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← LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,675,496
Total expenses
$3,467,630
Contributions and grants received
$7,381,571
Grants paid
$47,875
Program service revenue
$302,061
Investment income
$828,353
Other revenue
$163,511
Total assets, end of year
$92,225,467
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,657,935
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$89,567,532
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,849,811
Management and general expenses
$331,153
Fundraising expenses
$286,666
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,849,811

Program services were 82.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $853,710

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,564,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,963,611

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $335,501

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $302,061 · related or exempt $302,061

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $557,219 · excluded $557,219

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $284,023

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

    securities $12,889

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $271,134

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $271,134 · excluded $271,134

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $251,676

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

    $853,710

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $242,384

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $9,292 · excluded $9,292

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $154,219 · related or exempt $154,219

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $154,219

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $47,875 · program services $47,875

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $445,251 · program services $370,835 · management and general $30,393 · fundraising $44,023

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,382,426 · program services $1,147,930 · management and general $96,373 · fundraising $138,123

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $372,237 · program services $317,175 · management and general $21,244 · fundraising $33,818

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $39,437 · management and general $39,437

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,788 · management and general $21,788

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $143,163 · program services $122,665 · management and general $16,530 · fundraising $3,968

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $179,582 · program services $130,995 · management and general $43,364 · fundraising $5,223

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $188,833 · program services $131,699 · management and general $57,134

  • 17 · Travel

    total $57,595 · program services $52,735 · management and general $3,054 · fundraising $1,806

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $268,828 · program services $263,212 · management and general $3,854 · fundraising $1,762

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $65,800 · program services $32,067 · management and general $33,733

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBER EVENTS

    total $69,555 · program services $39,209 · management and general $2,097 · fundraising $28,249

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $59,242 · program services $127,499 · management and general -$63,294 · fundraising -$4,963

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTAL MAINTENANCE

    total $41,467 · program services $37,183 · management and general $4,284

  • 24d · Other expenses: PUBLICATIONS

    total $26,979 · program services $11,083 · management and general $1,201 · fundraising $14,695

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,572 · program services $17,649 · management and general $19,961 · fundraising $19,962

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $796 · end of year $1,308

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $9,299,662 · end of year $5,721,517

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $9,511,269 · end of year $8,804,539

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $322,216 · end of year $444,657

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,131 · end of year $67,275

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

    $66,383,600

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

    $1,157,836

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $57,062,138 · end of year $65,225,764

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,823,102 · end of year $10,266,913

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,254,861 · end of year $1,334,145

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $306,173 · end of year $359,349

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $152,240 · end of year $260,213

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,605,909 · end of year $2,395,392

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,330 · end of year $2,330

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,590,473 · end of year $69,078,738

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,279,396 · end of year $20,488,794

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY IS "PROVIDING WILD AND FORESTED LANDS AND CLEAN WATERWAYS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOREVER". THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY INCLUDE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL LANDS, ECOSYSTEMS, LANDSCAPES AND WATERWAYS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CONSERVANCY PRESERVES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365 DAYS A YEAR, SUN UP TO SUN DOWN. OUR WORK RESULTS IN PROTECTION OF CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, RECREATION LANDS, WATER RESOURCES, AND PRESERVES MATURE FORESTS THAT CLEAN OUR AIR AND WATER. WE WORK WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT THE SPECIAL PLACES WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY AND ALONG ITS STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS EFFORT ALSO TAKES US INTO YORK, CHESTER AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES WITH A FOCUS ON LAND, WATER AND COMMUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY IS "PROVIDING WILD AND FORESTED LANDS AND CLEAN WATERWAYS FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOREVER." THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY INCLUDE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL LANDS, ECOSYSTEMS, LANDSCAPES, AND WATERWAYS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. CONSERVANCY PRESERVES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 365 DAYS A YEAR, SUN UP TO SUN DOWN. OUR WORK RESULTS IN PROTECTION OF CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, RECREATION LANDS, WATER RESOURCES, AND PRESERVES MATURE FORESTS THAT CLEAN OUR AIR AND WATER. WE WORK WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO PROTECT THE SPECIAL PLACES WITHIN LANCASTER COUNTY AND ALONG ITS STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS EFFORT ALSO TAKES US INTO YORK, CHESTER AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES WITH A FOCUS ON LAND, WATER AND COMMUNITY.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $380,001 · Grants $15,250 · Revenue $107,313

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,701,868 · Grants $12,625 · Revenue $126,222

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $767,942 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $222,745

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Lauver

    BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Sara Lamichane

    BOARD MEMBER/PAST BOARD CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eric Nordstrom

    BOARD MEMBER/BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Julie L Jones MD

    BOARD MEMBER/VICE BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dan Ardia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Spike Brant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Silas Chamberlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Doug Hoke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sally Jeffords

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bobby Kinsley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lisa Marshall

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jamie Rottmund

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Shenk

    BOARD MEMBER UNTIL JULY 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary Louise Shenk

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Follin Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Greg Smolin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ryan White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Andres Zorilla

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Frederick Schroeder Jr

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $189,528
    From this org
    $164,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,623
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,400
    Bonus
    $11,505
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,596
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,027
    Filer's total
    $189,528
  • Kevin Rolfs

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $136,556
    From this org
    $122,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,576
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kathie S Gonick

    IN-HOUSE COUNSEL/SVP LAND

    Total calculated
    $168,818
    From this org
    $160,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,837
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,750
    Bonus
    $11,231
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,439
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,398
    Filer's total
    $168,818
  • Jennifer Teson

    VP OF OPERATIONS & CONSERVATION

    Total calculated
    $119,166
    From this org
    $106,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,956
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kelly Snavely

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $114,918
    From this org
    $102,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,793
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brandon Tennis

    SVP OF STEWARDSHIP

    Total calculated
    $138,940
    From this org
    $117,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,550
    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. 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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

  • LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

    $20,000

    LANCASTER CLEAN WATER FUND

  • WRIGHTSVILLE BOROUGH

    $7,500

    WRIGHTSVILLE WATERFRONT PARK SIGNAGE UPGRADES 2022

  • KEYSTONE TRAILS ASSOCIATION

    $5,125

    KEYSTONE HIKEFEST 2024

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502109349301515

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