2019-10-24T13:29:07-04:00 2018-12-31 300169956 Royals and Assoc CPA PC 1551 Jennings Mill Rd 2800D Watkinsville GA 30677 990 2018-01-01 582154133 Athens Land Trust Inc ATHE 685 N Pope St Athens GA 30601 Heather Benham Executive Direc 7066130122 2019-10-08 true Denise Marshall CPA P00448515 7064330133 2019-10-24 68.118.117.142 2019-10-29 12:18:18 5824902019302iabx4d1 2019-10-29 P 6DF4A3FFC362B585BA1627B976AC55A5D0396813 6DF4A3FFC362B585BA1627B976AC55A5D0396813 2018 2020-03-31 21:24:44Z Heather Benham 2691892 false X www.athenslandtrust.org X 1994 GA See Schedule O 12 12 45 1038 841 0 1470950 1583882 742302 1128124 44176 24959 55327 -54507 2312755 2682458 0 0 713157 927776 0 12454 1054521 1821610 1767678 2749386 545077 -66928 7529609 7450009 2387606 2374934 5142003 5075075 See Schedule O false false 1923376 Affordable Housing Program: The Organization provides quality affordable housing to low-to-moderate income residents of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia by construction of new homes and renovation of existing homes. The program produces energy efficient homes that remain in the affordable housing program by the use of ground lease agreements and the Community Land Trust model. In 2018, 6 homes were sold and 6 new homes were completed. At the end of 2018, 16 homes were under lease purchase agreements and 6 affordable rental units were occupied by local families. Athens Land Trust is a HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency and provides both individual and group education services to Clarke, Oconee, Barrow, Jackson, Elbert, Madison, Oglethorpe, Walton and Franklin Counties. In 2018, ALT provided 547 client services through Counseling and Education classes and ALT piloted its Young Urban Builders program (YUB) and 15 youth received paid training in light construction. 467509 ALTs Community Agriculture Program strives to support healthy, vibrant communities by developing a sustainable local food system, strengthening the local economy at the neighborhood level, and building knowledge of local food issues and the benefits of eating fresh, local produce. In 2018, 80 micro-entrepreneur opportunities were started, supported or received business development assistance. The Farmers Network grew and provided farm business planning and technical assistance to 53 beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers. ALT ran produce stands in 6 locations and over 1850 volunteer hours were devoted to garden development and maintenance within the Community Garden Network. $1675 SNAP (EBT) dollars were spent at the West Broad Farmers Market, which we doubled with the support of our partnership with Wholesome Wave Georgia for a total of $3,350 in SNAP sales to our vendors. (Continued on Schedule O.) 263887 Land Conservation Programs: ALT permanently protects greenspace by accepting, monitoring, and enforcing permanent conservation easements that protect the lands conservation values. ALT now holds easements and fee land in 36 Georgia counties - a total of 16,995 acres. In 2018, the organization closed on 6 projects, helping to protect 510 acres in 2 counties in GA, including the purchase of easement of 210 acres of working farm lands, and 300 acres of a mixture of natural and managed forests, Blue Line Streams, and pasture.Notably, these lands include important landscapes of Oconee and Mogran Counties, maintainingthe rural character of those counties while protecting critical habitats and working lands in our communities. Many of these tracts directly connect to other protected land, as we work to create corridors adjacent to national forest, wildlife management areas, and land protected by other land trusts. 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As these easements have no marketable value, they are not recorded as assets on the statement of financial position. All easements acquired by purchase are expensed as development rights on the statement of functional expenses. ALT monitors activities on the land easements and enforces restrictions. ALT requests a stewardship donation from each donor for conservation easements. Stewardship donations are invested in ALTs conservation stewardship fund to provide for future expenses of monitoring, enforcing, and defense of the conservation easements in perpetuity. Other revenues not included on Form 990 (Part XI, line 2d) Fundraising expenses are deducted from fundraising revenues on the tax return, but included in expenses on the financial statements. Other expenses not included on Form 990 (Part XII, line 2d) Fundraising expense are deducted from fundraising revenues on the tax return. The financial statements included the fundraising amount in expenses. Harvest Moon 15950 8825 7125 1800 2629 Com Ag Dinn 8135 4985 3150 3478 16 1 5545 5545 200 632 250 429 29630 19355 10275 200 5910 250 3074 9434 841 Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a Members do not directly appoint or elect additional members. Eligibility for membership and admission procedures and regulations are established by the Board of Directors. Governing body decisions Part VI line 7b Each member is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on by the members, subject to procedures established by the Board of Directors, the Bylaws and Georgia law. Members are allowed to vote on any matters at a lawfully called meeting including election of board members. Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 Form 990 draft copy is reviewed with the preparer by key members of management prior to providing a final copy for filing with the Internal Revenue Service. The Form 990 is provided to the Treasurer of the Board of Directors for review prior to filing the return. Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c The conflict of interest policy is discussed with new employees and prospective board members. Written acknowledgement is obtained. To ensure compliance, the executive director will discuss possible conflict of interest scenarios with the executive committee of the organization and an acceptable solution will be reached. CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a The Board of Directors votes on and approves the compensation package of the executive director. Compensation is based on salary survey of comparable organizations. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 The Organizations governing documents, conflict of interest policy, financial statements, and tax returns are available by request at the administrative offices of the Organization. Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9 Rounding List of other expenses Part IX line 24e Program costs - cost of homes sold $450,152. Program costs - other misc - $243,420 General explanation attachment Mission Statement:Conserving, empowering, and sustaining communities through responsible and visionary land use. Athens Land Trust does this by protecting farmland and greenspace, building energy-efficient and affordable housing, establishing urban farms and community gardens, supporting economic development through entrepreneurship and revitalizing neighborhoods. Part III Program Service Accomplishments - Community Agriculture Program:ALT also offers the Young Urban Farmers (YUF) Program that provides job skills training and education centered around sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship to youth in Athens-Clarke County. In 2018, ALT served 22 youths through the YUF program, providing many with their first job experience. Land Conservation Program: The Conservation Program reached 650 participants to educate and improve knowledge about conservation practices and invasive species removal on agricultural and natural lands in Georgia. In 2018, ALT piloted its Young Conservation Stewards program (YCS) and provided paid training to 6 youths in the conservation field. ALT Farms LLC N/A ALT-FSV Subsidiary Inc 685 N Pope St Athens GA 30601 208017538 Development GA Filing entity C Corp 1.00000