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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,220,691
Total expenses
$2,083,806
Contributions and grants received
$5,590,156
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$556,804
Other revenue
$73,731
Total assets, end of year
$19,262,003
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,831,389
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,430,614
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,820,223
Management and general expenses
$125,304
Fundraising expenses
$138,279
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,820,223

Program services were 87.4% 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

    $1,248,903

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,341,253

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $80,863 · excluded $80,863

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $798,346

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

    securities $322,405

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $475,941

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $475,941 · related or exempt $475,941

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $73,731 · excluded $73,731

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $73,731

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $761,761 · program services $638,366 · management and general $44,549 · fundraising $78,846

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $168,514 · program services $142,611 · management and general $9,310 · fundraising $16,593

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,382 · program services $50,730 · management and general $3,486 · fundraising $6,166

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $370,714 · program services $325,941 · management and general $38,068 · fundraising $6,705

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,947 · program services $10,780 · management and general $438 · fundraising $729

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $68,733 · program services $57,324 · management and general $3,899 · fundraising $7,510

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,264 · program services $46,813 · management and general $2,668 · fundraising $4,783

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,860 · program services $21,940 · management and general $1,379 · fundraising $541

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,157 · program services $4,293 · management and general $3,675 · fundraising $189

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $85,770 · program services $85,339 · management and general $164 · fundraising $267

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,006 · program services $10,448 · management and general $1,872 · fundraising $686

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAND ACQUISTION

    total $191,763 · program services $191,763

  • 24b · Other expenses: LAND MAINTENANCE

    total $145,919 · program services $145,919

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $33,460 · program services $24,609 · management and general $550 · fundraising $8,301

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $27,287 · program services $26,849 · management and general $252 · fundraising $186

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $58,269 · program services $36,498 · management and general $14,994 · fundraising $6,777

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $206,434 · end of year $530,399

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $118,921 · end of year $1,564,403

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $74,296 · end of year $27,825

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

    $15,484,143

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

    $303,240

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $11,226,608 · end of year $15,180,903

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,616,325 · end of year $1,811,259

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $139,443 · end of year $147,214

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,661 · end of year $4,290

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $1,766,329

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $76,563 · end of year $60,770

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,523,571 · end of year $15,937,920

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $739,232 · end of year $1,492,694

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE LAND TRUST WORKS TO PRESERVE SCENIC GORGE LANDSCAPES, SAFEGUARD SENSITIVE HABITATS, STEWARD VITAL GORGE LANDS, AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENSURING THE GORGE REMAINS A VIBRANT, LIVING PLACE- WONDROUS, WILD, AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO.

  • LAND TRUST - FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE LAND TRUST WORKS TO PRESERVE SCENIC GORGE LANDSCAPES, SAFEGUARD SENSITIVE HABITATS, STEWARD VITAL GORGE LANDS, AND STRENGTHEN GORGE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.

    Expenses $782,199

  • SHARE THE WONDER - SHARE THE WONDER IS A $6.6 MILLION CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THE COLUMBIA GORGE REMAINS A NATURAL WONDER. THE CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT IT AND INSPIRE YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND NEW LEADERS TO CARRY ON THIS CRITICAL WORK IN THE YEARS AND DECADES AHEAD. THE VISION OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN IS TO ACQUIRE NEW PROPERTIES, RESTORE CAPE HORN AND CATHERINE CREEK TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS SPACES FOR BOTH WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE, AND FORGE NEW TRAIL CONNECTIONS TO ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE GORGE.

    Expenses $742,028

  • GORGE ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT - THIS PROJECT IS GROUNDED IN A COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE "BARRIERS" OF ACCESSIBILITY IN THE GORGE. THOSE BARRIERS CAN VARY GREATLY INCLUDING PHYSICAL, CULTURAL, OR EVEN ECONOMIC. FRIENDS IS WORKING ON A LONG-TERM VISION FOR TWO PROPERTIES, CAPE HORN AND CATHERINE CREEK. IN THE FUTURE THESE LAND TRUST PRESERVES MAY PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HIKING TRAILS, PICNICKING AND GATHERING SPACES, EDUCATIONAL FEATURES, ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, AND VIEWPOINTS OF THE GORGE.

    Expenses $186,554

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kevin Gorman

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $190,761
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $164,631
    Other
    $26,130
    Hours/week
    16 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $154,631 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $10,000 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $5,241 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $20,889 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $190,761 related

  • Paige Unangst

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $132,352
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,581
    Other
    $19,771
    Hours/week
    20 + 26 related

  • Dan Bell

    LAND TRUST DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $127,179
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $107,580
    Other
    $19,599
    Hours/week
    31 + 10 related

  • Rudy Salakory

    CONSERVATION DIREC

    Total calculated
    $126,638
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $112,335
    Other
    $14,303
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

  • Tim Dobyns

    COMM & ENGAG DIREC

    Total calculated
    $120,267
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $106,149
    Other
    $14,118
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

  • Kevin Price

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • David Michalek

    SEC/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related

  • D'Na Walela Chase

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25 + 2 related

  • John Baugher

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Pat Campbell

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dustin Klinger

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Nelson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Stan Hinatsu

    Trustee

    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. 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

None.

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

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
18 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433239349302058

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