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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROTECTORS OF TULE SPRINGS.

Totals

Total revenue
$93,098
Total expenses
$127,619
Contributions and grants received
$49,406
Grants paid
$59,239
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$43,251
Other revenue
$441
Total assets, end of year
$1,216,185
Total liabilities, end of year
$709
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,215,476
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$74,310
Management and general expenses
$51,389
Fundraising expenses
$1,920
Program service expenses (Part III)
$74,310

Program services were 58.2% 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

    $4,064

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $45,342

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,068 · excluded $32,068

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $11,183

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $11,183

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,183 · excluded $11,183

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,752

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $5,311

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $441 · excluded $441

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $59,239 · program services $59,239

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,360 · management and general $4,360

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $360 · management and general $360

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,842 · management and general $6,842

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,098 · management and general $3,098

  • 17 · Travel

    total $173 · management and general $173

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,548 · management and general $2,548

  • 24a · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    total $11,354 · management and general $11,354

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD AND BEVERAGE

    total $11,164 · management and general $11,164

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS

    total $7,185 · program services $6,336 · management and general $849

  • 24d · Other expenses: INTERPRETATIVE MATERIAL

    total $6,071 · program services $6,071

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,225 · program services $2,664 · management and general $10,641 · fundraising $1,920

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $177,910 · end of year $184,218

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $524,921 · end of year $567,301

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $512,645 · end of year $464,666

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $709

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $215,476 · end of year $215,476

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,000,000 · end of year $1,000,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROTECTING, PRESERVING, SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TULE SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND ICE AGE FOSSILS STATE PARK.

  • THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS RELATING TO THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE EGLINGTON PRESERVE AND MANAGES NON-DEPLETING ENDOWMENT FUNDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO A FEE-IN-LIEU AGREEMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS INCLUDES SEVERAL MAJOR CLEAN-UPS AND INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL EVENTS ORGANIZED AND HELD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 PARTICIPANTS PROVIDING 300 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

    Expenses $64,239 · Grants $59,239 · Revenue $5,000

  • ASSISTED IN THE FUNDING, DEVELOPMENT, AND INSTALLATION OF TRAILWAY INTERPRETIVE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE NATIONAL MONUMENT, INCLUDING TRAILHEAD FEATURES, AUDIO TOURS, AND WAYFINDING FEATURES. PROJECT INCLUDED 341.5 VOLUNTEER HOURS AS IN-KIND SUPPORT.

    Expenses $8,071

  • CONDUCTED OUTREACH AT COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS SCIENCE EXPO, CAREER DAYS AT VARIOUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND OVER 30 PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS EDUCATIONAL/INTERPRETIVE HIKES HELD INVOLVING 100+ PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS AND 225 VOLUNTEER HOURS.

    Expenses $2,000

  • THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONTINUES ITS "I'M A PROTECTOR" COMMUNITY-WATCH PROGRAM WITH 100 VOLUNTEER HOURS RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON THE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SUCH AS SHOOTING, OFF-ROAD VEHICLE USE, FENCE CUTTING, AND THE DUMPING OF CONSTRUCTION & LANDSCAPING DEBRIS.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sherrill D Grotheer

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Amanda Simmons

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Donna Schlemmer

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jill K Destefano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sandra Croteau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

  • Kori Kloberdanz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Desire Schultz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • Haridev Basudev

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12.5

  • Stephen Rowland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Rosales

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Shimono

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.5

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

  • US NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - TULE SPRINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT

    $70,012

    THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS IN NPS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.

  • NEVADA STATE PARKS - ICE AGE FOSSILS STATE PARK

    $4,171

    THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES MONETARY AND VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FOR STATE PARK PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503159349305890

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