2025-10-02T14:41:46-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 311434730 ARC OF APPALACHIA ARCO 9373651935 7660 Cave Road Bainbridge OH 456129501 Nancy Stranahan Director 9373651489 2025-10-02 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Nancy Stranahan 7660 Cave Road Bainbridge OH 456129501 8117359 0 X www.arcofappalachia.org X 1995 OH Our Mission: To protect the rich diversity of life within North America's Great Eastern Forest. Our Work: We acquire and steward wild lands in the Appalachian heartland. We create sanctuaries where people can connect with the natural world. We teach about our forest heritage to inspire a global conservation ethic. 13 13 20 480 0 0 4466901 7717406 342697 333455 86738 66498 0 0 4896336 8117359 16196 3046 0 0 632448 798327 0 0 94664 540008 734452 1188652 1535825 3707684 6581534 37271026 44496313 321907 126027 36949119 44370286 Our Mission: Arc of Appalachia protects the rich diversity of life within North America's Great Eastern Forest. Our Work: We acquire and steward wildlands in the Appalachian heartland. We create sanctuaries where people can connect with the natural world. We teach about our forest heritage to inspire a global conservation ethic. 0 0 825504 1046 0 Land Acquisition & Nature Preservation - In 2024, the Arc of Appalachia (Arc) expanded its nature preserve holdings by 11 properties and 795 acres. The Arc also supported a partner nonprofit, Wilderness East, in its purchase of four properties totaling 1294 acres. The Arc will purchase these properties from Wilderness East once grant and public funding have been achieved. All of these acquisitions further the Arc's mission of wildlands preservation. Over the organization's 30-year history, 173 separate land acquisitions have been consummated, establishing 33 preserve regions, nearly all of which remain actively stewarded by the Arc. The Arc acquired three properties by donation in Ohio: 37 acres in Hocking Hills (Grow donation), 25 acres in Knox County (Hellbender Preserve Expansion), 167 acres in Gallia County (Howell-Koeler Preserve), and one donation in Kentucky: 110 acres in Carter County (Chegeree Cliffs). One conservation easement was acquired by donation: 27 acres in Hocking County (Fry Easement). Through a combination of grants and private donations, the Arc acquired in Ohio: 80 acres in Perry County (Gailen Forest Reserve), 205 acres in Pike and Ross Counties (two projects expanding Tobacco Barn Hollow Preserve), 101 acres in Jackson County (two projects composing Sylvan Deep Preserve), and 43 acres in Scioto County that expanded the Gladys Riley Golden Star Lily Preserve. One of Wilderness East's four holdings in 2024 included a 1200-acre property in Greenbrier County, WV that will be transferred to the Arc in 2025. Land Stewardship & Hiking Trails - In 2024, Arc's Land Stewardship staff stewarded nearly 80 miles of hiking trails in the Arc preserve system. Trails newly opened to the public this year include the Resilience and Honeycomb Rock trail systems in Hocking County, a third firefly-viewing trail at Gladys Riley Preserve, and two new trails at Tobacco Barn Hollow in Pike & Ross Counties. The development of these new hiking trails was largely funded by the Clean Ohio grant program. Non-native invasive plant control continued to be a year-round task across the preserve system in 2024, with special focus on bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose, autumn olive, and Chinese lespedeza. Arc staff continue to monitor and treat hemlock woolly adelgid, a non-native invasive insect in preserves with stands of Canadian hemlock. Research - Arc of Appalachia staff and volunteers continued to engage in several research studies across its preserves. These included an annual week-long bird survey in the Arc preserves; an ongoing timber rattlesnake habitat study at its Tobacco Barn Hollow preserve; and two bioblitzes, one in Killbuck Swamp Preserve in Holmes County, OH, and one at Wild Rock Canyon in Greenbrier County, WV. 486134 0 317889 Education - In 2024, the Arc of Appalachia was committed to teaching nature literacy through workshops, courses, and educational articles provided to the general public, through a monthly series of free workshops for youths called "Nature is Neat," through maintaining nearly 80 miles of public hiking trails which facilitates direct learning, and through interpretive murals and one-on-one contact in the Appalachian Forest Museum at the Arc's headquarters. In 2024, the Arc attracted 140,542 visitors, a 45% increase from 2023's attendance. Numbers were calculated with the aid of headcounts, registration data, and car counters. 0 0 0 1311638 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 34 0 1 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 OH WV X X Kathleen Bruns 9373651935 7660 Cave Road Bainbridge OH 456129501 Nancy J Stranahan Director 50 0 X 81577 0 0 Brian Blair Trustee 2 0 X 0 0 0 Randy Carmel Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jean Farkas Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Martha Fikes Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Hazel Morrow Jones Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Michael Rigsby Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jenny Sadler Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Jim Silver Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Lewis Ulman Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rick Perkins President 4 0 X X 0 0 0 Marilyn Welker Vice President 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Dave Todt Secretary 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Kathleen Bruns Treasurer 8 0 X X 0 0 0 81577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2087016 5630390 2343346 7717406 Education, events, and lodging 813312 333455 333455 0 0 0 0 0 0 333455 66498 66498 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8117359 399953 0 0 3046 3046 0 0 0 0 0 0 81620 44891 24486 12243 0 0 0 0 650584 590617 37288 22679 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66123 57142 5946 3035 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7182 0 7182 0 38353 14336 3747 20270 0 0 0 0 66671 22840 8093 35738 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142838 142189 649 29587 28391 1167 29 0 0 0 0 669 608 61 0 6798 817 5981 0 0 0 0 0 157069 157069 0 0 37924 30691 7233 0 Events and workshops supplies 39850 39829 0 21 Non-capital special projects 179172 179172 0 0 Writeoff value of disposed assets 28339 0 28339 0 1535825 1311638 129523 94664 290559 191973 977168 2292391 66135 47581 0 0 0 0 0 0 1334284 2337611 0 46882 59513 37711462 1585033 31735868 36126429 0 0 0 0 0 2820130 3440815 37271026 44496313 90278 84180 4813 0 31339 30695 0 0 0 0 0 0 21569 10049 173908 0 0 1103 321907 126027 X 36949119 43695425 0 674861 36949119 44370286 37271026 44496313 X 6581534 0 0 0 401782 437851 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 3770447 4112543 6859725 4466901 7717406 26927022 372772 233952 308852 342697 333455 1591728 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4143219 4346495 7168577 4809598 8050861 28518750 17685 14921 15160 27715 50628 126109 51442 11739 644860 0 0 708041 69127 26660 660020 27715 50628 834150 27684600 22587 26057 42192 79777 66498 237111 0 0 0 0 0 0 22587 26057 42192 79777 66498 237111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4165806 4372552 7210769 4889375 8117359 28755861 0.96275 0.95107 0.00825 0.00839 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 6 658.33 0 0 0 1 1 30.5 772 1 0 32960693 32960693 0 3991224 1457703 2533521 0 0 0 0 0 418218 107277 310941 0 341327 20053 321274 36126429 Beneficial interest in endowment funds held at community foundations 3440815 3440815 Deposits 1103 1103 8605742 0 49551 0 438832 488383 8117359 0 0 0 8117359 1586284 49551 0 0 908 50459 1535825 0 0 0 1535825 Schedule D, Part II, Line 5 The Conservation Easement policy states that monitoring should occur no less than annually by a staff member, Board member, or trained volunteer. The policy also provides enforcement and notification procedures should a violation be detected. Schedule D, Part II, Line 9 Due to the unique nature of conservation easements, the limited resale market for such assets, holder's obligations for monitoring and enforcement, the impracticability of obtaining consistent and reliable estimates of the values ascribed to these interests, and consistent with practices followed by many environmental land trusts, conservation easements are not capitalized. Easements acquired by purchase are reflected in the statement of activities as reduction of net assets. Donated easements are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d Change in value of beneficial interests $438,000 and Other miscellaneous $832 Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d Miscellaneous Nancy J Stranahan Director 12336 See Part V 0 Schedule L, Part IV On July 26, 2010 Arc of Appalachia kna The Highlands nature Sanctuary, Inc entered into a purchase agreement with Nancy J Stranahan, Director, for a house located at 6636 SR 753, Hillsboro, Ohio. The house is situated next to an existing preserve and is secured with a mortgage note. The 15 year 5% note had an initial balance of $130,000 with annual principal and interest payments of $12,336. The liability balance on the note as of 12/31/24 was $10,049. X 2 16988 FMV X 6 475508 stock price X 5 1786166 FMV X Supplies/furnishings 2 15133 donor's cost 3 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Form 990 was prepared by the Treasurer and reviewed by the Finance Committee and Executive Director. A draft copy was then made available to all Board members for review. Board comments or edits were communicated back to either Executive Director or Treasurer and if appropriate, incorporated into the final document. The Board voted to accept the completed document via special email vote. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c During the first Board meeting of each calendar year and after a verbal discussion of the purpose and intent of the Conflict of Interest Policy, each Board member is asked to complete and sign the written Conflict of Interest form listing any past, current, or future business dealings with the organization. The Executive Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Executive Director's 2024 salary was determined by Board action after a Board personnel evaluation and after a comparative review of salaries for similar positions. All other staff member salaries were set by the Executive Director and approved by the Board via the submission of the annual budget. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Audited financial statements and Form 990 are available on the organization's website. All governing documents and conflict of interest policy are made available to anyone requesting such documentation. State registration documents are available on the Ohio Secretary of State website. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Change in value of beneficial interests $438,000, Other ($149) Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c 2024 was the first year that an audit of Arc of Appalachia's financial statements was required. The Finance Committee of the Board is responsible for the selection of independent auditors. Charitable Remainder Trust #1 7660 Cave Road Bainbridge OH 45612 000000000 Irrevocable remainder interest OH N/A T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0