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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,496,377
Total expenses
$646,059
Contributions and grants received
$1,466,168
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$28,263
Other revenue
$1,946
Total assets, end of year
$7,206,848
Total liabilities, end of year
$24,013
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,182,835
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$380,233
Management and general expenses
$130,423
Fundraising expenses
$135,403
Program service expenses (Part III)
$380,233

Program services were 58.9% 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

    $89,734

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    -$8,658

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $60,300

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,324,792

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $28,063 · excluded $28,063

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $200

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $200

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $22,698

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

    -$8,658

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $22,698

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $1,596 · excluded $1,596

  • 11b · Other revenue: Merchandise Sales

    total $350 · excluded $350

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,946

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $28,890 · program services $16,395 · management and general $5,699 · fundraising $6,796

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $284,986 · program services $161,729 · management and general $56,220 · fundraising $67,037

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,845 · program services $2,182 · management and general $759 · fundraising $904

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,445 · program services $11,035 · management and general $3,836 · fundraising $4,574

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,602 · program services $14,529 · management and general $5,051 · fundraising $6,022

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,211 · program services $6,003 · management and general $7,112 · fundraising $96

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,819 · program services $6,734 · management and general $7,977 · fundraising $108

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $11,960 · management and general $11,960

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,005 · program services $457 · management and general $541 · fundraising $7

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,599 · program services $3,745 · management and general $1,302 · fundraising $1,552

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,099 · program services $11,406 · management and general $3,965 · fundraising $4,728

  • 20 · Interest

    total $372 · management and general $372

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $18,819 · program services $18,096 · management and general $635 · fundraising $88

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,479 · program services $3,753 · management and general $12,305 · fundraising $1,421

  • 24a · Other expenses: Property & Program Expe

    total $119,704 · program services $119,645 · management and general $59

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing & Postage

    total $21,440 · management and general $799 · fundraising $20,641

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Operating

    total $11,966 · management and general $1,628 · fundraising $10,338

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fundraising

    total $9,608 · management and general $391 · fundraising $9,217

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,210 · program services $4,524 · management and general $9,812 · fundraising $1,874

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $439,061 · end of year $653,529

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $23,321 · end of year $23,485

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $173,833 · end of year $244,334

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,204 · end of year $2,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,375 · end of year $11,705

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

    $303,378

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

    $99,158

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $99,762 · end of year $204,220

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,206,684 · end of year $1,012,739

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,708,820 · end of year $5,053,992

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,781 · end of year $24,013

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $60,300 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,561,288 · end of year $1,912,333

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,019,691 · end of year $5,270,502

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Georges River Land Trust's mission is to conserve the ecosystems and traditional heritage of the Georges River Watershed Region through permanent land protection, stewardship, education, and outdoor experiences.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of Georges River Land Trust is to conserve the ecosystems and traditional heritage of the Georges River Watershed Region through permanent land protection, stewardship, education, and outdoor experiences.

  • The land protection program serves the membership of GRLT and participating landowners by working to protect high value conservation lands throughout the St George River Watershed. GRLT has a community-based approach to land protection, which is guided by strategic planning and operated in compliance with land trust alliance standards and practices. GRLT focuses its land conservation efforts in the highest value areas of the watershed as determined through a conservation planning process. The land protection program collaborates with the stewardship program on community and landowner outreach, stewardship budgets, baseline data for protected lands, easement amendments and landowner visits. GRLT participates in a variety of forums, including meetings with landowners and their advisors, partnerships with organizations and agencies, communications with the GRLT Board of Directors, Committee members and donors, and public speaking opportunities at regional and statewide venues.

    Expenses $89,837

  • The stewardship program is responsible for the management of fee-owned preserves and conservation easements. GRLT has a community-based approach to the land stewardship program, which is guided by strategic planning and operated in compliance with land trust alliance standards & practices. GRLT works to accomplish established goals and collaborates with the land protection program on cummunity and landowner outreach, baseline data for preserves, annual monitoring of easements and preserves, easement amendments and landowner visits.

    Expenses $96,391

  • Expenses $194,005

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alvin Chase

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lucy Crocker Abisalih

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Bruce Sigsbee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Steve Hirshberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Gail Presley

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Debbie Rogers

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • David Williams

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Heather Deese

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Liz Jenkins

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Juliet Carey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Margaret Rasmussen

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $35,210
    From this org
    $28,890
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,320
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313059349302001

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