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← JEKYLL ISLAND FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JEKYLL ISLAND FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$903,774
Total expenses
$505,978
Contributions and grants received
$837,933
Grants paid
$178,278
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$68,529
Other revenue
-$2,688
Total assets, end of year
$3,041,449
Total liabilities, end of year
$44,466
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,996,983
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$430,258
Management and general expenses
$44,532
Fundraising expenses
$31,188
Program service expenses (Part III)
$430,258

Program services were 85.0% 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

    $229,337

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,449

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $583,147

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $133,458

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $68,316 · excluded $68,316

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $213

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $213

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $213 · excluded $213

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $201,885

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

    $229,337

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $204,573

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,688 · excluded -$2,688

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $178,278 · program services $178,278

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,675 · management and general $21,675

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $157,640 · program services $150,497 · management and general $7,143

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25,354 · program services $12,437 · fundraising $12,917

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $898 · management and general $898

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,420 · program services $1,626 · management and general $813 · fundraising $2,981

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,772 · program services $3,855 · management and general $12,155 · fundraising $7,762

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,203 · program services $220 · fundraising $1,983

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $973 · program services $973

  • 24a · Other expenses: GSTC

    total $71,600 · program services $71,600

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & REGISTRATIONS

    total $9,241 · program services $1,848 · management and general $1,848 · fundraising $5,545

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSERVATION & PRESERVA

    total $8,924 · program services $8,924

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $114,195 · end of year $80,538

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,455,839 · end of year $1,886,626

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,048,300 · end of year $1,052,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $21,220

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,638 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $990 · end of year $565

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,325 · end of year $9,110

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,450 · end of year $35,356

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $353,381 · end of year $706,818

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,245,806 · end of year $2,290,165

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE RAISING, MANAGING, AND DISBURSING OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN ITS STEWARDSHIP OF THE NATURAL AND DEVELOPED RESOURCES OF JEKYLL ISLAND.

  • SUPPORT THE HISTORIC RESOURCES DEPARTMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES IN THEIR MISSION TO REVEAL TO EACH VISITOR JEKYLL ISLAND'S INTRICATE STORIES AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH ISLAND SITES, STRUCTURES, EXHIBITS, AND COLLECTIONS, BRINGING THE ENTIRE ISLAND'S UNIQUE PAST TOGETHER WITH ITS DYNAMIC PRESENT AND FUTURE.

    Expenses $191,411 · Grants $107,419

  • SUPPORT THE HISTORIC RESOURCES DEPARTMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES IN THEIR MISSION TO REVEAL TO EACH VISITOR JEKYLL ISLAND'S INTRICATE STORIES AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH ISLAND SITES, STRUCTURES, EXHIBITS, AND COLLECTIONS, BRINGING THE ENTIRE ISLAND'S UNIQUE PAST TOGETHER WITH ITS DYNAMIC PRESENT AND FUTURE.

    Expenses $145,868 · Grants $61,874

  • SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES IN THEIR MISSION TO CONSERVE, MANAGE, AND RESTORE JEKYLL ISLAND STATE PARK'S NATURAL COMMUNITIES AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; PROVIDE NATURE-BASED EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND GUIDE THE JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY, ITS PARTNERS, AND ITS TENANTS TO REDUCE THE BROADER ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE PARK.

    Expenses $92,979 · Grants $8,985

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dion Davis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $147,575
    From this org
    $106,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,095
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ember Bishop Bentley

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Sean McGinnis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Thomas Lines

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Jj Singh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Mark Williams

    JIA EXEC. DIR.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Reed

    NOMINATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Hollis Linginfelter

    IMM. PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Sandra Bland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Kyle Chard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Guyton Cochran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Cecillie Lillevedt Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • John Gross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Melissa Furman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Sean Hennessy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Lee Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Lee Jarboe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Aw Bill Jones III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Casey Cox Kerr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Christie Kinsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Donald Kirkman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Camila Knowles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Del Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Nancy Seymour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Anna Miki Thomaston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1
  • Gary Wadsten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

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)

FORM 990 PART VII LINE 1A
LISTED ON FORM 990 PART VII LINE 1A IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DION DAVIS, WHOSE COMPENSATION IS PAID BY AN UNRELATED ENTITY, JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY AND REPORTED UNDER EIN# 58-6003349. TOTAL REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR CALENDAR 2024 WAS $147,575.

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

  • JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY

    $107,419

    HISTORIC RESOURCES

  • JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY

    $61,874

    GEORGIA SEA TURTLE CENTER

  • JEKYLL ISLAND AUTHORITY

    $8,985

    CONSERVATION PROJECTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532879349302153

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