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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$766,728
Total expenses
$955,438
Contributions and grants received
$754,228
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$12,500
Total assets, end of year
$1,084,127
Total liabilities, end of year
$86,572
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$997,555
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$490,339
Management and general expenses
$465,099
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$490,339

Program services were 51.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $754,228

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $61,775

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADMIN FEES

    total $12,500 · related or exempt $12,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $12,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $106,424 · management and general $106,424

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $350,438 · program services $280,163 · management and general $70,275

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $33,836 · program services $14,797 · management and general $19,039

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,330 · program services $20,590 · management and general $11,740

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $329 · management and general $329

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,769 · management and general $53,769

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $158,099 · program services $121,174 · management and general $36,925

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,808 · management and general $4,808

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,439 · management and general $7,439

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,679 · management and general $8,679

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,896 · management and general $12,896

  • 17 · Travel

    total $72,328 · program services $7,457 · management and general $64,871

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,927 · management and general $4,927

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,630 · management and general $15,630

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $44,158 · program services $44,158

  • 24b · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $29,207 · management and general $29,207

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT

    total $8,383 · management and general $8,383

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $3,159 · management and general $3,159

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,599 · program services $2,000 · management and general $6,599

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $922,119 · end of year $739,539

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $43,534 · end of year $2,500

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $3,034

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $2,279

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

    $336,775

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $275,000 · end of year $336,775

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $14,388 · end of year $86,572

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $40,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $697,600 · end of year $672,158

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $488,665 · end of year $325,397

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT'S CORE MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT HISTORICALLY AND DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED COMMUNITTIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS AND THAT OUR PEOPLE, HISTORY AND VALUES ARE AUTHENTICALLY REFLECTED IN PUBLIC LAND AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING.

  • OTHER PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE, 1) THE DAVID SOULES CONSERVATION MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP, 2) PROMOTION OF AMERICA THE BEAUTIFIL COALITION THAT INCORPORATES A DIVERSE ASSEMBLY OF LEADERS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING US LANDSCAPES AND ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE, 3)PROTECTING NEW MEXICO'S CULTURAL RESOURCES, WILDLIFE, AND PUBLIC LANDS BY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT'S PUBLIC MEETING ON THE PROPOSAL OF OIL AND GAS LEASING RULES IN NEW MEXICO TO ADVOCATE FOR STRICTER REGULATIONS AND 4) STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LA MANCHA WETLAND RESTORATION PROJECT WHICH AIMS TO RESTORE THE ECOLOGICAL RICHNESS OF THE RIO GRANDE (RIVER) AND PROTECT THIS SPACE AS A PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN COME TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE RIVER.

    Expenses $312,243

  • THE OUTDOOR F.U.T.U.R.E INITIATIVE (OFI) SEEKS TO CREATE A NATIONAL EQUITY FUND THAT WILL ENSURE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS TO SERVE ALL YOUTH WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE THE GREAT OUTDOORS. BUILT ON THE HEELS OF OUTDOOR EQUITY FUNDS IN NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO, OFI SEEKS TO INTRODUCE THE OUTDOOR F.U.T.U.R.E ACT. OFI OUTDOOR EQUITY EFFORTS ARE LED BY THE PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES IN RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $138,560

  • THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS PROGRAMS PROMOTES MONUMENT CAMPAIGNS THAT REPRESENT AND HONOR LANDS AND PLACES SACRED TO THE COMMUNITIES WHICH THEY BELONG TO. THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING, AND STORYTELLING, THE NATIONAL MONUMENTS PROGRAMS SUPPORT AND FURTHERS THE CREATION OF NEW NATIONAL MONUMENTS THAT MEET THOSE PRINCIPLES. NUESTRA TIERRA HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROTECTED THE CASTNER RANGE MONUMENT IN 2023 AND CONTINUES IN THE DESIGNATION OF FUTURE MONUMENTS, ALONGSIDE STANDARDIZING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE PRACTICES ACROSS NATIONAL MONUMENT CAMPAIGNS IN OUR NATION.

    Expenses $39,536

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • ANGEL PENA

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $117,728
    From this org
    $106,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,304
    Hours/week
    40
  • RAYMOND TREJO

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • CHARLENE MARIE JUANICO

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • ADRIAN ANGULO

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • KRYSTYNA JARA

    Director

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349304582

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