Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,581,673
- Total expenses
- $951,313
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,362,568
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $57,149
- Investment income
- $93,283
- Other revenue
- $68,673
- Total assets, end of year
- $88,262,780
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $182,158
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $88,080,622
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $789,309
- Management and general expenses
- $121,100
- Fundraising expenses
- $40,904
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $789,309
Program services were 83.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$128,446
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$450,000
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,784,122
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,040,600
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2a · Program service revenue: FEES - EASEMENTS
total $40,481 · related or exempt $40,481
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2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $16,668 · related or exempt $16,668
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3 · Investment income
total $82,866 · excluded $82,866
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $653,962
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $643,545
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $10,417
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $10,417 · excluded $10,417
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$144,202
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$128,446
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$75,857
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $68,345 · excluded $68,345
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
total $328 · related or exempt $328
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11e · Other revenue, total
$328
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $146,844 · program services $120,189 · management and general $21,004 · fundraising $5,651
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $395,632 · program services $323,815 · management and general $56,590 · fundraising $15,227
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $9,104 · program services $7,452 · management and general $1,302 · fundraising $350
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $60,600 · program services $49,599 · management and general $8,668 · fundraising $2,333
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $38,281 · program services $31,332 · management and general $5,476 · fundraising $1,473
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11b · Fees: legal
total $940 · program services $940
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $28,994 · program services $19,874 · management and general $8,186 · fundraising $934
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $19,159 · program services $19,159
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11g · Fees: other
total $49,739 · program services $40,340 · management and general $8,961 · fundraising $438
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $18,531 · program services $8,993 · management and general $290 · fundraising $9,248
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13 · Office expenses
total $18,426 · program services $14,110 · management and general $2,735 · fundraising $1,581
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14 · Information technology
total $3,638 · program services $1,998 · management and general $556 · fundraising $1,084
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16 · Occupancy
total $36,475 · program services $31,620 · management and general $3,783 · fundraising $1,072
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17 · Travel
total $3,975 · program services $3,764 · management and general $211
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,440 · program services $3,191 · management and general $249
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $23,540 · program services $23,540
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23 · Insurance
total $34,109 · program services $30,875 · management and general $2,515 · fundraising $719
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24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSE
total $41,893 · program services $41,893
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24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE
total $13,003 · program services $13,003
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24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $4,990 · program services $3,622 · management and general $574 · fundraising $794
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $748,703 · end of year $392,396
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $23,484 · end of year $8,984
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $28,356 · end of year $20,773
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $12,925
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $89,600 · end of year $67,200
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $27,476 · end of year $28,622
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$697,221
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$90,451
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $308,937 · end of year $606,770
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,981,180 · end of year $3,603,931
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $82,041,258 · end of year $83,521,179
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $91,050 · end of year $98,494
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $43,523 · end of year $52,351
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $46,689 · end of year $31,313
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,446,662 · end of year $4,960,949
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $81,621,070 · end of year $83,119,673
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO PRESERVE, STEWARD, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE LAND IN NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O.FRENCH & PICKERING IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN REGIONAL LAND CONSERVATION, THE ORGANIZATION IS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED BY THE LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION. THIS IMPORTANT DISTINCTION CONFIRMS THAT OUR OPERATIONS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN LAND CONSERVATION AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT. FRENCH & PICKERING HAS PROTECTED OVER 13,500 ACRES OF LANDS THROUGH PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, DONATIONS, AND PURCHASES OF FEE LANDS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO PRESERVE, STEWARD, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE LAND IN NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
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FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST HAS WORKED WITH LANDOWNERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS, TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. SINCE 1967, FRENCH & PICKERING HAS HELPED PERMANENTLY PROTECT OVER 13,500 ACRES INCLUDING LANDS PURCHASED AND TRANSFERRED FOR STATE GAME LANDS, STATE PARKS, COUNTY PARKS AND MUNICIPAL PARKS. CURRENTLY FRENCH & PICKERING HOLDS APPROXIMATELY 193 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OVER 7,758 ACRES AND OWNS AND MANAGES 889 ACRES HELD IN FEE OWNERSHIP COMPRISED OF 29 PARCELS. ALL LANDS ARE MONITORED ANNUALLY BY FRENCH & PICKERING STAFF TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS WITH THEIR LAND MANAGEMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP. SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE OIN 2023 THE FOLLOWING 2 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AMENDMENT WERE COMPLETED:1) A 7.5 ACRE VOLUNTARY AND PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION EASEMENT WAS COMPLTED WITH THE WHITE FAMILY IN NORTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP. THE PROPERTY IS VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WELLS ROAD AND ST. PETERS ROAD. NORTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO COVER TRANSACTION COSTS AND THE WHITE FAMILY DONATED THE VALUE OF THE VOLUNTARY EASEMENT. LOCATED AT THE HEADWATERS OF PIGEON CREEK, THIS PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT FOR WATER QUALITY AND PROTECTS A CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR. THIS PROJECT CONNECTS THE 700+ COVENTRY WOODS PRESERVE WITH NEARBY FRENCH CREEK STATE PARK AND IS HOME TO A LARGE VERNAL POOL WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF A SIGNIFICANT AMPHIBIAN MIGRATION EACH YEAR.2) A 37.5 ACRE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EASEMSENT WAS COMPLETED WITH THE NESSPOR FAMILY TO PERMANENTLY PRESERVE THEIR PROPERTY LOCATED ON ELLIS WOODS ROAD IN EAST COVENTRY TOWNSHIP. AS A RESULT OF THIS EASEMENT, THE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN IN ACTIVE FARM USE. THIS VOLUNTARY PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION WAS COMPLETED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST COVENTRY TOWNSHIP AND CHESTER COUNTY. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES A LARGE BANK BARN, THE ORIGINAL STONE HOUSE HOMEPLACE, A STONE SPRINGHOUSE AND POND WITH A TRIBUTARY TO PIGEON CREEK. HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM EBELHARE AND ELLIS WOODS ROADS, THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY FOR PRESERVATION BASED ON ITS HIGH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. ONLY ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING WILL BE PERMITTED ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES AS MAY BE NEEDED TO KEEP FARMING VIABLE INTO THE FUTURE. 3) A SUBSTANTIVE AND VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EASEMENT AMENDMENT WAS COMPLETED ON TWO PARCELS OWNED BY MOOSE MEADOWS PROPERTIES, LLC FOR 138.2 ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM WARWICK FURNACE ROAD IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP. THE AMENDMENT PLACES 53 OF THOSE ACRES UNDER EASEMENT THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESERVED. THE PRE-EXISTING EASEMENT WAS RECORDED IN 1976. INCREASING THE LAND COVERED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTIES AND UPDATING THE LANGUAGE IN THE EASEMENT TO MODERN STANDARDS WAS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THIS RIPARIAN VALLEY ALONG WITH SOUTH BRANCH OF FRENCH CREEK WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF PERMANENTLY PRESERVED PROPERTIES. THE EASEMENT AMENDMENT PROHIBITS FUTURE SUBDIVISION AND ELIMINATES ALL FUTHER RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND ADDS CLARITY AND STRUCTURE TO THE PROPERTY'S EASEMENT.THE VOLUNTARY PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2023 INVOLVED SIGNIFICANT DONATED LAND VALUE WHICH COUNTED AS REVENUE. THESE FUNDS REIMBURSED EXPENSES AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE AFOREMENTIONED TRANSACTIONS WHILE THE LANDOWNERS VOLUNTARY DONATION OF LAND VALUE (ALSO REFERRED TO AS A BARGAIN SALE) DID NOT RESULT IN CASH BEING RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZATION BUT IS ACCOUNTED FOR AS REVENUE AS FRENCH & PICKERING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PERMANENTLY HOLDING AND PROTECTING THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF THESE PROPERTIES.
Expenses $789,309 · Revenue $57,149
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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JENNIFER TRACHTMAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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ELLEN KITTREDGE SCOTT
VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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DAVID E RESNIK
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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GWEN KELLY KLEIN
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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LIZ ANDERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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NANCY BARTLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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TERRY BENTLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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ROBERT R BERRY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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DONNA BRENNAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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KARA DOUGHERTY
DIRECTOR AS OF MARCH
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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ANN DYER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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JAMES R FISHER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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PENNY HUNT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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L STOCKTON ILLOWAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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CARY F LEPTUCK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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SHAUN MANNIX
DIRECTOR THRU DECEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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JIM MOORE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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JOHN NASH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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EDIE SHEAN-HAMMOND
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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ASHTON SIMMONS
DIRECTOR THRU DECEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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ROBERT C F WILLSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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TYLER WREN
DIRECTOR AS OF MARCH
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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BILL GLADDEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $146,844
- From this org
- $127,290
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,554
- 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
- 2023
- Filed
- 8 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202403169349305370
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