2014-01-09T14:48:20-08:00 2013-06-30 Amatics CPA Group 220 West Lamme Suite 3-A Bozeman MT 59715 990 2012-07-01 810464513 GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST GALL 4065878404 25 N WILSON BOZEMAN MT 59771 MIKE RILEY 2014-01-09 true TERRY ALBORN P00090981 4064041925 2012 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z 771855 false false X www.gvlt.org X 1990 MT GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST CONSERVES SOUTHWEST MONTANA'S HERITAGE OF OPEN LANDSCAPES, WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES, HEALTHY RIVERS, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT; AND CREATES TRAILS TO CONNECT PEOPLE COMMUNITIES AND THE LAND. 14 14 7 870 0 505545 543750 54494 41069 34494 32498 125018 55481 719551 672798 0 0 354509 390854 0 76910 265792 268886 620301 659740 99250 13058 1547293 1685612 60189 39629 1487104 1645983 GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST CONSERVES SOUTHWEST MONTANA'S HERITAGE OF OPEN LANDSCAPES, WORKING FARMS AND RANCHES, HEALTHY RIVERS, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT; AND CREATES TRAILS TO CONNECT PEOPLE COMMUNITIES AND THE LAND. false false 282409 10870 Community Trails - In FY13, GVLTs Community Trails Program continued with its mission to connect people, communities, and the land through collaborative trail projects. In our 23-year history, GVLT has helped create over 67 miles of trail. In FY13 we worked with a great diversity of partners to complete a variety of projects to expand, improve and maintain Bozemans Main Street to the Mountains trail system, including adding 5 miles of new trail into our system at Highland Glen Nature Preserve in partnership with the City of Bozeman and Bozeman Deaconess Health Services; installing a new, flagship bridge to connect neighborhoods with the Sourdough Trail, and completing new trail connections at Bozeman Pond. 149639 30199 Conservation Easements - GVLT collaborated with a family to conserve 3,860-acres of relatively natural wildlife habitat, working ranchland, and scenic open space adjacent to public lands and other conserved lands in Park County, Montana. This brings our total conserved land to over 42,000 acres in 89 conservation easements and is a milestone in our goal of protecting the most important private lands in our service area. As an accredited land trust, we provided stewardship and monitoring to every conservation easement that we hold and maintained records of our stewardship work. We also continued with outreach to landowners in our priority focus areas, providing information about conservation options and assisting landowners with cost-share funding when possible. 40035 Education - GVLT provided several educational programs for various organizations and at many community events throughout the year. We also publish a monthly E-Newsletter that reaches over 1,700 addresses. GVLTs Annual Report reached more than 2,200 community members. The GVLT website is updated bi-monthly with current news relating to community trails, private land conservation and events open to the public. We have a Facebook page and can also be followed on Twitter. 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Endowment Funds are depositories for special gifts received by GVLT for endowment purposes. The principal of such special gifts will be permanently restricted, the income from which may be used for the needs of GVLT. Endowment Funds are to be responsibly managed to allow for accumulation and income for expenditure to accomplish the organizations 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 II, Line 9 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 II, Line 5 Part II, Line 5 - Summarized Policy The Gallatin Valley Land Trust is accredited by the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission. GVLT's 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. GVLT's 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.GVLT's 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). false MAKE TRACKS FOR TRAILS 25996 25996 1500 220 8 1229 TRAIL MIX 18435 18435 190 1538 1000 1036 3 26750 26750 1500 2941 34 3700 2047 71181 71181 3000 3351 1580 4700 4312 16943 54238 X 2 N/A 2 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 XI, Line 9 Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases BAD DEBT RECOVERY = $384 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 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 WEBSITE: WWW.GVLT.ORG. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees 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 12c 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 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ED) MAKE SURE EVERY BOARD MEMBER HAS A COPY OF THE POLICY AND IS AWARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DISCLOSE REAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICTS. THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ENSURE 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 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process AMATICS DELIVERED A COPY OF 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.