2017-11-10T08:08:28-08:00 2017-06-30 Rudd & Company PLLC 3805 Valley Commons Drive Suite 7 Bozeman MT 59718 990 2016-07-01 810464513 GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST GALL 4065878404 212 S WALLACE STE 102 BOZEMAN MT 59715 WILL PRICE Treasurer 2017-11-10 true SCOTT HOLTON CPA P00432520 4065853393 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z 1326747 false false X www.glvt.org X 1990 MT GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST CONNECTS PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND OPEN LANDS THROUGH CONSERVATION OF WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES, HEALTHY RIVERS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND THE CREATION OF TRAILS IN THE MONTANA HEADWATERS OF THE MISSOURI AND UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVERS. 18 18 9 1039 0 1946914 832164 63290 80953 37140 77739 159960 121618 2207304 1112474 0 0 534547 608457 0 150150 554073 386507 1088620 994964 1118684 117510 3468175 3823762 65962 40732 3402213 3783030 GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST CONNECTS PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND OPEN LANDS THROUGH CONSERVATION OF WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES, HEALTHY RIVERS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND THE CREATION OF TRAILS IN THE MONTANA HEADWATERS OF THE MISSOURI AND UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVERS. false false 341614 64316 Land Conservation GVLT furthered its mission to conserve working farms and ranches, wildlife habitat, and river corridors in the Gallatin Valley in FY17. We collaborated with two families to conserve 658 acres of land in Gallatin County. These projects included critical wildlife habitat and agriculturally significant farmland near Bozeman. This brings our total conserved land to over 45,800 acres in 102 conservation easements. We visit each of these conservation easements and landowners annually to provide stewardship support and monitoring to those properties. In FY17, we assisted 12 stewardship enhancement projects on the ground, worth a total of $32,900 to enhance forest health, control noxious weeds, and plant streamside and wetland vegetation. 252674 15507 Community Trails - In FY17, GVLTs Community Trails Program continued with its mission to connect people, communities, and the land through collaborative trail projects. In our 27-year history, GVLT has helped create over 80 miles of trail. This year we constructed the Stockyard Connector, a trail linking the Story Mill Spur Trail with the soon-to-be-constructed Path to the M; secured two vital trail easements to connect the Painted Hills Gap trail; installed a trail counter on the Gallagator Trail to analyze usage patterns; and coordinated the Trail Ambassador program with 10 partner organizations to use volunteer trail ambassadors for education and outreach with over 1,200 trail users. 115602 Education The GVLT website is updated monthly with current news relating to community trails, private land conservation and events open to the public. Our website also hosts a transparency section with our Audit, annual report, and Form 990. We communicate with over 14,000 community members through a monthly electronic newsletter and social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. In FY17 we utilized 1,039 volunteers who gave over 2,900 hours to the organization, and all volunteers are educated about the mission and accomplishments of GVLT during their service. The free Discovery Walks program guided 373 people to learn about GVLT, the trails, and interesting topics like wildflowers, birds, yoga and more. 709890 true true false true false false true false false true true false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 14 0 true 9 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X PENELOPE PIERCE 4065878404 212 S WALLACE STE 102 BOZEMAN MT 59715 X BOB SANDS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN DANA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TODD GRAHAM Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK KEHKE Chairman 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BILL COCHRAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MEGHANN MCKENNA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE ELLIG Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUE PEDERSON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOTTY BALLANTYNE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILL PRICE Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 LAWRIE LIEBERMAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SAM JAMES Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KATY HARJES Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 WHITNEY TILT Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JON CATTON VICE CHAIR 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SIGNE FARRIS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HAL STANLEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DENNY RAFFENSPERGER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PENELOPE PIERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 96021 0 13396 96021 13396 0 false false false 0 19542 812622 24275 832164 CONSERVATION EASEMENT FEE 64316 64316 OTHER INCOME 1130 1130 PROGRAM FEES 15507 15507 80953 62819 62819 0 0 0 213506 198586 14920 14920 14920 137305 15687 121618 121618 0 0 0 1112474 95873 184437 X 0 0 0 0 96472 38952 24154 33366 0 415497 297174 56358 61965 0 46496 31812 8485 6199 49992 32689 8231 9072 0 2405 2387 7 11 7052 38 7005 9 0 0 16744 8770 7831 143 122820 113981 7787 1052 26102 21678 1637 2787 0 24518 15831 2242 6445 0 43035 31231 4428 7376 13495 12143 1333 19 0 0 0 0 28116 22479 2115 3522 15861 13691 775 1395 EASEMENT EXPENSE 36627 36627 DUES & LICENSES 15024 14671 149 204 Postage and Shipping 12653 8794 673 3186 MEMBER EVENTS 12502 1062 11440 9553 5880 1714 1959 994964 709890 134924 150150 351423 764597 497793 60070 76935 4419 1949 0 0 0 15106 10501 0 135785 82876 81027 52909 2539884 2829180 0 0 0 3072 3072 3468175 3823762 65962 40732 65962 40732 X 741868 755846 1309792 1676631 1350553 1350553 3402213 3783030 3468175 3823762 117510 263307 X false true X true false X 543750 681117 959089 1883385 788347 4855688 0 0 543750 681117 959089 1883385 788347 4855688 1397144 3458544 32508 82260 335073 37543 62819 550203 0 0 5405891 0.63980 0.90010 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 1097 463 1560 993404 994964 174245 43561 false 174245 174245 261368 1560 1560 43561 43561 65342 1097 1097 X X 102 45 1 true 35 159101 false 1404483 176758 30000 1551241 335558 1060313 10453 1841 1404483 307121 35000 -707 5856 335558 271602 48023 12504 307121 253385 40126 21909 271602 0.87000 0.13000 false false false 87840 47328 40512 25400 17634 7766 22545 17914 4631 52909 1391468 263307 15687 278994 1112474 1112474 1010651 15687 15687 994964 994964 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy The Gallatin Valley Land Trust is accredited by the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission. GVLTs Monitoring Policy mandates annual monitoring of all conservation easement properties, including personal site visits and interviews with the landowner. It also requires permanent documentation of the monitoring visit and regular communications with landowners. GVLTs Violations Policy emphasizes tools to help prevent violations and outlines the procedure should a violation occur, including the role of staff and Board of Directors, and describes possible enforcement actions.GVLTs template conservation easement reflects our Monitoring and Violations Policies in standard language about access for monitoring (Section 7), baseline documentation reports (Section 9), Prior Notice and Approval (Section 4), and Breach and Restoration (Section 5). Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. Conservation easements accepted by Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) are not recorded as assets or revenues because the conservation easements provide the land trust with no affirmative rights other than monitoring and enforcing the easement. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. The endowment fund is a depository for special gifts to GVLT from donors who instruct their gifts are for charitable endowment purposes and are not wholly expendable by the institution on a current basis. ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE TO BE RESPONSIBLY MANAGED TO ALLOW FOR ACCUMULATION AND INCOME FOR EXPENDITURE TO ACCOMPLISH THE ORGANIZATION'S CHARITABLE PURPOSES. THESE PURPOSES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE LANDS ADJACENT TO RIVER AND CREEK CORRIDORS, WILDLIFE HABITAT, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, SCENIC OPEN SPACE, AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND HISTORIC SITES; TO ACQUIRE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY INCLUDING EASEMENTS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; AND TO ACQUIRE, CONSERVE, HOLD, AND DISPOSE OF LAND AND INTERESTS IN LAND. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES $15687 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSES $15687 false EOTL 89400 89400 3461 1050 MT4T 31000 31000 19 1030 1 10880 10880 208 1892 733 131280 131280 3669 1911 2813 8393 122887 X 5 WEED CONTROL 1 10250 FMV SERVICES 15 14025 FMV 1 false false false Part I, Line 33, Revenues Not Reported Conservation easements accepted by Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) are not recorded as assets or revenues because the conservation easements provide the land trust with no affirmative rights other than monitoring and enforcing the easement. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process RUDD & COMPANY, PLLC DELIVERS A COPY OF THE FORM 990 AND ALL REQUIRED SCHEDULES IN TIME FOR INCLUSION IN A BOARD PACKET. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE 990. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts ANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: EFFECTIVE 7/1/2009 EACH BOARD & STAFF MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY AND ALL INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. MONITORING & ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH POLICY: THE CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ED) MAKES SURE EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAS A COPY OF THE POLICY AND IS AWARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DISCLOSE REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS. THE CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ENSURES THAT PROCESSES IN POLICY ARE ADHERED TO IN SITUATIONS FOR REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT, AND THIS IS DOCUMENTED IN THE CONTEMPORANEOUS MINUTES OF MEETINGS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees The board executive committee perform an annual review of the Executive Director's performance. They use evaluation forms to solicit feedback from both the board and staff. SALARY SURVEYS PROVIDE COMPARABILITY DATA (NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RESOURCES), FULL BOARD VOTES ON COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, TERMS ARE DOCUMENTED IN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. OFFICERS ARE NOT COMPENSATED, AND AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES BESIDE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES, FORM 990S AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AND ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBISTE: WWW.GVLT.ORG.