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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,602,804
Total expenses
$2,483,786
Contributions and grants received
$3,422,578
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$12,360
Investment income
$183,142
Other revenue
-$15,276
Total assets, end of year
$8,622,194
Total liabilities, end of year
$96,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,525,594
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,104,741
Management and general expenses
$194,266
Fundraising expenses
$184,779
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,104,741

Program services were 84.7% 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

    $3,422,578

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,229

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $12,360 · related or exempt $12,360

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $158,496 · excluded $158,496

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $26,018

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $41,294

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$15,276

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$15,276 · unrelated business -$15,276

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $402,252

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

    securities $377,606

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $24,646

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $24,646 · excluded $24,646

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $869,013 · program services $722,224 · management and general $46,622 · fundraising $100,167

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $149,732 · program services $124,440 · management and general $8,033 · fundraising $17,259

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,673 · program services $64,553 · management and general $4,167 · fundraising $8,953

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,701 · program services $1,701

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,213 · management and general $45,213

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,228 · program services $46,387 · management and general $22,101 · fundraising $740

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,620 · program services $1,620

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,012 · program services $29,490 · management and general $5,033 · fundraising $15,489

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $240 · program services $100 · management and general $140

  • 17 · Travel

    total $10,633 · program services $6,107 · management and general $3,182 · fundraising $1,344

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,874 · program services $19,398 · management and general $77 · fundraising $1,399

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,138 · program services $2,301 · management and general $1,837

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $34,177 · program services $373 · management and general $33,804

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,600 · program services $18,273 · management and general $4,327

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAND TRANSACTION EXPENS

    total $949,563 · program services $949,563

  • 24b · Other expenses: REAL ESTATE TAXES

    total $31,840 · program services $31,840

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF AND BOARD DEVELOP

    total $23,496 · program services $19,527 · management and general $1,261 · fundraising $2,708

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $19,591 · program services $9,869 · management and general $227 · fundraising $9,495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $102,442 · program services $56,975 · management and general $18,242 · fundraising $27,225

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $940,614 · end of year $840,403

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $322,614 · end of year $123,831

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,042 · end of year $8,086

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,066 · end of year $49,046

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

    $1,147,923

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

    $228,861

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $469,358 · end of year $919,062

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,603,497 · end of year $3,408,988

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,078,156 · end of year $3,272,778

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $86,799 · end of year $54,322

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,116 · end of year $42,278

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,841,352 · end of year $6,625,279

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,510,080 · end of year $1,900,315

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROTECT SIGNIFICANT NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND SCENIC AREAS ANDENCOURAGE LAND STEWARDSHIP IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT SIGNIFICANT NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND SCENIC AREAS ANDENCOURAGE LAND STEWARDSHIP IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WORKED TO KEEP THE TRUST'S CONSERVATION WORK IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND TO BRING THE PUBLIC ON TO PROTECTED LAND AND INVLOVE THE COMMUNITY IN MOUNT GRACE'S PROJECTS. REGULAR PRESS RELEASES TO LOCAL MEDIA, AS WELL AS, A REGIONALLY DISTRIBUTED NEWSLETTER, KEEP THE COMMUNITY AND MOUNT GRACE MEMBERSHIP APPRISED OF NEW PROJECTS AND CHALLENGES. FREQUENT FREE PUBLIC EVENTS ARE USED TO SHOWCASE THE SUCCESSFUL WORK OF THE CONSERVATION PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM ALSO REACHES OUT TO LANDOWNERS CONTEMPLATING LAND CONSERVATION.

    Expenses $219,812

  • CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP: THE CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING THE LAND PROTECTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE LAND TRUST. THE PROGRAM WORKSWITH WILLING LANDOWNERS, MUNICIPAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, ANDNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PERMANENTLY PROTECT LAND FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND MANAGE NATURAL RESOURCES ON THOSE LANDS USINGSCIENCE-BASED BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

    Expenses $1,884,929 · Revenue $12,360

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Spackman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joan Meyer

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Leonard Johnson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joanne McGee

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bob Busby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Crawley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Levitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Long

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Natoli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Al Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Twohey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Woolsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Hazard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emma Ellsworth

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $110,551
    From this org
    $110,551
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
2 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620929349300932

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