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STOWE LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
STOWE LAND TRUST (EIN 03-0307155)
Tax period
2018-10-01 to 2019-09-30
Filed
2020-04-08
IRS object ID
202000999349301420
Schema version
2018v3.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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DescSummer Naturalist 2019 brought a successful seventh year for SLTs Summer Naturalist Program. This year, SLTs VHCB AmeriCorps member provided programming to 712 youth and adult participants. Our Summer Naturalist also reached 138 people through outreach efforts at local events and engaged 130 volunteers in trail work and invasive species management projects. This year we designed and planted a pollinator garden at the main office, created an informational display on our front porch, and engaged with new local partners, like the Clarina Howard Nichols Center, for our outdoor education programs. Invasive Japanese Barberry Removal Stowe Land Trust continued our long running partnership with the Town of Stowe to further invasive plant removal efforts at Cady Hill Forest. A $2000 grant from Patagonia was used to help cover the cost of hiring the professional crew from the Intervale Conservation Nursery to pull plants on site, and SLT staff time to coordinate. Mill Trail Property Improvements This fall, SLT installed an interpretive sign at the Mill Trail explaining the rich land use history of the property. Funds from a 2017 grant from Helen and Bowie Duncan for improvements to the Mill Trail were used to cover the cost. The remaining grant money will be used in FY20 for additional improvements at the property.Kirchner Woods Brochure UpdateThe Kirchner Woods brochure and map got an update this year thanks to a grant from Spruce Peak Realty which covered set up and printing costs for the new design. This update now creates a matched set of brochures at the Mill Trail, Wiessner Woods, and Kirchner Woods. Land Protection Projects Stowe Land Trust successfully conserved Brownsville-Story Ridge Forest in 2019. This huge land protection project conserved 750 acres of undeveloped forest in Stowe, involved many SLT partners, and engaged a wide base of support in the community with over 800 donations received for the project. The Shutesville Hill Wildlife Corridor Partnership successfully raised funds to create a Catalyst Fund to cover acquisition and project costs associated with helping interested owners of high-priority parcels within the corridor protect their land. This fund facilitated the permanent conservation of three parcels and more than 350 acres in the corridor over the course of the year. The Hunger Mountain Headwaters project is nearly complete and scheduled to close by the end of 2019.Desc
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (23 entries)

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Beth Bradford
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Brian Mullin
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Anna Black
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Meg Kauffman
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Kristen Sharpless
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Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

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Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$587,302BOYAmt
EOY$1,283,660EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,171,540BOYAmt
EOY$2,171,540EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,660,744BOYAmt
EOY$4,586,940EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$3,685,474BOYAmt
EOY$4,621,132EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$912,725ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$13,471NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or ReviewfalseAccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (true)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (true)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit RequiredfalseFederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$338,299CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$487,601CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$511,953CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$588,036CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,705,201CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$8,631,090TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$338,299CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$487,601CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$511,953CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$588,036CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$6,705,201CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$8,631,090TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$0SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$8,631,090PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$31,282CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$35,251CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$28,807CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$44,552CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$133,747CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$273,639TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$12,473CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$10,190CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$13,475CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$12,883CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$13,392CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$62,413TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$8,967,142TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.96250PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.91290PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preservation Public UseYes (X)PreservationPublicUseInd
Protection Natural HabitatYes (X)ProtectionNaturalHabitatInd
Preservation Open SpaceYes (X)PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Total Easements33TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage40TotalAcreageCnt
States Easements Held1StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy MonitoringYes (true)WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement38StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement$19,918ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr StsfdfalseSection170hRqrStsfdInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$620,353BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$83,826ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$17,624InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$721,803EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$553,676BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$57,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$9,677InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$620,353EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$444,250BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$74,521ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$34,905InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$553,676EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$345,852BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$71,459ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$26,939InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$444,250EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$628,009BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$111,615ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$27,609InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance$712,015EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.87440BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.06440PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.06120TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related OrgfalseEndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch RfalseRelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,125,040OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$2,125,040BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$85,733OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,564DepreciationAmt
Book Value$75,169BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,049OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$888DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,161BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$25,037OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$5,918DepreciationAmt
Book Value$19,119BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,220,489TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Credit card payable$3,189
Payroll liabilities$3,873
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$7,062TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$6,903,953TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$13,471NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported$13,471RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$6,890,482RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included-$4,888OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt-$4,888RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$6,885,594TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$5,977,757TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included$4,888OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$4,888ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$5,972,869ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$5,972,869TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Part II, Line 5: Summarized PolicyMonitoring is the regular and systematic gathering of information about a conserved property to detect changes and to ensure the property is being used in accordance with the legal restrictions placed on it. SLT monitors land that it owns in fee as well as those on which it holds legal rights through a conservation easement or other legal covenant. All SLT conserved properties are monitored at least once annually in person on the ground.Stowe Land Trust is responsible for enforcing all of its conservation easements through identification and rectification of violations. Regular communication with landowners and diligent annual monitoring can result in minimizing violations and help to resolve enforcement issues in a timely manner.
Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements.The Stowe Land Trust acquires easements and development rights on property through purchase and donation. Within the conservancy movement, a divergence of practice exists as to the values at which easements and development rights are appropriately recorded. The smaller, locally based conservancy organizations tend toward not capitalizing such acquisitions. The Stowe Land Trust has adopted this policy of not capitalizing as assets the acquisition of easements and development rights, but rather discloses them in the footnotes to the financial statements.
Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.The endowment funds are held for long-term growth with the intent to generate on-going income or reserves. The goals of the investment policy are to have sufficient cash resources to meet current spending needs and maintain a positive return on assets held for longer term goals.
Part X : FIN48 FootnoteThe Land Trust is a not-for-profit organization that is exempt from income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and classified by the Internal Revenue Service as other than a private foundation. The Land Trust is subject to a tax on income from any unrelated business income.The Land Trust has analyzed tax positions taken on its tax returns and believes that all tax positions will be sustained upon examination and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material adverse affect on the Land Trust's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Accordingly, the Land Trust has not recorded any reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties for uncertain income tax positions at September 30, 2019.
Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/SCost of inventory sold $1655 Direct event expenses $3233

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Agrmt Prof Fundraising ActyfalseAgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1Golf FundraiserEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$38,981GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$2,825CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$36,156GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$3,231OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$38,981GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$2,825CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$36,156GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$3,231OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$3,231DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$32,925NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution5ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$28,494NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesMarket quoteMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (true)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedYes (true)ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart I, Line 32, Hire and Use of Third PartiesFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThe organization maintain a brokerage account at Vanguard for the acceptance of donations of stock and other securities, which are sold promptly upon receipt.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or ShareholderAny person, family or business organization shall be entitled to membership in the corporation upon the payment of annual dues. There shall be, at a minimum, three classes of membership: (I) Individual; (II) Family, which shall consist of individuals who are related by blood or marriage and who are living in the same household and at the time of payment of dues are identified in writing to the corporation as being members of a contributor's family; (III) Business, which shall consist of a business entity, whether a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or other entity organized for either a profit or a non-profit purpose. The corporation shall keep a record of the names and addresses of all the member of the corporation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessForm 990 is reviewed by executive director and all board members prior to filing with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsTo ensure that the SLT operates in a manner consistent with its charitable purposes and that it does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its status as an organization exempt from federal income tax, periodic reviews of compliance with this policy and disclosure requirements shall be reviewed by the executive committee and approved by the board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementThe Stowe Land Trust's process for determining compensation for the executive director includes a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesStowe Land Trust's process for determining compensation for key employees includes a review and approval by independent persons and comparability data.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableThe Stowe Land Trust makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.