GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST (EIN 01-0424837)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-08-18
IRS object ID: 202112309349301651
Schema version: 2020v4.1
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	2021-08-18T15:40:50-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	010463013	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Purdy Powers & Company	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	130 Middle Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Portland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04101	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010424837	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Georges River Land Trust	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	GEOR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2075945166	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 North Main Street Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rockland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04841	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Bruce Sigsbee	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2075945166	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-08-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Bruce	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Sigsbee	PersonLastNm

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

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	David J Shorette CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00086553	PTIN
Phone	2077753496	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-08-02	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	0	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Bruce Sigsbee	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 North Main Street Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rockland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04841	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,205,782	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.georgesriver.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1987	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	ME	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The mission of Georges River Land Trust is to conserve the ecosystems and traditional heritage of the Georges River Watershed Region through permanent land protection, stewardship, education, and outdoor experiences.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	76	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$772,885	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,055,463	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$30,089	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$36,772	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$11,460	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$4,997	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$814,434	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,097,232	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	$317,963	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$266,014	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$67,788	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$198,850	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$545,823	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$516,813	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$811,837	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$297,621	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$285,395	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$6,218,456	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$6,107,453	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$32,916	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$26,388	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,185,540	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$6,081,065	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	The Georges River Land Trust's mission is to conserve the ecosystems and traditional heritage of the Georges River Watershed Region through permanent land protection, stewardship, education, and outdoor experiences.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$476,287	ExpenseAmt
Desc	The land protection program serves the membership of GRLT and participating landowners by working to protect high value conservation lands throughout the St George River Watershed. GRLT has a community-based approach to land protection, which is guided by strategic planning and operated in compliance with land trust alliance standards and practices. GRLT focuses its land conservation efforts in the highest value areas of the watershed as determined through a conservation planning process. The land protection program collaborates with the stewardship program on community and landowner outreach, stewardship budgets, baseline data for protected lands, easement amendments and landowner visits. GRLT participates in a variety of forums, including meetings with landowners and their advisors, partnerships with organizations and agencies, communications with the GRLT Board of Directors, Committee members and donors, and public speaking opportunities at regional and statewide venues.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$73,858	ExpenseAmt
Desc	The stewardship program is responsible for the management of fee-owned preserves and conservation easements. GRLT has a community-based approach to the land stewardship program, which is guided by strategic planning and operated in compliance with land trust alliance standards & practices. GRLT works to accomplish established goals and collaborates with the land protection program on cummunity and landowner outreach, baseline data for preserves, annual monitoring of easements and preserves, easement amendments and landowner visits.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$7,596	ExpenseAmt
Desc	GRLT uses education and outreach programs to engage local residents and families in outdoor exploration of special places in the watershed. In addition, GRLT hosted a series of walks and talks during the year, encouraging members and the general public to explore the St. George River Watershed and learn about many diverse topics such as wildlife habitats, preservation of farmland, logging and recreational fishing.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$81,164	ExpenseAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$81,164	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$638,905	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	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	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	Yes (1)	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	13	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	9	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	Yes (1)	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	4	Form8282FiledCnt
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	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	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	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Organization	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2075945166	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8 North Main Street Suite 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	Rockland	CityNm
State Abbreviation	ME	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	04841	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Alvin Chase
President	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lucy Crocker Abisalih
Vice President	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bruce Sigsbee
Treasurer	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeanne Klainer
Secretary	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Steve Hirshberg
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gail Presley
Director	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Debbie Rogers
Director	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott Sullivan
Director	3.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Theriault
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Williams
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margaret Rasmussen
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$49,784	$0	$5,850

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$49,784	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,850	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
Membership Dues	$92,657	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$201	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$54,300	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$908,305	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$42,297	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,055,463	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,622	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,622	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$126,631	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$9,080	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$103,561	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$23,070	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$9,080	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$32,150	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$9,080	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$23,070	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$4,989	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$201	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$4,989	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Miscellaneous Income	900099	$4,151	$4,151
Merchandise Sales	900099	$846	$846

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$4,997	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,097,232	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$9,080	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$32,689	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,784	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,037	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,382	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,365	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$176,059	TotalAmt
Program Services	$109,760	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,181	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33,118	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,476	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,544	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$467	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$465	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,631	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,862	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,888	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,881	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,064	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,638	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,216	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,210	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,401	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,393	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,225	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$783	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,567	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,859	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,790	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,918	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,023	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,023	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,217	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,201	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,623	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$393	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,946	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,858	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$551	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$537	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,425	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,252	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,635	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,538	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,549	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,659	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$695	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$195	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,722	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,583	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,485	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$654	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Impairment Loss	$385,982	$385,982
Property & Program Expe	$22,410	$22,410
Miscellaneous Operating	$12,467	$49	$9,193	$3,225
Printing & Postage	$9,621	$5,035		$4,586

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,493	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,783	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,790	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,920	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$811,837	TotalAmt
Program Services	$638,905	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$105,144	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$67,788	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$170,157	BOYAmt
EOY	$452,514	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$25,468	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,172	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$126,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$156,355	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,688	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,459	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,154	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,042	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$162,436	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$63,752	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,187	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,684	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,775,202	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,362,227	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,218,456	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,107,453	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,916	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,388	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$12,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,916	BOYAmt
EOY	$26,388	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	$1,219,024	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,382,372	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,966,516	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,698,693	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,185,540	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,081,065	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,218,456	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,107,453	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$285,395	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$126,386	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$8,110	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$524,366	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (1)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	0	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	$1,363,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$527,377	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$463,127	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$798,179	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,055,463	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,207,191	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,363,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$527,377	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$463,127	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$798,179	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,055,463	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,207,191	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$737,018	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,470,173	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,977	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,129	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,109	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,622	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$25,510	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,232,701	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$37,194	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.81980	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.53820	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
Historic Land Area	Yes (X)	HistoricLandAreaInd
Total Easements	47	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	3006.50	TotalAcreageCnt
Modified Easements	2	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	188.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$8,545	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (1)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$0	RevenuesIncludedAmt

Held Works Art HeldWorksArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$2,207,186	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$390,222	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$27,801	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$423,023	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$194,425	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$226,116	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$29,681	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$60,000	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$390,222	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$199,995	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$5,570	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$194,425	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$161,509	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$19,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$19,486	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$199,995	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$140,662	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$9,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$11,847	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$161,509	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.23400	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.76600	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$162,436	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$63,752	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$98,684	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$98,684	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Property for Conservation	$1,889,666
Artwork	$2,207,186
Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trust	$278,127
Deposits	$2,000
Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Others	$748,248
Grantor Retained Life Estate	$237,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$5,362,227	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,224,694	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$126,386	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$8,110	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$4,989	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$139,485	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,085,209	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$12,023	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$12,023	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,097,232	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$804,803	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$4,989	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$4,989	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$799,814	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$12,023	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$12,023	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$811,837	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part II, Line 3:	The organization acquired 2 new easements: O'Neil Easement (70 acres) and Burdina Easement (52 acres).
Part II, Line 9:	Georges River Land Trust does not recognize revenue from the contribution of easements, nor is the easement recorded on the Organization's balance sheet as an asset. Purchased easements are expensed in the year of purchase.
Part V, Line 4:	During 2010, GRLT established a permanent endowment fund to provide financial resources in the future to fund mission-related activities. The Organization is the sole beneficiary of the Gibson Preserve Trust, held and administered by a local bank. The Trust was established by the donor for use in stewardship of land he donated to the Organization.
Part X, Line 2:	Management of the Organization believes it has no material uncertain tax positions and, accordingly, it will not recognize any liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Fundraising Expenses Netted with Revenue 4,989.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Fundraising Expenses Netted with Revenue 4,989.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$4,400	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	3	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$37,897	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Appraisal	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

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	Before filing form 990, the Organization's Executive Director reviews it with the bookkeeper and treasurer. Subsequently, the 990 is presented to the Executive Committee for review.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	The Board of Directors and Executive Director have the duty to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest at the earliest possible instance. New land conservation projects are brought to the Board early in the process to specifically ask if any director has a potential conflict of interest. Any potential conflicts of interest are investigated and discussed as per the direction in the policy, and all discussions are documented in minutes of the the Board and Committee meetings, including any recommendations. Subsequent to the information gathering phase, any director or staff with a potential conflict of interest absents themselves from the discussions and voting on the issue.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a	The Executive Director's performance is reviewed by the full Board of Directors. Depending upon the solvency of the Organization and the performance evaluation, an increase in salary would be voted upon by the Board. In October, when the next year's budget is planned, a further evaluation would be made as to the feasability of a raise in salary. For other employees, there is a yearly performance review. Depending upon this and the financial strength of the Organization, salary increases are voted upon by the Board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The Organization's governing documents, tax returns and other relevant items are available for public inspection on its website or in the office during normal business hours upon request.
Form 990, Part XI, line 9:	Prior Period Adjustment -524,366.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c	The audit oversight has not changed from the previous year.