GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST (EIN 01-0424837)
Tax period: 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed: 2016-11-09
IRS object ID: 201603149349301640
Schema version: 2015v2.1
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	2016-11-09T12:48:56-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-12-31	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	2015-01-01	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	James Jenkins	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2075945166	PhoneNum
Signature	2016-11-07	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	2016-11-07	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	TaxYr
Build TS	2017-02-10 21:41:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Pamela Dewell	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	$3,424,073	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	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	135	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$294,877	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,029,476	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$10,637	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$22,747	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$661	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$2,665	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$306,175	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,054,888	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	$173,836	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$234,646	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$53,886	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$127,763	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$124,972	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$301,599	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$359,618	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,576	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,695,270	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,814,109	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,484,744	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$10,242	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$12,184	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,803,867	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$4,472,560	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	$81,163	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	$20,841	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	$72,680	ExpenseAmt
Desc	GRLT uses education and outreach programs to engage local residents and families in outdoor exploration of special places in the watershed. Watershed quests have been developed in partnership with local schools to encourage students and families to explore and use places in a way that inspires learning and interest about the natural world and its history. In addition, GRLT hosted a series of walks and talks during 2014, 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	$51,494	ExpenseAmt
Desc	The trails program is responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of trails within the land trust's service region, including the trails on GRLT's preserves and easements, the Georges Highland Path, and other freestanding conservation footpaths. The trails program works directly with the stewardship program and the stewardship & trails committee to provide access to areas of conservation interest throughout the watershed.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$51,494	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$226,178	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	0	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	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	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	6	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
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	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
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 (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Jim Robbins
President	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bruce Sigsbee
Vice President	2.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jim Jenkins
Treasurer	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeanne Klainer
Secretary	3.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Bumiller
Director	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter Duffey
Director	10.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margaret Macleod
Director	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ken Wexler
Director	1.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Hufnagel
Director	4.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Williams
Director	0.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gail Presley
Former Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$46,469	$0	$3,462
Pamela Dewell
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$9,538	$0	$756

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$56,007	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$4,218	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	$74,745	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$58,824	FundraisingAmt
All Other Contributions	$2,895,907	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$2,537,336	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,029,476	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10,173	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$10,173	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$372,984	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$360,410	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$12,574	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,574	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$12,574	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$8,775	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$58,824	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$8,775	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Merchandise Sales	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,665	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,665	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,665	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,054,888	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,665	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$22,747	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,007	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,386	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,619	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,002	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$149,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$107,424	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$18,097	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,549	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,348	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,580	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$951	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$817	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,372	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,968	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,831	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,573	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,849	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,172	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,592	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,085	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,285	TotalAmt
Management And General	$11,285	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,721	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,842	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,879	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,253	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,300	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,953	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,160	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,712	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,468	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,980	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,867	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,837	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,296	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,820	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,311	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,017	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,492	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$914	TotalAmt
Program Services	$206	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$429	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$279	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,747	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,128	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,287	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$332	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Impairment Loss	$28,025	$28,025
Property Management	$12,678	$12,521	$118	$39
Paypal & Other Fees	$2,211			$2,211
Property Transaction Fe	$2,137	$2,137

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,021	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,599	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$191	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$231	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$359,618	TotalAmt
Program Services	$226,178	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$79,554	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$53,886	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$72,887	BOYAmt
EOY	$145,112	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$18,018	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,820	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$113,357	BOYAmt
EOY	$74,589	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,307	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,612	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$17,759	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$15,183	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$580	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,576	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$286,299	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,320,661	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,184,035	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,814,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,484,744	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,242	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,184	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,242	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,184	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$292,605	BOYAmt
EOY	$275,683	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$133,251	BOYAmt
EOY	$300,556	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,378,011	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,896,321	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,803,867	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,472,560	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,814,109	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,484,744	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,695,270	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$26,577	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
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	$486,480	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$297,882	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,000,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$294,877	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,029,476	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,109,175	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$486,480	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$297,882	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,000,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$294,877	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,029,476	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,109,175	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,454,845	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,654,330	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$11,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,047	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$8,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$5,801	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,173	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$46,396	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,155,571	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$3,326	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.51480	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.87150	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	2675.00	TotalAcreageCnt
Modified Easements	0	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	397.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$29,583	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (1)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$2,105,636	RevenuesIncludedAmt

Held Works Art HeldWorksArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$2,157,286	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	$91,662	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$49,000	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$140,662	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$76,358	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$10,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,304	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$91,662	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$67,402	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$6,607	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$74,009	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$63,226	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$4,176	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$67,402	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$20,673	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$41,175	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,378	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$63,226	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.52830	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.47170	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	$17,759	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$15,183	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$2,576	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$2,576	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Property for Conservation	$1,391,725
Artwork	$2,157,286
Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trusts	$517,024
Grantor Retained Life Estate	$118,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$4,184,035	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
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.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	Graden Tour	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$24,817	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$18,117	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$6,700	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$6,700	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Revelry	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$31,770	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$29,800	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$1,970	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$1,970	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	1	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$11,012	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$10,907	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$105	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$105	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$67,599	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$58,824	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$8,775	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$8,775	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$8,775	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	$2,105,636	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Appraisal	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	3	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$429,500	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	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 32b:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The contributions of art and real estate were valued by an independent appraiser.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11	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 Direcotors 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.