Nonprofit · EIN 30-0137741
LAND LEGACY
Tax-exempt · TULSA, OK 74120
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $14,118,114 | $202,647 | $13,915,467 | $120,928,359 | $527,053 | $120,401,306 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $13,450,816 | $1,776,777 | $11,674,039 | $107,015,938 | $528,763 | $106,487,175 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $14,095,503 | $219,096 | $13,876,407 | $95,342,445 | $528,681 | $94,813,764 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $14,115,350
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,764
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $94,760
- Other salaries and wages
- $38,816
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $144,674
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $11,500
- Occupancy
- $18,000
- Travel
- $3,084
- Depreciation
- $1,570
- Program services (functional)
- $129,687
- Management and general (functional)
- $72,960
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $107,015,938
- Total assets, end of year
- $120,928,359
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $527,053
- Net assets, end of year
- $120,401,306
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $120,224,112
- Publicly traded securities
- $16,969
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $16,161,654
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $104,239,652
- Gross receipts
- $14,118,114
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 5
- Year formed
- 2003
- State of legal domicile
- OK
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Patton | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $94,760 |
| Laura Hill | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Bender | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jana Black | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Cheadle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Holly Berry | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Patton | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $86,725 |
| Laura Hill | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Carson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jana Black | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Bender | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Cheadle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Holly Berry | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Patton | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $86,100 |
| Laura Hill | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Kaley Nivens | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Carson | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Jana Black | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Bender | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Cheryl Cheadle | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 822 E 6TH ST SUITE 200, TULSA, OK 74120-3610
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Michael Patton, 822 E 6th St, Tulsa, OK 74120
- Signed the 990
- Michael Patton, Executive Director
- Phone
- (918) 587-2190
- Website
- landlegacy.info
- Return prepared by
- Hinkle & Company PC
Mission
To enhance the quality of life in urban and rural communities by working constructively with landowners to protect natural and cultural resources and to create outdoor recreation, eduction and economic opportunities
Program accomplishments
- The largest program services provided by Land Legacy are for our military partners at Fort Sill Army Base and Tinker Air Force Base. Urban encroachment along the perimeters of military installations is an increasingly common concern for installation operations and training activities. Fort Sill and Tinker are no exceptions to this concern as new residential development along the bases' fence lines are becoming more and more common. To prevent this situation from compromising Fort Sill's future operation, the U.S. Army implemented the Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) Program. This program is designed to create an essential buffer zone surrounding Fort Sill and provide for important conservation and outdoor recreation benefits. One of the main benefits for Fort Sill was noise mitigation. The initiative developed by Land Legacy for Tinker to create an essential buffer zone surrounding Tinker was similar in structure with the primary rationale being to create a safety zone for potential plane crashes. Roughly 20,000 acres of open lands around Fort Sill have been identified for protection through the purchase of conservation easements. The area around Tinker is more developed, but over 1,000 acres adjoining the base have still been identified and prioritized for potential buffers through conservation easements. Easements restrict subdivision and development of properties while allowing continued private ownership, agricultural uses, ranching, utility infrastructure, non-intensive industrial uses and passive outdoor low-intensity recreation. There are also significant tax incentives available to landowners who wish to donate all or a portion of the conservation easement value. Land Legacy makes regular trips to the military bases to meet with base personnel, meet with prospective landowners, and perform annual monitoring of completed easements. The second largest program services area of Land Legacy is in drinking water protection for the City of Tulsa water and wastewater group. The Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority (TMUA), in an effort to preserve water quality and to preserve working agricultural lands, developed the Eucha-Spavinaw Watershed Protection Initiative. The Eucha-Spavinaw watershed provides drinking water for much of northeastern Oklahoma. The watershed also provides habitat for numerous endangered and threatened species unique to the region. This effort consists of a long-term land conservation program within the boundaries of the watershed in both Oklahoma and Arkansas to acquire, through purchase or donation, permanent conservation easements. As of the end of 2015, Land Legacy has worked diligently with landowners in the area to have nearly 5,000 acres in Oklahoma and Arkansas that is protected in perpetuity through conservation easements. In addition to Land Legacy's work, there is an additional 30,000 acres under protection from various other agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife, State of Oklahoma, and City of Tulsa. The TMUA Board has many initiatives to protect Tulsa's drinking water. The conservation easements require continual conversations with city staff, state and federal officials, and landowners. In addition, Land Legacy has been doing outreach work partnering with Delaware County Conservation Commissioners by working to provide information about conservation easements through meetings of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission. The third area of program services provided by Land Legacy deals with willing landowners looking to conserve their land and take advantage of the tremendous tax credits offered. The Conservation Easement Incentive Act is considered by many to be the most important conservation legislation in the last 20 years. This Act, part of the American Gives More Act, encourages landowners to place conservation easements on their land to protect important natural, scenic, and historic resources. Lands placed into conservation easements continue to be farmed, grazed, hunted, or used for outdoor recreation and wildlife conservation. These lands also remain on county tax rolls, strengthening local economies donating a voluntary conservation easement.Expenses $129,687
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 30-0137741
- 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
- 2003
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C34)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $120,928,359
- Income (IRS master file)
- $14,118,114
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $14,118,114 | $202,647 | $120,928,359 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $13,450,816 | $1,776,777 | $107,015,938 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $14,095,503 | $219,096 | $95,342,445 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,287,249 | $189,808 | $81,465,295 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 30-0137741).
Questions about LAND LEGACY
- What is the EIN of LAND LEGACY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LAND LEGACY is 30-0137741.
- Is LAND LEGACY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2003.
- Are donations to LAND LEGACY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LAND LEGACY 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 LAND LEGACY due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LAND LEGACY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LAND LEGACY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Michael Patton.
- Who are the officers and directors of LAND LEGACY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 6 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $94,760 (Michael Patton, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does LAND LEGACY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $14,118,114, expenses of $202,647 and total assets of $120,928,359 at year end.
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