Totals
- Total revenue
- $2,759,685
- Total expenses
- $1,579,492
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,182,178
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $183,349
- Investment income
- $77,220
- Other revenue
- $316,938
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,102,762
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,465,882
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $7,636,880
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,303,291
- Management and general expenses
- $112,433
- Fundraising expenses
- $163,768
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,303,291
Program services were 82.5% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$459,843
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1c · Fundraising events
-$14,949
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,737,284
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$995,131
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2a · Program service revenue: Camp Tuition
total $73,833 · related or exempt $73,833
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2b · Program service revenue: Contracts Income
total $47,126 · related or exempt $47,126
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2c · Program service revenue: Crystal Spring Farm
total $34,982 · related or exempt $34,982
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2d · Program service revenue: Land stewardship prog
total $20,716 · related or exempt $20,716
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2e · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenu
total $6,692 · related or exempt $6,692
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3 · Investment income
total $83,213 · excluded $83,213
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $45,800 · other assets $1,700
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $53,493 · other assets $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$7,693 · other assets $1,700
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$5,993 · excluded -$5,993
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$29,042
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
-$14,949
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$29,042
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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11a · Other revenue: Contribution from CREA
total $316,938 · related or exempt $316,938
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11e · Other revenue, total
$316,938
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $89,424 · program services $66,273 · management and general $6,793 · fundraising $16,358
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $552,772 · program services $409,665 · management and general $41,988 · fundraising $101,119
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $14,487 · program services $10,590 · management and general $1,318 · fundraising $2,579
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,410 · program services $2,493 · management and general $310 · fundraising $607
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $54,364 · program services $40,208 · management and general $4,223 · fundraising $9,933
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11b · Fees: legal
total $6,958 · program services $3,951 · management and general $2,854 · fundraising $153
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $37,435 · program services $21,255 · management and general $15,355 · fundraising $825
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $14,475 · management and general $14,475
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11g · Fees: other
total $136,188 · program services $118,415 · management and general $15,247 · fundraising $2,526
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $5,566 · program services $2,529 · management and general $143 · fundraising $2,894
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13 · Office expenses
total $68,143 · program services $55,804 · management and general $6,101 · fundraising $6,238
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16 · Occupancy
total $22,855 · program services $18,280 · management and general $1,358 · fundraising $3,217
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $3,266 · program services $3,146 · management and general $45 · fundraising $75
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $41,453 · program services $41,165 · management and general $288
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23 · Insurance
total $14,277 · program services $12,371 · management and general $1,146 · fundraising $760
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24a · Other expenses: Donated Easement
total $400,000 · program services $400,000
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24b · Other expenses: Community Project Expen
total $29,606 · program services $29,606
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24c · Other expenses: Property Taxes
total $23,889 · program services $23,889 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24d · Other expenses: Printing
total $23,814 · program services $12,393 · management and general $506 · fundraising $10,915
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24e · All other expenses
total $37,110 · program services $31,258 · management and general $283 · fundraising $5,569
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
end of year $10,000
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $755,661 · end of year $799,896
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $51,442 · end of year $213,067
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,393 · end of year $2,826
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $10,696 · end of year $20,173
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$7,850,149
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$755,585
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $3,931,967 · end of year $7,094,564
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,721,521 · end of year $1,925,214
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $35,531 · end of year $37,022
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $136,723 · end of year $137,305
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $55,474
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,000,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $54,013 · end of year $273,103
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,893,572 · end of year $6,825,063
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $424,903 · end of year $811,817
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust conserves and stewards vital natural areas, supports a vibrant local food system, and connects people with the natural world through inclusive education and recreation programs. Our goal is to protect our natural resources, cultivate care for the natural world, and in so doing, foster resilient, connected communities now and for generations to come.
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Land Conservation - BTLT conserves in perpetuity highly valued natural areas, working lands, and shorefront using all the tools of private land conservation. At the close of FY 2023, BTLT owns 1,207.58 acres outright, and held conservation easements on 1,929.5 acres. These lands include ecologically significant coastal estuaries, wetlands, important plant and wildlife habitat, agricultural fields used for local food production, and small parcels providing green space and public access to rivers and ocean. Landowners donate or sell land or an interest in their land (i.e. conservation easement) to the trust. The public benefits of this program, available to residents of and visitors to Midcoast Maine, include: scenic landscapes; outdoor recreation opportunities; local agriculture; habitat and resource protection; flood protection; and water access for fishing and commercial shellfish harvesting.
Expenses $452,173
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Land Stewardship - BTLT actively stewards its fee and easement properties to ensure that their conservation values are maintained. Every fee property is managed according to a site-specific management plan and every easement property is monitored annually to ensure the terms of the easement are being upheld. Other stewardship responsibilities include: managing property; defending easements; maintaining 24 miles of trails on properties that provide public access; building new trails; building and maintaining bridges, kiosks, and other amenities; providing appropriate signage; outreach and public education focused on conservation and natural resources. Stewardship activities are carried out on the 1,207.58 acres that BTLT owns outright and the 1,929.5 acres on which it holds easements.
Expenses $214,192 · Revenue $20,716
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Support for Local Agriculture - An important part of BTLT's mission is support for local agriculture. The trust supports agriculture in the following ways: protecting farm and pasture land for agriculture, including a 331-acre working farm; operating a farmers' market that provides a much-needed retail outlet for 40 local farmers and producers; providing a community garden that makes 80 individual garden plots available to community members and a 11,000 sq. ft. common good bed available to a local food bank to raise produce for its clients; and establishing the Merrymeeting Food Council in collaboration with other regional stakeholders. The purpose of the food council is to enhance the local food economy, raise awareness of the benefits of local food, and to increase the production and consumption of local healthy food in our region.
Expenses $278,359 · Revenue $34,982
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BTLT continued their community education, offering a total of around 70 guided nature walks, workshops, and speakers this past year; their school-based programs served around 800 elementary school students annually with experiential, nature-based science lessons; their summer camp provided a week of nature exploration and learning for 224 children, including 10-15 scholarship campers.
Expenses $358,567 · Revenue $444,589
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Bill Ferdinand
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Doug Bennett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elizabeth Armstrong
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Emily Swan
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jamie Tatham
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Lichter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Keisha Payson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lloyd Van Lunen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margaret Wilson
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard Mersereau
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rol Fessenden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sandy Stott
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ellen Trout Bennett
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim Paul
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan Rae-Reeves
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom Settlemire
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Janvier Smith
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick Wells
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nick Whatley
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Angela Twitchell
Executive Director (former)
- Total calculated
- $86,693
- From this org
- $84,280
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,413
- Hours/week
- 36
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Stephen Walker
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $5,144
- From this org
- $5,144
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- 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
- 30 January 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202510499349300636
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