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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GROTON OPEN SPACE ASSOCIATION INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 10 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$199,875
Total expenses
$31,553
Contributions and grants received
$193,389
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,067
Other revenue
$419
Total assets, end of year
$6,968,607
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,968,607
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,533
Management and general expenses
$13,593
Fundraising expenses
$1,427
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,533

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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $85,868

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $107,521

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,067 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $6,067

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $419 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $419

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $419

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $180 · management and general $180

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $440 · program services $440

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,262 · program services $6,262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,565 · management and general $1,565

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,265 · management and general $3,265

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $340 · management and general $340

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $900 · management and general $900

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,406 · management and general $2,406

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,494 · management and general $4,494

  • 24a · Other expenses: Consumable Supplies

    total $7,003 · program services $7,003 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Public Education Expenses

    total $2,688 · program services $2,688 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage & Copying

    total $1,558 · program services $140 · management and general $311 · fundraising $1,107

  • 24d · Other expenses: Square Fees

    total $320 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $320

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $132 · management and general $132

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $190,713 · end of year $339,461

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $185,764 · end of year $193,165

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48 · end of year $1,127

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

    $6,459,061

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

    $24,207

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,423,760 · end of year $6,434,854

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,797,810 · end of year $6,943,006

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,475 · end of year $25,601

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

GOSA's mission is to protect and preserve open space and water resources in Southeastern CT, provide public access for passive recreation, and to educate the public.

  • Community Outreach: Funds were used to create a documentary about GOSA's history, send members to conferences to provide education in order to strengthen members' skill sets to align with our mission. GOSA also hosted a scavenger hunt for kids on our property. Flyers were printed to inform members of our community about our properties, the benefits of being outdoors, and monthly community hikes hosted by GOSA. Equipment was purchased to support our efforts to share that information at public events.

    Expenses $6,586

  • Stewardship: Funds were used for lumber, screws, bolts, treads, and a cart to carry them to the sites where ramps and other improvements were made to 3 bridges. A battery powered hedge trimmer was purchased for clearing vegetation along trails.

    Expenses $6,274

  • Field Trip Bussing: Funding was provided to bus Groton Public School children to GOSA properties for hiking field trips. The program allowed students to experience the outdoors and gain an appreciation of nature.

    Expenses $2,584

  • Other Program Services

    Expenses $1,089

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Betsy Chittenden

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Joan Smith

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Kennith Paonessa

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Wendy Spader

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Kevin Ryan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Sidny Van Zandt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Dan O'Connell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Janet Andersen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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
10 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512869349300611

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