LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C340

Classification

1000

Street

1362 OLD TOWNE RD

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Other organizations at this address

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• ECLT FOUNDATION

  EIN 47-5524006

Mission and programs · 2024

• LAND PROTECTION: DURING FY25, LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST PARTICIPATED IN FIFTEEN CONSERVATION TRANSACTIONS. THIS INCLUDES TEN NEW CONSERVATION EASEMENTS PROTECTING 1,295 ACRES, FOUR FEE-SIMPLE PURCHASES PROTECTING 146 ACRES, AND ONE DEED RESTRICTION ON A .7-ACRE PROPERTY. FY25 LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS EXPANDED ACROSS COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM THE ACE BASIN TO THE SANTEE BASIN. ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF WALTERBORO, A 561- ACRE TRACT WAS PLACED UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, DEMONSTRATING THE COMMITMENT OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, NONPROFITS, AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO PRESERVING CULTURAL HISTORY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. THE PROJECT HELPED CREATE A CONTIGUOUS PROTECTED LANDSCAPE IN COLLETON COUNTY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE QUICKLY GROWING AREA'S ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND ALIGNING WITH LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST'S RECENTLY IDENTIFIED HIGH-RESILIENCE ZONE NEAR COTTAGEVILLE. IN ADDITION TO ACQUIRING 94 ACRES OF VITAL FARMLAND ON JOHNS ISLAND THAT WILL SOON BECOME PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE VIA WALKING TRAILS, FIELD TRIPS, FARM STANDS, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES AND LAND STEWARDSHIP, LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST BOUGHT, PROTECTED, AND TRANSFERRED THREE PROPERTIES FOR COMMUNITY USE AND BENEFIT. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHARLESTON COUNTY PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION, A 35-ACRE TRACT IN RAVENEL WILL SERVE AS AN OFFICIAL ADDITION TO CAW CAW INTERPRETIVE CENTER. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BARRIER ISLANDS LITTLE LEAGUE, A 40-ACRE LANDMARK PROJECT ON JOHNS ISLAND ENSURES THAT A VITAL GREEN SPACE WILL REMAIN UNDEVELOPED, PROVIDING BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND ITS RESIDENTS, A .7 ACRE SITE WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACE, WITH THE PRESERVED RUTLEDGE TOMB AT ITS CENTERPIECE, PROVIDING A VITAL LINK TO THE AREA'S PLANTATION HISTORY AND HONORING THE SETTLEMENT COMMUNITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND. LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST ALSO HELPED THE RED TOP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION CONSERVE, INTERPRET, AND CELEBRATE A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY, AS PART OF ITS COMMUNITY LANDS PROGRAM. OTHER FY25 CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROJECTS INCLUDE PERMANENTLY PROTECTING 1.77 MILES OF DIRECT RIVER FRONTAGE ALONG FEE FARM CREEK, ADDING TO THE NEARLY 14,340 ACRES OF PROTECTED LAND ALONG THE ASHEPOO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES PROTECTED BY LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST; SAFEGUARDING 20 ACRES OF HISTORY AND HABITAT IN THE ASHLEY RIVER HISTORIC DISTRICT; CONSERVING AN ENTIRE UNDISTURBED BARRIER ISLAND OF 28 ACRES OF UPLAND HABITAT SURROUNDED BY 393 ACRES OF SALT MARSH ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY; AND EXPANDING THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT OF AN ECOLOGICALLY RICH AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER AT THE GATEWAY TO CHARLESTON COUNTY ALONG BOTH SIDES OF U.S. HIGHWAY 17.

  Expenses $9,849,525 · Grants $4,991,651 · Revenue $162,935

• LAND STEWARDSHIP: IN FY25, LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST MONITORED 100% OF ITS OVER 550 PROTECTED PROPERTIES, INCLUDING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND FEE SIMPLE PROJECTS. LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST STAFF UTILIZES VARIOUS MONITORING METHODS, INCLUDING ON-THE-GROUND, DRONE, SATELLITE, AND AERIAL MONITORING, TO MEET ITS STEWARDSHIP OBLIGATIONS. LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST STAFF CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH LANDOWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS DURING MONITORING VISITS AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAINTAIN STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL, LAND MANAGEMENT, AND CONSERVATION EASEMENT RESOURCES.

  Expenses $525,246

• COMMUNITY OUTREACH: LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST, AS PART OF ITS SOUL OF THE LOWCOUNTRY PROGRAM, HOSTED A SERIES OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS IN FY25 THAT ENCOURAGED ALL AGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENTHUSIASTS TO ENGAGE IN CONSERVATION. FREE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMMERSE ONESELF IN NATURE AND LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND PROTECTION AND STEWARDSHIP INCLUDED EVENTS SUCH AS CLEANUPS AND YOGA AT THE FUTURE ANGEL OAK PRESERVE, WILDLIFE SAMPLINGS AND OYSTER REEF BUILDS WITH THE SCDNR, NATURE WALKS AND BIRDING OUTINGS ON PROTECTED AND STEWARDED SITES, AND A KAYAK CLEANUP ALONG THE BANKS OF THE LAND TRUST'S FIRST-EVER PROTECTED PROPERTY. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO CONVENED OVER 50 LOCAL CONSERVATION PARTNERS TO HOST ITS THIRD-ANNUAL LOWCOUNTRY EARTH MONTH, RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE VARIOUS CONSERVATION INITIATIVES/METHODS IN THE REGION.

  Revenue $13,171

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $12,627,339

  Expenses

  $11,300,097

  Contributions

  $11,465,266

  Grants paid

  $4,991,651

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,889,535

  Expenses

  $2,989,101

  Contributions

  $5,008,713

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,219,594

  Expenses

  $2,811,074

  Contributions

  $6,748,289

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,955,338

  Expenses

  $3,569,646

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,548,419

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,804,512

  Expenses

  $1,695,291

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,381,705

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,397,399

  Expenses

  $1,986,455

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,488,528

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,963,124

  Expenses

  $1,880,163

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,926,212

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,447,703

  Expenses

  $1,807,424

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,918,076

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,608,107

  Expenses

  $2,689,348

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,998,469

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,386,751

  Expenses

  $1,377,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,992,544

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,509,725

  Expenses

  $14,755,301

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,382,582

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $899,432

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,313,051

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $766,164

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,606,488

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• OPEN SPACE LAND INSTITUTE LAND TRUST

  $259,748

  2024 · MULTIPLE CES

• EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST INC

  $70,000

  2024 · MAXCY FARM

• THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

  $70,000

  2024 · CHELSEA PROJECT

• AIKEN LAND CONSERVANCY

  $29,753

  2024 · KORN TRACT

• NEMOURS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · ACE BASIN TASK FORCE

• PEE DEE LAND TRUST

  $5,400

  2024 · RIVER PLACE FARM

• BARRIER ISLANDS LITTLE LEAGUE INC

  — no cash amount reported

  2024

• CHARLESTON COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION

  — no cash amount reported

  2024

• RED TOP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

  — no cash amount reported

  2024

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC

  $78,364

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT

• COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC

  $74,950

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT

• THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION

  $60,000

  2022 · ANNUAL SUPPORT

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $51,000

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2024 · SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $30,000

  2023 · SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

• BOSTON FOUNDATION INC

  $25,000

  2022 · Operating Support/Annual Fund

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $21,050

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $19,525

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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