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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,234,441
Total expenses
$1,092,325
Contributions and grants received
$1,047,365
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$205,019
Other revenue
-$17,943
Total assets, end of year
$2,886,943
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,421
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,867,522
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,039,856
Management and general expenses
$42,845
Fundraising expenses
$9,624
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,039,856

Program services were 95.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $28,440

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $52,877

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $717,316

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $248,732

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $27,057

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $205,019 · related or exempt $205,019

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,147

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $52,877

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $34,090

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$17,943 · excluded -$17,943

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $100,832 · program services $78,207 · management and general $15,083 · fundraising $7,542

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,660 · program services $2,978 · management and general $455 · fundraising $227

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,003 · program services $6,116 · management and general $591 · fundraising $296

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,071 · program services $7,380 · management and general $1,127 · fundraising $564

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,436 · program services $25,436

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,750 · management and general $8,750

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $43,175 · program services $43,175

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,878 · program services $528 · management and general $5,355 · fundraising $995

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,107 · management and general $4,107

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,679 · program services $1,679

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $840 · program services $840

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,027 · management and general $7,027

  • 24a · Other expenses: EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS

    total $847,732 · program services $847,732

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATIO

    total $22,845 · program services $22,845

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES

    total $2,825 · program services $2,825

  • 24d · Other expenses: STATE FILING FEES

    total $350 · management and general $350

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $115 · program services $115

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $75,053 · end of year $8,459

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $320,571 · end of year $278,715

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $24,500 · end of year $12,166

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $79 · end of year $79

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,025 · end of year $6,214

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

    $22,400

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $22,400 · end of year $22,400

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,187,532 · end of year $2,558,910

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $40,878 · end of year $19,421

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $623,948 · end of year $689,586

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,971,334 · end of year $2,177,936

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PRESERVE AREAS OF SCENIC, NATURAL, GEOLOGICAL, BIOLOGICAL OR HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, THROUGH ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON IMPORTANT OPEN SPACE LANDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY IS A MEMBER-SUPPORTED NONPROFIT LAND TRUST WITH THE MISSION TO PRESERVE THE RURAL LAND AND CHARACTER OF ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. WE USE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, OUTREACH, ADVOCACY AND COLLABORATION TO MAINTAIN THE BENEFITS OF OPEN SPACE LANDS, PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY'S WAY OF LIFE AND PROTECT THE UNIQUE HERITAGE AND ECOSYSTEM.

  • ACQUIRED 5 QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 304 ACRES OF CONSERVATION PROPERTY IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

    Expenses $915,113

  • PURSUED 21 ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 1,715 ACRES OF CONSERVATION PROPERTY IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING DRAFTING EASEMENTS, LEGAL REVIEW, APPRAISALS, SURVEYS, TITLE SEARCHES AND DOCUMENTATION OF CONSERVATION VALUES. THESE EASEMENTS WERE WORKS IN PROGRESS ON DECEMBER 31, 2025.

    Expenses $57,215

  • MONITORED, INSPECTED AND ENFORCED 200 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 13,980 ACRES OF QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROPERTY AND 1 FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY. AMENDED 1 EASEMENT.

    Expenses $27,313

  • EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO MEMBERS AND THE ADAMS COUNTY, PA, COMMUNITY AT LARGE. MAINTAINED AND PLANNED AN EXTENSION OF A PUBLIC HIKING TRAIL ON A PRESERVED PROPERTY.

    Expenses $40,215

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVID SALISBURY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • BETSY MEYER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ERICA DUFFY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NORMA CALHOUN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • KELLY ALSEDEK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM GILMARTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAYCEE KEMPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW LAWRENCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CURTIS MUSSELMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RANDY PHIEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW SHEADS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBRA SIEFKEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD THRASHER

    DIRECTOR

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611639349301201

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