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← HUDSON HIGHLANDS FJORD TRAIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by HUDSON HIGHLANDS FJORD TRAIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,268,030
Total expenses
$8,748,906
Contributions and grants received
$7,630
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,245,532
Other revenue
$14,868
Total assets, end of year
$45,892,694
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,091,352
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$43,801,342
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,252,267
Management and general expenses
$434,632
Fundraising expenses
$62,007
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,252,267

Program services were 94.3% 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

    $7,630

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,180,331 · excluded $1,180,331

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $14,868

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $14,868

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $14,868 · excluded $14,868

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $532,640

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

    securities $467,439

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $65,201

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $65,201 · excluded $65,201

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $186,722 · program services $93,361 · management and general $93,361

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $472,844 · program services $237,423 · management and general $194,631 · fundraising $40,790

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,775 · program services $6,907 · management and general $4,112 · fundraising $1,756

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,355 · program services $18,637 · management and general $13,477 · fundraising $3,241

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,775 · program services $26,418 · management and general $20,875 · fundraising $3,482

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $274,310 · program services $274,310

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,500 · management and general $13,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,272 · management and general $12,272

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $364,392 · program services $364,392

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $81,991 · management and general $81,991

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,657 · program services $14,657

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,379 · program services $23,379

  • 24a · Other expenses: Land Project Expenses

    total $7,015,450 · program services $7,015,450

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program and Public O/R

    total $178,713 · program services $165,975 · fundraising $12,738

  • 24c · Other expenses: Employee Training

    total $6,652 · program services $6,239 · management and general $413

  • 24d · Other expenses: Conservation easements

    total $5,119 · program services $5,119

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,875,095 · end of year $33,417,014

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,012,494 · end of year $4,795,967

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

    $4,938,865

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,465,568 · end of year $4,938,865

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,399,473 · end of year $2,740,848

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $218,470 · end of year $1,968,781

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $509,630 · end of year $122,571

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,024,530 · end of year $7,791,522

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $45,000,000 · end of year $36,009,820

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To create and steward a 7.5-mile linear park along the Hudson River that solves existing safety concerns around visitation, provides welcoming access to people of all abilities, restores and protects natural resources, and enhances quality of life for local communities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See Schedule O for Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail's mission statement.

  • To develop and operate an accessible linear public park, in coordiantion with the State of New York, located between Cold Spring, New York and Beacon, New York, currently known as the Fjord Trail.

    Expenses $8,252,267

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Chmar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Davis

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Daniel Kramer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward O Sullivan

    Director & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $626,626
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $500,226
    Other
    $126,400
    Hours/week
    2 + 43 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $377,617 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $110,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $12,609 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $126,400 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $626,626 related
  • Frederic C Rich

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard Shea

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Usha Wright

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Amy Kacala

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $184,430
    From this org
    $59,004
    From related orgs
    $97,049
    Other
    $28,377
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $28,391 + $97,049 related
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $613
    Deferred
    $12,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,530 + $7,090 related
    Filer's total
    $80,291 + $104,139 related
  • Jason Camporese

    Chief Finance & Operations

    Total calculated
    $366,248
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $303,995
    Other
    $62,253
    Hours/week
    2 + 43 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $230,127 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $73,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $868 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,922 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,331 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $366,248 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4b
NOTE ON SUPPLEMENTAL NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN: EDWARD SULLIVAN, PRESIDENT During the year ended June 30, 2020, Scenic Hudson, Inc. ("SH") and Edward Sullivan, President of SH, entered into a long-term employment agreement under IRC Section 457(f). The terms of the agreement run through January 31, 2025 at which time Mr. Sullivan will complete his commitment and receive a one-time lump sum payment of $400,000. Since Mr. Sullivan provides essential services to The Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc. ("SHLT"), which has no employees, SHLT has agreed to provide SH with funds sufficient to enable SH to make payments due under the plan. Accordingly, SHLT will recognize this obligation over the term of the agreement. During the year ended June 30, 2023, SHLT recognized $80,000 of expense related to the agreement which is included in the amount reported on part II, column C. .
Part I, Line 7
Bonuses are approved by the Board of Directors and Executive Compensation Committee as part of the overall compensation review and approval process, which includes review of peer compensation data and analysis prepared by an independent third-party compensation consultant. See Schedule 0, reference to Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 for more details.
SCHEDULE J, PART II:
GENERAL NOTE ON OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND TRUSTEES: The persons listed in Part II of Schedule J perform services for Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail, Inc. (HHFT) in their capacities as employees of Scenic Hudson, Inc. (SH), except for Amy Kacala who is one of six employees of HHFT. Total compensation to each of such persons is required to be reported on Schedule J by both SH and HHFT notwithstanding that each of these directors and officers are paid directly and only by SH, except for Amy Kacala who was paid by SH and HHFT in 2022. As noted in Schedule R, Part V, HHFT is party to a services agreement with SH pursuant to which SH, among other things, makes the services of such persons available to HHFT. Please refer to Schedule R for more details.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • Northside Junction LLC

    Own Property · NY

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Fall Kill Brookside LLC

    C · Own Property · NY

  • Parker Fall Kill LLC

    C · Own Property · NY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441109349300104

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