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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SQUAM LAKES ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,735,430
Total expenses
$1,507,670
Contributions and grants received
$2,219,731
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$297,076
Investment income
$190,687
Other revenue
$27,936
Total assets, end of year
$11,184,522
Total liabilities, end of year
$63,029
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,121,493
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,276,321
Management and general expenses
$223,488
Fundraising expenses
$7,861
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,276,321

Program services were 84.7% 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

    $134,828

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,084,903

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,600

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NATURAL AREAS

    total $158,803 · related or exempt $158,803

  • 2b · Program service revenue: YOUTH PROGRAMS

    total $84,604 · related or exempt $84,604

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LAKE USE

    total $53,669 · related or exempt $53,669

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $104,173 · excluded $104,173

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,170

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,170

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,170 · excluded $13,170

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $347,104 · other assets $3,350

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

    securities $263,940

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $83,164 · other assets $3,350

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $86,514 · excluded $86,514

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $20,050

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,284

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $14,766 · related or exempt $14,766

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,626 · program services $97,966 · management and general $16,328 · fundraising $2,332

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $692,669 · program services $585,160 · management and general $105,066 · fundraising $2,443

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,406 · program services $9,628 · management and general $1,711 · fundraising $67

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,448 · program services $73,815 · management and general $13,117 · fundraising $516

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,081 · program services $51,559 · management and general $9,162 · fundraising $360

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,697 · program services $23,390 · management and general $10,026 · fundraising $281

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $93,878 · program services $85,320 · management and general $8,558

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,381 · program services $33,242 · management and general $5,907 · fundraising $232

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,055 · program services $49,848 · management and general $8,859 · fundraising $348

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,225 · program services $1,878 · management and general $334 · fundraising $13

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,491 · program services $9,699 · management and general $1,724 · fundraising $68

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $72,600 · program services $61,282 · management and general $10,890 · fundraising $428

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $82,539 · program services $69,671 · management and general $12,381 · fundraising $487

  • 24a · Other expenses: Small tools and equipment

    total $54,159 · program services $54,159

  • 24b · Other expenses: Permits, subscriptions and fees

    total $31,858 · program services $19,752 · management and general $12,106

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $22,602 · program services $19,078 · management and general $3,390 · fundraising $134

  • 24d · Other expenses: Rentals and gasoline

    total $20,453 · program services $17,915 · management and general $2,446 · fundraising $92

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,502 · program services $12,959 · management and general $1,483 · fundraising $60

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $54,557 · end of year $14,793

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,448,081 · end of year $2,295,147

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $131,062 · end of year $163,062

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $25,541 · end of year $31,170

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $10,562 · end of year $9,889

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

    $5,770,128

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

    $1,306,986

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,109,980 · end of year $4,463,142

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $3,736,183 · end of year $4,206,499

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,098 · end of year $820

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,117 · end of year $14,083

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $55,625 · end of year $48,125

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,098 · end of year $821

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,609,517 · end of year $9,542,567

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $835,707 · end of year $1,578,926

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SLA is dedicated to conserving for the public benefit the natural beauty, peaceful character and unique resource values of the lakes surrounding area. In cooperation with local state authorities other conservation organizations, promotes the protection, careful use shared enjoyment of the lakes, mountains, forests, open spaces wildlife.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Protects the Squam Lakes watershed through conservation, education outreach programs. Owns Moon Bowman Islands manages Chamberlain-Reynolds Memorial Forest, all open to the public for low impact recreation camping. Operates youth programs, monitors water quality, maintains hiking trails.

  • Maintenance of trails in the Squam watershed area. Management and maintenance of camping facilities at multiple locations. Management of natural areas.

    Expenses $747,897 · Revenue $158,803

  • Summer camp for area children to instill an understanding and appreciation of the natural environment

    Expenses $227,512 · Revenue $84,604

  • Lake use - promote low impact boating on the lakes through various education campaigns

    Expenses $300,912 · Revenue $53,669

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eb James

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,441
    From this org
    $116,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,815
    Hours/week
    40
  • Annalee Abelson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andersen Emily

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sophie Coolidge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerrell Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Art Cunningham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Desloge

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Eastman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jon Harris

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Speers Hume

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Lynch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lyndsee Pakalis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Roloff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Siek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsey Stepp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422199349300127

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