NATURAL LANDS TRUST INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C340

Classification

1200

Street

1031 PALMERS MILL RD

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• MONTGOMERY COUNTY LANDS TRUST

  EIN 23-2746506

Mission and programs · 2024

• Saving Open SpaceNatural Lands is unique among the region's conservation organizations because of our large network of nature preserves. We know these lands will be protected and cared for forever.Our network currently includes 40+ nature preserves and Stoneleigh:a natural garden, across two states and 13 counties, totaling more than 23,600 acres. Many times,the land we save remains in private ownership but we place it under a conservation easement, which is a legally binding agreement that permanently limits a property's use and binds all present and future owners of the land. We currently hold 494 conservation restrictions on more than 28,000 acres. We monitor these properties regularly to ensure the terms of the easements are being upheld. We also help other organizations and government entities acquire open space. We do this most often for state parks and forests, and townships. We also help our partners manage the land they own using smart, sustainable, tried-and-true practices. And we help townships raise money for open space, revise their zoning codes to help them retain open space during development, develop park master plans, and build trail systems.

  Expenses $12,017,170 · Grants $4,631,096 · Revenue $633,559

• Caring for NatureWe love saving land, but we think it's just the first step. In fact, our commitment to caring for nature is one of the reasons why Natural Lands owns so much land (and is always acquiring more): so we can actively enrich and restore our preserves, balancing the needs of nature and her visitors. Our land stewardship programs include: returning former farm fields to forests by planting thousands of trees; exploring and employing an array of techniques to control the spread of invasive plants on our preserves; improving water quality of the creeks that meander through our preserves by planting trees and shrubs along them; and re-establishing once plentiful habitats by transforming retired farm fields to grasslands, restoring man-made ponds to wetlands, and supporting growing woodlands by controlling invasive plants and deer.

  Expenses $5,486,606 · Revenue $875,827

• Connecting People to the Outdoors...and to Each OtherThe future of conservation requires that there be passionate nature-lovers to carry on our work. That's why we're committed to creating opportunities for joy and discovery in the outdoors for everyone. Our nature preserves and public garden are open for everyone to visit, and are always free. In addition to places for exploration, our preserves allow us to host myriad events every year catering to different people with different interests. We also encourage people to develop a deeper connection to Natural Lands and, by extension, our preserves through our Force of Nature volunteer program. Force of Nature volunteers learn valuable land management and conservation strategies, hone outreach and leadership skills, and meet great people. In addition, we are committed to ensuring equitable access to nature to urbanized communities in our region.

  Expenses $2,892,890 · Revenue $196,677

• Conservation Efforts

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

  $26,592,726

  Expenses

  $23,806,034

  Contributions

  $23,391,141

  Grants paid

  $4,631,096

• 2023

  Revenue

  $22,918,449

  Expenses

  $19,825,983

  Contributions

  $19,833,095

  Grants paid

  $1,467,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $25,509,870

  Expenses

  $19,787,667

  Contributions

  $15,949,292

  Grants paid

  $2,482,898

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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,941,811

  Expenses

  $15,461,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $298,203,577

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $28,456,023

  Expenses

  $13,866,682

  Assets (EOY)

  $314,826,479

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,114,941

  Expenses

  $13,578,057

  Assets (EOY)

  $288,000,033

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,738,979

  Expenses

  $20,282,387

  Assets (EOY)

  $289,670,001

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $28,694,286

  Expenses

  $14,325,445

  Assets (EOY)

  $299,321,880

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

• WESTTOWN TOWNSHIP

  $550,000

  2024 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• CHESTER HEIGHTS BOROUGH

  $500,000

  2024 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• PA DCNR

  $164,335

  2023 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• PECO Open Space

  $160,000

  2023 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• PECO Open Space

  $150,000

  2022 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• PA DCNR

  $82,729

  2022 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• Foundation of Pottstown Education

  $69,322

  2023 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• Foundation of Pottstown Education

  $65,000

  2022 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• Pocono Heritage Land Trust

  $58,335

  2023 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

• Delta Borough

  $50,000

  2024 · Provides monetary assistance to help support the operations of other conservation efforts.

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC

  $1,395,526

  2024 · DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED PROTECTION

• NATURAL LANDS TRUST U-DECL

  $1,340,434

  2024 · OPERATIONAL

• NATURAL LANDS TRUST U-DECL

  $1,327,749

  2022 · OPERATIONAL

• NATURAL LANDS TRUST U-DECL

  $1,325,116

  2023 · OPERATIONAL

• DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $1,050,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT , CAPITAL COST FOR PURCHASE OF CREBILLY FARMS TRACT

• NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

  $723,525

  2022 · DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $531,979

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC

  $316,428

  2022 · DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED AND APPALACHIAN LANDSCAPE PROTECTION

• GEORGIA FARM FOUNDATION

  $270,464

  2025 · FOR EXPENSES IN OPERATING GEORGIA FARM, A 340 ACRE SELF CONTAINED WATERSHED ON WHICH THE STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER CONDUCTS LONG TERM RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES BUDGETS AND RECEIVES REPORTS FROM NATURAL LANDS TRUST STAFF ON ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.

• GEORGIA FARM FOUNDATION

  $232,303

  2022 · FOR EXPENSES IN OPERATING GEORGIA FARM, A 340 ACRE SELF CONTAINED WATERSHED ON WHICH THE STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER CONDUCTS LONG-TERM RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES BUDGETS AND RECEIVES REPORTS FROM NATURAL LANDS TRUST STAFF ON ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.

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.

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