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← CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,677,941
Total expenses
$1,208,977
Contributions and grants received
$1,199,511
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$349,565
Investment income
$83,086
Other revenue
$45,779
Total assets, end of year
$17,971,963
Total liabilities, end of year
$476,295
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,495,668
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,032,802
Management and general expenses
$117,301
Fundraising expenses
$58,874
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,032,802

Program services were 85.4% 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)

    $1,199,511

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $64,350

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $349,565 · related or exempt $349,565

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $83,086 · excluded $83,086

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $45,779 · related or exempt $45,779

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $45,779

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $457,180 · program services $402,318 · management and general $32,003 · fundraising $22,859

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $76,475 · program services $67,298 · management and general $5,353 · fundraising $3,824

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,836 · program services $28,896 · management and general $2,298 · fundraising $1,642

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $35,142 · program services $30,925 · management and general $2,460 · fundraising $1,757

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $34,063 · program services $29,976 · management and general $2,384 · fundraising $1,703

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $126,046 · program services $110,921 · management and general $8,823 · fundraising $6,302

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,396 · program services $9,178 · management and general $5,507 · fundraising $5,711

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,674 · program services $19,203 · management and general $11,522 · fundraising $11,949

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $31,976 · program services $28,139 · management and general $2,238 · fundraising $1,599

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,244 · management and general $9,244

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,663 · program services $4,103 · management and general $560

  • 20 · Interest

    total $19,517 · program services $19,517

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,425 · management and general $21,425

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,888 · program services $9,838 · management and general $8,050

  • 24a · Other expenses: COGS

    total $177,584 · program services $177,584

  • 24b · Other expenses: GENERAL STEWARDSHIP

    total $43,848 · program services $43,848

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $27,468 · program services $24,172 · management and general $3,296

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $13,812 · program services $12,155 · management and general $966 · fundraising $691

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,740 · program services $14,731 · management and general $1,172 · fundraising $837

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $999,210 · end of year $1,228,646

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,275,978 · end of year $1,614,653

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,250

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,710 · end of year $6,724

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $52,005 · end of year $54,929

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

    $15,130,747

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

    $206,514

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,783,158 · end of year $14,924,233

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $8,689 · end of year $142,778

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $25,692 · end of year $20,660

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $202,491 · end of year $330,357

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $125,278

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,175,544 · end of year $17,398,768

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $723,273 · end of year $96,900

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST IS TO FOREVER PROTECT AND STEWARD OPEN LANDS FOR VISTAS, RECREATION, WILDLIFE AND RANCHING, THUS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PRESERVATION OF GUNNISON COUNTYS UNIQUE HERITAGE AND QUALITY OF LIFE

  • THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE THROUGH LAND ACQUISITION AND EASEMENTS: A MAJOR MULTIYEAR PROJECT TO SUPPORT A FEDERAL LAND EXCHANGE AND ACCEPT A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON MT EMMONS CLOSED ON AUGUST 29, 2024. WITH THE MT EMMONS PROJECT, THE CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST EXPANDED THE CONSERVATION PORTFOLIO BY 885 ACRES AND HELPED PROTECT CRITICAL WILDLIFE, RECREATION AND VIEW CORRIDOR FOR THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION, THE LAND TRUST ACQUIRED 44 ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND WITHIN FEDERAL NATIONAL FORESTS INCLUDING CONGRESSIONALLY DESIGNATED WILDERNESS.

    Expenses $1,032,802 · Revenue $349,565

  • STAFF MONITORED AND MAINTAINED 72 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE OWNED PARCELS ACROSS 6500 ACRES. THE LAND TRUST IMPROVED TRAIL CONDITIONS SUPPORTED WILDLIFE HABITATS, CATTLE RANCHING AND RECREATIONAL ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC. CRITICAL PARTNERSHIPS WERE ENHANCED THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MISSION ALIGNED NON-PROFITS.

  • THE CRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST SUCCESSFULLY ADVANCED THE ORGANIZATION'S LONG TERM CONSERVATION STRATEGY WITH SEVERAL NEW FEE ACQUISITION AND CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROJECT GOING UNDER CONTRACT AND CLOSING IN FY26.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jake Jones

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $146,393
    From this org
    $146,393
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Peter Dea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Steve Ferris

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kiley Flint

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kelly Harrison

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jamie Henkle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Michael Higuera

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jill Indovino

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Mahoney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Win Craven MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lee Rigby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Simmons

    PRESIDENT EM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rusty Spinney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
21 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202630419349301023

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