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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEELANAU CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,721,610
Total expenses
$5,434,873
Contributions and grants received
$7,617,506
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$28,798
Investment income
$87,809
Other revenue
-$12,503
Total assets, end of year
$37,126,917
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,811,276
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$35,315,641
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,414,624
Management and general expenses
$573,913
Fundraising expenses
$446,336
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,414,624

Program services were 81.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,057,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,560,006

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,554,563

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LAND CONSERVATION

    total $28,798 · related or exempt $28,798

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $313,278 · excluded $313,278

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,642,569

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

    securities $1,868,038

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$225,469

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$225,469 · excluded -$225,469

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total -$12,503 · related or exempt -$12,503

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$12,503

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $216,369 · program services $151,957 · management and general $32,206 · fundraising $32,206

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $901,092 · program services $486,054 · management and general $190,720 · fundraising $224,318

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $237,478 · program services $135,587 · management and general $47,376 · fundraising $54,515

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,906 · program services $47,906 · management and general $16,738 · fundraising $19,262

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,376 · program services $15,376

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,440 · management and general $24,440

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $49,803 · management and general $49,803

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,715 · program services $52,814 · management and general $24,280 · fundraising $3,621

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,287 · program services $12,282 · management and general $15,005

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,005 · management and general $10,005

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,052 · program services $637 · management and general $8,443 · fundraising $1,972

  • 20 · Interest

    total $49,310 · program services $49,310

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $145,282 · program services $120,466 · management and general $24,816

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $37,609 · management and general $37,609

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSERVATION EASEMENT V

    total $3,154,992 · program services $3,154,992

  • 24b · Other expenses: LAND PROTECTION COSTS

    total $71,249 · program services $71,249

  • 24c · Other expenses: NATURAL AREAS AND CONSE

    total $65,690 · program services $65,690

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION

    total $53,222 · management and general $11,183 · fundraising $42,039

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $199,996 · program services $50,304 · management and general $81,289 · fundraising $68,403

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $267,844 · end of year $579,500

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,388,890 · end of year $977,032

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,761 · end of year $44,353

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,038 · end of year $23,671

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

    $20,267,100

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

    $599,391

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $18,142,311 · end of year $19,667,709

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,390,373 · end of year $14,741,942

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $352,700 · end of year $387,514

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $930,191 · end of year $705,196

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $128,895 · end of year $113,225

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,907,770 · end of year $1,596,273

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $133,672 · end of year $101,778

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $15,175,048 · end of year $12,386,818

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,194,723 · end of year $22,928,823

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO CONSERVE THE LAND, WATER AND SCENIC CHARACTER OF LEELANAU COUNTY, AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF LEELANAU COUNTY'S NATURAL HERITAGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONSERVE THE LAND, WATER, AND SCENIC CHARACTER OF LEELANAU COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

  • IN 2022, THE CONSERVANCY COMPLETED SIX LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS PROTECTING AN ADDITIONAL 601 ACRES. INCLUDED WERE: (1) COMPLETION OF ONE FARMLAND PROTECTION PROJECT PROTECTING 232 ACRES IN KASSON TOWNSHIP, (2) COMPLETION OF ONE FARMLAND PROTECTION PROJECT PROTECTING 109 ACRES IN SUTTONS BAY TOWNSHIP, (3)COMPLETION OF ONE LAND CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROJECT PROTECTING 35 ACRES IN LEELANAU TOWNSHIP, (4) COMPLETION OF ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROJECT PROTECTING 116 ACRES IN CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP, (5) COMPLETION OF ONE LAND DONATION PROJECT PROTECTING 27 ACRES IN LEELANAU TOWNSHIP. (6) COMPLETION OF LAND DONATION PROJECT PROTECTING 82 ACRES IN EMPIRE TOWNSHIP.

    Expenses $4,414,624 · Revenue $16,295

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cammie Buehler

    DIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathy Garthe

    DIRECTOR/VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Amy Tennis

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Witler

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alison Horton

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gina Erb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Newton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Gans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Green

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Nugent

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike O'Donnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Art Kubert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Loud

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Lysaght

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Martineau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Schimmel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Cusick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cam Lanphier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Popa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Nelson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $165,051
    From this org
    $128,824
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,227
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,824
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,229
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,998
    Filer's total
    $165,051
  • Kathleen Birney

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $94,999
    From this org
    $87,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,454
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, 4.B.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TOM NELSON, RECEIVED IN $11,229 IN 403(B) CONTRIBUTIONS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
4 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202341309349302554

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