ST SIMONS LAND TRUST

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C34

Classification

1000

Street

1810 FREDERICA RD

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

• IN SEPTEMBER 2012, THE LAND TRUST ACQUIRED A 608-ACRE TRACT OF LAND ON THE NORTH-END OF ST. SIMONS ISLAND FEATURING MATURE MARITIME FOREST, SIX MILES OF MARSH SHORE LINE INCLUDING DEEP WATER FRONTAGE, AND UNIQUE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR NATIVE PLANTS, WILDLIFE, AND MIGRATORY BIRDS. CANNON'S POINT PRESERVE IS NOW A MODEL OF COASTAL ECOLOGY, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND A PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. IN 2016, THE LAND TRUST BEGAN WORKING ON INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO CANNON'S POINT, INCLUDING ADDED FEATURES FOR VISITORS SUCH AS RESTROOMS, AN EDUCATION PAVILION, AND A COASTAL ECOLOGY LAB. THE VISION OF THE LAND TRUST IS TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE LAND ON ST. SIMONS ISLAND THAT IS MOST VULNERABLE TO HIGH-DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND TO PRESERVE THAT LAND IN PERPETUITY.IN AUGUST 2015, THE TRUST REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THREE PARCELS OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 260 ACRES THAT WAS PART OF THE FORMER MUSGROVE PLANTATION (NOW KNOWN AS GUALE PRESERVE). THE PLAN INCLUDED PURCHASING THE PARCELS IN THREE PHASES OVER THREE YEARS WITH FUNDING COMING FROM A COMBINATION OF INDIVIDUAL DONORS, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS. ON MAY 17, 2016, THE TRUST COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF GUALE PRESERVE PHASE I, CONSISTING OF 58.4 ACRES. ON FEBRUARY 14, 2017, THE TRUST COMPLETED THE PURCHASE OF PHASE II CONSISTING OF 90.225 ACRES. PHASE III CLOSED IN 2018 CONSISTING OF 109.2 ACRES. GUALE PRESERVE IS NOW AN IMPORTANT PROTECTED PROPERTY THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND LOW-IMPACT RECREATIONAL USE INCLUDING HIKING, RUNNING, BIKING, BIRDING. THE PRESERVE INCLUDES A MILE-AND-A-HALF LOOP KNOWN AS POLLY'S TRAIL ON PHASE II AND A QUARTER-MILE HIKING PATH KNOWN AS JANET'S TRAIL ON PHASE I. PHASE I ALSO INCLUDES A FAMILY PICNIC AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING AND A BOAT RAMP THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR KAYAKERS, CANOEISTS, AND FISHERS USING MOTORIZED BOATS NO LONGER THAN 20 FEET IN LENGTH. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR LAUNCHING OF MOTORIZED BOATS. A THIRD HIKING TRAIL IS PLANNED FOR PHASE III.IN 2018, THE TRUST BEGAN AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE CANOPY CAMPAIGN, WHICH WAS ENVISIONED TO INCLUDE TWO TO FOUR PHASES. IT IS AN OVERARCHING STRATEGY TO PRESERVE ST. SIMONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE ACQUISITION AND CONSERVATION OF PROPERTIES WITH GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL VALUES AND THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO DEVELOPMENT.IN 2020, THE TRUST PURCHASED 3.059 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE ON KINGS WAY ON ST SIMONS ISLAND. THE TRUST ALSO SOLD A 20.85 ACRE PARCEL AT FREDERICA NORTH MARSH ON ST SIMONS ISLAND TO THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE.IN 2021, THE TRUST PURCHASED A 38.5 ACRE TRACT KNOW AS THE SINCLAIR TRACT. IN ADDITION, THE TRUST PURCHASED A THIRD OATLAND PROPERTY WITH 40.7 ACRES.IN 2023, THE TRUST OPENED A DOG FREINDLY NATURE TRAIL ON THE OATLAND PROPERTY PURCHASED IN 2021. THE TRUST PURCHASED A 10 ACRE TRACT KNOW AS THE GATEWAY PROPERTY WHICH HAD AN EXISTING PUBLIC WALKING TRIAL. THE ANCIENT DUNE TRAIL, THE THIRD HIKING TRAIL, ON THE GUALE PRESERVE PHASE III WAS COMPLETED.

  Expenses $699,041 · Revenue $454,730

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

  $2,225,389

  Expenses

  $1,216,102

  Contributions

  $1,702,074

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,059,550

  Expenses

  $1,160,402

  Contributions

  $7,703,262

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,152,294

  Expenses

  $1,138,539

  Contributions

  $3,074,775

  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

  $5,906,971

  Expenses

  $959,082

  Assets (EOY)

  $65,751,426

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,385,864

  Expenses

  $921,540

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,292,238

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,820,884

  Expenses

  $1,162,281

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,780,139

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,261,374

  Expenses

  $1,216,148

  Assets (EOY)

  $60,199,426

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,039,100

  Expenses

  $966,899

  Assets (EOY)

  $48,806,600

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,077,453

  Expenses

  $836,352

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,518,527

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,846,449

  Expenses

  $923,127

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,572,576

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,265,503

  Expenses

  $947,452

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,100,930

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,550,582

  Expenses

  $929,643

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,000,291

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,095,078

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,764,225

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

• COMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC

  $313,501

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC

  $77,001

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $75,500

  2022 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• COMMUNITIES OF COASTAL GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC

  $63,601

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $59,134

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $57,250

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $56,268

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $55,000

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $49,800

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $44,640

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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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