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← MINNESOTA LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MINNESOTA LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$18,938,328
Total expenses
$18,593,679
Contributions and grants received
$18,638,226
Grants paid
$56,424
Program service revenue
$50,152
Investment income
$283,085
Other revenue
-$33,135
Total assets, end of year
$16,822,062
Total liabilities, end of year
$962,335
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,859,727
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,255,362
Management and general expenses
$724,035
Fundraising expenses
$614,282
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,255,362

Program services were 92.8% 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

    $412,785

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $16,622,711

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,602,730

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $36,897

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICE

    total $50,152 · related or exempt $50,152

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $283,085 · excluded $283,085

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $31,275

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

    $412,785

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $64,410

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$33,135 · excluded -$33,135

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $56,424 · program services $56,424

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $525,379 · program services $145,814 · management and general $177,925 · fundraising $201,640

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,480,552 · program services $2,169,517 · management and general $127,127 · fundraising $183,908

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $52,465 · program services $39,329 · management and general $6,101 · fundraising $7,035

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $312,331 · program services $203,658 · management and general $72,313 · fundraising $36,360

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $227,134 · program services $175,409 · management and general $23,026 · fundraising $28,699

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,787 · program services $5,000 · management and general $1,787

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,709 · management and general $18,709

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $73,490 · program services $990 · management and general $72,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $30,054 · management and general $30,054

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,940 · program services $164 · management and general $56,779 · fundraising $17,997

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $79 · fundraising $79

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $131,092 · program services $40,252 · management and general $23,422 · fundraising $67,418

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $106,665 · program services $62,427 · management and general $26,083 · fundraising $18,155

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $168,514 · program services $129,760 · management and general $18,534 · fundraising $20,220

  • 17 · Travel

    total $94,814 · program services $78,509 · management and general $10,182 · fundraising $6,123

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,072 · program services $1,578 · management and general $10,629 · fundraising $3,865

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,131 · management and general $5,131

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,981 · program services $6,146 · management and general $877 · fundraising $958

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $65,507 · program services $58,621 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $3,593

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $9,197,440 · program services $9,197,440

  • 24b · Other expenses: EASEMENT ACQ

    total $4,871,685 · program services $4,871,685

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS, DUES, LICE

    total $26,928 · program services $6,307 · management and general $17,251 · fundraising $3,370

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $19,771 · management and general $11,030 · fundraising $8,741

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,735 · program services $6,332 · management and general $11,282 · fundraising $6,121

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,077,973 · end of year $250,993

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,207 · end of year $61,411

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $136,950 · end of year $92,535

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,346,488 · end of year $2,393,013

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $41,487 · end of year $52,924

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

    $250,032

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

    $75,648

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $182,365 · end of year $174,384

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,747,864 · end of year $12,708,838

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $811,200 · end of year $1,087,964

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $429,656 · end of year $668,084

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $286,348 · end of year $14,171

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $280,080

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,633,400 · end of year $5,452,181

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,000,130 · end of year $10,407,546

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MINNESOTA LAND TRUST PROTECTS AND RESTORES MINNESOTA'S MOST VITAL NATURAL LANDS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE WILDLIFE HABITAT, CLEAN WATER, OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES AND SCENIC BEAUTY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECT AND RESTORE MN'S MOST VITAL NATURAL LANDS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

  • THE MINNESOTA LAND TRUST ENGAGES IN THREE PRIMARY STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION.PROTECT: PROTECT IMPORTANT NATURAL HABITATS THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE TITLE TRANSACTIONS. RESTORE: PARTNER WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ON RECOVERING THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ST. LOUIS RIVER ESTUARY AND HELP LANDOWNERS RESTORE THEIR PROTECTED LANDS TO NATIVE HABITAT.ENGAGE: INVEST IN EFFORTS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MINNESOTANS IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN MINNESOTA'S GREAT CONSERVATION ETHIC. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE DETAILS.PROTECTION: THE LAND TRUST WORKS WITH LANDOWNERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT AND RESTORE MINNESOTA'S CHERISHED BUT INCREASINGLY THREATENED LANDS AND WATERS PRIMARILY THROUGH ESTABLISHING, CREATING, AND MONITORING PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. 682 LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE 1991, TOTALING 77,310 ACRES AND 2,528,773 FEET OF SHORELINE. RESTORATION: THE LAND TRUST HAS PARTNERED WITH LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL AND TRIBAL ENTITIES ON RESTORATION WORK IN THE ST. LOUIS RIVER ESTUARY, A UNIQUE, 12,000-ACRE WETLAND COMPLEX BETWEEN DULUTH, MN AND SUPERIOR, WI. THE RESTORATION PROGRAM ALSO HELPS PRIVATE LANDOWNERS RESTORE THEIR LAND TO ITS NATURAL STATE, HELPING TO PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT AS WELL AS OUR STATE'S SIGNATURE LAKES AND RIVERS. ENGAGEMENT: LAND TRUST INVESTS IN EFFORTS TO ENGAGE CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MINNESOTANS IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS. THIS INCLUDES WORKING WITH OUTDOOR USER GROUPS AND YOUTH SERVICE AGENCIES TO BRIDGE THE EQUITY AND ADVENTURE GAP THAT IS WIDESPREAD IN MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES, CONNECTING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WITH DIFFICULT-TO-ACCESS OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $17,255,362 · Grants $56,424 · Revenue $50,152

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bridget Levin

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jane Wyatt

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Elizabeth Winton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Pete Vorbrich

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John Bussey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Austin Damiani

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liz Dillon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tony Grundhauser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jane Kingston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Knapp

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Knoblauch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kelly Matsuoka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Menaka Mohan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jim Payne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nickolas Reinke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Reubold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rick Rosvold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Shardlow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fay Simer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rick Snyder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Spaeth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Wiebolt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennie Zumbusch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kris William Larson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $174,350
    From this org
    $170,931
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,419
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,931
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,419
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $174,350
  • Claire Colliander

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $145,912
    From this org
    $132,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,333
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Scholl

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $165,320
    From this org
    $151,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,503
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,817
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,467
    Filer's total
    $165,320

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
23 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430299349301348

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