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← BLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLUE MOUNTAIN LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$858,244
Total expenses
$845,458
Contributions and grants received
$715,721
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$85,259
Investment income
$55,579
Other revenue
$1,685
Total assets, end of year
$2,031,709
Total liabilities, end of year
$427,980
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,603,729
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$522,568
Management and general expenses
$201,682
Fundraising expenses
$121,208
Program service expenses (Part III)
$522,568

Program services were 61.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $715,721

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT FEES

    total $72,444 · related or exempt $72,444

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION & RECREATION

    total $12,815 · related or exempt $12,815

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $58,415 · excluded $58,415

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $68,000 · other assets $2,000

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

    securities $71,469 · other assets $1,367

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,469 · other assets $633

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,836 · excluded -$2,836

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,685

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,685 · excluded $1,685

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $118,486 · program services $70,776 · management and general $20,874 · fundraising $26,836

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $272,796 · program services $177,865 · management and general $26,919 · fundraising $68,012

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,694 · program services $8,205 · management and general $60,684 · fundraising $1,805

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,654 · program services $314 · management and general $40,204 · fundraising $136

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $37,599 · program services $2,379 · management and general $35,220

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,917 · management and general $4,917

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,552 · program services $81,241 · management and general $2,022 · fundraising $15,289

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,269 · program services $1,979 · fundraising $290

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,734 · program services $11,360 · management and general $446 · fundraising $3,928

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,682 · program services $12,454 · management and general $2,554 · fundraising $2,674

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,850 · program services $24,850

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,252 · program services $11,576 · management and general $1,868 · fundraising $808

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,485 · program services $952 · management and general $1,627 · fundraising $906

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,363 · program services $9,363

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,376 · program services $22,376

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSERVATION EXPENSES

    total $59,625 · program services $59,625

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS

    total $12,163 · program services $11,316 · management and general $847

  • 24c · Other expenses: TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

    total $11,733 · program services $11,733

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,228 · program services $4,204 · management and general $3,500 · fundraising $524

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $287,990 · end of year $41,318

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $126,805 · end of year $183,504

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $189,872 · end of year $366,548

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

    $909,883

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

    $72,800

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $824,726 · end of year $837,083

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $548,320 · end of year $603,256

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,553 · end of year $34,579

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $393,401

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,456,778 · end of year $1,134,603

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $476,382 · end of year $469,126

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE PROTECT THE LANDS AND WATERS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN REGION FOR PEOPLE, AGRICULTURE, AND WILDLIFE. WE DO THIS THROUGH CONSERVATION, STEWARDSHIP, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONSERVE AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST LANDS AND TO PROTECT RIPARIAN AND HABITAT LANDS

  • CONSERVATION - BMLT MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON SEVERAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS THAT WILL PROTECT LAND AND WATER IN BOTH OREGON AND WASHINGTON WHEN THEY CLOSE IN 2025. PROJECTS INCLUDE BOTH HABITAT CONSERVATION AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION.

    Expenses $200,015 · Revenue $72,444

  • RECREATION - BMLT REPAIRED AND STEWARDED RECREATIONAL TRAILS IN THE NORTH FORK UMATILLA WILDERNESS FOR ACCESSIBLE OUTDOOR ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC. BMLT ALSO MAINTAINED AND EXPANDED WINTER TRAIL ACCESS AT THE HORSESHOE PRAIRIE NORDIC SKI AREA AND CONSTRUCTED A NEW SEASONAL WARMING HUT. PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE WITH NATURAL RESOURCE EXPERTS AND GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WORKING OUTDOORS AT VOLUNTEER EVENTS.

    Expenses $194,359 · Revenue $12,815

  • STEWARDSHIP - BMLT STEWARDED ITS MORE THAN 23,327 ACRES OF PROTECTED LANDS INCLUDING COMPLETING ANNUAL MONITORING VISITS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CONSERVATION EASEMENT TERMS. STAFF CONDUCTED ON-PROPERTY RESEARCH TO ASSESS RIPARIAN AND FOREST HABITAT CONDITIONS, DOCUMENT BIRD AND PLANT SPECIES, AND WORKED WITH OTHER CONSERVATION PARTNERS TO PLAN FOR FUTURE RESTORATION PROJECTS.

    Expenses $128,194

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robin Fitch

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Susan Plunkett

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rory McClellan

    TREASURER, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bill Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Barry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike McArthur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Molitor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jack Percival

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Slusser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Martino

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $118,486
    From this org
    $106,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,086
    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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349317649

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