THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 261, WINTHROP, ME 04364-0261

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MATT MULLEN, PO BOX 261, WINTHROP, ME 04364

Signed the 990

AMY TRUNNELL, TREASURER

Phone

(207) 377-2848

Website

WWW.TKLT.ORG

Return prepared by

ONE RIVER CPAS

Mission

THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST (KLT) WORKS COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE THE FORESTS, LAKES, STREAMS, WETLANDS, FIELDS, AND WILDLIFE THAT HELP DEFINE CENTRAL MAINE. KLT PROTECTS AND STEWARDS LAND PERMANENTLY, OFFERS ACCESS TO CONSERVED PROPERTIES, PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENJOY THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WORKS WITH PARTNERS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND FARMING. KLT HAS PROVIDED OVER THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS OF CONSERVATION WORK IN THE KENNEBEC RIVER AND LAKES REGION. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 1,100 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS, DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, BOARD MEMBERS, AND STAFF, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THREE DECADES OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPED A REPUTATION AS A CONSERVATION LEADER IN OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE REGION. WE HAVE RECEIVED STATEWIDE AND REGIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS FOR OUR DEDICATION TO CONSERVING LAND FOR ITS MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS, INCLUDING PUBLIC USE AND RECREATION. KLT H

Program accomplishments

• STEWARDSHIP KLT'S STEWARDSHIP STAFF OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST'S FEE LANDS, MONITOR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, AND WORK WITH 59 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS COMMIT MORE THAN 1418 HOURS ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT KLT'S STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. THE MOUNT PISGAH CONSERVATION AREA, KLT'S MOST POPULAR PROPERTY WAS A STEWARDSHIP FOCUS FOR THIS YEAR. KLT STAFF, INTERNS, AND MAINE CONSERVATION CORPS CREW MOVED 50+ YARDS OF GRAVEL FOR TRAIL REPAIRS WITH TRACKED HAULERS. THE GRAVEL, ALONG WITH GEOTEXTILE FABRIC AND CRUSHED DRAIN STONE, WAS PLACED ALONG A SECTION OF THE MOUNT PISGAH TOWER TRAIL TO REPLACE ~600 FEET OF WORN BOG BRIDGING. IN ADDITION TO ADDING GRAVEL ALONG THE TOWER TRAIL, A MCC CREW BEGAN INSTALLING STEPPING-STONES ALONG THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BLUEBERRY TRAIL TO REPLACE ANOTHER SECTION OF OLD BOG-BRIDGING. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONTINUED IN 2025. A MAINE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT FUNDED THESE PROJECTS, WITH MATCHING FUNDS PROVIDED BY KLT'S MEMBERSHIP. ON MANY OTHER PROPERTIES, KLT VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED TO STOCK SIGN-IN BOXES WITH BROCHURES, CLEAR TRAILS OF BLOWDOWNS, HELP WITH CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES, REPLACE WORN SIGNAGE, CLEAR BUSH, CUT NEW TRAIL ALONGSIDE KLT STAFF, AND PROVIDE BOAT TRANSPORT TO LAKE ISLANDS. THE SEASONAL STEWARDSHIP ASSISTANT'S TIME WAS INCREASED AND A PRIORITY TASK WAS ANNUAL PROPERTY MONITORING, WAKEFIELD WILDLIFE CABIN PROJECTS AND RELOCATING AN OVERFLOWING LATRINE ON NORRIS ISLAND.
  Expenses $266,345 · revenue $11,522
• EDUCATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS KLT HOSTED PUBLIC PROGRAMS WITH MANY PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL LYCEUM LECTURE SERIES ON MAINE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, NATURE WALKS, A MAINE ENTOMOLOGICAL FIELD DAY, STAR GAZING EVENTS, FULL MOON HIKES, PROPERTY DEDICATIONS, AND MORE. PUBLICATIONS "KLT NEWS: BIANNUAL NEWSLETTERS FEATURING NEW CONSERVATION PROPERTIES AND AN ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS "2024 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: CONSERVATION LAND TRUST AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PARTNERSHIPS: WORKFORCE HOUSING WITH COMMUNITY, CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS HTTPS://STATIC1.SQUARESPACE.COM/STATIC/52F117DAE4B0C08037396A20/T/66C3BE59B 018667711287FEF/1724104284844/WORKFORCE+HOUSING+RESEARCH+FINAL.PDF ALTERNATIVE LAWN COVERS & THEIR BENEFITS HTTPS://STATIC1.SQUARESPACE.COM/STATIC/52F117DAE4B0C08037396A20/T/66C3C0A3B F15C17E74F7F7C5/1724104872433/2024ELENA+8.13++FINAL.PDF "2023 INTERN RESEARCH PROJECTS: HOWARD HILL UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL INITIATIVE HTTPS://WWW.TKLT.ORG/S/KLT-RESEARCH-PAPER-2023-FINAL.PDF "TAKE A HIKE: THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST HIKING GUIDE, SECOND EDITION, PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2020, WITH THIRTY-TWO HIKES. "SAVE HOWARD HILL: SCENIC BACKDROP TO MAINE'S STATE HOUSE, PUBLISHED IN 2014. TEXT, MAPS, AND HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FOCUSED ON AUGUSTA'S HOWARD HILL. "YOUR WOODLAND: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR KENNEBEC COUNTY LANDOWNERS, PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY, 2012. "BETWEEN PERSON AND PLACE: CONSERVATION HISTORIES FROM THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST, PUBLISHED IN 2010. ESSAYS AND PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE STORIES BEHIND KLT'S CONSERVATION LANDS "WRITING THE LAND: MAINE AND WRITING THE LAND: ARE ANTHOLOGIES OF LAND TRUSTS, INCLUDING KLT, AND THE WORK OF BOTH ADULT AND YOUTH POETS WHO WROTE POEMS INSPIRED BY THEIR ADOPTED LANDS THROUGHOUT MAINE.
  Expenses $119,148 · revenue $2,545
• 1. LAND CONSERVATION SINCE 1988, KLT HAS WORKED COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVE OUR REGION'S NATURAL RESOURCES. KLT HOLDS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON, ACCEPTS GIFTS OF, AND PURCHASES SIGNIFICANT LANDS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. KLT'S COMMUNITY CONSERVATION LANDS PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER QUALITY, WORKING FORESTLAND AND FARMLAND, AND SCENIC BEAUTY, AND PROVIDE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YEAR-ROUND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR MAINE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. KLT HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLANNING IN 2022 WE COMPLETED AN UPDATE OF THE TRUST'S STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. OUR PLAN INCORPORATES 13 ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITY VALUES, INCLUDING PROXIMITY TO TRAIL ACCESS AND RESILIENCY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, TWO ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC CONSERVATION PLAN. THE PLAN HELPS US IDENTIFY HIGH PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREAS FOR OUR 413,000-ACRE SERVICE AREA. NEW LAND PROJECTS IN 2024 - 2025 KLT PROTECTED 261 ADDITIONAL ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND IN KENNEBEC COUNTY. THE 39-ACRE JIMMY STREAM CONSERVATION EASEMENT IN LITCHFIELD, CONSERVED IN JULY 2024, PROTECTS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD FORESTS AS WELL AS WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN AREAS WITH VALUABLE WILDLIFE HABITATS. THE PROPERTY FEATURES A HISTORIC NINETEENTH CENTURY CARRIAGE ROAD AND STONE WALLS, RECREATIONAL TRAILS MAINTAINED BY THE WHITE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND GLIMPSES OF OAK HILL TO THE WEST. THE 7-ACRE FERGUSON PARCEL, FAYETTE IS ADJACENT TO KLT'S 72-ACRE HALES POND PRESERVE. THE PARCEL WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM KLT DONORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE TRUST'S PARTNERSHIP WORK TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING, FOREST BASED LOCAL WOOD ECONOMIES, PUBLIC ACCESS TO CONSERVATION LAND, AND FORESTLAND CONSERVATION. THE PROPERTY HAS AN EXISTING WELL AND SEPTIC SYSTEM AND EXTENSIVE FRONTAGE ON RICHMOND MILLS ROAD. KLT IS CURRENTLY PAYING FULL TAXES ON THE PROPERTY WHILE EXPLORING WHETHER A SMALL NUMBER OF WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY IF THE LAND WAS TRANSFERRED TO A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. THE 97-ACRE HOPKINS SINCLAIR CONSERVATION AREA IN MANCHESTER WAS DONATED TO KLT IN FEBRUARY, 2025. THIS ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE PROPERTY PROTECTS VALUABLE WOODLAND AND WETLAND HABITATS IN A LARGELY UNDEVELOPED LANDSCAPE. THESE FORESTS AND WETLANDS AND OTHER NEARBY CONSERVATION AND PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS ARE CRITICAL HABITAT FOR MANY OF MAINE'S WILDLIFE SPECIES, INCLUDING BLACK BEAR AND MOOSE - WILDLIFE SPECIES WITH EXTENSIVE HOME RANGES. THIS CONSERVATION LAND IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE'S 1,140-ACRE JAMIE'S POND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, KLT'S 68- ACRE WAGNER WOODS CONSERVATION AREA, AND THE 228-ACRE TOWN OF MANCHESTER CONSERVATION LANDS. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE 1,533 ACRES COMPRISE A SIGNIFICANT CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE. THE 8- ACRE PATTERSON ADDITION TO THE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION AREA PROTECTS A PRODUCTIVE AND ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT HAYFIELD IN A LARGELY UNDEVELOPED AND RURAL LANDSCAPE. THE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION AREA, NOW EIGHTY- EIGHT ACRES, IS CLOSE TO THE BALDWIN HILL CEMETERY, STURTEVANT FARM SCENIC AREA, MEADOW BROOK FARM CONSERVATION AREA, BAMFORD POND CONSERVATION AREA, AND HALES POND WOODLAND PRESERVE. TAKEN TOGETHER, THESE 585 ACRES SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST-BASED ECONOMIES AND PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT, SCENIC, RECREATIONAL, AND WATER QUALITY VALUES. THE 54-ACRE EATON MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION AREA IN VIENNA FEATURES THE SCENIC UNDEVELOPED RIDGE OF EATON MOUNTAIN AND AN ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE PERENNIAL STREAM THAT FLOWS INTO FLYING POND. THE PROPERTY IS CLOSE TO KLT'S PETER MILLER WOODLAND AND THE 6,800 + ACRE KENNEBEC HIGHLANDS, THE LARGEST CONSERVATION PROPERTY IN CENTRAL MAINE. EATON MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION AREA ADDS ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION VALUE TO THE HIGHLANDS, AND DUE TO ITS VARIED AND DIVERSE TERRAIN, PROTECTS A LANDSCAPE THAT COULD PROVIDE CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY. THE 56-ACRE PARKER POND CONSERVATION AREA CONSERVATION AREA IN MOUNT VERNON IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SHORE OF PARKER POND. THIS SCENIC AND ECOLOGICALLY VALUABLE PROPERTY PROTECTS WATER QUALITY, 1,470 FEET OF UNDEVELOPED SHORE LAND AND AN ASSOCIATED CORRIDOR OF MATURE CONIFER-HARDWOOD FOREST, AND AN UPLAND HARDWOOD FOREST. WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER NEARBY CONSERVATION AND PRIVATELY OWNED LANDS, THIS PROPERTY PROVIDES IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE SPECIES THAT DEPEND ON BOTH UNDEVELOPED LAKE AND WOODLAND HABITATS. KLT PLANS TO DEVELOP A SHORT TRAIL AND A HAND-CARRY BOAT ACCESS POINT OVER THE COMING YEARS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS. BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION CEMETERY AFTER FIVE YEARS OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH, KLT'S 10-ACRE BALDWIN HILL CONSERVATION CEMETERY WAS INCORPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF MAINE IN FEBRUARY 2020. THE CORPORATION, MANAGED BY A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IS A 501(C) (13). BALDWIN HILL DIRECTORS AND KLT STAFF LEAD FREQUENT TOURS OF THE CEMETERY AND ARE PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO LAND TRUSTS AND OTHER NON-PROFITS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN INITIATING A CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND PLANNING PROCESS IN MAINE OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE CEMETERY IS SITUATED IN A STAND OF TALL WHITE PINES, WITH AN OPEN UNDERSTORY, AND SURROUNDED BY ROCK WALLS. A 0.25-MILE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TRAIL WEAVES THROUGH THE PINE STAND AND OFFERS A CHANCE FOR REFLECTION AND A LOVELY VIEW. THE FALL FOLIAGE IS STUNNING IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. VISITORS WHO LINGER AT THE BENCHES OVERLOOKING ROLLING HILLS WILL LIKELY OBSERVE MANY SPECIES OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES IN AN AREA THAT WILL BE MANAGED FOR POLLINATOR AND EARLY SUCCESSIONAL HABITAT. THE CEMETERY PROVIDES ECOLOGICALLY SOUND BURIALS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS. ON THE OPERATIONS END, THE KLT OFFICE MANAGES THE BURIAL GROUND AND COORDINATES PLOT SALES. WE ARE PARTNERING WITH FUNERAL HOMES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED EXPERTISE WITH GRIEF SUPPORT, MEMORIAL SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION OF THE DECEASED, AND BURIALS. THE BURIAL GROUND HAS RECEIVED CERTIFICATION AS A CONSERVATION CEMETERY ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES DEFINED BY THE GREEN BURIAL COUNCIL AND THE CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND ALLIANCE. THE CEMETERY BEGAN OPERATIONS AND THE SALE OF INTERMENT RIGHTS IN JUNE 2021. SINCE THE OPENING, 212 PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED INTERMENT RIGHTS. NINE BURIALS TOOK PLACE IN 2024 - 2025. THE MOST RECENT STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS HAVE BEEN MARKING EXISTING GRAVES SITES WITH GRANITE CORNER STONES AND MAINTAINING THE POLLINATOR FIELD HABITAT. BALDWIN HILL DIRECTORS AND KLT STAFF HAVE ALSO PRESENTED A NUMBER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS ABOUT CONSERVATION BURIAL AND THE BALDWIN HILL CEMETERY.
  Expenses $37,422

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

01-0440729

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1993

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Environment (C340)

Assets (IRS master file)

$10,264,489

Income (IRS master file)

$1,974,291

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 01-0440729).

Questions about THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST

What is the EIN of THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST?

The employer identification number (EIN) of THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST is 01-0440729.

Is THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1993.

Are donations to THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Who is the principal officer of THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MATT MULLEN.

Who are the officers and directors of THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $80,788 (THERESA KERCHNER, EXECUTIVE DI).

How much revenue does THE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,693,510, expenses of $563,537 and total assets of $10,264,489 at year end.

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