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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TOMPKINS CONSERVATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,969,607
Total expenses
$5,508,118
Contributions and grants received
$671
Grants paid
$3,190,986
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,968,094
Other revenue
$842
Total assets, end of year
$11,649,884
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,262
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,648,622
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,271,748
Management and general expenses
$2,236,370
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,271,748

Program services were 59.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $671

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $261,702 · excluded $261,702

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,839,586

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

    securities $3,133,194

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,706,392

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,706,392 · excluded $2,706,392

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $842 · excluded $842

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $842

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,972,945 · program services $2,972,945

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $218,041 · program services $218,041

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $801,091 · management and general $801,091

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $531,236 · management and general $531,236

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,973 · management and general $8,973

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $94,526 · management and general $94,526

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,303 · management and general $77,303

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $185,998 · management and general $185,998

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $90,361 · management and general $90,361

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $28,943 · management and general $28,943

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $128,456 · management and general $128,456

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $33,355 · management and general $33,355

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,327 · management and general $29,327

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $37,950 · management and general $37,950

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,319 · management and general $89,319

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,504 · management and general $7,504

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,596 · management and general $29,596

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOOK PROJECTS

    total $73,428 · program services $73,428

  • 24b · Other expenses: STORAGE RENTAL

    total $11,950 · management and general $11,950

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM RELATED EXPENSE

    total $7,334 · program services $7,334

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER TAXES

    total $502 · management and general $502

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,980 · management and general $49,980

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $500

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,864,922 · end of year $1,381,692

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

    $38,048

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

    $26,527

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,371 · end of year $11,521

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,236,175 · end of year $8,045,024

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,685,244 · end of year $1,905,522

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $13,348 · end of year $12,776

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,423,500 · end of year $292,849

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $51,109 · end of year $1,262

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,186,951 · end of year $11,648,622

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O TOMPKINS CONSERVATION IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING AND RESTORING WILDLAND ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY IN CHILE, ARGENTINA AND THE UNITED STATES. AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, TOMPKINS CONSERVATION'S GOAL IS TO PRESERVE INTACT ECOSYSTEMS, TO SUPPORT ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVATELY OWNED WILDLANDS, AND ULTIMATELY TO RETURN ITS LANDHOLDINGS TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION IN THE FORM OF NATIONAL PARKS OR RESERVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TOMPKINS CONSERVATION'S MISSION IS PROTECTING AND REWILDING THE EARTH.

  • SEE SCHEDULE OALONG WITH PROTECTING HABITAT, TOMPKINS CONSERVATION SUPPORTS THE REWILDING PROGRAMS IN CHILE AND ARGENTINA THAT ARE HELPING DIMINISHED WILDLIFE POPULATIONS RETURN TO ABUNDANCE, AND REINTRODUCING MISSING NATIVE SPECIES TO REASSEMBLE WHOLE AND HEALTHY NATURAL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,889,720 · Grants $1,882,386

  • SEE SCHEDULE OTOMPKINS CONSERVATION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF PROTECTED AREAS ON LAND AND SEA. GRANTS WERE MADE TO PURCHASE AND SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF CREATING NATIONAL PARKS THAT ARE KEY TO THE REWILDING PROGRAM IN ARGENTINA AND CHILE.

    Expenses $643,000 · Grants $643,000

  • SEE SCHEDULE OGRANT FOR THE TOMPKINS CONSERVATION ARCHIVE PROJECT TO PROVIDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION ON THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND REWILDING EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

    Expenses $340,000 · Grants $340,000

  • PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ARGENTINA TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PROTECTING HABITAT AND REWILDING PROGRAMS; GRANTS TO SUPORT REWILDING PROJECTS TO HELP DIMINISHED WILDLIFE POPULATIONS RETURN TO ABUNDANCE, AND REINTRODUCING MISSING NATIVE SPECIES TO REASSEMBLE WHOLE AND HEALTHY NATURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES; AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS AS TOOLS TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ON THE CREATION OF NATIONAL PARKS AS A WAY TO PRESERVE ECOSYSTEMS AND A RECOVERY PROCESS OF THEREATENED SPECIES.

    Expenses $399,028 · Grants $325,600

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DEBRA B RYKER

    SECRETARY/TREASURER/VICE P

    Total calculated
    $450,331
    From this org
    $447,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,264
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $447,067
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,264
    Filer's total
    $450,331

  • KRISTINE M TOMPKINS

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • QUINCEY T IMHOFF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • PETER BUCKLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MALINDA CHOUINARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • YVON CHOUINARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • RICK RIDGEWAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • THOMAS BUTLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • JIB ELLISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • ESTHER LI

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $350,760
    From this org
    $317,260
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,500
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $317,260
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,982
    Filer's total
    $350,760

  • NICOLE PERMAN

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $167,187
    From this org
    $149,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,636
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,149
    Filer's total
    $167,187

  • CAROLYN MCCARTHY

    GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS DIRE

    Total calculated
    $173,543
    From this org
    $149,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,992
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,505
    Filer's total
    $173,543

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

  • REWILD

    $2,470,845

    GENERAL SUPPORT - RWA & RWC PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF CASA KUSCHEL, PANTHERA GRANT FOR COUGAR RESEARCH, CAPE FROWARD - 2025 EARLY PLEDGE, PATAGONIA AZUL PROJECT - FOUNDATION SIN AZUL, CAPE FROWARD INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT COST, ECOSISTEMAS PROJECT, FOR NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST, AND FOR MIGHTY EARTH (COUGAR CAMPAIGN).

  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY

    $340,000

    TOMPKINS CONSERVATION ARCHIVE PROJECT

  • MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - REWILDING ARGENTINA FUND

    $150,000

    STRENGTHENING FUNDACION REWILDING ARGENTINA'S FUNDRAISING TEAM

  • EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE

    $10,000

    GENERAL SUPPORT

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • CONSERVACION PATAGONICA LLC

    OWNS LOAN RECEIVABLE · DE · income $1,259 · assets $14,034

    Directly controlled by TOMPKINS CONSERVATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533099349303703

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