2025-11-13T13:30:26-05:00 2024-12-31 830772076 LG&H 12 STILLWATER AVE STE 5 BANGOR ME 04401 990 2024-01-01 222655830 BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST BLUE 2073745118 PO BOX 222 BLUE HILL ME 04614 RUTH RYAN TREASURER 2073745118 2025-11-07 false SHAWN L CHAREST CPA P01758513 2079904585 2025-11-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SARAH KING 44 WOODS POINT RD BLUE HILL ME 04614 5641516 false X WWW.BLUEHILLHERITAGETRUST.ORG X 1985 ME TO LEAD IN CONSERVING LAND, WATER, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT ON THE GREATER BLUE HILL PENINSULA; TO TEACH AND PRACTICE A STEWARDSHIP ETHIC; AND, TO PROMOTE ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. 12 12 13 114 26225 24342 2419864 1198351 0 179279 842285 50926 50365 2650069 2091001 0 0 612884 721776 0 137391 571587 610597 1184471 1332373 1465598 758628 17598403 18118623 60254 37377 17538149 18081246 TO LEAD IN CONSERVING LAND, WATER, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT ON THE GREATER BLUE HILL PENINSULA; TO TEACH AND PRACTICE A STEWARDSHIP ETHIC; AND, TO PROMOTE ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. false false 846036 THE ORGANIZATION WORKED TO 1) PROTECT VALUABLE CONSERVATION LAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HUMAN AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE REGION 2) MONITORED ITS 75 EASEMENT PROPERTIES (3,845 ACRES) AND MAINTAINED RELATIONSHIPS WITH CURRENT OWNERS 3) MANAGED THE 8,655 ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND OWNED BY THE TRUST, FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CONSERVATION VALUE 4) MAINTAINED PUBLIC ACCESS ON 27 MILES OF TRAILS AND MULTIPLE SHORELINE ACCESS POINTS 5) SERVED ITS COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING FREE AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. 846036 true true false false false false true false true true true false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true true false false true 24 0 false 13 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X X GEORGE FIELDS 2073745118 PO BOX 222 BLUE HILL ME 04614 MARCIA MCKEAGUE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NORMAN ALT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PETER CLAPP DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RANDY CURTIS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE HURVITT SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SARAH KING CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 BROOKE PARISH VICE CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRENDON REAY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 HANS CARLSON FORMER ED 40.00 X 124187 0 2700 RUTH RYAN TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SHEAHAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MATT MURPHY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SOREN DELINGER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGE FIELDS EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 99077 0 2160 223264 4860 1 false false false 25156 1173195 83242 1198351 170299 170299 43940 43940 43940 26225 17715 4209333 3532847 4500 676486 -4500 671986 -4500 676486 6755 13168 -6413 -6413 FEES FOR SERVICES 12262 12262 MISC 576 576 12838 2091001 -10913 26225 877338 X 228124 73786 120119 34219 433166 394514 38652 5669 5241 428 2400 1704 432 264 52417 37216 9440 5761 13479 10364 3115 16354 16354 21240 21240 222496 173681 10015 38800 28902 2587 20690 5625 42649 38324 2686 1639 4430 3094 796 540 36566 31720 4202 644 19260 12755 6095 410 3 SISTERS LANGUAGE PROJ. 93164 93164 OUTREACH 25277 19357 5920 TRAINING 20893 11489 9100 304 STEWARDSHIP 17661 16102 1559 48226 14102 24019 10105 1332373 846036 348946 137391 110747 130484 651066 732692 394419 411080 5400 600 3925 9800 11889067 134066 11246351 11755001 4851495 4743966 335000 335000 17598403 18118623 40802 28839 19452 8538 60254 37377 X 9508282 9808656 8029867 8272590 17538149 18081246 17598403 18118623 758628 -222031 6500 X false true X true false X 2171058 1720643 922637 2419864 1198351 8432553 2171058 1720643 922637 2419864 1198351 8432553 829250 7603303 54495 87191 124067 136451 188014 590218 1333 23000 24720 25461 26225 100739 1243 13317 12838 27398 9150908 49515 0.83090 0.83690 X PART II, LINE 10 MISCELLANEOUS 27,398 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 75 3844.67 1 true 350.00 8000 false false 170075 4250 20025 745 193605 138665 31410 19506 19506 170075 133665 5000 1836 1836 138665 124500 9165 8619 8619 133665 1571303 61950 7379 1516132 124500 1.00000 false false 11163334 11163334 513067 69546 443521 12817 1622 11195 181452 60313 121139 18397 2585 15812 11755001 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 5 IT IS THE POLICY OF BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST (BHHT) TO UPHOLD THE TERMS OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IT HOLDS BY 1. TAKING ACTIONS TO PREVENT VIOLATIONS OF EASEMENT TERMS, AND 2. ENFORCING THE EASEMENT TERMS PROMPTLY AND DILIGENTLY WITH APPROPRIATE ACTIONS WHEN ANY VIOLATION OCCURS. BHHT WILL MAKE A PROMPT AND DILIGENT INVESTIGATION OF THE FACTS SURROUNDING ANY POTENTIAL VIOLATION AND WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER A VIOLATION HAS OCCURRED. IN THE CASE OF AN ACTUAL VIOLATION, BHHT WILL DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATION, INCLUDING THE EXTENT OF IMPACT ON THE CONSERVATION VALUES THAT THE EASEMENT IS INTENDED TO PROTECT, AND WILL TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO RESOLVE THE VIOLATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. RESPONSES MAY RANGE FROM VOLUNTARY REPARATION BY THE LANDOWNER TO AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN A COURT OF LAW. ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH BHHTS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY AND WILL AVOID ANY PRIVATE INUREMENT OR IMPERMISSIBLE PRIVATE BENEFIT. THE EASEMENT ENFORCEMENT POLICIES ARE REFLECTED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S EASEMENT DOCUMENTS. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 ORGANIZATION DOES NOT RECORD CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON ITS BALANCE SHEET AND DONATIONS OF EASEMENTS ARE NOT REFLECTED AS INCOME. MONITORING AND STEWARDSHIP EXPENSES ARE EXPENSED AS INCURRED. TEXT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOOTNOTE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WHETHER PURCHASED OR DONATED, ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE NO ECONOMIC VALUE, AND ARE RECORDED AT COST OF FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THE TIME OF DONATION, LESS A 100% ALLOWANCE FOR IMPAIRMENT. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS SERVE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS, WITH PORTIONS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO OPERATIONS AND INTERNSHIPS. NOTE: THE ORGANIZATION RESOLVED IN 2020 TO USE THE TERM "ENDOWMENT" TO MEAN AN INSTITUTIONAL FUND OR PART THEREOF THAT, UNDER THE TERMS OF A GIFT INSTRUMENT, IS NOT WHOLLY EXPENDABLE BY THE INSTITUTION ON A CURRENT BASIS. ACCORDINGLY, FUNDS TOTALING 1,508,753 THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CLASSIFIED AS ENDOWMENT FUNDS WERE RECLASSIFIED TO INVESTMENTS. SCHEDULE D, PART V, ENDOWMENT FUNDS, LINE 1E FOR 2020 INCLUDES THESE RECLASSIFIED FUNDS. X 2 15742 MEAN VALUE X 1 67500 APPPRAISAL/BARGAIN SALE 1 false true false FORM 990 AS NOTED ON SCHEDULE D, THE ORGANIZATION RESOLVED IN 2020 TO USE THE TERM "ENDOWMENT" TO MEAN AN INSTITUTIONAL FUND OR PART THEREOF THAT, UNDER THE TERMS OF A GIFT INSTRUMENT, IS NOT WHOLLY EXPENDABLE BY THE INSTITUTION ON A CURRENT BASIS AND TO NOT INCLUDE ANY FUNDS BOARD DESIGNATED FOR ENDOWMENT. . ACCORDINGLY, FUNDS TOTALING 1,508,753 THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CLASSIFIED AS ENDOWMENT FUNDS WERE RECLASSIFIED TO INVESTMENTS AS BOARD DESIGNATED AND NOT ENDOWMENT. SCHEDULE D, PART V, ENDOWMENT FUNDS, LINE 1E FOR 2020 INCLUDES THESE RECLASSIFIED FUNDS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THEN IT IS CIRCULATED TO THE WHOLE BOARD FOR REVIEW. SUBSEQUENT TO REVIEW BY THE WHOLE BOARD, THE 990 IS FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ALL TRANSACTIONS ARE REVIEWED BY STAFF AND THE BOARD FOR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AS PART OF THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS, PURSUANT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS USES THE MOST RECENT SALARY SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL LAND TRUST ALLIANCE AND THE STATE-LEVEL MAINE ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFITS, AS WELL AS DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, TO GUIDE ITS COMPENSATION DECISIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES (INCLUDING ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY), ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND IRS FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT ITS OFFICE AT 157 HINCKLEY RIDGE ROAD, BLUE HILL, MAINE. THE FOLLOWING ARE CURRENTLY ALSO AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE: MISSION, STATEMENT OF VALUES, BYLAWS, BOARD AND STAFF INFORMATION AND RECENT IRS FORMS 990. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTED LABOR 173,681 10,015 38,800 PENINSULA CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES PO BOX 164 BLUE HILL ME 04614 854111815 LESSORS ME N/A C CORP 93476 310423 1.00000 true true false false false false true false false false true false false false false true false true false false PENINSULA CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES A 26225 CASH RECEIVED PENNISULA CONSERVATION ENTERPRISES F 35000 CASH RECEIVED