Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

ATHENS LAND TRUST INC

EIN 58-2154133 ATHENS, GA

Revenue 2024
$4,636,037
Expenses 2024
$3,721,300

Program services were 92.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C340
Classification
1200
Street
685 N POPE ST

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 ATHENS LAND TRUST (ALT) IS BOTH A CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, PROTECTING AND STEWARDING LAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES. ALT PROVIDES EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS, YOUTH THROUGH PAID JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS THROUGH ADVISORY BOARD TRAININGS. ALT SUPPORTS NEW AND BEGINNING FARMERS THROUGH INCUBATION, WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND ACCESS TO FARMLAND.

  • AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM: ATHENS LAND TRUST PROVIDES QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO LOW-TO-MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS OF ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY, GEORGIA BY CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING HOMES. THE PROGRAM PRODUCES ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES THAT REMAIN AFFORDABLE BY THE USE OF GROUND LEASES AGREEMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL. ALT ALSO OFFERS THE YOUNG URBAN BUILDERS (YUB) PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES JOB SKILLS TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTERED AROUND RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION TO YOUTH IN ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, ATHENS LAND TRUST IS A HUD APPROVED HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCY AND PROVIDES BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EDUCATION SERVICES TO CLARKE, OCONEE, BARROW, JACKSON, ELBERT, MADISON, OGLETHORPE, WALTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.

    Expenses $1,623,535

  • OTHER COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM STRIVES TO SUPPORT HEALTHY, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES BY PROTECTING FARMLAND AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES, DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM, STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, AND BUILDING KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL FOOD ISSUES AND THE BENEFITS OF EATING FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE. ALT ALSO OFFERS THE YOUNG URBAN FARMERS (YUF) PROGRAM AND YOUNG CONSERVATION STEWARDS (YCS) PROGRAM THAT PROVIDE JOB SKILLS TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTERED AROUND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES TO YOUTH IN ATHENS-CLARKE COUNTY. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS - ATHENS LAND TRUST PERMANENTLY PROTECTS GREENSPACE BY ACCEPTING, MONITORING, AND ENFORCING PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT PROTECT THE LAND'S CONSERVATION VALUES.

    Expenses $1,804,237

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.

  • CHARLEY HILL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NANCY STANGLE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • SARAH YATES SUTHERLAND

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • JEFF BISHOP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHAKEETA DANIEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DURELL SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIE THOMAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VANNA CURE

    INTERIM EXEC

    Total calculated
    $55,944
    From this org
    $55,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KIRRENA GALLAGHER

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GAIL COWIE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONY GRAJIRENA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDREW SALINAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEMETRIUS JORDAN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $2,781
    From this org
    $2,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • HEATHER BENHAM

    FORMER EXECU

    Total calculated
    $110,840
    From this org
    $110,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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
    $4,636,037
    Expenses
    $3,721,300
    Contributions
    $2,996,670
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,960,012
    Expenses
    $2,516,954
    Contributions
    $2,169,883
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,698,765
    Expenses
    $2,499,944
    Contributions
    $2,097,079
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,698,765
    Expenses
    $2,499,944
    Contributions
    $2,097,079
    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
    $3,608,954
    Expenses
    $2,863,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,139,569

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,969,281
    Expenses
    $2,598,786
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,619,413

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,711,474
    Expenses
    $2,307,876
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,885,656

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,682,458
    Expenses
    $2,749,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,450,009

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,312,755
    Expenses
    $1,767,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,529,376

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,349,287
    Expenses
    $1,225,763
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,842,730

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,481,588
    Expenses
    $1,444,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,620,769

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,093,859
    Expenses
    $960,880
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,307,964

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,029,432
    Expenses
    $1,646,767
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,943,324

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $900,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,271,147

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.