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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NATHAN BENDERSON PARK CONSERVANCY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,675,236
Total expenses
$3,906,776
Contributions and grants received
$2,800,332
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,825,580
Investment income
$8,311
Other revenue
$41,013
Total assets, end of year
$2,392,615
Total liabilities, end of year
$232,517
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,160,098
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,391,974
Management and general expenses
$414,050
Fundraising expenses
$100,752
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,391,974

Program services were 86.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,904,707

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $895,625

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $1,825,580 · related or exempt $1,825,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,311 · excluded $8,311

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $41,013 · related or exempt $41,013

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $41,013

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,065,667 · program services $768,755 · management and general $296,912

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $19,317 · management and general $19,317

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $252,204 · program services $151,452 · fundraising $100,752

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $152,297 · program services $98,746 · management and general $53,551

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,521 · program services $3,761 · management and general $3,760

  • 20 · Interest

    total $184 · management and general $184

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $111,808 · program services $100,517 · management and general $11,291

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $290,349 · program services $261,314 · management and general $29,035

  • 24a · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

    total $855,038 · program services $855,038

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $502,227 · program services $502,227

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $421,629 · program services $421,629

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $102,846 · program services $102,846

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $125,689 · program services $125,689

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $357,830 · end of year $554,645

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $233,069 · end of year $291,380

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $221,207 · end of year $509,684

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,449 · end of year $54,662

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $8,140

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $194,210 · end of year $141,345

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

    $1,357,662

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

    $537,168

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $642,753 · end of year $820,494

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $12,291 · end of year $12,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $222,819 · end of year $95,409

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $58,620 · end of year $137,108

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $11,334

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,357 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,371,679 · end of year $2,160,098

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO MANAGE AND PROMOTE NATHAN BENDERSON PARK BY PROVIDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT, AND TO GENERATE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR OUR REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO MANAGE AND PROMOTE NATHAN BENDERSON PARK AS A WORLD-CLASS EVENT CENTER, TEAM TRAINING SITE AND SARASOTA COUNTY PARK, WHILE PROVIDING OUTREACH PROGRAMS THROUGH RECREATION, SAFETY TRAINING, EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEERING AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

  • THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO MANAGE AND PROMOTE NATHAN BENDERSON PARK AS A WORLD-CLASS EVENT CENTER, TEAM TRAINING SITE AND SARASOTA COUNTY PARK, WHILE PROVIDING OUTREACH PROGRAMS THROUGH RECREATION, SAFETY TRAINING, EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEERING AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $3,391,974 · Revenue $4,675,236

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Taaffe

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Curtis Jordan

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Joanne Fava

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ron Cutsinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Linda De Mello

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Molly Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Louis Kosiba

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Riley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bruce Patneaude

    COO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stephen Rodriguez

    CEO - RESIGNED 3/1/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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
2023
Filed
24 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522169349301302

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