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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,662,983
Total expenses
$283,901
Contributions and grants received
$1,662,959
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$24
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$24,216,702
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,062
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,207,640
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$174,570
Management and general expenses
$35,628
Fundraising expenses
$73,703
Program service expenses (Part III)
$174,570

Program services were 61.5% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $18,983

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,643,976

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,353,915

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24 · excluded $24

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $112,582 · program services $50,662 · management and general $11,258 · fundraising $50,662

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,972 · program services $6,288 · management and general $1,397 · fundraising $6,287

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,748 · management and general $9,748

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,225 · program services $6,869 · management and general $2,783 · fundraising $10,573

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,550 · program services $3,850 · management and general $3,850 · fundraising $3,850

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,844 · program services $1,844

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,596 · program services $7,596

  • 24a · Other expenses: ACQUISITION EXPENSES

    total $63,009 · program services $63,009

  • 24b · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP

    total $30,697 · program services $30,697

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $3,636 · program services $3,636

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3,311 · program services $119 · management and general $3,076 · fundraising $116

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,731 · management and general $1,516 · fundraising $2,215

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $958,964 · end of year $435,703

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $30,675 · end of year $30,699

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,614 · end of year $5,614

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

    $22,845,007

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

    $17,669

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,440,342 · end of year $22,827,338

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $308,172 · end of year $917,348

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,188 · end of year $9,062

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,248,836 · end of year $3,362,658

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,473,743 · end of year $20,844,982

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY, FOUNDED IN 1968, IS A LAND TRUST DEDICATED TO CONSERVATION THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE. IT IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-POLITICAL, TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE IS ESSENTIAL AND WILL ENSURE HEALTHY AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AVALONIA NOW CONSERVES OVER 5200 ACRES OF LAND, PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY. WHERE APPROPRIATE, TRAILS ARE MAINTAINED FOR PASSIVE ENJOYMENT INCLUDING HIKING,BIRDWATCHING, NATURE STUDY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE ONLY PICTURES AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE ENCOURAGED ON AVALONIA PRESERVES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE NATURAL HABITATS IN SOUTHEASTERN CT BY ACQUIRING AND PROTECTING LAND AND BY COMMUNICATING THE VALUE OF THESE IRREPLACEABLE RESOURCES.

  • AVALONIA LAND CONSERVANCY, FOUNDED IN 1968, IS A LAND TRUST DEDICATED TO CONSERVATION THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE. IT IS A NON-PROFIT, NON-POLITICAL, TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. WE BELIEVE THAT THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE IS ESSENTIAL AND WILL ENSURE HEALTHY AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. AVALONIA NOW CONSERVES OVER 5200 ACRES OF LAND, PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY. WHERE APPROPRIATE, TRAILS ARE MAINTAINED FOR PASSIVE ENJOYMENT INCLUDING HIKING, BIRDWATCHING, NATURE STUDY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE ONLY PICTURES AND LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE ENCOURAGED ON AVALONIA PRESERVES. WE DEPEND ALMOST ENTIRELY ON VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAINTAIN OUR PRESERVES AND TO FUND OUR OPERATIONS. AVALONIAS VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS, WORKING TIRELESSLY AND GIVING GENEROUSLY TO CONSERVE OUR LOCAL NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

    Expenses $174,570

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Conant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Scott Dawley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Neil Duncan

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Mark Hibbard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Christopher Houlihan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharon Lynch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dennis Main

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Maria Miranda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elanah Sherman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elizabeth Sorensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
30 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413099349300211

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