Lincoln Land Conservation Trust is located in Lincoln, MA. The organization was established in 1962. According to its NTEE Classification (C34) the organization is classified as: Land Resources Conservation, under the broad grouping of Environment and related organizations. As of 12/2023, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust employed 7 individuals. This organization is an independent organization and not affiliated with a larger national or regional group of organizations. Lincoln Land Conservation Trust is a 501(c)(3) and as such, is described as a "Charitable or Religous organization or a private foundation" by the IRS.
For the year ending 12/2023, Lincoln Land Conservation Trust generated $212.9k in total revenue. This represents relatively stable growth, over the past 9 years the organization has increased revenue by an average of 1.7% each year. All expenses for the organization totaled $165.4k during the year ending 12/2023. You can explore the organizations financials more deeply in the financial statements section below.
Form
990
Mission & Program ActivityExcerpts From the 990 Filing
TAX YEAR
2023
Describe the Organization's Mission:
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TO PRESERVE THE RURAL CHARACTER OF LINCOLN, TO ACQUIRE AND MAINTAIN UNDEVELOPED LANDS IN TOWN, TO DEVELOP TRAILS THEREIN, TO ESTABLISH SOUND CONSERVATION PRACTICES, AND TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION, ENJOYMENT, EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LINCOLN'S NATURAL AREAS.
Describe the Organization's Program Activity:
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EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN 2023 INCLUDED 18 IN-PERSON TRAIL WALKS, WORKSHOPS, OR OTHER OUTDOOR LAND-BASED PROGRAMMING, AND 17 VIRTUAL OR IN-PERSON LECTURES.IN THE SPRING, LLCT COLLABORATED WITH LINCOLN COMMON GROUND TO WELCOME DR. RACHEL NEURATH, A SOIL MICROBIAL ECOLOGIST AND LINCOLN RESIDENT TO A COMMUNITY ZOOM PROGRAM INTRODUCING NO MOW MAY. LLCT CONTINUED TO WORK WITH LINCOLN COMMON GROUND IN THE SUMMER TO OFFER TWO ECO-GARDEN TOURS. IN SEPTEMBER, RACHEL NEURATH CLOSED OUT THE GROWING SEASON WITH AN INTRODUCTORY LECTURE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LEAVE THE LEAVES. THIS PRESENTATION WAS FOLLOWED IN NOVEMBER BY AN IN-PERSON LECTURE FEATURING KATHY CONNOLLY ON LEAVING STEMS OVER THE WINTER. THIS WAS SPONSORED BY THE LINCOLN GARDEN CLUB, WITH SUPPORT FROM LLCT AND LINCOLN COMMON GROUND.LLCT CONTINUED TO OFFER FOUR SPRING BIRDING WALKS LED BY LOCAL BIRDING EXPERTS GWYN LOUD, NORMAN LEVEY, RON MCADOW, COREY NIMMER, AND NANCY SOULETTE. LLCT AND THE LINCOLN COUNCIL ON AGING AND HUMAN SERVICES SPONSORED A SERIES OF SPRING AND FALL NOTICING WALKS LED BY JOHN CALABRIA. IN JUNE, LLCT OFFERED AN EVENING FIREFLY WALK IN SMITH-ANDOVER FIELD LED BY DR. AVALON OWENS.LLCT REPRISED ITS WINTER CARNIVAL SCAVENGER HUNT, COLLABORATING WITH THE LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FEATURE STUDENT ART ON THE TRAILS. IN APRIL, LLCT AND THE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT WORKED WITH MATT BURNE, BSC GROUP, AND WILL LEONA, TOWN OF LINCOLN CONSERVATION RANGER, TO LEAD A VERNAL POOL EXPLORATION IN THE WOODS BY FARM MEADOW. IN APRIL AND MAY, LLCT COLLABORATED WITH THE LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY TO WELCOME CLARE WALKER-LESLIE TO A PUBLIC, AFTERNOON NATURE JOURNALING WORKSHOP. LLCT AND THE LINCOLN PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION THEN BROUGHT WALKER-LESLIE TO THE 6TH GRADE FOR A MORNING OF EXPLORATION ON THE TRAILS AND BOARDWALK BEHIND THE SCHOOLS.IN THE FALL, LLCT AND WILL LEONA ORGANIZED A FAMILY FUNGI EVENT IN THE WOODS BEHIND PIERCE HOUSE. LLCT WRAPPED UP FAMILY PROGRAMMING IN OCTOBER BY TEAMING UP WITH FARRINGTON NATURE LINC TO BRING A PUBLIC EYES ON OWLS PROGRAM TO NATURE LINC'S LINCOLN CAMPUS.WINTER PROGRAMS INCLUDED A TALK BY DAVE GOULSON ON WORLDWIDE INSECT DECLINE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS POLLINATOR NETWORK, LEXINGTON LIVING LANDSCAPES, AND MASS AUDUBON, AND A TALK BY RON MCADOW ON USING TRAIL CAMERAS TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF ELUSIVE MAMMALS IN THE WINTER.IN 2023, LLCT PARTICIPATED IN A SERIES ON LINCOLN'S HYDROLOGY FEATURING MAX ROME AND MARTIN BRIGGS. PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED THE WATER COMMISSION, THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION, AND THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION.LLCT ALSO CONTINUED TO HELP LEAD THE ON BELONGING IN OUTDOOR SPACES SPEAKER SERIES. IN FEBRUARY, CLAUDIA FOX TREE SPOKE ABOUT DECOLONIZING NATIVE AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS. IN MARCH, LEAH PENNIMAN SHARED HIGHLIGHTS FROM HER NEW BOOK BLACK EARTH WISDOM AND JOSE GONZALEZ PRESENTED ON HIS ORGANIZATION LATINO OUTDOORS. SPRING 2023 SPONSORSHIP WAS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY FREEDOM'S WAY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA, THE LINCOLN CULTURAL COUNCIL, AND THE OGDEN CODMAN TRUST. OTHE HOST ORGANIZATIONS WERE FARRINGTON NATURE LINC, DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK AND MUSEUM, THE FOOD PROJECT, THE WALDEN WOODS PROJECT, AND MASS AUDUBON.IN 2023, LLCT CONTINUED OFFERING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS RELATED TO ITS POLLINATOR ACTION PLAN. ONCE AGAIN LLCT OFFERED ITS MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE POLLINATOR FRIENDLY PLANTS AT COST. IN MARCH, NORMAN LEVEY OFFERED A ZOOM FIRESIDE CHAT ON WILD BEES IN THE BACKYARD. LLCT STAFF SARA LUPKAS AND BRYN GINGRICH GAVE A CONSERVATION COFFEE PRESENTATION AND A ZOOM FOR FREEDOM'S WAY NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA DOCUMENTING THE PLANTING EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN SINCE 2020 BY LLCT. DIANA RICE-SHEAHAN SPOKE ABOUT POCKET POLLINATOR MEADOWS IN MAY. VOLUNTEERS PLANTED 180 PERENNIALS AND A FEW DONATED SHRUBS AT A NEW DEMONSTRATION GARDEN ALONG THE ROADSIDE PATH NEAR CODMAN COMMUNITY GARDENS. THE LINCOLN GARDEN CLUB GENEROUSLY AWARDED A GRANT TO LLCT TO COVER SOME OF THE INITIAL PLANTING COSTS. DURING THE SUMMER, LLCT HOSTED A BEECOLOGY WORKSHOP AT THE LLCT POLLINATOR MEADOW AND LINCOLN STATION GARDEN WITH THE CONCORD LAND CONSERVATION TRUST, AND HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE MEADOW FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIVE POLLINATOR TASK FORCE (NOW THE BUMBLEBEE PROJECT). LLCT INVITED SUMMER CAMP AND LEAP STUDENTS TO TWO WORK DAYS IN THE MEADOW. VOLUNTEERS IN THE FALL HELPED WITH PLANTING AND SOWING DAYS AT CHAPMAN PASTURE. LLCT WRAPPED UP POLLINATOR PROGRAMMING WITH A FIRESIDE CHAT ZOOM WITH DR. ROBERT GEGEAR AND AN IN-PERSON WINTER SOWING WORKSHOP.BI-MONTHLY VIRTUAL CONSERVATION COFFEES CONTINUED, WITH LLCT AND THE TOWN OF LINCOLN CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT JOINTLY HOSTING.LLCT HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN EARLY OCTOBER. AFTER THE BUSINESS MEETING, GWYN LOUD GAVE A SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION ON 50 YEARS OF CHANGING LANDSCAPES, FLORA, AND FAUNA IN LINCOLN.IN 2023, LLCT'S SCARECROW CLASSIC 5K ATTRACTED 676 PARTICIPANTS, 50 SPONSORS, AND 50 VOLUNTEERS.
STEWARDSHIP: LLCT STAFF WORKED WITH VOLUNTEERS, FIELDWORK ASSISTANTS, AND TOWN OF LINCOLN CONSERVATION STAFF. WE PERFORMED ANNUAL MAINTENANCE OF 40 MILES OF PUBLIC TRAILS, WHICH INCLUDED REMOVING DOWNED TREES WHICH WERE BLOCKING PATHS, AND PRUNING VEGETATION. IN ADDITION, NEW DUCKBOARDS AND BRIDGES WERE CONSTRUCTED FOR SOME TRAILS. STAFF HOSTED A GROUP OF LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS ON THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY TO BUILD NEW BOARDWALKS FOR TRAILS IN THE PIGEON HILL AREA.LLCT STAFF MONITORED DEEDED CONSERVATION LAND AND CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS, AS WELL AS CONSERVATION LAND AND RESTRICTIONS OWNED/HELD BY THE TOWN OF LINCOLN. LLCT WORKED TO REMOVE/CONTROL INVASIVE PLANTS, INCLUDING GARLIC MUSTARD, WALL LETTUCE, WATER CHESTNUT, BUCKTHORN, BURNING BUSH AND JAPANESE KNOTWEED. WORK CONTINUED ON THE POLLINATOR ACTION PLAN. WE ADDED ADDITIONAL PLANTS TO ALL OF OUR EXISTING POLLINATOR GARDENS, AND ADDED A NEW GARDEN ADJACENT TO THE CODMAN COMMUNITY GARDENS. IN TOTAL, STAFF, SUMMER INTERNS, AND VOLUNTEERS PLANTED AT LEAST 200 PERENNIALS AND SHRUBS AT OUR POLLINATOR GARDENS AROUND LINCOLN. AT THE POLLINATOR MEADOW, STAFF SUPERVISED CAMP GROUPS AND AN AFTER-SCHOOL GROUP IN LAYING MORE MULCHED PATHS THROUGH THE MEADOW AND WEEDING AROUND NEW PLANTS. A MAJOR MULTI-YEAR REHABILITATION OF ONE CONSERVATION AREA, CHAPMAN PASTURE, IS STILL IN PROGRESS. SOD WAS REMOVED FROM ONE AREA WHERE PLUGS WERE PLANTED, AND A WILDFLOWER SEED MIX WAS SOWN USING A SLIT SEEDER. THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER, LLCT STAFF AND A VOLUNTEER MONITORED ACTIVITY AT BLUEBIRD BOXES IN CHAPMAN PASTURE, AS WELL AS IN A FIELD IN STONY BROOK SOUTH.
ACQUISITION: IN JUNE 2023, RLF SIGNED A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 7.6 ACRES OF LAND IN LINCOLN FOR $800,000. LLCT STAFF PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.
Name (title) | Role | Hours | Compensation |
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Susan Allen Vice-Chair | OfficerTrustee | 1 | $0 |
Kenneth Bassett Trustee | Trustee | 3 | $0 |
William Constable President | OfficerTrustee | 5 | $0 |
Daniel England Trustee | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
Andrew Falender Trustee | Trustee | 1 | $0 |
James Henderson Trustee | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
Statement of Revenue | |
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Federated campaigns | $0 |
Membership dues | $99,059 |
Fundraising events | $29,587 |
Related organizations | $0 |
Government grants | $0 |
All other contributions, gifts, grants, and similar amounts not included above | $1,153 |
Noncash contributions included in lines 1a–1f | $0 |
Total Revenue from Contributions, Gifts, Grants & Similar | $129,799 |
Total Program Service Revenue | $2,336 |
Investment income | $45,118 |
Tax Exempt Bond Proceeds | $0 |
Royalties | $0 |
Net Rental Income | $0 |
Net Gain/Loss on Asset Sales | $25,978 |
Net Income from Fundraising Events | $9,680 |
Net Income from Gaming Activities | $0 |
Net Income from Sales of Inventory | $0 |
Miscellaneous Revenue | $0 |
Total Revenue | $212,911 |
Statement of Expenses | |
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Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals. | $0 |
Grants and other assistance to Foreign Orgs/Individuals | $0 |
Benefits paid to or for members | $0 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $0 |
Compensation of current officers, directors, key employees. | $0 |
Compensation to disqualified persons | $0 |
Other salaries and wages | $104,746 |
Pension plan accruals and contributions | $0 |
Other employee benefits | $0 |
Payroll taxes | $9,057 |
Fees for services: Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Legal | $0 |
Fees for services: Accounting | $11,363 |
Fees for services: Lobbying | $0 |
Fees for services: Fundraising | $0 |
Fees for services: Investment Management | $0 |
Fees for services: Other | $0 |
Advertising and promotion | $0 |
Office expenses | $37,655 |
Information technology | $1,708 |
Royalties | $0 |
Occupancy | $0 |
Travel | $0 |
Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials | $0 |
Conferences, conventions, and meetings | $0 |
Interest | $0 |
Payments to affiliates | $0 |
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization | $0 |
Insurance | $869 |
All other expenses | $0 |
Total functional expenses | $165,398 |
Balance Sheet | |
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Cash—non-interest-bearing | $53,214 |
Savings and temporary cash investments | $698,972 |
Pledges and grants receivable | $0 |
Accounts receivable, net | $201 |
Loans from Officers, Directors, or Controlling Persons | $0 |
Loans from Disqualified Persons | $0 |
Notes and loans receivable | $0 |
Inventories for sale or use | $0 |
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges | $6,188 |
Net Land, buildings, and equipment | $0 |
Investments—publicly traded securities | $1,366,031 |
Investments—other securities | $0 |
Investments—program-related | $0 |
Intangible assets | $0 |
Other assets | $0 |
Total assets | $2,124,606 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $0 |
Grants payable | $0 |
Deferred revenue | $0 |
Tax-exempt bond liabilities | $0 |
Escrow or custodial account liability | $0 |
Loans and other payables to any current Officer, Director, or Controlling Person | $0 |
Secured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
Unsecured mortgages and notes payable | $0 |
Other liabilities | $0 |
Total liabilities | $0 |
Net assets without donor restrictions | $2,017,656 |
Net assets with donor restrictions | $106,950 |
Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds | $0 |
Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, or equipment fund | $0 |
Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds | $0 |
Total liabilities and net assets/fund balances | $2,124,606 |