GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST (EIN 01-0424837)
Tax period: 2014-01-01 to 2014-12-31
Filed: 2015-10-14
IRS object ID: 201532879349300208
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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	2015-10-14T08:10:10-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2014-12-31	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	2014-01-01	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	2015-10-13	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	2015-09-29	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Gail Presley	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	$378,200	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	12	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	12	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	200	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,000,460	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$294,877	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$19,102	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$10,637	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$29,239	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$661	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,048,801	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$306,175	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	$173,296	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$173,836	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$54,190	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$109,525	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$127,763	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$282,821	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$301,599	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$765,980	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,576	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,774,440	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,814,109	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$14,958	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$10,242	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,759,482	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,803,867	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	$86,255	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	$59,219	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	$42,383	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	$19,961	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	$19,961	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$207,818	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	Yes (1)	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	11	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	7	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	12	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	12	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 (13 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	9.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
John Hufnagel
Vice President	9.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Bruce Sigsbee
Treasurer	9.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jeanne Klainer
Secretary	9.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Bumiller
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alvin Chase
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter Duffey
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Elliott
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Margaret Macleod
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul McCool
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charlie Merrill
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ken Wexler
Director	8.50	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gail Presley
Executive Director	40.00		Yes (X)	$34,347	$0	$1,030

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$34,347	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$1,030	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	$71,990	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$50,390	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$6,563	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$165,934	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$38,906	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$294,877	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,801	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$5,801	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$68,435	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$63,599	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$4,836	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,836	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,836	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$8,426	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$50,390	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$8,426	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	$661	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$661	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$661	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$306,175	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$11,298	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,367	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,080	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$187	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$20,100	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$117,339	TotalAmt
Program Services	$101,080	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,673	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,586	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,839	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,839	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,472	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,629	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	-$157	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,819	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,987	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,983	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,849	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$500	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,026	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,285	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,141	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,600	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,771	TotalAmt
Program Services	$946	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$733	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,092	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,345	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,005	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,214	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,126	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,790	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,790	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,803	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,270	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,032	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$501	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Repairs & Maintenance	$14,809	$14,621	$164	$24
Printing & Postage	$9,836	$6,358	$601	$2,877
Dues & Subscriptions	$9,123	$8,496	$281	$346
Miscellaneous Operating	$8,319	$1,791	$6,439	$89

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,941	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,931	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$301,599	TotalAmt
Program Services	$207,818	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,591	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$54,190	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,887	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$80,797	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,018	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$136,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$113,357	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$807	BOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,500	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,307	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$25,629	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$25,049	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,087,993	BOYAmt
EOY	$580	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$259,556	BOYAmt
EOY	$286,299	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$206,738	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,320,661	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,774,440	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,814,109	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,958	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,242	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,958	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,242	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$258,039	BOYAmt
EOY	$292,605	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$163,733	BOYAmt
EOY	$133,251	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,337,710	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,378,011	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,759,482	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,803,867	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,774,440	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,814,109	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$4,576	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$15,182	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$975,373	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
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	$258,775	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$486,480	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$297,882	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,000,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$294,877	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,338,474	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$258,775	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$486,480	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$297,882	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,000,460	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$294,877	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,338,474	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$260,636	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,077,838	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$9,640	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$11,047	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$8,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,801	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$45,863	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,384,337	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$661	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.87150	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.88190	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	42	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	2605.30	TotalAcreageCnt
Modified Easements	0	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	296.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$7,300	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (1)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets Included	$49,450	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	$76,358	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$10,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,304	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$91,662	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributions	$20,673	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$20,673	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.21830	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.62570	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.15600	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
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	$25,629	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$25,049	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$580	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$580	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
Property for Conservation	$990,250
Artwork	$49,450
Beneficial Interest in Perpetual Trust	$162,961
Grantor Retained Life Estate	$118,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$1,320,661	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$329,783	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$8,320	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$15,288	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$23,608	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$306,175	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$306,175	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$310,025	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$8,426	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$8,426	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$301,599	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$301,599	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 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.
Part X, Line 2:	Management of the Organization believes it has no material uncertain tax positions and, accordingly, it will not recognize any liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
Part XI, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Fundraising expenses netted with revenue 8,426. Change in value of beneficial interest in perpetual trust 6,862.
Part XII, Line 2d - Other Adjustments:	Fundrasing expenses netted with revenue 8,426.

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	$29,837	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$24,338	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$5,499	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$5,499	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	Special Event	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$28,979	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$26,052	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$2,927	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$2,927	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$58,816	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$50,390	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$8,426	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$8,426	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$8,426	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$0	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$38,906	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Fair Market Value	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 Organization's securities are managed by an investment company.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 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.
Form 990, Part IX, line 11g	Professional Services:Contract Labor : Program service expenses 20,285. Management and general expenses 6,141. Fundraising expenses 6,600. Total expenses 33,026.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	The Board Finance Committee serves as the Audit Committee. The process has not changed since the previous year.