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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE LIVING DESERT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$85,654
Total expenses
$74,986
Contributions and grants received
$68,625
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,747
Other revenue
$13,282
Total assets, end of year
$174,012
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$174,012
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$69,205
Management and general expenses
$5,781
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$69,205

Program services were 92.3% 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

    $7,010

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $28,908

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $32,707

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,747 · excluded $3,747

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $17,051

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,949

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $12,102 · related or exempt $12,102

  • 11a · Other revenue: SCOOTER RENTAL

    total $1,180 · excluded $1,180

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,180

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,669 · management and general $1,669

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,788 · program services $30,198 · management and general $590

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $207 · management and general $207

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $836 · management and general $836

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,267 · program services $1,158 · management and general $1,109

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARK SUPPORT

    total $33,488 · program services $33,488

  • 24b · Other expenses: ZOO CAMP EXPENSES

    total $2,193 · program services $2,193

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $1,098 · management and general $1,098

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSES

    total $1,069 · program services $1,069

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,371 · program services $1,099 · management and general $272

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $35,290 · end of year $42,064

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $128,054 · end of year $131,948

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

    $108,384

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

    $108,384

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $101,348 · end of year $111,866

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,996 · end of year $62,146

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED ARE (1) TO ASSIST THE LIVING DESERT STATE PARK, A STATE PARK SITUATED IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO, BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND VOLUNTEER HELP; (2) THE DOING AND PERFORMING OF ANY AND ALL ACTS OR THINGS NECESSARY, PROPER, OR CONVENIENT FOR OR INCIDENTAL TO THE FURTHERANCE OR THE CARRYING OUT OF THE PURPOSES HEREIN ABOVE MENTIONED; AND (3) TO ENGAGE IN ANY LAWFUL ACT OR ACTIVITY FOR WHICH NONPROFIT CORPORATION MAY BE ORGANIZED UNDER THE "NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT" OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE TO THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO LIVING DESERT STATE PARK IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS COMPRISED OF THE PURCHASE AND DONATION OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, SERVICES, PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT.

    Expenses $69,205

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

Listed in Part VII

  • VERONICA RONI BARNHART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • KATHY HAMPTON

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • KATELYN MAXWELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROL BELISKI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SANDRA COSAND

    ASST TREASUR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ADAN DONNIE RODRIQUEZ JR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MICHAEL PHEIFER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

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
8 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523149349305167

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