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← LA PLATA OPEN SPACE CONSERVANCY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LA PLATA OPEN SPACE CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$444,154
Total expenses
$328,786
Contributions and grants received
$202,510
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$123,169
Investment income
$76,722
Other revenue
$41,753
Total assets, end of year
$1,797,897
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,928
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,775,969
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$254,530
Management and general expenses
$25,874
Fundraising expenses
$48,382
Program service expenses (Part III)
$254,530

Program services were 77.4% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $66,959

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $135,551

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Stewardship

    total $75,750 · related or exempt $75,750

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Easements in Process

    total $19,979 · related or exempt $19,979

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Transfer Fees

    total $27,440 · related or exempt $27,440

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $76,722 · excluded $76,722

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $58,236

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,141

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $41,095 · excluded $41,095

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $658 · related or exempt $658

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $658

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,385 · program services $33,923 · management and general $11,308 · fundraising $30,154

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $81,782 · program services $81,782

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,111 · program services $6,350 · management and general $2,117 · fundraising $5,644

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,348 · program services $6,007 · management and general $2,002 · fundraising $5,339

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,389 · program services $11,953 · management and general $3,678 · fundraising $2,758

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $69,531 · program services $63,659 · management and general $4,235 · fundraising $1,637

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,575 · program services $2,575

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,020 · program services $6,513 · management and general $2,004 · fundraising $1,503

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,659 · program services $1,659

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,853 · program services $12,976 · management and general $530 · fundraising $1,347

  • 24a · Other expenses: Telephone

    total $2,276 · program services $2,276

  • 24b · Other expenses: Enforcement

    total $7,746 · program services $7,746

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues

    total $7,741 · program services $7,741

  • 24d · Other expenses: Training

    total $2,517 · program services $2,517

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,853 · program services $6,853

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $142,163 · end of year $168,954

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $97,343 · end of year $218,645

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $33,437 · end of year $5,944

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $25,312 · end of year $45,312

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,802 · end of year $18,519

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

    $9,455

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

    $9,455

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,303,180 · end of year $1,340,523

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,115 · end of year $3,053

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $12,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $6,875

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,572,638 · end of year $1,755,671

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,484 · end of year $20,298

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The organizations primary exempt purpose is to permanently protect, for the benefit of the community and the general public, lands in southwest Colorado that have significant agricultural, wildlife, open space, recreational, and/or historical/archeological resources.

  • Land protection and stewardship: Since incorporating in 1992, LPOSC has accepted donations of conservation easements permanently protecting in excess of 20,709 acres of land with superior conservation values across six counties in southwestern Colorado. In October 2024, LPOSC implemented LANDSCAPE, a secure, cloud-based land conservation software platform designed by former land trust professionals. The system centralizes project management, annual monitoring, exercised rights, issue tracking, funding management, and accreditation reporting thereby enhancing organizational efficiency, long-term accountability, and transparency. This platform strengthens LPOSCs ability to maintain compliance with accrediation requirements and land trust best practice standards. As a certified conservation easement holder, LPOSC is legally obligated to monitor land use and ecological conditions on each property on which it holds a conservation easement to ensure that the conserved land and natural resources are being used in compliance with the terms of the conservation easement. Monitoring helps LPOSC to establish and/or maintain valuable relationships with owners of conserved land, and further helps to foster LPOSCs image in the community as a trusted land steward. This is in addition to work the organization does with numerous private landowners to secure protection of other valuable open spaces, wildlife habitat, recreational areas, and agricultural land in the region.

    Expenses $254,530 · Revenue $123,169

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Zahratka

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $38,366
    From this org
    $36,539
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,827
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adrienne Dorsey

    Fmr Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $25,739
    From this org
    $24,698
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,041
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rick Borkowski

    President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Reeves

    Vice PresidentSecretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jenn Clayton

    Vice President Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ted Compton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandy Friedley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra May

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Zink

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marcia Bisinger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Osborn

    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
2024
Filed
27 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543009349300129

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