Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$8,631,910

Total expenses

$2,987,351

Contributions and grants received

$8,071,753

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$167,380

Investment income

$149,326

Other revenue

$243,451

Total assets, end of year

$36,861,025

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,410,566

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$35,450,459

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,465,236

Management and general expenses

$351,385

Fundraising expenses

$170,730

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,465,236

Program services were 82.5% 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 · 2025

• LAND PROTECTION:OUR EFFORTS TO PROTECT LAND IN 2025 RESULTED IN SEVEN COMPLETED PROJECTS CONSISTING OF TRANSACTIONS TOTALING 371 ACRES. OF THOSE SEVEN PROJECTS, ALL WERE FEE LAND ACQUISITIONS WITH FOUR HAVING RESTRICTIVE EASEMENTS SOLD TO THE NAVY SIMULTANEOUS TO CLOSING. THE LAND TRUST ACQUIRED THREE PROPERTIES TO COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL VISION FOR THE LAGOON POINT FOREST, FORMALLY CREATING A 264-ACRE COMMUNITY FOREST THAT WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 2029. WE ALSO EXPANDED THE KEYSTONE PRESERVE, PROTECTING A VITAL CONSERVATION CORRIDOR TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE MOVEMENT BETWEEN KEYSTONE AND FORESTED LANDS TO THE NORTH. OTHER NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDE PROTECTING AN ADDITIONAL 65 ACRES AS PART OF THE HOLMES HARBOR COMMUNITY FOREST VISION, BRINGING THE TOTAL LAND TRUST OWNED PROPERTY WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA TO 150 ACRES ALONG WITH PURCHASING A 65-ACRE FOREST PROPERTY LOCATED HALFWAY BETWEEN LAGOON POINT FOREST AND SOUTH WHIDBEY STATE PARK, PROTECTING HIGH QUALITY WILDLIFE HABITAT WITHIN AN IDENTIFIED CONSERVATION CORRIDOR. LASTLY, WE ACQUIRED 30 ACRES ADJACENT TO THE HOLMES HARBOR COMMUNITY FOREST, WHICH WE PLAN TO RESELL SUBJECT TO A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT THE HIGH-QUALITY FOREST, WETLANDS AND STREAM LOCATED WITHIN THE PROPERTY. THE LAND TRUST ALSO SUBMITTED FIVE LAND ACQUISITION GRANT APPLICATIONS TOTALING $1,965,000, WITH $762,000 SECURED TO DATE.

  Expenses $1,059,004 · Revenue $167,380

• STEWARDSHIP:KEYSTONE PRESERVE CONTINUED TO BE THE PRIMARY RESTORATION AREA IN 2025 WITH THE PLANTING OF 15 ACRES OF NATIVE PLANTS. SPRING WEEDING AND SUMMER WATERING WITHIN THE RESTORATION AREA RESULTED IN A 98 PERCENT SURVIVAL RATE OF THE 14,000 PLANTS. CONSTRUCTION OF 0.7 MILES OF WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE TRAIL WAS COMPLETED AT KEYSTONE PRESERVE. RESTORATION WORK AT OUR ADMIRALTY INLET PRESERVE AND STRAWBERRY POINT PRESERVE WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH NEW PLANTINGS AND NOXIOUS WEED REMOVAL PROJECTS. EXTENSIVE BLACKBERRY REMOVAL ALSO OCCURRED AT THE DUGUALLA HEIGHTS RESTORATION PROJECT. NOXIOUS WEED REMOVAL TOOK PLACE ACROSS BOTH ISLANDS. A NEW PHASE OF SALMON RESTORATION WORK BEGAN AT OUR KRISTOFERSON CREEK PRESERVE ON CAMANO. 628 VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 8,740 HOURS OF SERVICE THROUGH WORK PARTIES AND INDEPENDENT PROJECTS. HIGHEST YEAR YET WITH OVER 60 GROUP WORK PARTIES HELD AT VARIOUS LAND TRUST PRESERVES. VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF MONITORED, MAINTAINED, AND ENHANCED TRAILS ACROSS ALL LAND TRUST PUBLIC ACCESS SITES. ANNUAL MONITORING WAS COMPLETED ON ALL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROPERTIES.

  Expenses $972,463 · Revenue $18,621

• COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH:MEMBERS RECEIVED ELEVEN E-NEWSLETTERS WITH CONSERVATION UPDATES, ALONG WITH MORE THAN 32 ADDITIONAL DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS. WE ALSO POSTED TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 2-3 TIMES PER WEEK. WE PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED FOUR PRINTED NEWSLETTERS, INCLUDING OUR IMPACT REPORT, AS WELL AS 26 ADDITIONAL PRINT PIECES SUCH AS INVITATIONS, CARDS, FLYERS, ACTIVITY SHEETS, AND POSTERS. WE ALSO HOSTED OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR PHOTO CONTEST AND PRODUCED THE 2025 CALENDAR, WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH 15 COMMUNITY VENDORS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE HOSTED MORE THAN 55 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, CONNECTING OVER 1,800 PEOPLE TO THE LAND. THESE INCLUDED OUR 10TH ANNUAL SEA, TREES AND PIE BIKE RIDE, TWO MEET-AND-MINGLE EVENTS, A MEMBER PICNIC ON CAMANO ISLAND, A VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BBQ, A LEGACY CIRCLE BBQ, A HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE, AND ORCA RECOVERY DAY AT KEYSTONE FARM AND FOREST. OUR CONNECTING KIDS TO CONSERVATION PROGRAM ENGAGED MORE THAN 1,200 STUDENTS FROM 8 ISLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS THROUGH FIELD-BASED LEARNING ON PRESERVES, HANDS-ON CLASSROOM AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, GUIDED WALKS, AND STEWARDSHIP EXPERIENCES.

  Expenses $432,934 · Revenue $237,376

• ACCREDITATION: EVERY FOUR YEARS, SINCE BECOMING ACCREDITED IN 2012, WE RE-APPLY FOR ACCREDITATION WITH THE LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION, AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL LAND TRUST ALLIANCE. AS PART OF THE RENEWAL, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT UPDATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS DETAILED DOCUMENTATION ON SELECT PROJECTS. THESE SUBMISSIONS ARE USED TO ILLUSTRATE OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES ESTABLISHED BY THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE, SHOW THAT WE ADHERE TO OUR OWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND EMPHASIZE OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING IMPORTANT NATURAL PLACES AND WORKING LANDS FOREVER.

  Expenses $835

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

Listed in Part VII

• WILLIAM STELLE

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  5

• PAM STEIN

  VICE PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• KIM ANDREWS

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• CHRISTIAN FULGHUM

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• HARRY ANDERSON

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JOHN BOONE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DONNA KEELER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SALLY KING

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• JIM SOMERS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• EMI GUNN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• RYAN ELTING

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $150,420

  From this org

  $136,052

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $14,368

  Hours/week

  45

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $136,052

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $4,088

  Nontaxable benefits

  $10,280

  Filer's total

  $150,420

• CARRIE VIERS

  ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $137,129

  From this org

  $123,015

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $14,114

  Hours/week

  45

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202602549349300430

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