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← HIGHLAND-CASHIERS LAND TRUST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HIGHLAND-CASHIERS LAND TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$773,125
Total expenses
$580,742
Contributions and grants received
$636,630
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$17,923
Investment income
$116,726
Other revenue
$1,846
Total assets, end of year
$30,431,544
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,380
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,430,164
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$310,845
Management and general expenses
$150,184
Fundraising expenses
$119,713
Program service expenses (Part III)
$310,845

Program services were 53.5% 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

    $636,630

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $87,049

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Stewardship/Monitoring Fund

    total $5,500 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Easement Fees

    total $12,423 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21,957 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $21,957

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $94,769

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $94,769

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $94,769 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $94,769

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $1,846 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,846

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,846

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $84,727 · program services $42,652 · management and general $25,034 · fundraising $17,041

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $220,951 · program services $128,528 · management and general $42,215 · fundraising $50,208

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,698 · program services $8,231 · management and general $3,234 · fundraising $3,233

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,065 · program services $1,157 · management and general $454 · fundraising $454

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,831 · program services $14,465 · management and general $5,683 · fundraising $5,683

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $526 · program services $0 · management and general $526 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,188 · program services $0 · management and general $23,188 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $20,429 · program services $0 · management and general $20,429 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,500 · program services $4,500 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,407 · program services $0 · management and general $5,407 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $16,032 · program services $5,504 · management and general $8,862 · fundraising $1,666

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,570 · program services $14,497 · management and general $73 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,503 · program services $3,503 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,862 · program services $0 · management and general $5,862 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,094 · program services $5,390 · management and general $7,704 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Property Management

    total $33,385 · program services $33,385 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Americorp Volunteers

    total $21,180 · program services $21,180 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other Program Expenses

    total $12,395 · program services $12,395 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Memberships

    total $41,193 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $41,193

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,206 · program services $15,458 · management and general $1,513 · fundraising $235

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $328,962 · end of year $259,793

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $312,647 · end of year $225,411

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

    $26,689,927

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

    $40,311

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $26,600,734 · end of year $26,649,616

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,665,679 · end of year $3,177,517

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $99,453 · end of year $119,207

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,355 · end of year $1,380

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,198,449 · end of year $12,453,591

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,804,671 · end of year $17,976,573

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Inc. (HCLT) is to identify and preserve places of exceptional natural beauty, valuable natural resource, and threatened wildlife habitat through appropriate conservation measures and to protect valuable land resources for all generations.

  • In 2023 the Highlands Cashiers Land Trust (HCLT) completed four land projects: three new conservation easements (78 acres)and one fee simple donation (<1 acre). As of the end of 2023 HCLT conserves 3,813 acres in 118 places. . Completed 100% monitoring of all conservation easement and fee simple lands held by HCLT. Worked with conservation easement land-owners to ensure protection of respective conservation values and improvements of various rare habitat types and plant communities through perpetuity. Continued to maintain public access hiking trails and view shed areas across the Highlands- Cashiers plateau. Engaged the local community to build volunteer bases to tackle various projects such as trail maintenance, trail improvements, new public access area development, invasive species treatment, and habitat restoration.

    Expenses $310,845 · Revenue $17,923

  • HCLTs education and outreach efforts focus on educating the public about conservation and the natural world by providing opportunities for children, families, and adults to engage in hands-on nature education and exploration activities at no cost. Our programs generally fall into three categories: guided hikes (EcoTours), youth environmental education programs (Kids in Nature), and community speaker events (Village Nature Series). In 2023, we led nine EcoTours for 143 participants, 40 Kids in Nature programs for 820 children, and six Village Nature Series Events for a total of 224 participants.

  • The Land Trust continues to ensure that it operates ethically, morally, and legally. HCLT is an accredited organization by the Land Trust Alliance and operates under a set of land trust practices and standards. HCLT seeks to maintain appropriate insurance coverage and completed an annual financial audit of its 2023 fiscal year.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lance Hardin

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $84,727
    From this org
    $79,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,800
    Hours/week
    40

  • F Carlton King

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bill Mauldin

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martha Wright

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karen Patterson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brad Armstrong

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chuck Auster

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wally Evans

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Russ McLauchlan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hugh Fitzpatrick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharon Jones Cole

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lawrence Dimmitt

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rick Hildbold

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Hohlstein

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Walter Wingfield

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ann Huckstep

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Patterson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tom Holmes

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Victoria Stephens

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bill Stiefel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Zahner

    Board Member

    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
6 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443479349300349

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