Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF LAND TRUSTS.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,154,007
- Total expenses
- $1,124,749
- Contributions and grants received
- $716,555
- Grants paid
- $234,765
- Program service revenue
- $412,581
- Investment income
- $24,871
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,078,094
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,541,027
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $537,067
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $909,930
- Management and general expenses
- $214,819
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $909,930
Program services were 80.9% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$265,514
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$451,041
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2a · Program service revenue: 2024 Conference
total $194,333 · related or exempt $194,333
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2b · Program service revenue: Membership Dues & Assessments
total $218,248 · related or exempt $218,248
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3 · Investment income
total $24,871 · excluded $24,871
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $234,765 · program services $234,765
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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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 $6,623 · management and general $6,623
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $208,180 · program services $146,091 · management and general $62,089
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $26,427 · program services $13,939 · management and general $12,488
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $25,921 · program services $13,672 · management and general $12,249
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $19,915 · management and general $19,915
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $28,134 · program services $5,575 · management and general $22,559
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $54,500 · program services $54,500
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $280,596 · program services $217,209 · management and general $63,387
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,648 · program services $936 · management and general $2,712
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17 · Travel
total $9,751 · program services $7,776 · management and general $1,975
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $211,429 · program services $210,379 · management and general $1,050
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20 · Interest
total $1,738 · management and general $1,738
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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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24a · Other expenses: Bank Charges
total $3,718 · program services $954 · management and general $2,764
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24b · Other expenses: Telephone
total $3,681 · program services $944 · management and general $2,737
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24c · Other expenses: Computer Expense
total $2,160 · program services $882 · management and general $1,278
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24d · Other expenses: Promotion
total $1,555 · program services $1,240 · management and general $315
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24e · All other expenses
total $2,008 · program services $1,068 · management and general $940
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $705,942 · end of year $2,041,248
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $15,261
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $21,585
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$12,109
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$12,109
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $72,078 · end of year $76,794
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $77,055 · end of year $80,545
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $1,383,688
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $27,682 · end of year $11,270
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $480,127 · end of year $525,797
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To conserve California's extraordinary land and water resources through a strong network of land trusts with one cohesive voice across urban and rural communities.
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GRANT PROGRAMS:1. Secured $5 Million in reimbursable funding received from Wildlife Conservation Board in February 2024. Awarded $1.9 million to 23 land trusts that leverages over $70 million of other funding for project advancement.2. $1.73 Million in reimbursable funding received from the Department of Conservation for Capacity Building Programs for Land Trusts. Awarded $1.1million to 11 projects that leverage over $55 million in other funding.
Expenses $678,610 · Revenue $732,554
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EDUCATION:1. Held an annual conference for over 300 attendees including over 100 hours of training. Thisincludeda Conservation Forum for attorneys.2. Held 4 quarterly meetings for members with the updates on 30x30, policy updates, and special topics impacting land trust operations and practices.3. Supported the California Natural Resources Agency with the delivery of a Tribal Summit related to 30x30.4. Organized or participated in numerous regional meetings throughout the state at which education, information,andnetworking were the focus.5. Assisted state agency staff in helping to define conservation for 30x30 and the role that land trusts already play in helping to meet the state's goals.
Expenses $176,334 · Revenue $189,484
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POLICY:1. Provided several letters of support for bills related to land conservation.2. Communication about existing state law on easement amendments, mitigation endowments, and welfare exemption of open space.3. Advocacy for funding for the 30x30 initiative for land acquisitions and capacity building for land trusts. Part of the coalition that shaped and negotiated the legislative initiative that became Proposition 4, a $10 billion bond measure for climate, water, and wildfire.
Expenses $54,986
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Karin Winters
Program Director
- Total calculated
- $129,112
- From this org
- $129,112
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Caroline Godkin
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $6,623
- From this org
- $6,623
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Bridget Fithian
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kaila Dettman
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Noelle Chambers
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Kim Kolpin
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Wendy Millet
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sarah Newkirk
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sharon Weaver
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Linus Eukel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Harry Pollack
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Rodd Kelsey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Paul Ringgold
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
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$125,000
Development of CA Onwards
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$25,500
Upper Feather River Watershed
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$25,500
Land back capacity building
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$25,200
Establishment of land protections
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$19,297
Pathway for conservation success
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$7,680
Professional development
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$6,588
San Joaquin Valley & Carrizo Plain
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533179349310498
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