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← AMAH MUTSUN LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMAH MUTSUN LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,946,093
Total expenses
$1,238,999
Contributions and grants received
$2,907,370
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,029
Investment income
$36,694
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,070,763
Total liabilities, end of year
$345,187
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,725,576
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$834,215
Management and general expenses
$311,304
Fundraising expenses
$93,480
Program service expenses (Part III)
$834,215

Program services were 67.3% 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)

    $644,455

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,262,915

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Fees

    total $2,029 · related or exempt $2,029

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,694 · excluded $36,694

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

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 $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $675,297 · program services $438,943 · management and general $168,824 · fundraising $67,530

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $54,414 · program services $35,369 · management and general $13,604 · fundraising $5,441

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,621 · program services $14,054 · management and general $5,405 · fundraising $2,162

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $57,376 · program services $51,638 · management and general $5,738

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $74 · management and general $74

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $59,229 · program services $14,216 · management and general $45,013

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,228 · program services $5,348 · management and general $2,057 · fundraising $823

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56,417 · program services $36,671 · management and general $14,104 · fundraising $5,642

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,943 · program services $27,263 · management and general $10,486 · fundraising $4,194

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,569 · program services $13,569

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,771 · management and general $1,771

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $76,877 · program services $49,970 · management and general $19,219 · fundraising $7,688

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Equip/Food/Supplies

    total $93,572 · program services $93,572

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment rental & maintenance

    total $59,558 · program services $53,602 · management and general $5,956

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $9,177 · management and general $9,177

  • 24d · Other expenses: Memberships and dues

    total $3,853 · management and general $3,853

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,023 · management and general $6,023

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,346,740 · end of year $1,338,306

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $38,404 · end of year $3,040,955

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $231,865 · end of year $804,085

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,020,153 · end of year $1,328,164

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $43,346 · end of year $139,377

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

    $2,584,588

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

    $164,712

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,392,107 · end of year $2,419,876

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $301,460 · end of year $213,799

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $42,579

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $23,854 · end of year $88,809

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,700,729 · end of year $5,057,465

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $46,572 · end of year $3,668,111

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Our mission is to restore, protect, and steward the traditional lands of the Amah Mutsun people. To train current and future Amah Mutsun generations in the stewardship of native plants, medicines, animals, waterways, and lands. [Continued on Schedule O]

  • Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) partners with federal land agencies, the state of California, land trusts, conservation groups, nonprofits, foundations, and private donors to identify, nurture, and maintain traditional Amah Mutsun lands. These partnerships work to restore these lands to the pre-contact conditions achieved by traditional native stewardship practices over many thousands of years. AMLT also identifies traditional and sacred sites, works to determine the best land management practices (including prescribed fire/burn management techniques and traditional/ancestral flora maintenance ways) to restore traditional lands and waterways to a healthy, sustainable condition.

    Expenses $834,215 · Revenue $2,029

  • The Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) is a native-led non-profit organization, established by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in 2014 to achieve the following vision: -Conserve and restore indigenous cultural and natural resources within the traditional territories of indigenous Mutsun and Awaswas peoples.-Steward our lands and waters; combining traditional resource and environmental management with contemporary approaches-ensuring a resilient future for all inhabitants of Popeloutchom and fulfilling our obligation to creator.-Research and teach the ways of nature-returning to the path of traditional ecological knowledge that our ancestors followed for thousands of years.

  • AMLT has 5 major programs which all work toward the vision of restoring the Amah Mutsun people as environmental stewards of our ancestral territory. These programs include:-The native stewardship corps, a work training and cultural relearning program for Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members. The native stewards are the boots on the ground, implementing the research, conservation, education, and indigenous stewardship work to which AMLT is committed.-The coastal and ocean stewardship program, whic collaborates with agencies, institutions, and other California Indian tribes to restore Amah Mutsun stewardship of coastal resources.(Continued on Schedule O)

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Athena Hernandez

    In House Counsel

    Total calculated
    $102,487
    From this org
    $101,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,390
    Hours/week
    40
  • Valentin Lopez

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    18
  • Julie Pineida

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Ed Ketchum

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Catherine Luna

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Mille Bravo-Garris

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Steve Abbors

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Amanda Serenyi

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Robert Perlmutter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Susan True

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Guillermo Rodriguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543119349304454

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