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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHALTEN TR.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,254,657
Total expenses
$2,873,717
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$2,711,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,254,657
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$119,339,962
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,390
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$119,294,572
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,799,929
Management and general expenses
$73,788
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,799,929

Program services were 97.4% 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.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,254,657 · excluded $5,254,657

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,711,000 · program services $2,711,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $99,796 · program services $88,929 · management and general $10,867

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,780 · management and general $3,780

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,450 · management and general $9,450

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,691 · management and general $7,691

  • 24a · Other expenses: TAXES

    total $42,000 · management and general $42,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $220,007 · end of year $38,685

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,500,000 · end of year $2,921,852

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $9,656 · end of year $1,938,927

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $114,190,498 · end of year $114,190,498

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $250,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,529 · end of year $45,390

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $116,913,632 · end of year $119,294,572

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FIGHTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH LAND PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION; DEFENDING AND SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM; LOBBYING AND OTHER ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES; AND MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDES GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENGAGES IN DIRECT CONSERVATION EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND OR OTHER PROPERTY OR CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS.

  • FIGHTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS BY RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH LAND PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION; DEFENDING AND SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM; LOBBYING AND OTHER ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES; AND MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $2,799,929 · Grants $2,711,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Four Seas LLC Dba Holdfast Collective

    INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $99,796
    From this org
    $99,796
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523109349304702

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