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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE LANDS COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$969,376
Total expenses
$1,010,904
Contributions and grants received
$900,532
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$6,840
Investment income
$12,279
Other revenue
$49,725
Total assets, end of year
$256,071
Total liabilities, end of year
$86,773
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$169,298
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$835,228
Management and general expenses
$58,729
Fundraising expenses
$116,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$835,228

Program services were 82.6% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $566,224

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $334,308

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LAND CLEARING, TREE SA

    total $6,840 · related or exempt $6,840

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,499 · excluded $4,499

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,780

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $7,780

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,780 · excluded $7,780

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $69,159

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $19,434

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $49,725 · excluded $49,725

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $454,179 · program services $322,646 · management and general $38,239 · fundraising $93,294

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,214 · program services $25,249 · management and general $1,342 · fundraising $1,623

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,355 · program services $33,649 · management and general $3,953 · fundraising $9,753

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,404 · program services $9,919 · management and general $3,485

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,798 · program services $1,170 · management and general $349 · fundraising $279

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,402 · program services $11,582 · management and general $6,240 · fundraising $580

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,242 · program services $20,159 · management and general $7,083

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,139 · program services $18,100 · management and general $641 · fundraising $398

  • 24a · Other expenses: MILL CREEK EXPENSES

    total $266,885 · program services $266,885 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSES

    total $51,908 · program services $51,758 · management and general $150 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: OPERATIONS EXPENSE

    total $28,996 · program services $14,300 · management and general $3,676 · fundraising $11,020

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM CONTRACT SERVIC

    total $28,327 · program services $27,977 · management and general $350 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,055 · program services $31,834 · management and general -$6,779

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,463 · end of year $61,075

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,579 · end of year $1,672

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $91,806 · end of year $36,727

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,282 · end of year $4,282

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $14,910

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

    $49,668

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

    $49,668

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $129,992 · end of year $137,405

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,296 · end of year $86,773

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $210,826 · end of year $169,298

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PRESERVES AND REVITALIZES OUR INLAND NORTHWEST FORESTS, WATER, AND WILDLIFE THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, EFFECTIVE ACTION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

  • PUBLIC LANDS AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM: TLC'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM SEEKS TO PROTECT OLD GROWTH, IMPROVE FOREST MANAGEMENT, PERMANENTLY PROTECT ROADLESS AREAS, AND INCREASE POPULATIONS OF RARE, THREATENED, AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ON PUBLIC LANDS IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST. TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, WE USE SCIENCE, COLLABORATION, AND WHEN NECESSARY, LITIGATION. WE PARTICIPATE IN FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECTS IN NE WASHINGTON AND N IDAHO. WE HAVE HELPED START FOUR COLLABORATIVE GROUPS ON THREE NATIONAL FORESTS THAT INCLUDE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER.

    Expenses $207,143 · Revenue $6,840

  • WATERSHED PROTECTION AND RESTORATION PROGRAM: TLC'S WATERSHED PROGRAM WORKS IN THE SPOKANE AND COEUR D'ALENE RIVER WATERSHEDS TO RESTORE WATER QUALITY. WE IMPROVE STREAMSIDE HABITAT BY PLANTING NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS, WORK TO REDUCE TOXICS FLOWING INTO WATER BODIES WITH UNIQUE PROJECT THAT CAPTURE AND CLEAN POLLUTED STORMWATER. OUT BEAVER COEXISTENCE PROGRAM HELPS LANDOWNERS COEXIST WITH BEAVERS, ALLOWING BEAVER-DERIVED ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUCH AS WETLAND CREATION AND WATER STORAGE TO FLOURISH ON THE LANDSCAPE.

    Expenses $172,359

  • CLIMATE JUSTICE AND URBAN ECOLOGY PROGRAM: TLC'S CLIMATE JUSTICE PROGRAM INVOLVES WORKING WITH LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO INFORM THEM ABOUT EFFORTS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. OUR SPOCANOPY PROGRAM WORKS WITH THE CITY OF SPOKANE TO PLANT FREE STREET TREES IN THE URBAN FOREST IN AREAS OF LOW CANOPY COVER. OUR PROJECT SUSTAIN WORKS WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR REGION TO GIVE THEM HANDS-ON, OUTDOOR, AND ECOLOGICALLY BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO WORK TO REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BY ADVOCATING FOR THE USE OF CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.

    Expenses $128,461

  • OTHER PROGRAMS $60,380MILL CREEK PROGRAM $266,885

    Expenses $327,265

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kate Vanskike

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Leroy Eadie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Nicole Wilson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Whiting

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chad Pfiefer

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paz Ochoa

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Barto

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Isacoff

    BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Coppen

    BOARD

    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
2024
Filed
4 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533089349303433

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