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← SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,006,470
Total expenses
$1,087,420
Contributions and grants received
$2,653,042
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$317,113
Other revenue
$36,315
Total assets, end of year
$26,038,661
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,170
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,027,491
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$756,607
Management and general expenses
$202,686
Fundraising expenses
$128,127
Program service expenses (Part III)
$756,607

Program services were 69.6% 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

    $63,400

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $50,621

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $166,081

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,372,940

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $512,238

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $368,528 · excluded $368,528

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $27,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $27,800

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $27,800 · related or exempt $27,800

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $980,744 · other assets $1,000

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

    securities $1,032,159 · other assets $1,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$51,415 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$51,415 · excluded -$51,415

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $50,621

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,071

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$19,071 · excluded -$19,071

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $27,586 · related or exempt $27,586

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $27,586

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $116,281 · program services $86,103 · management and general $11,156 · fundraising $19,022

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $390,870 · program services $289,431 · management and general $37,500 · fundraising $63,939

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $112,695 · program services $83,448 · management and general $10,812 · fundraising $18,435

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,213 · program services $22,372 · management and general $2,899 · fundraising $4,942

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,912 · management and general $11,912

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $75,736 · management and general $75,736

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $27,812 · management and general $27,812

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,806 · program services $21,769 · management and general $767 · fundraising $5,270

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,941 · program services $5,140 · management and general $666 · fundraising $1,135

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,388 · program services $8,432 · management and general $1,093 · fundraising $1,863

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $46,282 · program services $32,398 · management and general $9,256 · fundraising $4,628

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,994 · program services $20,729 · management and general $2,686 · fundraising $4,579

  • 24a · Other expenses: LAND STEWARDSHIP SUPPLY

    total $81,047 · program services $81,047

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATION MATERIALS

    total $62,904 · program services $62,904

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $14,341 · program services $10,619 · management and general $1,376 · fundraising $2,346

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $12,029 · program services $8,907 · management and general $1,154 · fundraising $1,968

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31,169 · program services $23,308 · management and general $7,861

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $93,349 · end of year $905,839

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,631,576 · end of year $1,836,778

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

    $16,160,909

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

    $470,449

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,326,027 · end of year $15,690,460

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,044,410 · end of year $6,645,653

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $897,281 · end of year $959,931

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,143 · end of year $10,433

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,357 · end of year $737

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,376,321 · end of year $6,502,544

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,603,822 · end of year $19,524,947

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PRESERVE THE BEAUTY, HEALTH, AND DIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA'S NATURAL LANDSCAPE THROUGH STRATEGIC LAND CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.

  • LAND PROTECTION: SYCAMORE PERMANENTLY PROTECTS THE BEAUTIFUL NATURAL HERITAGE OF SOUTHERN INDIANA BY OWNING LAND AND HOLDING PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES. WE HAVE COMPLETED OVER 100 PROJECTS TO PROTECT A TOTAL OF OVER 11,000 ACRES. WE OWN, MANAGE AND RESTORE MORE THAN 6,000 ACRES OF FORESTS, WETLANDS AND GRASSLANDS, INCLUDING FORMERLY MINED OR FARMED LAND. WE HAVE BUILT AND MAINTAIN TRAILS FOR FREE PUBLIC USE AT 13 NATURE PRESERVES TO ENABLE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RECREATION AND EDUCATION. SYCAMORE HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON OVER 4,000 ACRES OF PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTIES TO PROTECT THEIR CONSERVATION VALUES. WE HAVE ALSO INVESTED RESOURCES TO PROTECT AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 ACRES OWNED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $158,799 · Revenue $55,386

  • LAND STEWARDSHIP: ON LAND THAT WE OWN, WE MANAGE FOR ECOLOGICAL HEALTH. WITH INPUT FROM EXPERTS IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, AND THE HELP OF VOLUNTEER LAND STEWARDS, WE PLANT TREES, ELIMINATE INVASIVE PLANTS, AND REMOVE REFUSE. WE ALSO MANAGE OUR PUBLIC NATURE PRESERVES FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PUBLIC USE BY PROVIDING TRAILS, PARKING AREAS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNAGE. ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES FOR WHICH WE HOLD CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WE THOROUGHLY MONITOR AND REPORT ON EACH PROPERTY THROUGH REGULAR SITE VISITS TO ENSURE THAT CONSERVATION PROTECTIONS ARE ENFORCED.

    Expenses $304,621

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: BUILDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF AND APPRECIATION FOR NATURE IS CRITICAL TO OUR MISSION OF CONSERVING LAND AND CREATING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN THE PAST YEAR WE ALSO HAD OVER 5,000 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS AT SCHOOLS, AT OUR PRESERVES AND OTHER PROPERTIES, AND WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN INDIANA. PARTNERING WITH SCHOOLS, WE BUILD NATIVE PLANT GARDENS AND OTHER HABITATS ON SCHOOLYARDS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ALSO VISIT OUR PUBLIC NATURE PRESERVES AND OTHER PROPERTIES TO HIKE, BIRDWATCH, PHOTOGRAPH, AND ENJOY THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL BENEFITS OF BEING IN NATURE.

    Expenses $136,943

  • Expenses $156,244

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • BILL MCCOY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRIAN BESSER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • GEORGE HUNTINGTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ILENE A SCHAEFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JAN MILLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARIA VITERISI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • RANDY SCOFIELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TIM DUNFEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TOM CERVONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • W WILLIAM WEEKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JOHN LAWRENCE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,446
    From this org
    $97,850
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,596
    Hours/week
    40

  • JUDITH STEWART

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNY STEPHENS

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELAINE CALDWELL EMMI

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN YOON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349307196

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