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← CAPITOL LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CAPITOL LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,687,405
Total expenses
$1,688,700
Contributions and grants received
$4,577,644
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$107,372
Other revenue
$2,389
Total assets, end of year
$30,600,171
Total liabilities, end of year
$529,352
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,070,819
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,145,268
Management and general expenses
$387,287
Fundraising expenses
$156,145
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,145,268

Program services were 67.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $486,406

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $753,481

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,337,757

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $221,910

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $273,080 · excluded $273,080

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $39

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

    securities $0 · other assets $165,747

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $39 · other assets -$165,747

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$165,708 · excluded -$165,708

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,389 · related or exempt $2,389

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,389

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $118,545 · program services $62,283 · management and general $41,031 · fundraising $15,231

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $603,498 · program services $323,392 · management and general $201,540 · fundraising $78,566

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,719 · program services $8,629 · management and general $6,924 · fundraising $2,166

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,677 · program services $37,341 · management and general $29,961 · fundraising $9,375

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $60,412 · program services $33,599 · management and general $18,495 · fundraising $8,318

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,775 · program services $8,421 · management and general $1,148 · fundraising $206

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $264,728 · program services $232,377 · management and general $27,438 · fundraising $4,913

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $553 · program services $204 · management and general $349

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,671 · program services $28,979 · management and general $9,375 · fundraising $26,317

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,714 · program services $5,785 · management and general $788 · fundraising $141

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $36,146 · program services $30,342 · management and general $3,143 · fundraising $2,661

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,535 · program services $9,196 · management and general $5,782 · fundraising $2,557

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,044 · program services $8,514 · management and general $3,530

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,620 · program services $8,620

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,730 · program services $17,571 · management and general $5,847 · fundraising $3,312

  • 24a · Other expenses: STEWARDSHIP, RESTORATIO

    total $212,161 · program services $212,161

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPERTY & SMALL EQUIPM

    total $108,830 · program services $108,555 · fundraising $275

  • 24c · Other expenses: INKIND EXPENSE

    total $21,910 · management and general $21,910

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES

    total $13,471 · program services $5,064 · management and general $6,340 · fundraising $2,067

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,961 · program services $4,235 · management and general $3,686 · fundraising $40

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $209,807 · end of year $271,138

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $152,867 · end of year $156,528

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $245,315 · end of year $409,785

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,360 · end of year $12,713

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

    $20,916,243

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

    $21,008

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,057,755 · end of year $20,895,235

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $7,500,379 · end of year $8,852,123

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $2,649

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $82,439 · end of year $93,162

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $150,789 · end of year $156,190

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $350,000 · end of year $280,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,401,512 · end of year $6,649,104

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $21,197,743 · end of year $23,421,715

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

CLT'S MISSION IS TO CONSERVE AND FOREVER CARE FOR THE LANDS AND WATERS OF THE SOUTH PUGET SOUND AND CHEHALIS BASIN WATERSHEDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LAND AND HABITAT CONSERVATION.

  • IN 2025, CAPITOL LAND TRUST (CLT) UPDATED THE 5-YR STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH WILL DRIVE FORWARD OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO LOCAL LAND CONSERVATION AND STEWARDSHIP. WE CONSERVED FOUR NEW PROPERTIES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR TOTAL OF MORE THAN 6,700 ACRES AND NEARLY 20 MILES OF MARINE SHORELINE NOW PERMENANTLY PROTECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH PUGET SOUND AND CHEHALIS BASIN WATERSHEDS. A NEW ENTRANCE WAS COMPLETED AT BAYSHORE PRESERVE TO ENSUREE SAFE AND WELCOMING ACCESS TO THIS IMPORTANT NATURAL AREA ALLOWING MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO EXPERIENCE THE BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION FOR THEMSELVES. WE CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THROUGH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, AND OUTREACH EVENTS, INCLUDING SALMON VIEWING DAYS, STORY TRAILS, YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TRANFORMATIVE GUIDED EXPERIENCES.

    Expenses $1,145,268 · Revenue $2,389

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Barb Morson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Teague Powell

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Bradley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Julie Sandberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ian Mann

    BOARD FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Andrea Imler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Pene Speaks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Farra Layne Hayes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Lola Flores

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Edie Harding

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Sandy Kaiser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Helle Burlingame

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Craig Partridge

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Craig Hansen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Gary Wilburn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Joseph Peters

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Daniel Garcia

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Luke Bowerman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • David Winter

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $118,546
    From this org
    $93,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,403
    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
2025
Filed
29 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631809349301468

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