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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS- DESERT PEAKS.

Totals

Total revenue
$444,448
Total expenses
$334,009
Contributions and grants received
$441,983
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$65
Other revenue
$2,400
Total assets, end of year
$433,595
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,748
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$423,847
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$269,988
Management and general expenses
$64,021
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$269,988

Program services were 80.8% 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)

    $33,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $408,983

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $65 · excluded $65

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,400

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,400

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,400 · related or exempt $2,400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $174,597 · program services $159,597 · management and general $15,000

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,395 · program services $13,363 · management and general $2,032

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,726 · program services $12,376 · management and general $1,350

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $3,473 · management and general $3,473

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,443 · program services $18,433 · management and general $10

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,760 · program services $2,760

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,293 · program services $2,293 · management and general $1,000

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,522 · program services $3,000 · management and general $12,522

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,477 · program services $5,477 · management and general $2,000

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,037 · program services $2,500 · management and general $7,537

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSES

    total $9,852 · program services $9,852

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $9,093 · program services $9,093

  • 24c · Other expenses: SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTONS

    total $8,037 · program services $2,000 · management and general $6,037

  • 24d · Other expenses: BUSINESS MEALS

    total $7,590 · program services $5,463 · management and general $2,127

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,714 · program services $23,781 · management and general $10,933

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $306,521 · end of year $390,469

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $43,012 · end of year $43,076

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,784 · end of year $50

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

    $683

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

    $683

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,909 · end of year $9,748

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $33,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $278,408 · end of year $273,847

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,000 · end of year $150,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FRIENDS OF ORGAN MOUNTAINS-DESERT PEAKS SEEKS TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITY AND DIVERSE CULTURES THROUGH ADVOCACY, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS-DESERT PEAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT AS A PREMIER EXAMPLE OF AMERICA'S NATIONAL CONSERVATION LANDS.

  • 2023 MARKED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ORGANIZATION. WE GREW OUR PROGRAMMING TO OFFER MORE YOUNG COMMUNITY MEMBERS THE CHANCE TO RECREATE IN OUR OUTDOOR SPACES. THROUGH SUMMER, FALL AND SPRING CAMPS WE OFFERED UNIQUE AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES. OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING CONTINUED TO GROW AND EXPAND TO MORE SCHOOL SITES. WE HOSTED A NUMBER OF OVERNIGHT CAMPOUTS WHICH HELPED PARTICIPANTS BUILD A DEEPER LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS. THE BIKE PROGRAM DREW MORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE JOY OF BIKING, GETTING OUTSIDE, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISE. WE OFFERED EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMTIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN WHY OUR OUTSIDE SPACES ARE SO IMPORTANT,THROUGH COMMUNITY HIKES THOUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ENGAGED OUR COMMUNITY IN THE CRITICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MONUMENT, IN WHAT IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF PROTECTING OUR PUBLIC LANDS. WE HOSTED TWO ARTISTS IN RESIDENCES WHO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN SPREADING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING OUR PUBLIC LANDS. IN 2023, WE ALSO ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS TO PASS POLICY THAT SUPPORTS OUR OUTDOOR SPACES. THIS INCLUDED A NEW STATE PARK AND THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT FUND. WE ALSO HOSTED A WEEKEND BACKPACKING EVENT THAT BROUGHT 150 PEOPLE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO ENJOY OUR OUTDOOR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $269,988

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Hayley MacDonald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Estela Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rochelle Miller-Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jose Solis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Steinmetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rissa Garcia-Prudencio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Radtke

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randy Gray

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danny Palma

    TREASURER

    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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349324634

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