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← CONGAREE LAND TRUST

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONGAREE LAND TRUST.

Totals

Total revenue
$689,983
Total expenses
$469,046
Contributions and grants received
$532,620
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$21,165
Investment income
$135,612
Other revenue
$586
Total assets, end of year
$3,814,322
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,627
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,692,695
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$238,656
Management and general expenses
$132,937
Fundraising expenses
$97,453
Program service expenses (Part III)
$238,656

Program services were 50.9% 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

    $222,289

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $310,331

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EVENT REGISTRATION & INCOME

    total $21,165 · related or exempt $21,165

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $135,612 · excluded $135,612

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $550

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $550

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $550 · related or exempt $550

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,250

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,214

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $36 · related or exempt $36

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,000 · program services $46,750 · management and general $22,950 · fundraising $15,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $160,888 · program services $88,489 · management and general $43,439 · fundraising $28,960

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,520 · program services $1,386 · management and general $680 · fundraising $454

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,265 · program services $696 · management and general $341 · fundraising $228

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,222 · program services $9,111 · management and general $4,009 · fundraising $5,102

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,866 · program services $10,331 · management and general $9,535

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,835 · program services $11,874 · management and general $10,961

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,000 · program services $1,000 · fundraising $1,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,149 · program services $1,075 · management and general $537 · fundraising $537

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $233 · program services $233

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,096 · program services $6,882 · fundraising $1,214

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,400 · program services $700 · management and general $350 · fundraising $350

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,306 · program services $2,388 · management and general $1,327 · fundraising $1,591

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,466 · program services $13,233 · management and general $5,293 · fundraising $7,940

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,319 · program services $11,591 · management and general $5,796 · fundraising $1,932

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $37,991 · program services $18,236 · management and general $19,755

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP EVENTS

    total $22,885 · fundraising $22,885

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $10,006 · program services $5,003 · management and general $5,003

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $7,082 · program services $3,541 · fundraising $3,541

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,517 · program services $6,137 · management and general $2,961 · fundraising $6,419

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $65,863 · end of year $27,932

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $325,884 · end of year $491,747

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $19,684

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,792 · end of year $10,711

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,468

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

    $199,955

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

    $18,772

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $74,744 · end of year $181,183

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,265,960 · end of year $2,502,977

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $581,002 · end of year $598,304

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,150 · end of year $1,246

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $145,371 · end of year $120,381

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,245,665 · end of year $1,614,489

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,935,743 · end of year $2,078,206

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CONGAREE LAND TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION OF SCENIC LANDS, OPEN SPACES, FARMS, FORESTS, NATURAL AREAS AND SIGNIFICANT HABITATS IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA.

  • THE CONGAREE LAND TRUST WORKED TO CONSERVE AND PRESERVE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TOTALING OVER 98,000 ACRES OF NATURAL AND SCENIC LANDS, FARMS, WATERWAYS, FORESTS, AND NATURAL AREAS IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA, BY ASSISTING LANDOWNERS WITH VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION. THE LAND TRUST WORKS WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT LAND PRIMARILY THROUGH ESTABLISHING, CREATING, AND MONITORING PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS - RECORDED LEGAL AGREEMENTS THAT PROTECT THE LAND'S NATURAL AND SCENIC FEATURES BY RESTRICTING ITS USE AND DEVELOPMENT. THE LAND TRUST HOLDS THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE EASEMENT AND FOR DEFENDING THE EASEMENT SHOULD THE TERMS BE THREATENED OR VIOLATED. THE CONGAREE LAND TRUST ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATION, TRAINING, CONFERENCES, EVENTS, AND LITERATURE TO ITS INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS IN ITS AREA.

    Expenses $238,656 · Revenue $21,165

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stuart J White

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $87,520
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,520
    Hours/week
    40
  • Russell Bauknight

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Henry Beardiii

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trey Boone

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tripp Bradley

    PAST BOARD P

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Bryant

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Bunch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Carson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Trip Chavis

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cristina Fant Emerson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Iris Griffin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Johnny Williamson III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dallon Weathers Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert G Davidson Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Kirk

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Art Laney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberlee Neel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ethan Nord

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Sojourner

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hunter Suggs

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
24 January 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511209349303281

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