2024-11-13T15:11:22-05:00 2023-12-31 311226457 DIXON DAVIS BAGENT & CO 1205 WEAVER DR GRANVILLE OH 43023 990 2023-01-01 311284110 LICKING LAND TRUST LICK 7405874104 PO BOX 196 GRANVILLE OH 43023 AMY MOCK TREASURER AND TRUST 7405874104 2024-11-12 true true MJB P00249143 7403211000 2024-11-13 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z JIM BIDIGARE PO BOX 196 GRANVILLE OH 43023 120410 false X WWW.LICKINGLANDTRUST.ORG X 1989 OH THE MISSION OF THE LICKING LAND TRUST IS THE PRESERVATION AND PERMANENT PROTECTION OF CENTRAL OHIO GREEN SPACES, WETLANDS, WOODS, FARMLANDS, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS, AND SCENIC VISTAS, AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACES AND THEIR CONSERVATION, ALL FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. 13 13 2 25 0 82257 85086 0 16065 19838 -2732 8265 95590 113189 0 0 18728 22590 0 6806 32656 40068 51384 62658 44206 50531 747423 868158 0 747423 868158 X THE MISSION OF THE LICKING LAND TRUST IS THE PRESERVATION AND PERMANENT PROTECTION OF CENTRAL OHIO GREEN SPACES, WETLANDS, WOODS, FARMLANDS, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS, AND SCENIC VISTAS, AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACES AND THEIR CONSERVATION, ALL FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. false false 19823 CONSERVATION LICKING LAND TRUST ACQUIRES AND STEWARDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND LAND IN CENTRAL OHIO THAT ARE WETLANDS, WOODS, FARMLANDS, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS, AND SCENIC VISTAS. THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETES ANNUAL INSPECTIONS, MONITORS PROPERTIES, AND CARRIES OUT STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES SUCH AS COMBATTING INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, REMOVING DISEASED OR DEAD TREES, PREPARING AND EXECUTING LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND OCCASIONALLY TIMBERING FORESTED PROPERTY. LICKING LAND TRUST CURRENTLY HOLDS EASEMENTS ON 1,461 ACRES AND OWNS 125 ACRES. THE ORGANIZATION ACHIEVED NATIONAL ACCREDITATION IN 2016 FROM THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE AND WAS REACCREDITED IN 2021. 7736 EDUCATION LICKING LAND TRUST PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS, INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS, PRESENTATIONS ABOUT CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURAL EASEMENTS, AND MORE GENERAL NATURE TOPICS, LEADS NATURE WALKS AND SPECIES INVENTORY ACTIVITIES (BIOBLITZES) ON OUR PROTECTED PROPERTIES, AND PARTICIPATES IN PUBLIC EVENTS RELATED TO NATURE, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND CONSERVATION. THE TRUST FREQUENTLY HOSTS AN ANNUAL SUMMER INTERNSHIP FOR ONE OR MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE TRUST MAINTAINS A WEBSITE, CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES NEWSLETTERS FEATURING EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES, PARTICIPATES IN INFORMATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PREPARES/DISSEMINATES AN ANNUAL REPORT. THE TRUST'S ANNUAL MEETING FEATURES AN EDUCATIONAL SPEAKER, USUALLY OF NATIONAL RENOWN. 1860 SUPPORT LICKING LAND TRUST PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE NATIONAL LAND TRUST ALLIANCE, DAWES ARBORETUM, THE STATEWIDE OHIO COALITION OF LAND TRUSTS (COLT), LICKING COUNTY SOIL & WATER DISTRICT, LICKING COUNTY FARM BUREAU, LICKING PARK DISTRICT, GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DENISON UNIVERSITY, AND THE GRANVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THROUGH MEMBERSHIP, DONATIONS, COLLABORATION, AND ATTENDANCE AT VARIOUS MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, ACTIVITIES, AND EVENTS. THE TRUST COLLABORATES WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF ITS MISSION: FOR EXAMPLE, IT STEWARDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON PROPERTIES HELD BY GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP. 29419 true true false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false true 2 0 2 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 13 13 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false OH X X AMY MOCK 7405874104 PO BOX 196 GRANVILLE OH 43023 X X JIM BIDIGARE CHAIR AND TR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 JEREMY KING VICE CHAIR A 6.00 X X 0 0 0 AMY MOCK TREASURER AN 8.00 X X 0 0 0 WENDY BITTEL TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 SHANA BYRD TRUSTEE 1.50 X 0 0 0 PAUL DAVIDSON TRUSTEE 1.50 X 0 0 0 KYLE DIXON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN GOODELL TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT GRAY TRUSTEE 1.50 X 0 0 0 KRISTY HAWTHORNE TRUSTEE 1.50 X 0 0 0 TOM HENSHAW TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG SPIELES TRUSTEE 6.00 X 0 0 0 JOSH TROYER TRUSTEE 1.50 X 0 0 0 MELISSA GILBERT TRUSTEE 2.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 45521 5679 33886 22449 85086 19838 19838 15486 5679 7221 8265 8265 113189 28103 X 20724 8289 7253 5182 1866 746 653 467 1445 1323 122 6320 6320 11873 11873 5151 2208 1786 1157 3037 3037 4320 4320 2942 2942 STEWARDSHIP AND TREES 2350 2350 MEMBERSHIPS 1860 1860 REAL PROPERTY TAXES 631 631 ANNUAL MEETING 139 139 62658 29419 26433 6806 34109 38148 48489 131196 242164 242163 242164 418983 452971 3679 3679 747423 868158 0 0 X 468341 542000 279082 326158 747423 868158 747423 868158 50531 70204 X true X false true false X 46144 50786 71379 82257 85086 335652 46144 50786 71379 82257 85086 335652 335652 10054 9723 18019 16065 19838 73699 10054 9723 18019 16065 19838 73699 7265 7265 8450 4350 12357 11783 36940 64648 64859 101755 110105 112189 453556 0.74000 0.73650 0.16000 0.16000 X PART III, LINE 12 FUNDRAISING RECEIPTS 36,940 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 20 1461.00 2 1 false 133.00 400 242164 242164 242164 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 CONSERVATION ESAEMENTS HELD BY THE LICKING LAND TRUST DO NOT GENERATE REVENUES. MONITORING OR LEGAL DEFENSE OF THOSE EASEMENTS CAN GENERATE EXPENSE, AND SUCH EXPENSE WOULD BE RECORDED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S REGULAR CASH FLOW REPORT UNDER STEWARDSHIP FUNDS DISBURSED OR LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDS DISBURSED, AND BANK OR INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS DEDICATED TO THOSE PURPOSES WOULD BE DEBITED FOR SUCH EXPENSE. IN ADDITION, ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE EXPENSE RELATED TO MONITORING IS IDENTIFIED FROM TIME RECORDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE 990. THE LICKING LAND TRUST CARRIES ITS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON ITS BALANCE SHEET UNDER "OTHER ASSETS" AT THE VALUE OF 1.00 PER EASEMENT. FARM TO FORK FU 21165 5679 15486 7221 21165 5679 15486 7221 7221 8265 X VARIOUS AUCTION 93 22449 false true false FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION THE MISSION OF THE LICKING LAND TRUST IS THE PRESERVATION AND PERMANENT PROTECTION OF CENTRAL OHIO GREEN SPACES, WETLANDS, WOODS, FARMLANDS, RIPARIAN CORRIDORS, AND SCENIC VISTAS, AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACES AND THEIR CONSERVATION, ALL FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6 ABOUT 25 VOLUNTEERS. THEY ASSIST WITH MONITORING PROTECTED PROPERTIES, DOCUMENTING PROPERTIES, FUNDRAISING, FINANCIAL REVIEW, HELPING LEAD STUDENT PROGRAMS, AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS CLEARING INVASIVE SPECIES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B LICKING LAND TRUST PROVIDED A COPY OF ITS 2023 FORM 990 INCLUDING SCHEDULES A, B, D, G, M AND O, TO ALL MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY EMAIL ATTACHMENT. QUESTIONS WERE INVITED BY EMAIL, RECEIVED, AND ALSO ANSWERED BY EMAIL SO THAT ALL MEMBERS COULD READ AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ALL BOARD MEMBERS OF LICKING LAND TRUST ARE COVERED BY A WRITTEN CONFLICT- OF-INTEREST POLICY, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BASED ON THE GUIDELINES OF THE TRUST'S NATIONAL ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION, THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE. BOARD MEMBERS REVIEW AND RENEW SIGNED COPIES OF THE CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY ANNUALLY. THE BOARD OF LICKING LAND TRUST REVIEWS ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, EVEN THOSE BELOW THRESHOLD AMOUNTS, AND DETERMINES WHETHER A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. THEN THE BOARD IMPOSES APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIONS OR TAKES APPROPIATE ACTION TO AVOID CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS DEFINED BY ITS POLICY, THE LAND TRUST ALLIANCE GUIDELINES, AND RELEVANT LAWS, LEGAL REGULATIONS, AND GUIDELINES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 LICKING LAND TRUST MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND TAX RETURNS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. A SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL REPORT, A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, WHICH IS ANNOUNCED TO ALL MEMBERS, AND WHICH IS PUBLISHED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S PUBLIC WEBSITE. FORM 990, PART VII LYN BOONE SERVED AS TREASURER OF THE LICKING LAND TRUST UNTIL JANUARY 13, 2023. AMY MOCK, WAS ELECTED AS TREASURER STARTING HER TERM ON JANUARY 4, 2023. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G 11,873 0 0