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← TUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$836,089
Total expenses
$931,730
Contributions and grants received
$678,921
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$33,268
Investment income
$59,291
Other revenue
$64,609
Total assets, end of year
$4,208,261
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,254,129
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,954,132
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$704,240
Management and general expenses
$153,324
Fundraising expenses
$74,166
Program service expenses (Part III)
$704,240

Program services were 75.6% 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)

    $144,873

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $534,048

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $302,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MONITORING INCOME

    total $33,268 · related or exempt $33,268

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,552 · excluded $45,552

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $18,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $18,000

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $18,000 · related or exempt $18,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $736,350

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

    securities $722,611

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $13,739

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $13,739 · excluded $13,739

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $35,389

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $35,389 · excluded $35,389

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $11,220 · related or exempt $11,220

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,220

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $76,915 · program services $15,383 · management and general $46,149 · fundraising $15,383

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $230,689 · program services $167,913 · management and general $39,902 · fundraising $22,874

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,928 · program services $2,341 · management and general $1,098 · fundraising $489

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,016 · program services $11,520 · management and general $6,929 · fundraising $3,567

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,811 · program services $16,572 · management and general $7,780 · fundraising $3,459

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,870 · management and general $13,870

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $31,968 · program services $31,968

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,956 · program services $9,510 · management and general $4,462 · fundraising $1,984

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,248 · program services $15,640 · management and general $7,343 · fundraising $3,265

  • 17 · Travel

    total $21,541 · program services $12,836 · management and general $6,026 · fundraising $2,679

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,305 · program services $1,373 · management and general $645 · fundraising $287

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,852 · program services $5,872 · management and general $2,756 · fundraising $1,224

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

    total $302,000 · program services $302,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: RENT

    total $44,571 · program services $26,560 · management and general $12,469 · fundraising $5,542

  • 24c · Other expenses: LAND PROTECTION

    total $43,873 · program services $43,873

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAX

    total $32,584 · program services $32,584

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,603 · program services $8,295 · management and general $3,895 · fundraising $13,413

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $72,142 · end of year $35,298

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $118,672 · end of year $22,758

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $721,592 · end of year $685,217

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $5,004 · end of year $13,104

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $272 · end of year $272

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

    $1,673,862

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

    $23,900

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,627,575 · end of year $1,649,962

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,230,423 · end of year $1,374,184

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,965 · end of year $4,523

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $422,943

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $657,868 · end of year $683,631

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $111,894 · end of year $142,044

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $428,454

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,213,897 · end of year $1,049,207

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,795,986 · end of year $1,904,925

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATIONS MISSION: THTLT WAS FORMED FOR TWO PURPOSES, TO HELP INCREASE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE TUG HILL REGION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, FIELD TRIPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THROUGH THEIR VOLUNTARY LAND PROTECTION PROGRAMS WORKING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND OTHER PARTNERS. ITS MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE WILDLANDS, WORKING FORESTS AND FARMS OF THE TUG HILL REGION AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION OF THE REGION'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATIONS MISSION: THTLT WORKS IN AND AROUND THE LEGISLATIVELY DESIGNATED TUG HILL REGION WHICH COVERS PARTS OF JEFFERSON, LEWIS, ONEIDA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. IT WAS FORMED FOR TWO PURPOSES, TO HELP INCREASE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE TUG HILL REGION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, FIELD TRIPS AND SPECIAL EVENTS, AND THROUGH THEIR VOLUNTARY LAND PROTECTION PROGRAMS WORKING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND OTHER PARTNERS. ITS MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE WILDLANDS, WORKING FORESTS AND FARMS OF THE TUG HILL REGION AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION OF THE REGION'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE, FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DESCRIPTION. TUG HILL TOMORROW LAND TRUST (THTLT) IS COMMITTED TO CONNECTING WITH PARENTS AND CHILDREN, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WE KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO INSTILL A LOVE OF CONSERVATION AT AN EARLY AGE IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CARE FOR THE LAND AS ADULTS. TO THAT END, THTLT HOLDS A VARIETY OF FIELD TRIPS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS TO GET PEOPLE OUT ON THE LAND AND EXPERIENCING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TUG HILL REGION. THTLT ALSO WORKS WITH LOCAL DAY CARE CENTERS AND SUMMER SCHOOL-AGED PROGRAMS TO PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT GET KIDS EXCITED ABOUT BEING OUTSIDE. THTLT HAS PRODUCED A FIELD GUIDE FOR THE TUG HILL REGION WHICH PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION IN A FRIENDLY WAY SO PEOPLE CAN EASILY FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE SEEING. THTLT ULTIMATELY HOPES THESE PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS WILL FOSTER A LOVE OF THE LAND AND THE DESIRE TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THTLT ULTIMATELY HOPES THESE PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS WILL FOSTER A LOVE OF THE LAND AND THE DESIRE TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

    Expenses $175,440

  • SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DESCRIPTION.THTLT WORKS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT WORKING FOREST, FARMS RECREATION AND WILD LANDS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK'S 2,100 SQUARE MILE TUG HILL REGION AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE TUG HILL REGION COVERS PARTS OF JEFFERSON, LEWIS, ONEIDA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. WE DO THIS MAINLY THROUGH VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. IN 2023, THTLT CLOSED ON ONE EASEMENT - THE BURT FARM, IN THE TOWN OF NORWAY, NY TOTALING 431 ACRES. THE ACUB PROGRAM WAS ON HOLD AS WE ARE AWAITING A NEW CONTRACT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. HOWEVER, AT THE DAVID S. SMITH PUBLIC CONSERVATION AREA THAT WE ACQUIRED IN 2022, WE BEGAN TO SITE THE PROPERTY FOR TRAIL CREATION AND TO DELINEATE THE BAT AND POLLINATOR HABITATS. WE DRAFTED A LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR REVIEW WITH FORT DRUM. WE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE NORTON FAMILY AND THE EVENTUAL ACQUISITION OF THEIR PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF VIENNA, NY. THIS 443 ACRE PROPERTY ALREADY HAS A TRAIL SYSTEM AND OUR PLANS WILL BE TO TURN THIS INTO A PUBLIC CONSERVATION AREA - THE STONE HOUSE PRESERVE. WE CONTINUED TO WORK ON 14 CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROJECTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TUG HILL REGION THAT, WHEN COMPLETED, WILL CONSERVE MORE THAN 5,718 ACRES OF LAND. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: AT THE END 2023, WE WILL HAVE PROTECTED 21,510 ACRES WITH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THROUGHOUT TUG HILL. IN ADDITION TO OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENT HOLDINGS, THTLT ALSO OWNS FOUR PUBLIC CONSERVATION AREAS, THE 140- ACRE JOSEPH BLAKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN THE TOWN OF RUTLAND, JEFFERSON COUNTY, THE 120-ACRE FRENCH SETTLEMENT ROAD PUBLIC CONSERVATION AREA IN THE TOWN OF LORRAINE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, THE 416-ACRE DAVID S. SMITH PUBLIC CONSERVATION AREA IN THE TOWN OF LERAY, AND THE NEWEST PROPERTY, THE MOHAWK HILL PUBLIC CONSERVATION AREA, 77.57 ACRES IN THE TOWN OF WEST TURIN LERAY. THE LAND TRUST IS CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO OPEN ALL 757 ACRES OF OUR FEE OWNED PROPERTY, NOT ALREADY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BY CREATING PARKING AREAS, TRAILS AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE AS FUNDING AND STAFF TIME ALLOW.

    Expenses $528,800 · Revenue $62,488

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

Listed in Part VII

  • George Bibbins Jr

    DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Keller Jr

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynn Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laurie Frykholm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Quinn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cary Fassler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Kohr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natalie Bogdanowicz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Zembiec

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zachary Wakeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Fassler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heidi Jones

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norah Machia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Parker Geurtsen

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Pacilio

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,574
    From this org
    $76,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,659
    Hours/week
    40

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
5 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401639349300010

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