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← FRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,875,192
Total expenses
$4,542,436
Contributions and grants received
$4,449,982
Grants paid
$2,945,001
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$823,697
Other revenue
$601,513
Total assets, end of year
$31,536,801
Total liabilities, end of year
$700,576
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,836,225
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,450,362
Management and general expenses
$590,007
Fundraising expenses
$502,067
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,450,362

Program services were 76.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $95,738

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,820,659

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,533,585

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $726,200 · excluded $726,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,885,274

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

    securities $3,787,777

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $97,497

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $97,497 · related or exempt $97,497

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,152,023

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

    $95,738

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $550,510

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $601,513

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,945,001 · program services $2,945,001

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $277,134 · program services $115,213 · management and general $134,208 · fundraising $27,713

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $643,476 · program services $245,740 · management and general $196,739 · fundraising $200,997

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,204 · program services $8,706 · management and general $7,982 · fundraising $5,516

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $58,363 · program services $22,883 · management and general $20,981 · fundraising $14,499

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,551 · program services $28,446 · management and general $26,081 · fundraising $18,024

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,200 · management and general $24,200

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $135,331 · fundraising $135,331

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,473 · program services $12,119 · management and general $19,385 · fundraising $14,969

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,359 · program services $26,715 · management and general $27,717 · fundraising $16,927

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,380 · program services $18,453 · management and general $4,235 · fundraising $11,692

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,989 · management and general $10,989

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,656 · program services $4,962 · management and general $4,550 · fundraising $3,144

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $32,528 · management and general $32,528

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMIN - BANK CHRG

    total $23,805 · management and general $23,805

  • 24c · Other expenses: PS - COMPUTER EXPENSE

    total $22,124 · program services $22,124

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMIN - COMPUTER

    total $20,270 · management and general $20,270

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $89,592 · management and general $36,337 · fundraising $53,255

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,665,735 · end of year $2,674,002

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,657,968 · end of year $9,037,760

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $448,738 · end of year $440,216

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $38,715 · end of year $45,422

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

    $252,478

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

    $125,535

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $137,934 · end of year $126,943

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,162,031 · end of year $18,610,999

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $598,236 · end of year $601,459

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $26,950 · end of year $8,019

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $393,634 · end of year $420,022

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $298,905 · end of year $272,535

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,306,871 · end of year $5,905,155

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,682,997 · end of year $24,931,070

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ASSIST THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN ITS MISSION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK BY SECURING FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT.

  • EDUCATIONAL AND VISITOR SERVICES, BACK COUNTRY PROGRAMS, HISTORICAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PRESERVATION

    Expenses $3,450,362 · Grants $2,945,001

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dana Soehn

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $175,000
    From this org
    $175,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $175,000

  • Nan Jones

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $102,135
    From this org
    $102,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sharon Miller Pryse

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jake Ogle

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Daves

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Webb

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Boyd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Colquitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Debusk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Gigliotti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Herman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Himanshu Karvir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Powell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Stamps

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melissa White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marilyn Wright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James M Hart

    PRESIDENT EM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Matthews

    CHAIR EMERIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Williams

    CHAIR EMERIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justice Gary Wade

    CHAIR EMERIT

    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

  • GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

    $2,945,001

    PARK PROJECTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202541349349306129

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