GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST (EIN 01-0424837)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-08-31
IRS object ID: 202042449349301519
Schema version: 2019v5.1
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 G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-08-31T12:24:18-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	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	2019-01-01	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	2020-08-18	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	David J Shorette CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00086553	PTIN
Phone	2077753496	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-08-18	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	64.88.174.3	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-08-18	IPDt
IP Tm	13:53:39	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	6391EC10A587A978F565BA58E4E902A065CB0A92	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	DD38D041DAD4A5E1AC1332D826706C5E5C28B30B	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	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	$839,728	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	14	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	14	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	161	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$417,876	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$772,885	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$50,798	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$30,089	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$4,925	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$11,460	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$473,599	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$814,434	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	$306,662	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$317,963	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$82,218	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$186,489	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$198,850	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$493,151	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$516,813	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$19,552	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$297,621	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$5,748,100	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$6,218,456	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$4,426	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$32,916	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$5,743,674	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$6,185,540	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	$79,860	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	$180,591	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	$74,958	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	$26,658	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$24,980	RevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$26,658	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$24,980	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$362,067	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	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	Yes (1)	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	9	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	8	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	8	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	14	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	14	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 (15 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
David Williams
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeanne Klainer
Secretary	3.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Lucy Crocker Abisalih
Vice President	3.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Peter Duffey
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jim Jenkins
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Adam Marcus
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gail Presley
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Debbie Rogers
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bruce Sigsbee
Treasurer	10.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
David Theriault
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott Sullivan
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nicole Gogan
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Hirshberg
Director	3.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margaret Rasmussen
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$53,334	$0	$5,353

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$53,334	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,353	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	$88,993	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$25,945	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$657,947	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$47,012	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$772,885	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,109	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,109	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$24,980	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$24,980	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$24,980	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$24,980	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$25,294	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$25,945	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$25,294	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	$10,601	$10,601
Merchandise Sales	900099	$859	$859

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$11,460	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$814,434	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$24,980	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$16,569	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,334	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,031	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,235	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,068	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$221,906	TotalAmt
Program Services	$149,913	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,943	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$46,050	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,706	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,828	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$316	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$562	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,614	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,575	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,863	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,403	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,459	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,502	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,442	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$665	TotalAmt
Program Services	$427	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$213	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,264	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,018	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,484	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$762	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,152	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,648	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,767	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,737	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,701	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,545	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$356	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$800	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,200	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,111	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,990	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,099	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,900	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,453	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$974	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$473	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,340	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,569	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,357	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$414	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Printing & Postage	$20,447	$15,462	$1,872	$3,113
Dues & Subscriptions	$10,992	$7,364	$2,964	$664
Miscellaneous Operating	$9,494	$6,195	$2,268	$1,031
Utilities	$8,767	$6,868	$887	$1,012

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,928	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,601	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,224	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,103	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$516,813	TotalAmt
Program Services	$362,067	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$72,528	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$82,218	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$105,813	BOYAmt
EOY	$170,157	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$56,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,468	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,843	BOYAmt
EOY	$126,600	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,621	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,688	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,858	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,154	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$156,390	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$47,203	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$80,340	BOYAmt
EOY	$109,187	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,422,463	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,775,202	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,748,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,218,456	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,426	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,916	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,426	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,916	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	$1,148,458	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,219,024	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,595,216	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,966,516	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,743,674	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,185,540	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,748,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,218,456	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$297,621	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$142,374	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,871	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
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	$3,029,476	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,363,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$527,377	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$463,127	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$798,179	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,181,204	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,029,476	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,363,045	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$527,377	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$463,127	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$798,179	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,181,204	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,837,654	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,343,550	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$10,173	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,977	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,129	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,673	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,109	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$31,061	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,212,265	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$34,862	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.53820	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.48880	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	44	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	2762.60	TotalAcreageCnt
Modified Easements	4	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	176.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$8,000	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	$2,202,786	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	$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 Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$91,662	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$49,000	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$140,662	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.16600	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.83400	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	$156,390	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$47,203	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$109,187	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$109,187	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Property for Conservation	$2,374,827
Artwork	$2,202,786
Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trust	$270,607
Deposits	$13,100
Beneficial Interest in Assets Held by Others	$713,222
Grantor Retained Life Estate	$200,660

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$5,775,202	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$958,679	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$142,374	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$1,871	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$144,245	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$814,434	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$814,434	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$516,813	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$516,813	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$516,813	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part II, Line 3:	Bok Amendment - the Organization added 2.7 additional acres to the easement. The organization acquired 3 new easements: Meadow Brook (23 acres); Cogger Easement (11 acres); Skoglund Easement (85 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.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	All the Buzz	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$37,300	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$22,158	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$15,142	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$15,142	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Garden Tour	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$13,939	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$10,251	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$3,688	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$3,688	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Charitable Contri Other Events	-$6,464	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$6,464	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$6,464	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$51,239	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$25,945	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$25,294	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$25,294	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$25,294	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$0	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$45,500	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	Miscellaneous supplies	Desc
Contribution	3	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,512	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	8	Form8283ReceivedCnt
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 (5 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 XII, Line 2c	The audit oversight has not changed from the previous year.