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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$975,404
Total expenses
$1,322,133
Contributions and grants received
$189,946
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$734,381
Investment income
$51,077
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$7,233,397
Total liabilities, end of year
$61,647
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,171,750
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$912,734
Management and general expenses
$387,537
Fundraising expenses
$21,862
Program service expenses (Part III)
$912,734

Program services were 69.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $189,946

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROPERTY USE RENT

    total $524,050 · excluded $524,050

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENT REVENUE

    total $210,331 · related or exempt $210,331

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,077 · excluded $51,077

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,327 · program services $60,995 · fundraising $20,332

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $314,986 · program services $134,408 · management and general $180,578

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,678 · program services $4,596 · management and general $6,082

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $49,636 · program services $36,038 · management and general $13,598

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,832 · program services $14,709 · management and general $13,593 · fundraising $1,530

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,696 · program services $9,696

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,225 · management and general $44,225

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,735 · program services $65,675 · management and general $60

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,770 · management and general $6,770

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,186 · program services $3,765 · management and general $14,421

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,557 · program services $8,786 · management and general $8,771

  • 17 · Travel

    total $644 · program services $18 · management and general $626

  • 20 · Interest

    total $12,463 · program services $1,758 · management and general $10,705

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $241,747 · program services $234,494 · management and general $7,253

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $54,659 · management and general $54,659

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $177,728 · program services $174,961 · management and general $2,767

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND M

    total $90,492 · program services $87,972 · management and general $2,520

  • 24c · Other expenses: TURF MAINTENANCE

    total $38,614 · program services $38,614

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $28,839 · program services $11,600 · management and general $17,239

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $28,319 · program services $24,649 · management and general $3,670

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,201 · end of year $24,349

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,219,439 · end of year $932,696

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $806,465 · end of year $427,901

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,000 · end of year $0

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

    $10,611,015

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

    $4,762,564

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,600,254 · end of year $5,848,451

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,038 · end of year $53,690

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $7 · end of year $7

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $145,635 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,200 · end of year $7,950

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,726,943 · end of year $6,244,781

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,791,536 · end of year $926,969

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE GREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING OPEN SPACE IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO ADVANCING EQUESTRIAN SPORT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION, INC'S PURPOSE IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OPEN SPACE, VISUAL ORDER, FLORA AND FAUNA, AND AIR, LAND AND WATER RESOURCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO PERPETUATE, AND TO FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION, RECREATION AND ENJOYMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE HISTORIC AND TRADITIONAL OPEN SPACES AND FIELD EVENTS OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

  • VA GOLD CUP:TWO TIMES A YEAR, VA GOLD CUP RUNS THE SPRING VA GOLD CUP RACE AND THE FALL INTERNATIONAL CUP RACE. THE RACES HELD AT GREAT MEADOW, ARE STEEPLECHASES, OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS A CHASE AND IS A RACE RUN OVER FENCES. STEEPLECHASES ARE RUN OVER DISTANCES THAT RANGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 MILES (3.2 AND 7.2 KM). THE RUNNERS JUMP OVER A VARIETY OF OBSTACLES THAT CAN INCLUDE PLAIN FENCES, WATER JUMPS OR OPEN DITCHES.

    Expenses $277,312 · Revenue $329,300

  • TWILIGHT ARENA POLO:EVERY SATURDAY FROM MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, TWILIGHT POLO FEATURES THREE ARENA POLO MATCHES WITH HALFTIME GAMES FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. FOLLOWING THE FINAL MATCH, THE EVENINGS CONCLUDE WITH MUSIC AND DANCING IN THE PAVILION.

    Expenses $137,209 · Revenue $167,795

  • FOURTH OF JULY EVENT: GREAT MEADOW FOUNDATION HOSTS A COMMUNITY EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE EVENT ENCOMPASSES FIREWORKS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

    Expenses $124,032 · Revenue $43,448

  • OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDING CROSS COUNTRY RACES, ROCKETRY, GREAT MEADOW INTERNATIONAL, NSA JUMP RENTAL, AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS.

    Expenses $374,181 · Revenue $193,838

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Natalie Epstein

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6.5
  • Mike Smith

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Garrick Steele

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dulaney Morison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Greenhill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holidae Hayes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Najaf Husain

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas McMillen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Spencer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stuart Weinstein-Bacal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Crane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Birge Watkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tess Newcome

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,327
    From this org
    $81,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
26 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401219349301405

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