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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LIVING LANDS TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,709,308
Total expenses
$680,039
Contributions and grants received
$9,428,389
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$240,743
Investment income
$24,557
Other revenue
$15,619
Total assets, end of year
$20,788,588
Total liabilities, end of year
$156,721
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,631,867
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$541,796
Management and general expenses
$117,966
Fundraising expenses
$20,277
Program service expenses (Part III)
$541,796

Program services were 79.7% 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

    $9,428,389

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,070,950

  • 2a · Program service revenue: BUILDING RENTAL INCOME

    total $172,021 · related or exempt $172,021

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FARMLAND LEASE

    total $41,222 · related or exempt $41,222

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANNUAL SUPPORT FEES

    total $27,500 · related or exempt $27,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $37,255 · excluded $37,255

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $317,174 · other assets $11,270

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

    securities $341,142 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$23,968 · other assets $11,270

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$12,698 · excluded -$12,698

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $15,619 · related or exempt $15,619

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,619

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,000 · program services $37,500 · management and general $18,750 · fundraising $18,750

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,109 · program services $3,055 · management and general $1,527 · fundraising $1,527

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $7,867 · program services $7,867

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $41,252 · program services $37,127 · management and general $4,125

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,869 · management and general $11,869

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,834 · management and general $13,834

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $177,097 · program services $177,097

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $996 · program services $996

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,833 · management and general $13,833

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $951 · management and general $951

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,271 · program services $46,271

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,008 · program services $6,008

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,954 · management and general $16,954

  • 20 · Interest

    total $6,801 · program services $6,801

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $136,526 · program services $106,038 · management and general $30,488

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,392 · program services $22,160 · management and general $1,232

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $60,159 · program services $60,159

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL EXPENSE

    total $9,361 · program services $9,361

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $8,717 · program services $8,717

  • 24d · Other expenses: FARM SUPPLIES

    total $4,533 · program services $4,533

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,509 · program services $8,106 · management and general $4,403

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $557,584 · end of year $637,388

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $21,400 · end of year $23,622

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

    $18,601,325

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

    $935,388

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,716,895 · end of year $17,665,937

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,354,652 · end of year $2,179,388

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $281,337 · end of year $282,253

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,380 · end of year $10,347

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $147,784 · end of year $143,749

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,325 · end of year $2,625

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,198,245 · end of year $19,112,632

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $578,144 · end of year $1,519,235

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

LIVING LANDS TRUST'S MISSION IS TO PROTECT LAND AND CONSTRUCTED SPACES FROM THE SPECULATIVE MARKETPLACE. LIVING LANDS TRUST'S STEWARDSHIP REDEFINES OWNERSHIP, USE, AND COMMUNITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ASSOCIATION AND CULTURAL PRACTICE. WE RECOGNIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL DESTINY PATHS. LIVING LANDS TRUST MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR BIODYNAMIC AND REGENERATIVE FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND OTHER SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS TO ACCESS PRODUCTIVE DE-COMMODIFIED PLACES. LIVING LANDS TRUST'S SUSTAINING PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLACE-BASED REGIONAL ECONOMIES THAT REFLECT THE RICHNESS OF A JUST AND HUMAN CULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROTECTION OF LAND AND CONSTRUCTED SPACES FROM THE SPECULATIVE MARKETPLACE.

  • IN 2022, LIVING LANDS TRUST CONTINUED ITS WORK TO PROTECT AND STEWARD LANDS AND PLACES THAT ENNOBLE THE HUMAN BEING AND THE EARTH. OUR WISCONSIN WOODS PROPERTY CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT PLACE FOR QUIET CONTEMPLATION, OR FOR EDUCATING CHILDREN ABOUT NATURE. WE ALSO REMAIN GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THOUGHTFUL PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROTECT THE SANCTUARIES OF THE FUTURE. THESE PLACES SERVE AS IMPORTANT SOURCES OF PHYSICAL, SOUL, AND SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT. THE ACQUISITION OF HIGH HOPE RANCH EXPANDS THE REACH OF THE ORGANIZATION INTO TEXAS AND OFFERS THE ABILITY TO FURTHER OUR MISSION.

    Expenses $541,796 · Revenue $256,362

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Carol Andrews

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Dorothy Hinkle-Uhlig

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Bob Bower

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Bloom

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mark A Finser

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sonja Gorsch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daphne Amory

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Jean-Paul Stewart Courtens

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jess Brooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • David Outman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,000
    From this org
    $75,000
    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • HIGH HOPE RANCH LLC

    TO OPERATE A RANCH IN GLEN ROSE, TX · TX · income $718,826 · assets $462,680

    Directly controlled by LIVING LANDS TRUST

  • TEXAS LIVING LANDS LLC

    TO OWN REAL ESTATE IN GLEN ROSE, TX · TX · income $7,690,745 · assets $7,660,257

    Directly controlled by LIVING LANDS TRUST

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349308472

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