WEST CREEK CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: WEST CREEK CONSERVANCY (EIN 34-1859064)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-10-26
IRS object ID: 201102999349300400
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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 L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-10-26T07:01:13-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	H & J CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS INC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	37131 EUCLID AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	WILLOUGHBY	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	44094	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	341859064	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEST CREEK PRESERVATION COMMITTEE	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	WEST	NameControl
Phone	2167493720	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	P O BOX 347113	AddressLine1
City	PARMA	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	441347113	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JEFFERY LENNARTZ	Name
Title	CHAIR	Title
Phone	2167493720	Phone
Date Signed	2011-09-26	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	ROLLAND B STANDISH	Name
Phone	4409512997	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-09-26	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	DAVID LINCHECK	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 347113	AddressLine1
City	PARMA	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	441347113	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1547739	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WESTCREEK.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2000	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	OH	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE WEST CREEK VALLEY WATERSHED.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	3	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	200	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	1139265	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	1536527	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	17316	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	10091	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	10896	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	1121	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Current Year	0	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	1167477	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1547739	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	67765	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	65064	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	1483	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	763593	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	941631	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	831358	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1006695	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	336119	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	541044	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	1929496	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	1151107	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	1931	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	8170	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	1927565	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	1142937	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE WEST CREEK VALLEY WATERSHED.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	988754	Expense
Description	CONSERVATION LAND AND EASEMENT MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION IN THE WEST CREEK VALLEY WATERSHED.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	988754	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	true	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	2	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	3	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	THE ORGANIZATION	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2167493720	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 347113	AddressLine1
City	PARMA	City
State	OH	State
ZIP Code	441347113	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
DAVID M LINCHECK
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00	X	X	6771	0	0
DOROTHY HAZEL
SECRETARY	5.00	X	X	0	0	0
IRVIN HAZEL
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
BARBARA HERMES
DIRECTOR	5.00	X		0	0	0
BRETT IAFIGLIOLA
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
JEFFREY W LENNARTZ
CHAIRPERSON	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
IRENE TOTH
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
DAVID J VASARHELYI
DIRECTOR	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
SUSAN ZUROVCHAK
DIRECTOR	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
WILLIAM BILLIK
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
ROBERT GARDIN
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
NEAL K HESS
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
ROBERT GREYTAK
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0
KIMBERLY NOVAK
DIRECTOR	2.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	6771	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Government Grants	1101450	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	435077	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	1536527	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	PROGRAM INCOME AND OUTREACH	Description
Total Revenue Column	10091	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10091	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	10091	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1121	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,121	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1547739	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10091	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$1,121	ExclusionAmount

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6770	Total
Program Services	5957	ProgramServices
Management And General	677	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	136	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	48720	Total
Program Services	42873	ProgramServices
Management And General	4873	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	974	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4676	Total
Program Services	4204	ProgramServices
Management And General	468	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4898	Total
Program Services	4310	ProgramServices
Management And General	490	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	98	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11075	Total
Program Services	4983	ProgramServices
Management And General	6092	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	6462	Total
Program Services	5697	ProgramServices
Management And General	646	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	119	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9654	Total
Program Services	8672	ProgramServices
Management And General	965	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	17	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4222	Total
Program Services	3800	ProgramServices
Management And General	422	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9956	Total
Program Services	9321	ProgramServices
Management And General	635	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
LAND ACQUIS DIRECT COST	448735	448735
RESTORATION WORK EXP	259780	259780
EASEMENT ACQ DIRECT COST	70540	70540
LAND ACQ SETTLEMENT COSTS	54278	54278
TRAIL & HENNINGER EXP	46195	46195

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	20734	Total
Program Services	19409	ProgramServices
Management And General	1190	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	135	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1006695	Total
Program Services	988754	ProgramServices
Management And General	16458	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1483	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	288076	BOY
EOY	269023	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	29457	BOY
EOY	882004	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	80	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1611963	BOY
EOY	80	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1929496	BOY
EOY	1151107	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1931	BOY
EOY	8170	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1931	BOY
EOY	8170	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	65507	BOY
EOY	83426	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1862051	BOY
EOY	1059431	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7	BOY
EOY	80	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1927565	BOY
EOY	1142937	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1929496	BOY
EOY	1151107	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	541044	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-1325672	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	166773	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	513553	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	352472	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1139265	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1536527	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3708590	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	86347	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4143	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	17316	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10091	CurrentTaxYear
Total	117897	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	166773	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	599900	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	356615	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1156581	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1546618	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3826487	Total

Amts Recd From Disqual Persons AmtsRecdFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	100000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	84766	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	184766	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	80266	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	80266	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	180266	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	84766	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Total	265032	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	3561455	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	6944	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8210	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9041	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10896	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1121	CurrentTaxYear
Total	36212	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	6944	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	8210	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	9041	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10896	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1121	CurrentTaxYear
Total	36212	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	173717	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	608110	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	365656	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	1167477	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1547739	CurrentTaxYear
Total	3862699	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.92200	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.87210	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Protection Of Natural Habitat	X	ProtectionOfNaturalHabitat
Total Number Of Easements	22	TotalNumberOfEasements
Total Acreage	282	TotalAcreage
Nmbr Hist Struct Easements After	18	NmbrHistStructEasementsAfter
Nmbr States In Which Easements Held	1	NmbrStatesInWhichEasementsHeld
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	80	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	80	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	80	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	1547739	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	1006695	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	541044	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	541044	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1547739	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	1547739	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	1547739	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1006695	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	1006695	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	1006695	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ACCOUNTING FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9	ReturnReference
Explanation	CONSERVATION LAND, EASEMENTS AND COVENANTS, WHICH WERE ACQUIRED THROUGH PURCHASES AND CONTRIBUTIONS SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S INCEPTION, ARE RECOGNIZED AT A VALUE OF 1 PER PERMANENT PARCEL NUMBER (PPN) IN THE CASE OF LAND, OR 1 PER EACH CONSERVATION EASEMENT OR COVENANT ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. MANAGEMENT CLASSIFIES THESE ACQUISITIONS AS A "COLLECTION", AS DEFINED IN ASC TOPIC "NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES", DUE TO ITS INTENT TO HOLD THESE ASSETS IN PERPETUITY FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES. DIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITION OF LAND, EASEMENTS OR COVENANTS ARE EXPENSED IN THE YEAR INCURRED.	Explanation

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	DAVD LINCHECK	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	FRM BOARD MBR	Relationship
Description Of Transaction	EXEC DIR EFF 11/10	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE L PART V	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATIONS CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS A FORMER BOARD MEMBER ONCE THE FORMER BOARD MEMBER STARTED SERVICE IN THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN COMPENSING HIM AS AN EMPLOYEE NOT FOR SERVICES AS A FORMER BOARD MEMBER DURING THE TIME THE INDIVIDUAL SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER HE WAS INDEPENDENT N HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
RELATED PARTY INFORMATION AMONG OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	DOROTHY HAZEL DIRECTOR SPOUSE IRVIN HAZEL DIRECTOR SPOUSE
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	PRIOR TO FILING, THE FORM 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, FINANCE STAFF, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, THE 990 IS PRESENTED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW. THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED IN ADVANCE OF THE BOARD MEETING IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT DIRECTORS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL REVIEW. A BOARD OFFICER SIGNS THE 990.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	EACH YEAR, THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE ASKED TO REVIEW THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE POLICY MAKES CLEAR THAT ALL DECISIONS OF THE BOARD, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE MADE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF A DESIRE TO PROMOTE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PUBLIC GOOD. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT REQUESTS BOARD MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AFFILIATIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BE POTENTIALLY RELATED TO THE FINANCIALS OR OTHER SUBSTANTIVE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE ALSO ASKED TO IDENTIFY CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING EITHER THEMSELVES, OR A MEMBER OF THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY, THAT MAY BE CONSTRUED AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AT THE STAFF LEVEL, THE ORGANIZATION'S PERSONNEL ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WHEN CONSIDERING THE ENGAGEMENT OF A NEW VENDOR. IF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS IDENTIFIED, APPROPRIATE STEPS ARE TAKEN TO BOTH ASSESS THE NATURE OF THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, TO ENSURE THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACTUAL CONFLICT IS MITIGATED. SUCH MITIGATION IS MANAGED AND THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE CONFLICTS POLICY ARE UPHELD.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE ORGANIZATIONS MANAGEMENT OFFICER SERVES WITHOUT PAY.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	COMPENSATION FOR STAFF WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, OR EXECUTIVE MEMBERS THEREIN. THE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION IS SET BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND IN RELATION TO OTHER AREA MISSION-COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE. THIS COMPENSATION IS A COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FORM 990 CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON SEVERAL PUBLICALLY-ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES.

WEST CREEK CONSERVANCY: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (14 entries)

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Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

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