LOWER SHORE LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: LOWER SHORE LAND TRUST INC (EIN 52-1701152)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-10-15
IRS object ID: 201942889349302209
Schema version: 2018v3.1
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-10-15T14:43:23-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	300761378	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WILLIAM RUSS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2316 Tucker LN	AddressLine1Txt
City	Gwynn Oak	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21207	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	521701152	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LOWER SHORE LAND TRUST INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	LOWE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4432345587	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 RIVER ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	SNOW HILL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21863	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	HUGH CROPPER IV	PersonNm
Person Title	Chairman	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-10-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	William Russ	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00529594	PTIN
Phone	4102459216	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-03-31 21:24:44Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 RIVER ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	SNOW HILL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21863	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$282,382	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.LOWERSHORELANDTRUST.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Trust	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationTrustInd
Formation	1990	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MD	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Lower Shore Land Trust is dedicated to preserving rural lands, to promoting vibrant towns, and to building a more healthy and connected Eastern Shore.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	5	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	25	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$111,975	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$198,675	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$14,003	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$36,760	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$71	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$99	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$43,755	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$46,848	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$169,804	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$282,382	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$90,387	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$176,900	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$36,669	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$93,233	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$135,711	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$183,620	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$312,611	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$13,816	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$30,229	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$678,998	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$605,934	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$102,379	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$97,352	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$576,619	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$508,582	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Lower Shore Land Trust is dedicated to preserving rural lands, to promoting vibrant towns, and to building a more healthy and connected Eastern Shore.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$73,173	ExpenseAmt
Desc	LAND CONSERVATION Land conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Bays watersheds The Lower Shore Land Trust settled on 1 new Quantico Creek Rural Legacy conservation easement in 2018 permanently protecting 396.98 acres and 1 new donated easement in Wicomico County permanently protecting 154.06 acres for a total of 551.04 acres.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$73,173	ExpenseAmt
Desc	STEWARDSHIP Critical to upholding the terms of the easements, LSLT monitors each easement annually. LSLT staff and volunteers conducted 117 property visits on 20,688.326 acres. LSLT conducted an annual Land Steward training program for volunteers.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$73,173	ExpenseAmt
Desc	COMMUNITY OUTREACH Outreach and education are crucial to the success of LSLT and our mission. LSLT hosted Conference on Land and Water with 115 attendees; provided educational programming to 3 civic and community groups; attended and provided educational materials at 16 events; hosted 6 educational workshops; hosted 2 community events with over 500 combined attendees; installed a demonstration pollinator garden, produced and distributed 1200 newsletters two times during the year, developed a brochure on pollinators and worked with over 20 volunteers through the course of the year. LSLT received accreditation by the Land Trust Commission and was recognized as nonprofit of the year by the Ocean Pines, Maryland Chamber of Commerce.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$219,519	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (true)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	5	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	LORA BOTTINELLI	PersonNm
Phone	4432345587	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 RIVER ST	AddressLine1Txt
City	SNOW HILL	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21804	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
HUGH CROPPER IV
Chairman	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUZY TAYLOR
Secretary	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TONY DIPAOLO
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID HARKINS
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DOUG STEPHENS
Vice President	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PETE BOZICK
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRYAN JOHNSTON
Director	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBIN TOMASELLI
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID ALLEN
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
VICTORIA SPICE
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LORA BOTTINELLI
Treasurer	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$198,675	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$198,675	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Compliance Fees Rural Leg	531390	$13,594	$13,594
Easement Proceeds	531390	$23,166	$23,166

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$36,760	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$99	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$99	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

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

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$46,848	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$46,848	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$282,382	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$36,859	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$157,972	TotalAmt
Program Services	$126,561	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,430	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,981	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,843	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,483	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$668	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$692	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,085	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,180	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,223	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,155	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,155	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,771	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,771	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$309	TotalAmt
Management And General	$309	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,780	TotalAmt
Program Services	$638	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$949	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,193	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,807	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,075	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,732	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,627	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,627	ProgramServicesAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,472	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,472	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,188	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,188	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,403	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,403	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS	$36,225	$36,225
NATIVE PLANT SALES & OTHER	$22,639	$6,286	$333	$16,020
CONTRACT LABOR	$9,700	$9,700
REAL ESTATE TAXES	$5,239		$5,239

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,396	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,471	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,365	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$560	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$312,611	TotalAmt
Program Services	$219,519	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,423	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,669	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,346	BOYAmt
EOY	$92,589	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$757	BOYAmt
EOY	$757	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$163,468	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$7,083	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$159,572	BOYAmt
EOY	$156,385	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$409,323	BOYAmt
EOY	$356,203	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$678,998	BOYAmt
EOY	$605,934	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,351	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,000	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$1	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$102,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$97,352	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$488,818	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,285	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$58,721	BOYAmt
EOY	$80,094	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,080	BOYAmt
EOY	$356,203	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$576,619	BOYAmt
EOY	$508,582	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$678,998	BOYAmt
EOY	$605,934	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$30,229	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$37,808	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	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	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$91,183	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$77,578	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$154,033	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$111,975	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$164,898	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$599,667	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$18,044	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$33,983	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$75,212	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$13,333	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$70,537	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$211,109	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$109,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$111,561	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$229,245	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$125,308	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$235,435	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$810,776	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$810,776	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$77	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$71	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$99	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$247	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$77	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$71	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$99	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$247	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$22,118	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$43,755	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$46,848	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$112,721	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$109,227	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$111,561	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$251,440	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$169,134	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$282,382	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$923,744	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.87770	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.91590	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00030	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00020	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

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	117	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	20	TotalAcreageCnt
Historic Strctr Easements Aftr	40	HistoricStrctrEasementsAftrCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (true)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$409,323	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$100	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$35,035	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$14,174	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$4,012	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$356,203	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$339,473	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$11,886	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$82,543	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$20,787	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,792	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$409,323	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$323,557	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$19,275	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$20,066	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$20,084	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$3,341	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$339,473	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
End Year Balance	$323,557	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.77000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.23000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	false	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$35,960	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$35,960	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$127,508	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$7,083	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$120,425	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$156,385	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Book Value Securities	$356,203	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Rounding	Desc
Amt	$1	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1	TotalLiabilityAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements.	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CONSERVATION EASEMENTS DONATED OR GRANTED TO THE TRUST HAVE NO SALES VALUE TO THE TRUST AND ARE NOT REFLECTED ON THE TRUST'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	false	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Flannel Formal	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$30,700	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$30,700	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Event2	Native Plant Sale	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$11,492	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$11,492	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$42,192	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$42,192	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$42,192	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD AND THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT PRIOR TO IT BEING SIGNED AND FILED.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Officers, directors and key employees are required to disclose any real and potential conflicts of interest annually.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	COMPENSATION OF THE ED IS SET AFTER A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND A REVIEW OF COMPARABLE POSITIONS PROVIDED BY MD NON PROFIT ORG AND OTHER INDEPENDENT DATA.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	COMPENSATION OF NON-EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES SET BY AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, ETC. ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE TRUST'S OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.