Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$6,162,148

Total expenses

$4,145,507

Contributions and grants received

$6,088,767

Grants paid

$330,452

Program service revenue

$7,500

Investment income

$26,463

Other revenue

$39,418

Total assets, end of year

$7,068,441

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,042,192

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,026,249

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,327,335

Management and general expenses

$526,893

Fundraising expenses

$291,279

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,327,335

Program services were 80.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $1,315,232

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $1,086,758

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (CE) DEPARTMENT WORKS TOGETHER WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, LANDOWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT-LARGE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE OF HEIRS' PROPERTY AND HOW IT CAN BE PREVENTED AND RESOLVED TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO USE THEIR LAND. IN ADDITION TO THE SEMINARS MENTIONED UNDER THE LEGAL SECTIONS AND THE FORESTRY WORKSHOPS LISTED IN THE FORESTRY SECTION, CE STAFF COMPLETED 105 PRESENTATIONS AND INFORMATION TABLES TO INFORM PARTICIPANTS ABOUT CHPP'S SERVICES REACHING 4,306 PEOPLE. ON AUGUST 11 -12, 2023, CHPP HELD ITS 8TH ANNUAL RURAL AND LIMITED RESOURCE LANDOWNER SYMPOSIUM AT THE FLORENCE CHPP IN FLORENCE, SC. 180 PEOPLE ATTENDED THIS EVENT. THIS YEAR, THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED BY DEPUTY REGIONAL FORESTER, SHERRY REAVES, REGION 8, U.S. FOREST SERVICE. PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY THE FOREST SERVICE AND OTHER USA AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY. INFORMATIVE PANELS FOCUSED ON CHPP'S EXPANSION, ESTATE PLANNING, MEETING THE FLORENCE COUNTY PROBATE JUDGE AND LANDOWNER AND PARTNER PERSPECTIVES ON THE SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

  Expenses $558,908

• MOBILE BASIN HEIRS' PROPERTY SUPPORT INITIATIVE (MBHPSI) DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, CHPP EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS PARTICIPATING IN THE MBHPSI. IN ADDITION TO THE INITIAL PARTNER OF THE MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE (MCJ), CHPP SUPPORTED THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES (MAC) AND WINSTON COUNTY SELF HELP COOPERATIVES (WCSHC) TO PROVIDE LAND USE SERVICES TO HEIRS' PROPERTY LANDOWNERS IN MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONALLY, INTERNATIONAL PAPER JOINED THE MBHPSI FUNDERS OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND AND KIMBERLY TO SUPPORT EXPANSION TO THE "ALABAMA SIDE" OF THE MOBILE BASIN. THIS FUNDING ALLOWED NONPROFIT PARTNERS IN ALABAMA TO BE ENGAGED TO DELIVER LEGAL SERVICES (LEGAL SERVICES ALABAMA) AND LAND USE SERVICES (LIMITED RESOURCES LANDOWNER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE NETWORK - LR LEAN) TO HELP HULOS RESOLVE HEIRS' PROPERTY ISSUES AND SUSTAINABLY MANAGE AND UTILIZE THEIR LAND.MORE THAN 8,000 LANDOWNERS BENEFITED FROM THE EDUCATION, LEGAL SERVICES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DELIVERED THROUGH THE MBHPSI. THE DETAILS OF THE SERVICES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACHIEVED BY THESE IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:MCJ:-33 LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINARS WERE COMPLETED WITH 5,855 OF THE INDIVIDUALS HAVING INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LEGAL ISSUES RELATING TO HP-24 COMMUNITY OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS WITH 1,140 INDIVIDUALS HAVING INCREASED THEIR AWARENESS OF HP THROUGH PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER OUTREACH ACTIVITIES -6 CLIENTS HAD POWERS OF ATTORNEY OR LIFE ESTATE DEEDS DRAFTED-4 WILLS CLINICS WERE CONDUCTED WITH 14 PERSONS HAVING WILLS DRAFTED AT WILLS CLINICS -19 ADDITIONAL WILLS WERE DRAFTED, WITH 14 OF THEM EXECUTED AND FINALIZED-231 INTAKES WERE CONDUCTED AT WHICH HP OWNERS RECEIVE ADVICE & COUNSEL WITH 44 APPLICANTS BEING ACCEPTED AS FULL CLIENTS-13 STATUS CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS WERE CONDUCTED TO DISCUSS CLIENTS' LEGAL ISSUES, THE RESULTS OF THE TITLE SEARCH, AND NEXT STEPS WITH A TOTAL OF 46 FAMILY MEMBERS PRESENT-98 CLIENTS RECEIVED EXTENDED LEGAL SERVICES MAC: MAC ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES.-5 EDUCATION WORKSHOPS WERE COMPLETED WITH 33 HULOS HAVING INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO OPERATE AND MANAGE FORESTRY ENTERPRISES-15 HULOS WITH HEIRS' PROPERTY AND/OR ESTATE PLANNING OR SUCCESSION ISSUES WERE REFERRED TO THE MISSISSIPPI CHPP FOR JUSTICE. -39 HULOS OBTAINED A FARM TRACT NUMBER. -73 OF HULOS WERE ASSISTED IN APPLYING FOR EQUIP FUNDS -96 HULOS RECEIVED DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INVOLVING ADVICE ABOUT LAND-USE AND/OR HOW TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION PRACTICES, ETC.-46 HULOS WERE ASSISTED WITH DEVELOPING FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS, MAPPING, AND/OR WITH FORESTRY INITIATIVE OR FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL CERTIFICATION. WCSHC:-19 HULOS WITH A TOTAL OF 484 ACRES WERE PROVIDED WITH LAND SURVEYS TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY BOUNDARIES-1 VIRTUAL PRESENTATION ATTENDED BY 115 HULOS WAS HOSTED BY WCSHC IN COLLABORATION WITH MCJ AND MID-SOUTH PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURAL GROUPLSA:-30 OUTREACH EVENTS AND A LEGAL SEMINAR WERE HELD, REACHING 115 PEOPLE-17 POWERS OF ATTORNEYS OR LIFE ESTATE DEEDS WERE DRAFTED-3 WILLS CLINICS WERE HELD, AT WHICH 11 WILLS WERE DRAFTED-62 INTAKES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, WITH 25 ACCEPTED AS FULL CLIENTS TO RECEIVE EXTENDED LEGAL SERVICES-13 TITLES WERE CLEAREDLR LEAN:-1 REGIONAL OUTREACH SUMMIT WAS HELD-2 HULOS' PROPERTIES CERTIFIED AS TREE FARMS-8 FAMILIES WERE PROVIDED WITH MAPS AND OFFERED FOREST MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE-1 HULO ACQUIRED A FARM & TRACT NUMBER-1 HULO SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED FOR EQUIP FUNDS-3 REFERRALS WERE MADE TO LSA FOR HEIRS' PROPERTY SERVICES

  Expenses $366,437 · Grants $330,452 · Revenue $7,500

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

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

• MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE

  $159,673

  INCREASE CAPACITY TO ASSIST MANY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN PROTECTING FAMILY LAND OWNERSHIP AND LEGACY AND INVOLVE OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES AROUND MISSISSIPPI TO EXPLAIN WHAT HEIRS' PROPERTY IS AND WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO PROTECT IT.

• LEGAL SERVICES ALABAMAINC

  $80,000

  CREATE A REGIONAL RESILIENCY IMPLEMENTATION WORKPLAN THAT WILL ENGAGE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AND BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO PLAN AND EXECUTE FUTURE RESILIENCE STRATEGIES, PROJECTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOWER PEE DEE WATERSHED. PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIEZE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE FLOODING, STORM SURGE, SEA-LEVEL RISE RISKS, AND OTHER THREATS TO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND COMMUNITIES.

• WINSTON COUNTY SELF HELP COOPERATIVE

  $45,141

  CREATE A REGIONAL RESILIENCY IMPLEMENTATION WORKPLAN THAT WILL ENGAGE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AND BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO PLAN AND EXECUTE FUTURE RESILIENCE STRATEGIES, PROJECTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOWER PEE DEE WATERSHED. PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIEZE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE FLOODING, STORM SURGE, SEA-LEVEL RISE RISKS, AND OTHER THREATS TO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND COMMUNITIES.

• MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES (MAC)

  $37,500

  CONDUCT OUTREACH, EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS AND EXISTING/NEWLY ENGAGED HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED LANDOWNERS (HULOS) LOOKING TO LEARN ABOUT AND OPERATE FORESTY ENTERPRISES.

• NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC

  $8,138

  CREATE A REGIONAL RESILIENCY IMPLEMENTATION WORKPLAN THAT WILL ENGAGE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS AND BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO PLAN AND EXECUTE FUTURE RESILIENCE STRATEGIES, PROJECTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOWER PEE DEE WATERSHED. PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIEZE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE FLOODING, STORM SURGE, SEA-LEVEL RISE RISKS, AND OTHER THREATS TO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND COMMUNITIES.

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

3 February 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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