NEWTOWN FOREST ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization
NEWTOWN FOREST ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 06-6079549)
Tax period
2013-10-01 to 2014-09-30
Filed
2015-02-25
IRS object ID
201530569349300023
Schema version
2013v4.0
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2015-02-25T12:23:13-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2014-09-30TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2013-10-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN066079549EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name ControlNEWTBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2032703650PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO Box 213AddressLine1
CityNewtownCity
StateCTState
ZIP Code06470ZIPCode

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonClarence PetersonPersonNm
Person TitleTreasurerPersonTitleTxt
Phone2037332030PhoneNum
Signature2015-02-25SignatureDt
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Tax2013TaxYr
Build TS2016-02-25 16:41:14ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerClarence Guy PetersonPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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Address Line125 the boulevardAddressLine1
CitynewtownCity
StateCTState
ZIP Code06470ZIPCode
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Gross Receipts$118,888GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3Yes (X)Organization501c3Ind
Website Addresswww.newtownforestassociation.orgWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1924FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateCTLegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionThe Newtown Forest Association is the oldest private land trust organization in Connecticut. It has been dedicated for over eighty years to securing for the residents of Newtown and their posterity the benefits derived from open space lands. Lands which include, but are not limited to, forest and agricultural land, wildlife and nature preserves and watersheds.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionThe Newtown Forest Association is the oldest private land trust organization in Connecticut. It has been dedicated for over eighty years to securing for the residents of Newtown and their posterity the benefits derived from open space lands. Lands which include, but are not limited to, forest and agricultural land, wildlife and nature preserves and watersheds.MissionDesc
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Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
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Conservation EasementsYes (1)ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent EndowmentsYes (1)TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (13 entries)

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Robert Eckenrode
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Aaron Coopersmith
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Treasurer40Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
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Ed Kelleher
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Tim Gagne
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William Watts
Director10Yes (X)$0$0$0
Martha Wright
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Dan Dalton
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Coke Cramer
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Don Morrissey
Director20Yes (X)$0$0$0
Harvey Pessin
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Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Travel TravelGrp

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Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Interest InterestGrp

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Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

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Meetings & Membership Dues$1,963$0$1,833$130
NFA Property Maintenance, Mowing & Haying$38,356$38,052$304$0

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Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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EOY$93,308EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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BOY$100,146BOYAmt
EOY$91,651EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

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BOY$1,783BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$143,495LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
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BOY$64,359BOYAmt
EOY$72,463EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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BOY$1,780,039BOYAmt
EOY$1,814,522EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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BOY$2,771,433BOYAmt
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Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

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BOY$4,814,878BOYAmt
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Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY$3,077BOYAmt
EOY$1,663EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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EOY$1,663EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$1,842,257BOYAmt
EOY$1,880,944EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$303,821BOYAmt
EOY$293,546EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

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BOY$2,665,723BOYAmt
EOY$2,667,224EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
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Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$33,011CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$30,019CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$114,486CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$17,161CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$232,760TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$33,011CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$30,019CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$114,486CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$17,161CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$232,760TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170$232,760PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$86,659CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$79,294CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$77,528CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$86,255CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$416,543TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$649,303TotalSupportAmt
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Public Support PY1700.40234PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Preservation Open SpaceYes (X)PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Total Easements3TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage91.43TotalAcreageCnt
Historic Structure Easements0HistoricStructureEasementsCnt
Historic Strctr Easements Aftr0HistoricStrctrEasementsAftrCnt
Modified Easements0ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held1StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy MonitoringYes (1)WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement16StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement$0ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr StsfdYes (1)Section170hRqrStsfdInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$411,821BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$5,027ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$4,741InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$0GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$18,542OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$403,047EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$106,676BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$362,445ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$4,523InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$0GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$61,823OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$411,821EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$104,852BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$0ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$4,970InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$0GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$3,146OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$106,676EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$78,282BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$25,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$4,668InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$0GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$3,098OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$104,852EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$51,666BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$25,000ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$3,166InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$0GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
Other Expenditures$1,550OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$0AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$78,282EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY0.35BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.55PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.1TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$105,213InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$59,443DepreciationAmt
Book Value$45,770BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$28,800InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$10,234DepreciationAmt
Book Value$18,566BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$9,482InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,355DepreciationAmt
Book Value$8,127BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$72,463TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDescBook ValueBookValueAmt
Purchased Open Space$213,710
Donated Open Space Land$1,134,723
Donated Conservation Easements$1,423,000
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$2,771,433TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part II, Line 5Annual monitoring and site inspections are required.
Schedule D, Part II, Line 9The NFA records the donations of conservation easements of open space at their fair market value at the date of gift as non-cash contribution income and as an increase in Permanently Restricted Net Assets.
Schedule D, Part V, Line 4The temporarily restricted funds are for The Newtown Tree Project, the Sandy Hook Memorial Tree Fund, Labor Fund and Land Acquisition Fund. The permanent endowment is to generate investment earnings to fund the Newtown Tree Project annual budget.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (3 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxtTransactionTransactionAmtTransactionTransactionDescSharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
Brenden Peterson
Son of Board member$1,317Summer Landscaping Intern0
Devin Peterson
Son of Board Member$2,500Summer Landscaping Intern0
Bill Watts Jr
Son of Board Member$4,935Meadow Mowing and Haying0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aOn an annual basis the members elect board of directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7bThe members approve the actions of the Board of Directors at its annual meeting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe 990 is provided to the entire board of directors prior to the board meeting where the treasurer reviews the return and changes, if any, to the form or any positions taken, the treasurer fields questions, if any and the board then authorizes the treasurer to submit said form.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAnnually all board members complete and sign a code of conduct statement. Conflicts, if any, are shared with the entire board and those individuals are required to abstain from voting on or making any decisions related to such relations.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15All officers and directors are uncompensated.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19upon written request the NFA board will consider access to such documents. to this point in time no such requests have been made.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11gProgram Service Fees represented $3709 for baseline documentation of properties under stewardship plus $1575 for boundary posting at 196 less a refunded deposit of 3250 for surveying work not performed. G&A fees represent $1500 for clerk at our board meeting to take and record minutes.

Reasonable Cause Explanation ReasonableCauseExplanation

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ExplanationWeather postponed board meeting set to approve the 990. Meeting was rescheduled to 2/19/15.ExplanationTxt

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