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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,283,076
Total expenses
$1,243,054
Contributions and grants received
$2,168,186
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$7,393
Investment income
$106,689
Other revenue
$808
Total assets, end of year
$8,575,728
Total liabilities, end of year
$260,832
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,314,896
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$911,132
Management and general expenses
$218,969
Fundraising expenses
$112,953
Program service expenses (Part III)
$911,132

Program services were 73.3% 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)

    $349,892

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,818,294

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED INCOME

    total $7,393 · related or exempt $7,393

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106,689 · excluded $106,689

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $808 · related or exempt $808

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $808

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $123,482 · program services $90,326 · management and general $26,181 · fundraising $6,975

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $415,401 · program services $303,862 · management and general $88,076 · fundraising $23,463

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,373 · program services $26,621 · management and general $8,543 · fundraising $3,209

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $443,019 · program services $339,072 · management and general $53,234 · fundraising $50,713

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $21,745 · program services $3,634 · management and general $14,727 · fundraising $3,384

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,414 · program services $9,825 · management and general $4,314 · fundraising $3,275

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,606 · program services $14,349 · management and general $6,719 · fundraising $3,538

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,666 · program services $697 · management and general $4,736 · fundraising $233

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT EXPENSES

    total $101,716 · program services $101,624 · management and general $92

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $29,400 · program services $11,362 · management and general $14,865 · fundraising $3,173

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENTS EXPENSE

    total $20,163 · program services $3,766 · management and general $2,231 · fundraising $14,166

  • 24d · Other expenses: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMEN

    total $2,069 · program services $5,994 · management and general -$4,749 · fundraising $824

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,857,317 · end of year $3,320,203

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,136,645 · end of year $533,055

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,992 · end of year $6,478

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

    $4,715,992

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,718,113 · end of year $4,715,992

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,055 · end of year $88,659

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $352,138 · end of year $172,173

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,831,918 · end of year $5,537,064

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,442,956 · end of year $2,777,832

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ENGAGING PEOPLE TO HONOR AND CARE FOR OUR NATURAL PLACES AND THE SACRED SITES AND CULTURAL VALUE WITHIN THEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE OENGAGING PEOPLE TO HONOR AND CARE FOR OUR NATURAL PLACES AND THE SACRED SITES AND CULTURAL VALUE WITHIN THEM.

  • WAKAN TIPI CENTER - THIS PROGRAM PLANS, COORDINATES, AND ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 7500 SQUARE FOOT CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER AT BRUCE VENTO NATURE SANCTUARY THAT WILL CELEBRATE DAKOTA CULTURE, EDUCATE COMMUNITY ON THE HISTORY OF THE SITE, INSPIRE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND SERVE AS A COMMUNITY SPACE FOR CULTURAL CONNECTIONS AND HEALING.

    Expenses $911,132

  • EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC MONTHLY EVENTS LOCATED AT LOCAL PARKS AND GREEN SPACES OR ONLINE, FOCUSED ON LOCAL ECOLOGY. THIS INCLUDES COORDINATION WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT NATURE AND SACRED CULTURAL SITES IN THESE PUBLIC GREEN SPACES.

  • URBAN CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION - THIS PROGRAM INVOLVES CONDUCTING SITE STUDIES AND RESEARCH TO IMPROVE LOCAL PARKS AND GREEN SPACES, AS WELL AS COORDINATING AND RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS TO IMPLEMENT RESTORATION PLANS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND OTHER NONPROFIT PARTNERS. IN 2023, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT BEGAN FOR A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO "DAYLIGHT PHALEN CREEK". THIS $6.6 MILLION PROJECT WILL RESTORE A MILE SECTION OF PHALEN CREEK AT THE SOUTH END OF LAKE PHALEN. THIS PROJECT IS BEING LED BY LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL, RAMSEY WASHINGTON AND CAPITOL REGION WATERSHED DISTRICTS, AND THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chip Lindeke

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Whiteford

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Beane

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Draskovic

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neil McKay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelley Buck

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maggie Lorenz

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,483
    From this org
    $113,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,677
    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
2023
Filed
1 July 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202401839349300905

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