentations to community members and professionals working in real-estate or related sectors to communicate the important role our organization plays preserving the high quality of life in our region and now and in the future. In addition, LPOSC continued involving Fort Lewis College interns and community volunteers in the monitoring program and in stewardship programs involving habitat restoration, further connecting our community to the landscapes LPOSC protects. LPOSC also partnered with mission-aligned nonprofits to provide youth education programming on privately conserved lands to increase access to nature for youth in our community. In addition, LPOSC launched a land access project focused on new and young farmers with partners in the region. LPOSC counts as strong, close supporters, 1,000 community members and businesses, and has a social media following of over 1,000 individuals. These supporters are routinely comprised of the work LPOSC undertakes, and the perceived benefit such work provides. In turn, generous support from these individuals and businesses enables LPOSC to achieve its mission to protect valuable lands for generations to come.

  Expenses $43,775

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

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

2022

Filed

10 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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