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NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC

EIN 06-6098244 NEW CANAAN, CT

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Revenue 2024
$844,438
Expenses 2024
$489,332

Program services were 75.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
58 PINE STREET

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

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE NEW CANAAN LAND TRUST IS TO FOSTER A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY AND ITS NATURAL RESOURCES THROUGH THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE STEWARDSHIP OF OUR OPEN SPACE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE NEW CANAAN LAND TRUST CONSERVES AND PROVIDES STEWARDSHIP OF UNDEVELOPED LAND FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT, OPEN SPACE, AND TO PRESERVE THE TRADITIONAL CHARACTER OF NEW CANAAN. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OFFER OUTINGS AND EVENTS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF ITS PROTECTED LAND.

  • OPEN SPACE PROTECTION PROGRAM: WORKS TO PERMANENTLY CONSERVES LAND AND WATER RESOURCES IN NEW CANAAN TO PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT AND OPEN SPACE. MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS LAND PROTECTION OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN 2020-2040 STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN INCLUDING ENGAGING NEW LANDOWNERS IN POTENTIAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS.LAND STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM: WORKS TO PROTECT AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, ENHANCE THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF THE FEE PROPERTIES AND EASEMENTS IN OUR PORTFOLIO. ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRAILS, MANAGING INVASIVE SPECIES, RESTORING HISTORIC STONE WALLS, AND ADDRESSING ENCROACHMENT ISSUES.COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM: WORKS TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH OUR MISSION THROUGH OUTINGS AND EVENTS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE WORKING WITH STEWARDSHIP INTERNS, HOSTING VOLUNTEER DAYS, AND OFFERING A DIVERSE SET OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $366,945 · Grants $8,400

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.

  • Robin Fryer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Cristen Cottrell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Nancy Bemis

    SECRETARY THRU 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Elizabeth Sanford

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Newell Cotton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Susan Bergen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Cronin

    DIRECTOR THRU 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Fusek

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ainsley Hayes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Hering

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eads Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Kelly

    DIRECTOR THRU 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ali Luddy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Reynolds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michelle Riley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Robey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christopher Schipper

    DIRECTOR THRU 11/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Toddy Turrentine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Winter

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THRU JUNE 2025

    Total calculated
    $90,528
    From this org
    $90,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robin Bates-Mason

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS OF JUNE 2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $844,438
    Expenses
    $489,332
    Contributions
    $773,747
    Grants paid
    $8,400
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,036,879
    Expenses
    $437,534
    Contributions
    $1,019,593
    Grants paid
    $9,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $414,239
    Expenses
    $301,738
    Contributions
    $420,544
    Grants paid
    $6,000

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
    $351,134
    Expenses
    $261,702
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,594,976
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $339,620
    Expenses
    $241,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,523,935
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $353,576
    Expenses
    $239,930
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,343,588
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $468,119
    Expenses
    $230,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,209,439
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $850,917
    Expenses
    $229,122
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,979,940
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $850,917
    Expenses
    $229,122
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,979,940
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,393,853
    Expenses
    $1,207,743
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,443,633
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,483,843
    Expenses
    $128,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,323,515
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $122,023
    Expenses
    $152,479
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,234,196
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $743,468
    Expenses
    $75,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,261,088

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period
1 June 2013 to 31 May 2014
Principal officer
Chris Schipper
Mailing address
PO Box 425New Canaan CT 06840

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.