Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$599,508
Total expenses
$592,184
Contributions and grants received
$610,107
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,475
Investment income
-$63,616
Other revenue
$51,542
Total assets, end of year
$7,499,555
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,021
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,454,534
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$502,198
Management and general expenses
$87,645
Fundraising expenses
$2,341
Program service expenses (Part III)
$502,198

Program services were 84.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $34,485

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $575,622

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STATE LAND AND OTHER INCOME

    total $1,475 · related or exempt $1,475

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $92,448 · excluded $92,448

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $54,057 · other assets $25,000

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

    securities $217,735 · other assets $17,386

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$163,678 · other assets $7,614

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$156,064 · excluded -$156,064

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $38,665

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,923

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $31,742 · excluded $31,742

  • 11a · Other revenue: RENTAL INCOME

    total $19,800 · related or exempt $19,800

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $19,800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $87,018 · program services $66,116 · management and general $20,902

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $200,224 · program services $172,985 · management and general $27,239

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,596 · program services $4,329 · management and general $2,267

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,281 · program services $18,849 · management and general $6,432

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,538 · program services $7,538

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,625 · program services $12,341 · management and general $6,284

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $53,282 · program services $46,355 · management and general $6,927

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,567 · program services $4,175 · management and general $1,392

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,402 · program services $2,021 · management and general $3,381

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $30,597 · program services $22,948 · management and general $7,649

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,531 · program services $13,148 · management and general $4,383

  • 24a · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSES

    total $55,572 · program services $55,572

  • 24b · Other expenses: FORESTRY AND TRAIL MANA

    total $33,193 · program services $33,193

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $15,625 · program services $15,625

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH

    total $14,718 · program services $14,718

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,415 · program services $12,285 · management and general $789 · fundraising $2,341

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $104,783 · end of year $281,724

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,168,217 · end of year $1,366,945

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $140,422 · end of year $72,711

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,230

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,363 · end of year $16,344

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

    $3,718,205

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

    $268,661

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,782,414 · end of year $3,449,544

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,763,034 · end of year $2,312,287

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,666 · end of year $43,821

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,744

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,200 · end of year $1,200

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,079,601 · end of year $6,288,097

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,857,752 · end of year $1,166,437

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

WE PROMOTE LAND CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN MARYLAND. WE PRESERVE AND CONSERVE THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE PARKERS CREEK AND GOVERNORS RUN WATERSHEDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC ACCESS TO MANAGED PROPERTIES FOR EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSES

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTES LAND CONSERVATION, PROVIDES PUBLIC ACCESS AND PROTECTS NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • LAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: PROTECTED AND MANAGED THE 3,449 ACRE PARKERS CREEK PRESERVE'S NATURAL RESOURCES BY: IMPLEMENTING FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLANS, CONTROLLING NONNATIVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES; COLLECTING QUARTERLY SURFACE WATER QUALITY SAMPLES; INSTITUTING AN AGRICULTURE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM; AND CONDUCTING A WHITE-TAILED DEER HERD MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. PROTECTED CULTURAL RESOURCES BY: STABILIZING HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND MAINTAINING A HISTORIC CEMETERY; MAINTAINED 24 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRESERVED LANDS FOR EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PURPOSES; CONDUCTED GUIDED CANOE TRIPS TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PARKERS CREEK WATERSHED; MANAGED THE LIMITED ACCESS WARRIOR'S REST SANCTUARY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. ACTIVELY AND REGULARLY MONITORED 1,639 ACRES OWNED IN FEE SIMPLE BY THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST; ACTIVELY AND REGULARLY MONITORED 1,810 ACRES OF LAND OWNED IN FEE SIMPLE BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND LEASED BY THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST; ACTIVELY AND REGULARLY MONITORED 5 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TOTALING 374 ACRES.

    Expenses $207,010 · Revenue $1,475

  • MEMBERSHIP & OUTREACH SERVICES: CONDUCTED OUTREACH AND STEWARDSHIP EVENTS TO BRING IN NEW MEMBERS. PROVIDED PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF ACLT AND ITS MISSION IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. OPERATED AN AGRICULTURE IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM, RAISING AND DONATING FOOD FOR THOSE IN NEED. SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT ACLT AND ITS MISSION BY HOLDING NUMEROUS EVENTS, CANOE TRIPS AND GUIDED HIKES AS WELL AS HOSTING SEVERAL GROUP VISITS TO DOUBLE OAK FARM. ALSO REPRESENTED ACLT AT MANY OFF-SITE EVENTS HELD BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. CONDUCTED A WELCOMING PROGRAM WHERE VOLUNTEERS GREET VISITORS AT THE TRAILHEADS AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT ACLT. MAINTAINED A ROBUST PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM WITH REGULAR EMAIL NOTICES AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS TOTALLED 7,437 HOURS OF WORK FOR ACLT.

    Expenses $162,617

  • LAND PRESERVATION: WORKED TO PRESERVE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE IN THE PARKERS CREEK AND GOVERNORS RUN WATERSHEDS. WORKED WITH THE SUSTAINABLE CALVERT NETWORK TO ADVOCATE FOR LAND CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT CALVERT COUNTY. IMPLEMENTING THE FIVE YEAR PLAN WHICH CALLS FOR PROMOTING LAND CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN MARYLAND. LAUNCHED THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE.

    Expenses $132,571

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DR DAVID F FARR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • CHERYL L PLACE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DAWN BALINSKI

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELIZABETH JOHNSTON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RICHARD ALDRICH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PETER DALY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BOB FIELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • WALTER BOYNTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DARLENE HARROD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • DENISE BREITBURG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RONALD KLAUDA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • STEPHEN CLOAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SHIRLEY KNIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • PENNY MORAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ROBYN TRUSLOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • NATE NOVOTNY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • FRED TUTMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • BIRGIT SHARP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • RANDI VOGT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • SUZANNE SHELDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • GREG BOWEN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $87,018
    From this org
    $87,018
    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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349306302

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.