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← SQUAM LAKES CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SQUAM LAKES CONSERVATION SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,175,521
Total expenses
$578,426
Contributions and grants received
$2,998,668
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$166,659
Other revenue
$10,194
Total assets, end of year
$18,799,640
Total liabilities, end of year
$59,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$18,740,628
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$335,743
Management and general expenses
$164,811
Fundraising expenses
$77,872
Program service expenses (Part III)
$335,743

Program services were 58.0% 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

    $2,998,668

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,200,791

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $166,659 · excluded $166,659

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,959

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,365

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $594 · related or exempt $594

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc Income

    total $9,600 · related or exempt $9,600

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,600

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 $134,572 · program services $84,780 · management and general $29,606 · fundraising $20,186

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $255,887 · program services $158,319 · management and general $57,564 · fundraising $40,004

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,293 · program services $10,265 · management and general $3,258 · fundraising $2,770

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,879 · program services $14,496 · management and general $4,546 · fundraising $3,837

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,303 · program services $20,418 · management and general $6,989 · fundraising $4,896

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,497 · management and general $10,497

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,400 · program services $1,787 · management and general $13,613

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,847 · program services $9,546 · management and general $203 · fundraising $3,098

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,947 · program services $2,278 · management and general $12,854 · fundraising $815

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,500 · program services $5,214 · management and general $1,074 · fundraising $1,212

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,002 · program services $4,497 · management and general $2,305 · fundraising $200

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,979 · program services $4,979

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,350 · program services $1,564 · management and general $17,786

  • 24a · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EVENTS

    total $1,159 · program services $280 · management and general $25 · fundraising $854

  • 24b · Other expenses: AMERICOPRS EXPENSE

    total $3,200 · program services $3,200

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SUPPLY

    total $2,666 · program services $625 · management and general $2,041

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL PROJECTS EXPENSE

    total $9,502 · program services $9,502

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,443 · program services $3,993 · management and general $2,450

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $238,393 · end of year $195,453

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $667,651 · end of year $330,222

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $55,625 · end of year $48,125

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,339 · end of year $1,164

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

    $9,077,830

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

    $77,247

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,802,383 · end of year $9,000,583

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,839,251 · end of year $9,116,849

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $60,000 · end of year $60,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $48,163 · end of year $47,244

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,300 · end of year $14,418

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $48,044 · end of year $44,594

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,545,116 · end of year $1,809,921

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $14,110,345 · end of year $16,930,707

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Societys mission is to preserve the unique quality and character of the Squam watershed by protecting lands for present and future generations.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SLCS achieves the long-term protection of land by seeking holding monitoring conservation easements and by accepting land ownership. It envisions a unique region of islands, shore- front, back lands mountains wherein a harmony between the natural environment mankind is preserved forever.

  • EDUCATION - SLCS RUNS A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE CITIZENS IN THE WATERSHED AREA TO THE NEED TO PROMOTE A BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    Expenses $82,804

  • LAND CONSERVATION - SLCS ACQUIRES LAND AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO PROTECT THE NATURAL AREAS FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

    Expenses $124,350

  • STEWARDSHIP - SLCS DEFENDS THE CONSERVATION LANDS IN ITS CARE AGAINST ENCROACHMENT AND OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THE TERMS OF THE CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS.

    Expenses $128,589

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROGER LAROCHELLE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $149,972
    From this org
    $134,572
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,400
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRIS GRANT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • WINTHROP BROWN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER GROSS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GEORGIE SMITH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DAVID MARTIN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MARTIN CARMICHAEL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANDRA BAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PENELOPE BEAL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PHILIP BENNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY COOLIDGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEO DWYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN GUTCHESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DOUG HART

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM NESHEIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALLISON STEPP

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAM SIMONDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRYAN SWEENEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATHY WEYMOUTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOLLY WHITCOMB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
2023
Filed
26 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432399349300318

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