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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WILDERNESS EAST.

Totals

Total revenue
$56
Total expenses
$226
Contributions and grants received
$26
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$30
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,340,838
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,337,611
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,227
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$226
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$0

Program services were 0.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $30 · related or exempt $30 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 24a · Other expenses: Filing fees and registration

    total $226 · program services $0 · management and general $226 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $185 · end of year $185

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,444 · end of year $2,271

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,813 · end of year $0

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

    $2,338,382

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,313,263 · end of year $2,338,382

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,813 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,312,492 · end of year $2,337,611

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,400 · end of year $3,227

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Land acquisition for nature preservation

  • In 2024, Wilderness East (WE) furthered its mission of advancing wildlands protection in Ohio and the greater Appalachian region by supporting and collaborating with the nonprofit The Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Inc., as prioritized in its articles of incorporation's mission statement. After the 2024 fiscal year that is being described herein, on February 2, 2025, The Highlands Nature Sanctuary initiated a formal name change to what was previously its dba, Arc of Appalachia, and will be referred to in this program description as Arc of Appalachia, its current identity as the 2024 year reports are being written. The mission of Wilderness East is to help Arc of Appalachia acquire new natural areas by buying and holding them temporarily in order to give time for Arc of Appalachia to raise funds to buy and permanently secure them as nature preserves. In 2024, WE acquired, via secured promissory notes held by Arc of Appalachia, the following properties: 1) a 10.4-acre parcel of land and an 8-acre parcel of land in Highland County, Ohio that lie adjacent to the the Arc of Appalachia's oldest and largest preserve, the Highlands Nature Sanctuary, thus expanding the nearly 3,000-acre nature preserve 2) a 1200-acre parcel of land in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, known as Wild Rock Canyon Preserve, Arc of Appalachia's and Wilderness East's first preservation endeavor in West Virginia, and 3) a 86-acre parcel of land in Gallia County, Ohio, known as Beaver Wetlands, the first acquisition by Wilderness East for the Arc of Appalachia in Gallia County, Ohio.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Bruns

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mary Wahrer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jim Palmer

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Baker

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Beth Staggenborg

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202511689349301126

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