Totals
- Total revenue
- $89,845
- Total expenses
- $183,914
- Contributions and grants received
- $7,200
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $82,645
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,567,282
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,604
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,556,678
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $64,405
- Management and general expenses
- $119,509
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $64,405
Program services were 35.0% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$7,200
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $82,645 · excluded $82,645
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,308 · program services $5,308
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $640 · program services $640
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11a · Fees: management
total $30,000 · management and general $30,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $337 · management and general $337
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $10,380 · management and general $10,380
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11g · Fees: other
total $64,649 · program services $48,049 · management and general $16,600 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $18,383 · management and general $18,383
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14 · Information technology
total $6,184 · program services $500 · management and general $5,684
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16 · Occupancy
total $28,900 · program services $6,850 · management and general $22,050
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $5,343 · management and general $5,343
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23 · Insurance
total $3,951 · management and general $3,951
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24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $6,536 · management and general $6,536
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24b · Other expenses: LAND MANAGEMENT
total $3,058 · program services $3,058
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24c · Other expenses: DUES
total $245 · management and general $245
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $44,528 · end of year $17,582
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,230,903 · end of year $2,162,777
-
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
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,292 · end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$440,530
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$53,607
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $392,266 · end of year $386,923
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $18,242 · end of year $10,604
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,650,747 · end of year $2,556,678
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
TO FACILITATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, HUMANITIES RESEARCH, & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON THE 2,200-ACRE TRACT KNOWN AS MELON BULFF NATURE & HERITAGE RESERVE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
FACILITATE SCIENTIFIC & HUMANITIES RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON A NATURE RESERVE.
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SECURING & CONSERVING LAND TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL, HISTORIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS.
Expenses $64,405
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Christopher HendricksCHRISTOPHER HENDRICKS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Meredith BelfordMEREDITH BELFORD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
-
R Scott BelfordR SCOTT BELFORD
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Sonja R WallenSONJA R WALLEN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John WorthJOHN WORTH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
L Mark RisseL MARK RISSE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $202,289
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $202,289
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $202,289 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $0 + $202,289 related
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W Dale GreeneW DALE GREENE
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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UNIV OF GEORGIA-WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND GEORGIA SEA GRANT
501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · GA
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UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA-ARCHIOLOGY INSTITUTE
501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · FL
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SEABROOK VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC
501(C)(3) · AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL MUSEUM · GA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 21 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202612649349301431
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