Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST FUND INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,418,292
- Total expenses
- $1,071,968
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,385,539
- Grants paid
- $1,053,523
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $32,753
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,472,308
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,472,308
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,053,523
- Management and general expenses
- $18,445
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,053,523
Program services were 98.3% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,385,539
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3 · Investment income
total $32,753 · excluded $32,753
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $1,053,523 · program services $1,053,523
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $11,000 · management and general $11,000
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11b · Fees: legal
total $6,020 · management and general $6,020
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,350 · management and general $1,350
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $75 · management and general $75
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,125,984 · end of year $1,472,308
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,125,984 · end of year $1,472,308
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To provide financial and administrative support to effectively manage national public parks and protected areas throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. To support educational programs for both children and adults that will teach them about the maintenance of natural resources and the projection of the environment.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Provide financial support to effectively manage national public parks and protected areas to preserve our natural resources and protect the environment.
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Provide financial support to effectively manage national public parks throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Support their efforts to maintain the public parks and support the education projects for both children and adults regarding the maintance of the natural resources in order to protect the environment. The programs are dedicated to the protection of the coral reefs of the Islands in the Bahamas and the protection of the national forests and the aquifers that provide fresh water.
Expenses $1,053,523 · Grants $1,053,523 · Revenue $1,330,992
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Arpad Busson
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Mark Dowley
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Meredith Ross
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Andrew Perlman
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Deirdre Simon
Treasurer/Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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
- 24 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202501139349300845
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