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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLACK SWAMP CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,579,312
Total expenses
$1,798,104
Contributions and grants received
$4,168,141
Grants paid
$479,960
Program service revenue
$13,117
Investment income
$324,939
Other revenue
$73,115
Total assets, end of year
$14,981,712
Total liabilities, end of year
$322,709
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,659,003
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,629,515
Management and general expenses
$127,319
Fundraising expenses
$41,270
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,629,515

Program services were 90.6% 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)

    $2,941,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,226,641

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CROPS/FARMING

    total $13,117 · excluded $13,117

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $95,564 · excluded $95,564

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $970,307

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

    securities $740,932

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $229,375

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $229,375 · excluded $229,375

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $81,579

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,483

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $66,096 · excluded $66,096

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS - NET

    total $7,019 · excluded $7,019

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,019

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $479,960 · program services $479,960

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,245 · program services $59,865 · management and general $18,695 · fundraising $18,685

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $251,282 · program services $215,651 · management and general $21,230 · fundraising $14,401

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,292 · program services $5,460 · management and general $634 · fundraising $198

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,585 · program services $21,002 · management and general $3,057 · fundraising $2,526

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $3,911 · program services $3,715 · management and general $196

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,544 · program services $12,867 · management and general $677

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,300 · program services $11,685 · management and general $615

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,693 · management and general $9,693

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $116,931 · program services $111,085 · management and general $5,846

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $831 · program services $831

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,711 · program services $8,774 · management and general $13,638 · fundraising $2,299

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,859 · program services $863 · management and general $5,972 · fundraising $24

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,880 · program services $5,898 · management and general $807 · fundraising $175

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,016 · program services $1,154 · management and general $3,862

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,085 · management and general $38,085

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,532 · program services $35,280 · management and general $2,252

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESTORATION

    total $630,353 · program services $630,353

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND GIFTS

    total $7,793 · program services $7,793

  • 24c · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP

    total $7,179 · program services $7,179

  • 24d · Other expenses: VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

    total $6,545 · program services $6,218 · fundraising $327

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,577 · program services $3,882 · management and general $2,060 · fundraising $2,635

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $635,861 · end of year $868,032

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $371,637 · end of year $662,888

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $313,119 · end of year $203,593

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

    $9,866,958

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

    $198,853

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,954,616 · end of year $9,668,105

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,870,595 · end of year $2,875,991

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $698,888

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,021 · end of year $4,215

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $305,414 · end of year $252,980

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $141,839 · end of year $69,729

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,238,363 · end of year $14,074,368

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $465,233 · end of year $584,635

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE NATURAL HABITATS AND FAMILY FARMS IN NORTHWEST OHIO FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LAND TRUST OPERATIONS AND LAND CONSERVATION EDUCATION

  • LAND AND CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACQUISITION. COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PURCHASES INCLUDING DUE DILIGENCE, TRANSACTIONAL EXPENSES, AND CLOSING COSTS.

    Expenses $789,892 · Grants $479,960

  • STEWARDSHIP OF CONSERVED PROPERTIES. THIS INCLUDES REGULAR INSPECTION AND DEFENSE OF 156 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OWNED NATURE PRESERVES.

    Expenses $777,619 · Revenue $13,117

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF LAND CONSERVATION THROUGH NATURALIST-LED PROGRAMS AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $62,004

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Logan Schickler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Bowe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Nunn

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Minning

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Fedderke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Ranney Wolkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Krain

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $101,703
    From this org
    $94,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,044
    Hours/week
    40
  • Eric Britton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Lewis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachael Niemer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dana Reising

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Unice

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Kennedy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Kusnier

    TRUSTEE

    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

  • THE PARK DISTRICT OF OTTAWA COUNTY

    $0

    DONATION OF LAND FOR CONSERVATION

  • OTSEGO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $0

    DONATION OF LAND FOR CONSERVATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521229349300027

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