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← MIDCOAST CONSERVANCY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MIDCOAST CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,937,043
Total expenses
$2,379,223
Contributions and grants received
$1,683,849
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$69,526
Investment income
$152,464
Other revenue
$31,204
Total assets, end of year
$11,008,428
Total liabilities, end of year
$539,470
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,468,958
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,894,137
Management and general expenses
$219,615
Fundraising expenses
$265,471
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,894,137

Program services were 79.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $81,423

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,602,426

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $40,995

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Fees

    total $69,526 · related or exempt $69,526

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $78,246 · excluded $78,246

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $34,720

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $37,101

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$2,381

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$2,381 · excluded -$2,381

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $80,777 · other assets $468,964

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

    securities $0 · other assets $475,523

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $80,777 · other assets -$6,559

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $74,218 · excluded $74,218

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,875

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,897

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$21,022 · excluded -$21,022

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $54,607 · excluded $54,607

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $54,607

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $151,768 · program services $111,943 · management and general $21,212 · fundraising $18,613

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $689,909 · program services $508,873 · management and general $96,425 · fundraising $84,611

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,936 · program services $17,607 · management and general $3,463 · fundraising $1,866

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,652 · program services $57,375 · management and general $6,569 · fundraising $14,708

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $69,269 · program services $51,476 · management and general $9,890 · fundraising $7,903

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,268 · program services $14,068 · management and general $200

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,369 · management and general $24,369

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $221,873 · program services $138,178 · management and general $8,307 · fundraising $75,388

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,607 · program services $3,088 · fundraising $519

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,748 · program services $14,919 · management and general $2,736 · fundraising $7,093

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,304 · program services $14,316 · management and general $8,715 · fundraising $2,273

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,302 · program services $1,219 · management and general $12,231 · fundraising $1,852

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,347 · program services $4,736 · fundraising $611

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,162 · program services $1,162

  • 20 · Interest

    total $22,658 · program services $18,431 · management and general $2,251 · fundraising $1,976

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $35,550 · program services $22,981 · management and general $11,089 · fundraising $1,480

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $58,191 · program services $51,373 · management and general $4,270 · fundraising $2,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: Impairment Expense

    total $743,838 · program services $743,838

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $65,083 · program services $32,590 · management and general $497 · fundraising $31,996

  • 24c · Other expenses: Grants and Transfers to

    total $40,411 · program services $40,411

  • 24d · Other expenses: Real Estate Taxes

    total $25,231 · program services $20,643 · management and general $4,339 · fundraising $249

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,747 · program services $24,910 · management and general $3,052 · fundraising $11,785

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $121,238 · end of year $162,881

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,272 · end of year $5,258

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $77,500 · end of year $39,500

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $199,800 · end of year $2,070

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,630 · end of year $21,959

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

    $1,450,312

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

    $453,477

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,015,626 · end of year $996,835

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,075,623 · end of year $2,000,639

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,733,673 · end of year $7,779,286

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $114,086 · end of year $161,082

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $44,935 · end of year $2,108

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $20,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $749,542 · end of year $356,280

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,845,275 · end of year $8,129,356

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,503,524 · end of year $2,339,602

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Protection of vital lands and waters in midcoast Maine.

  • Land: - Permanently protected 328 acres in Waldo County, Maine, with public access.- Additionally, helped Friends of Haystack Mountain Protect the 58-acre property in Liberty and subsequently transferred it to Georges River Land Trust.- Protected 48 new acres in Kennebec County, Maine, through conservation easements.- Monitored over 15,000 acres of conserved lands and implemented or continued restorative and habitat management work such as invasive species control, field maintenance, forest stand improvement and wetland restoration where appropriate. - Conducted trail maintenance on our 95+ miles of trails.

    Expenses $1,368,687 · Revenue $57,442

  • Water:- Continued water quality monitoring in Medomak River Estuary and Sheepscot River and Damariscotta Lake Watersheds. - Partnered with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to monitor and test levels of cyanobacteria in Damariscotta Lake. - Completed second season of public health monitoring on Damariscotta Lake. - Continued to advance a fish passage project on the Sheepscot River at Maxcy's Mills in Windsor.

    Expenses $308,424 · Revenue $6,710

  • Community:- Hosted three free public events focused on our 3 watershed areas: Damariscotta Lake, Medomak River and Sheepscot River. - Hosted educational and outdoor recreational programs for the public on our preserves including our Hidden Valley Nature Center.- Served 6 local schools for outdoor lessons in environmental education at Hidden Valley Nature Center.

    Expenses $217,026 · Revenue $5,374

  • Healthy Organization:- Consolidated office space by moving staff from Edgecomb Headquarters to our existing Waldoboro Office or our Hidden Valley Nature Center Welcome Center. - Completed strategic planning process adopting and publishing a three year strategic plan to guide organizational priorities through 2028.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andy Brand

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Douglass

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Buck O'Herin

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Carolyn Gabbe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Chris Kenoyer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chuck Dinsmore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Joanne Steneck

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Justin Ward

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kathy Stevens

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Liz Petruska

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Sally Butler

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kristin Pennock

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $85,013
    From this org
    $72,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,872
    Hours/week
    40
  • Timothy Trumbauer

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $66,258
    From this org
    $55,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,950
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Giffen Carr

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $27,387
    From this org
    $24,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,068
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600309349300740

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