Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,278,902

Total expenses

$1,233,422

Contributions and grants received

$1,073,522

Grants paid

$229,567

Program service revenue

$126,956

Investment income

$78,424

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,561,253

Total liabilities, end of year

$612,535

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,948,718

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,124,882

Management and general expenses

$93,534

Fundraising expenses

$15,006

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,124,882

Program services were 91.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -- DIRECTLY ASSIST CHARITABLE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND INCREASING THE QUANTITY OF LAND CONSERVATION WORK AND IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES; PROVIDE ASSISTANCE BY PHONE, EMAIL AND IN PERSON. RESEARCH, DEVELOP, AND UPDATE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE INCLUDING NEARLY 150 ORIGINAL GUIDES REGARDING CONSERVATION, LAND USE PLANNING, AND OTHER TOPICS AND 20 MODEL LEGAL DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE AT WECONSERVEPA.ORG/TOOLS. MAKE GRANTS TO LAND TRUSTS AND TRAILS GROUPS FOR CONSERVATION AND TRAIL-RELATED PROJECTS.

  Expenses $522,141 · Grants $229,567

• CONSERVATION ADVOCACY -- ADVOCATE FOR PRO-CONSERVATION, LIFE-SUSTAINING GOVERNMENT POLICY IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. ADVISE THE COURTS IN UPHOLDING CONSERVATION-FRIENDLY POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH OUR CONSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS. PROMOTE CONTINUED AND INCREASED STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS IN CONSERVATION-RELATED PROJECTS AND ENCOURAGE GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF NATURAL RESOURCES ALREADY CONSERVED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. FOSTER PRODUCTIVE, ETHICAL, AND EQUITABLE LAND TRUST MOVEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

  Expenses $189,979

• CONNECTING, TRAINING, AND INSPIRING. ORGANIZE AND DELIVER THE ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE, THE ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (EAC) NETWORK CONFERENCE, THE BIENNIAL PENNSYLVANIA GREENWAYS & TRAILS SUMMIT, AS WELL AS DOZENS OF FREE-STANDING SEMINARS, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS, AND OTHER GATHERINGS, TO HELP PEOPLE HELP ONE ANOTHER, RECEIVE EXPERT TRAINING IN CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, TRAIL, AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND BE INSPIRED IN TAKING ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

  Expenses $349,706 · Revenue $126,956

• OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. REACH OUT TO AND EDUCATE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON CONSERVATION. DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL CONTENT AND COMMUNICATE VIA E-NEWSLETTERS (E.G., CONSERVE LAND UPDATES, PROJECT & PEOPLE NEWS, GREENWAY & TRAIL NEWS) AND OTHER EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, PRESENTATIONS, AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS.

  Expenses $63,056

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• MANADA CONSERVANCY

  $33,761

  ASSISTANCE

• FARM & NATURAL LANDS TRUST

  $29,975

  ASSISTANCE

• FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERV

  $18,928

  ASSISTANCE

• BERKS NATURE

  $15,000

  ASSISTANCE

• BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY

  $12,303

  ASSISTANCE

• FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FORESTS

  $11,500

  ASSISTANCE

• NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVAN

  $11,500

  ASSISTANCE

• WESTERN PA CONSERVANCY INC

  $11,500

  ASSISTANCE

• LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY

  $8,809

  ASSISTANCE

• ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST

  $8,000

  ASSISTANCE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

5 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202423109349302592

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