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← UPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$213,009
Total expenses
$110,898
Contributions and grants received
$75,670
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$68,855
Investment income
$74,152
Other revenue
-$5,668
Total assets, end of year
$1,305,027
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,305,027
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$47,474
Management and general expenses
$62,803
Fundraising expenses
$621
Program service expenses (Part III)
$47,474

Program services were 42.8% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $19,725

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $55,945

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EASEMENT FEES

    total $68,855 · related or exempt $68,855

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $33,749 · excluded $33,749

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $178,486

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

    securities $138,083

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $40,403

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $40,403 · excluded $40,403

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,120

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

    $19,725

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,788

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$5,668

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $40,800 · program services $20,400 · management and general $20,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,848 · program services $8,924 · management and general $8,924

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $883 · program services $441 · management and general $442

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $226 · program services $113 · management and general $113

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,020 · management and general $6,020

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $9,045 · management and general $9,045

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,600 · program services $3,300 · management and general $3,300

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,139 · management and general $1,518 · fundraising $621

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $149 · management and general $149

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $118 · management and general $118

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,075 · management and general $2,075

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,910 · program services $7,910

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $345 · program services $297 · management and general $48

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,357 · management and general $10,357

  • 24a · Other expenses: EASEMENT MONITORING

    total $3,665 · program services $3,665

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,324 · program services $2,324

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $177 · management and general $177

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $150 · program services $100 · management and general $50

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $67 · management and general $67

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $154,339 · end of year $136,343

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,048,577 · end of year $1,168,684

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,202,916 · end of year $1,305,027

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE UPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST IS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT CONSERVATION OF NATURAL AND SCENIC LANDS, FARMS, FORESTS, WATERWAYS, AND OPEN SPACES ON OUR EIGHT-COUNTY AREA: ABBEVILLE, ANDERSON, EDGEFIELD, GREENWOOD, LAURENS, MCCORMICK, NEWBERRY, AND SALUDA COUNTIES IN THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • PROMOTING CONSERVATION OF NATURAL AND SCENIC LAND AND WATERWAY RESOURCES IN OUR EIGHT-COUNTY AREA

    Expenses $47,474 · Revenue $68,855

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Wade Harrison

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $40,800
    From this org
    $40,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Welborn Adams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robyn Agnew

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Doug Bell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rossie Corwon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Bryan Green

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Green

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Chuck Gresham

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sandy Gresham

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Charles Hollingsworth

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • J William Rogers II

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Herman Keith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Kinney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lang Nickles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Robinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jimmy Sanders

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brad Thompson Sr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Wayne Steffen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Holly Welch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543179349312004

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