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← TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE TRUST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,828,483
Total expenses
$2,061,418
Contributions and grants received
$1,326,490
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,223,735
Investment income
$817,136
Other revenue
$461,122
Total assets, end of year
$26,602,488
Total liabilities, end of year
$54,207
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,548,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,796,929
Management and general expenses
$187,407
Fundraising expenses
$77,082
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,796,929

Program services were 87.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,326,490

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $44,050

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ACE SMLLC

    total $1,223,735 · related or exempt $1,223,735

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $817,136 · excluded $817,136

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $41,272

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $26,681

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $14,591

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $14,591 · excluded $14,591

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $74,751

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $39,041

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $35,710 · unrelated business $35,710

  • 11a · Other revenue: RENT AND ROYALTIES

    total $398,714 · related or exempt $398,714

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $12,107 · related or exempt $12,107

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $410,821

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $109,598 · program services $77,814 · management and general $24,112 · fundraising $7,672

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $313,116 · program services $234,108 · management and general $59,937 · fundraising $19,071

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $8,890 · program services $6,312 · management and general $1,956 · fundraising $622

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,663 · program services $30,511 · management and general $12,144 · fundraising $3,008

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,044 · program services $20,404 · management and general $9,628 · fundraising $2,012

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $13,887 · program services $13,887

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,645 · management and general $15,645

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,183,718 · program services $1,183,718

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,315 · fundraising $30,315

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,226 · program services $4,462 · management and general $26,573 · fundraising $3,191

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $39,360 · program services $31,488 · management and general $4,723 · fundraising $3,149

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,402 · program services $24,402

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $52,832 · program services $26,051 · management and general $25,661 · fundraising $1,120

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES

    total $73,288 · program services $73,288

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

    total $23,217 · program services $23,217

  • 24c · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP SUPPLIES

    total $19,595 · program services $19,595

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $11,397 · program services $9,117 · management and general $1,368 · fundraising $912

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $30,225 · program services $18,555 · management and general $5,660 · fundraising $6,010

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $120,439 · end of year $393,659

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $41,334 · end of year $187,601

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $196,854 · end of year $238,753

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $7,034,797

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,666 · end of year $2,666

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

    $18,130,778

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

    $740,922

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $17,322,490 · end of year $17,389,856

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $8,389,953

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $81,089 · end of year $54,207

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $24,584,361 · end of year $25,812,169

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,130 · end of year $736,112

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CONSERVE A HEALTHY TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE AS A COMMUNITY TREASURE FOR GENERATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION

  • TO CONSERVE A HEALTHY TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE AS A COMMUNITY TREASURE FOR GENERATIONS.

    Expenses $597,365

  • TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND REDUCE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON.

    Expenses $1,199,564 · Revenue $1,223,735

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • MOISE BAPTISTE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMMANUEL ESCOBAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER DEGAETANO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATIE DISHMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDY RAMIREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIMMY SNEED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALESHA MANNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINA THORESON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT SMITH

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATT SEARS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER AVERBACK

    TREASURY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIOT BERZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $109,598
    From this org
    $109,598
    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.

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.

  • APPALACHIAN CARBON EXCHANGE LLC

    ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · TN · income $255,458 · assets $257,208

    Directly controlled by THE TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE TRUST INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349302139

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