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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CHARLES H WHARTON CONSERVATION CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$58,419
Total expenses
$54,724
Contributions and grants received
$56,200
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,360
Investment income
$559
Other revenue
$300
Total assets, end of year
$719,886
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$719,886
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,707
Management and general expenses
$9,457
Fundraising expenses
$1,560
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,707

Program services were 79.9% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $56,200

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Research

    total $1,360 · related or exempt $1,360 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $559 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $559

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $300

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $300 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $23,854 · program services $18,654 · management and general $3,640 · fundraising $1,560

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,219 · program services $3,375 · management and general $844 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $804 · program services $644 · management and general $160 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,830 · program services $18,202 · management and general $2,628 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $662 · program services $0 · management and general $662 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,832 · program services $2,832 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,523 · program services $0 · management and general $1,523 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $159,761 · end of year $166,289

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $559,263

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

    $5,666

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $556,430 · end of year $553,597

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $714,676 · end of year $717,871

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,515 · end of year $2,015

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Permanently protect the land and the wildlife of the upper Tallulah River watershed

  • LAND MANAGEMENT: Continue to identify indicators for long-term monitoring and study; establish baseline parameters and collect initial baseline data using GIS photographs etc.; map trails on the Wharton Center property and surrounding National Forest lands; determine and implement strategies for the control of non-native invasive species with priority given to those most likely to interfere with the Wharton Center mission e.g. hemlock wooly adelgid Spiraea japonica etc.; and reintroduce native species as appropriate and with advice from a scientific advisory panel.

    Expenses $13,113

  • LAND CONSERVATION: continue to make key stakeholders aware of the terms and limits of the conservation easement held by The Conservation Fund TCF; create and update a Frequently Asked Questions FAQ factsheet; arrange for periodic site visits by TCF to insure compliance with the terms of the conservation easement; inventory land conservation tools to conserve the Tallulah River watershed and encourage their use; prioritize land conservation projects in the watershed and determine ways to promote them; and continue to seek opportunities to acquire additional land in the watershed to augment the mission of the Charles H. Wharton Conservation Center.

    Expenses $8,742

  • RESEARCH: continue to identify research institutions with whom to collaborate and establish relationships with each; engage a scientific advisory panel including members from collaborating institutions to establish protocols for appropriate research including limits and prohibitions and to review requests to conduct research at the Wharton Center; develop and maintain onsite support facilities laboratories libraries equipment weather station etc. for researchers; promote interdisciplinary and collaborative research at the Wharton Center that focuses on ecosystem and natural communities; and promote publication of research results in both scientific journals and non-academic outlets.

    Expenses $8,742 · Revenue $1,360

As filed on the 2022 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Rothermel

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Virginia Forbes

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hans Neuhauser

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terry Tatum

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ernest Edward Taylor

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tonya Bonitatibus

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Ceska

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sam Kaywood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry McCollum

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Richter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betsie Rothermel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Tonge

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2022
Filed
26 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313609349300101

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