SOMERSET WOODS TRUSTEES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C34Z

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 833

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• LAND ACQUISITION: In 2024, Somerset Woods Trustees completed three conservation acquisitions, resulting in the permanent preservation of high-value plant and wildlife habitat, water access, and recreational opportunities. Project highlights include the Carrabassett Islands/McLean Woods acquisitions, conserving one of the most biodiverse river segments on the Carrabassett River in Embden and Anson, home to at least 4 Rare, Threatened and Special Concern species; and Larone Woods featuring unmanaged forest and recreational trails along Martin Stream, a brook trout and salmon waterway. Combined, these projects protect more than 2 miles of shoreline and the first publicly accessible conservation land in Anson.

  Expenses $276,377

• LAND STEWARDSHIP: In 2024, Somerset Woods partnered with Pierce Pond Watershed Trust to increase our respective stewardship capacity with the addition of a full-time staff position. This new position implemented a trail rehabilitation project at Wesserunsett Stream Preserve, improving the sustainability and accessibility of more than 2 miles of walking trails, and enhanced public use infrastructure at Parsons Family Preserve to facilitate increased visitation and engagement in the long-term habitat restoration project underway on this in-town property. Invasive plant surveys were completed on three parcels, resulting in comprehensive management plans for the long-term protection of native biodiversity and enhanced forest health. A new non-motorized trail network was established at our flagship property, Parkman Hill Farm.

  Expenses $103,114 · Revenue $11,646

• EDUCATION & OUTREACH: Somerset Woods engaged with community members through monthly programs, educational events, and an e-newsletter all designed to raise awareness of and appreciation for the natural world. More than 100 local K-12 students participated in volunteer sessions and educational programs facilitated by land trust staff and volunteers. In partnership with Skowhegan Area High School, Somerset Woods hosted two Horticultural Apprentices high school students who learned native plant cultivation skills while supporting our habitat restoration activities at Parsons Family Preserve. At the end of the year-long apprenticeship, the students earned a microcredential for their high school transcripts.

  Expenses $12,843

• SOMERSET WOODS SHARE: Piloted in 2024, this program provides emergency heating assistance to community members in need. We function much like a food pantry - but with firewood rather than food. In this pilot year, staff and volunteers sourced 10 cords of firewood from our stewardship activity on our conserved lands. Staff harvested or salvaged the trees, and volunteers took the lead in firewood processing and distribution. A wood splitter was acquired in September to lessen our reliance upon volunteers in-kind equipment and increase our wood-processing capacity.

  Expenses $3,217

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,111,339

  Expenses

  $446,400

  Contributions

  $2,152,564

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $726,221

  Expenses

  $152,006

  Contributions

  $700,749

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $61,961

  Expenses

  $61,126

  Contributions

  $55,257

  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

  $104,245

  Expenses

  $63,581

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,510,398

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $131,228

  Expenses

  $30,316

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,433,850

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $463,761

  Expenses

  $33,337

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,302,440

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $162,303

  Expenses

  $60,099

  Assets (EOY)

  $845,369

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $49,844

  Expenses

  $28,531

  Assets (EOY)

  $750,577

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $66,970

  Expenses

  $31,065

  Assets (EOY)

  $715,272

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,663

  Expenses

  $26,160

  Assets (EOY)

  $671,135

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $43,703

  Expenses

  $19,064

  Assets (EOY)

  $675,467

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $41,125

  Expenses

  $10,044

  Assets (EOY)

  $650,828

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $22,660

  Assets (EOY)

  $617,501

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC

  $100,000

  2024 · APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION

• MAINE MOUNTAIN COLLABORATIVE

  $60,000

  2024 · Grant from EJK Pool Grant to Somerset Woods Trustees for Whitten Woods Project

• MAINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $50,000

  2023 · Land Resources Conservation

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $39,000

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• DAVIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

  $8,000

  2024 · Parkman Hill Farm

• SOUTHERN MAINE CONSERVATION COLLABORATIVE

  $5,000

  2025 · To strengthen land trusts throughout Maine with resources necessary to grow and succeed

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