SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST INC (EIN 82-6092501)
Tax period: 2021-03-01 to 2022-02-28
Filed: 2022-12-20
IRS object ID: 202233549349301318
Schema version: 2021v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-12-20T11:26:22-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-02-28	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390758449	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WIPFLI LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 EAST FRONT STREET 301	AddressLine1Txt
City	MISSOULA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MT	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	59802	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-03-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	826092501	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SAGE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2082406045	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	109 N ARTHUR AVE SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	POCATELLO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ID	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	83204	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	SHAWNA ENGEN	PersonNm
Person Title	TREASURER	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2082406045	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-12-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	SHAWNA	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	ENGEN	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SAM BRUNSON CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01696998	PTIN
Phone	4067281800	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-12-12	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	SHAWNA ENGEN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	109 N ARTHUR AVE SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	POCATELLO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ID	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	83204	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,429,940	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.SAGEBRUSHLANDTRUST.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	ID	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE TITLE LANDS	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	6	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	65	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$700,123	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$918,660	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$58,657	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$48,444	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$72,560	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$66,209	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$13,365	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$17,436	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$844,705	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,050,749	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$108,828	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$238,236	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$21,105	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$60,732	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$416,125	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$346,873	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$546,058	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$585,109	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$298,647	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$465,640	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$6,304,289	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$6,623,929	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$853,736	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$732,544	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,450,553	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$5,891,385	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT, CONNECT, AND ENHANCE WILDLIFE HABITAT, WORKING LANDS, AND COMMUNITY SPACES IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO, NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	Yes (1)	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$398,083	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$48,444	RevenueAmt
Desc	ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND FEE TITLE LANDS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$398,083	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (1)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	10	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	6	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	JENNIFER SANDERS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2082325471	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	109 N ARTHUR AVE SUITE 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	POCATELLO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ID	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	83402	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MARK GAMBLIN
PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER CORNELL
VICE PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GREG MCREYNOLDS
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SHAWNA ENGEN
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NANCY ARMSTRONG
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVE PACIORETTY
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TERRELL BLANCHARD
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER ELLIS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KARLA DREWSEN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATT LUCIA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	50.00		Yes (X)	$65,965	$0	$1,979

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$65,965	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$1,979	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$129,557	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$789,103	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$99,376	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$918,660	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
FEE FOR SERVICE	110000	$48,358	$48,358
OTHER REVENUE	909999	$86	$86

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$48,444	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$54,490	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$54,490	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,710	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,710	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,710	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,710	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$387,058	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$375,339	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$11,719	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$11,719	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$11,719	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$13,255	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$3,852	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$9,403	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$9,403	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$6,323	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,323	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$6,323	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,050,749	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$48,444	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$83,645	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$68,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,001	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,269	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,025	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$144,600	TotalAmt
Program Services	$59,286	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,502	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$31,812	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,071	TotalAmt
Program Services	$849	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$766	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$456	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,946	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,028	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,830	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,088	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,324	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,513	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,780	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,031	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,079	TotalAmt
Program Services	$907	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$86	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$86	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,450	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$996	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$996	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,266	TotalAmt
Management And General	$21,266	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,005	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,405	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$800	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$800	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,427	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,324	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,709	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,394	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,900	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,009	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,813	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,078	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$36	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$175	TotalAmt
Management And General	$175	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,023	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$97	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$97	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,842	TotalAmt
Program Services	$682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,160	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
SPECIAL PROJECTS	$224,681	$224,681
EASEMENT STEWARDSHIP	$18,155	$18,155
LAND PROTECTION	$17,900	$17,900
OTHER OPERATING	$6,013		$6,013

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,691	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,826	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,833	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$585,109	TotalAmt
Program Services	$398,083	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$126,294	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,732	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$570,477	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,091,441	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,135	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,068	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$15,888	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,639	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,598	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$3,332,497	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$8,823	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,324,890	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,323,674	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,384,148	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,143,260	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,304,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,623,929	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,581	BOYAmt
EOY	$259,123	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$214,377	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$795,155	BOYAmt
EOY	$259,044	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$853,736	BOYAmt
EOY	$732,544	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$116,912	BOYAmt
EOY	-$29,223	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,333,641	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,920,608	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,450,553	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,891,385	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,304,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,623,929	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$465,640	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$24,808	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$438,645	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,099,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$794,871	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$700,123	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$918,660	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,952,009	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$438,645	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,099,710	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$794,871	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$700,123	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$918,660	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,952,009	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$761,080	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$5,190,929	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$27,863	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$51,999	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	-$376,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$45,389	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$56,200	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	-$195,192	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$11,275	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,726	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,001	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$65,343	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,997	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$378,094	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$446,434	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,230,252	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$107,101	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.83320	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.81970	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preservation Public Use	Yes (X)	PreservationPublicUseInd
Protection Natural Habitat	Yes (X)	ProtectionNaturalHabitatInd
Preservation Open Space	Yes (X)	PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Total Easements	26	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	5289.93	TotalAcreageCnt
Historic Structure Easements	0	HistoricStructureEasementsCnt
Modified Easements	0	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	923.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$26,152	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,135	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$22,927	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$41,068	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$18,132	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$18,135	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,321,599	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$3,321,599	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,898	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$8,823	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,075	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$3,323,674	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MITIGATION FUNDS IN TRUST	Desc
Amt	$259,044	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$259,044	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,004,468	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$24,808	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$24,808	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,029,276	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$21,266	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$207	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$21,473	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,050,749	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$563,636	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$563,636	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$21,266	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included	$207	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$21,473	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$585,109	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART II, LINE 5:	SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST HAS A WRITTEN POLICY REGARDING MONITORING, INSPECTION, AND VIOLATION OF EASEMENT PROPERTIES. THIS WRITTEN POLICY IS LOCATED IN THE SSLT OFFICE.
PART II, LINE 9:	SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST (SSLT) ACQUIRES EASEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON PROPERTY FROM INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. WITHIN THE CONSERVANCY MOVEMENT, A DIVERGENCE OF PRACTICES EXISTS AS TO THE VALUE AT WHICH EASEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ARE APPROPRIATELY RECORDED. SSLT HAS ADOPTED THE POLICY OF NOT CAPITALIZING AS ASSETS THE ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS AND ALSO DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THEM AS PROGRAM INCOME AND EXPENDITURES IN THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES. THE TYPICAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROVIDES THE LAND TRUST WITH NO AFFIRMATIVE RIGHTS EXCEPT TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE THE EASEMENT. DONATED EASEMENTS WILL BE DISCLOSED IN THE FOOTNOTES OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
PART V, LINE 4:	THE SSLT BOARD-DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT IS NOT SUBJECT TO AN ANNUAL SPENDING RATE LIMIT. ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT INTEND TO SPEND FROM THIS BOARD-DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT (OTHER THAN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR GENERAL EXPENDITURE AS PART OF OUR BOARD'S ANNUAL BUDGET APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION), THESE AMOUNTS COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IF NECESSARY.
PART X, LINE 2:	SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO BE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C)(3). ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN MADE IN THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990, RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX, ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	INTEREST EXPENSE 175. FOREIGN TAX PAID 32.
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	INTEREST EXPENSE 175. FOREIGN TAX PAID 32.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$99,376	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FAIR MARKET VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, COLUMN (B):	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS IS REPORTED IN PART I.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2	SAGEBRUSH STEPPE LAND TRUST (SSLT) LAUNCHED A NEW COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. THE COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITIES SSLT SERVES (BANNOCK, BEAR LAKE, BINGHAM, CARIBOU, FRANKLIN, ONEIDA, AND POWER COUNTIES). AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF POCATELLO TO IMPLEMENT THE PORTNEUF RIVER VISION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR OF SSLT PRIOR TO SUBMISSION AND FILING OF THE 990 TO THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	SSLT DEFINES WHAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSTITUTES AND REGULARLY MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY BY ASKING EACH MEMBER TO DISCLOSE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ANY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTICULAR ENTITIES THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR ITS EMPLOYEES, SSLT RESEARCHES THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE OBJECTIVE SALARY AND BENEFITS SURVEY FOR BOTH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRENDS AND NORMS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
PART XII, LINE 2C	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE REVIEWED OR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.