Nonprofit · EIN 57-1075947
PEE DEE LAND TRUST
Tax-exempt · FLORENCE, SC 29501
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,969,929 | $1,661,498 | $308,431 | $5,774,965 | $21,637 | $5,753,328 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $3,618,727 | $3,575,551 | $43,176 | $5,304,760 | $34,968 | $5,269,792 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,466,853
- of which government grants
- $752,949
- Program service revenue
- $73,057
- Investment income
- $430,019
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $329,065
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $100
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $110,525
- Other salaries and wages
- $358,435
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $517,695
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $18,668
- Accounting fees
- $18,197
- Occupancy
- $13,063
- Depreciation
- $9,818
- Program services (functional)
- $1,318,190
- Management and general (functional)
- $186,697
- Fundraising (functional)
- $156,611
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,304,760
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,774,965
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $21,637
- Net assets, end of year
- $5,753,328
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $639,464
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,929,131
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,507,508
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,245,820
- Gross receipts
- $1,969,929
- Employees
- 9
- Volunteers
- 38
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- SC
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.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYLES C LYLES | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $104,088 |
| SETH L COOK | DIRECTOR OF LAND CONSERVATION Highest-paid employee | 40 | $103,708 |
| MARY CAROLINE VAUGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| DAVID DEWITT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| COREY CRAIG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| PERRY HUNTER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 |
| LR PERRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| WENDELL JONES | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PATI MARTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| WILLIAM TATUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| PHILLIP ALBERGOTI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JOHN BITTLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 |
| TOM BETHEA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| LANE GILPIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| AMY MCFADDEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
8 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULIAN YOUNG | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 0.75 | $0 |
| SEL HEMMINGWAY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| CURTIS LEE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| DOUG NEWTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| THOMAS BRODIE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| BERRY COGGESHALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| CHASE HOWARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| CHARLES JACKSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYLES C LYLES | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $92,614 |
| MARY CAROLINE VAUGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| GWEN STRICKLAND | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| COREY CRAIG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JAMES JOHNSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 |
| AL WALLACE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| WENDELL JONES | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PATI MARTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| WILLIAM TATUM | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| PHILLIP ALBERGOTI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JOHN BITTLE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.4 | $0 |
| TOM BETHEA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| LANE GILPIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| AMY MCFADDEN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JULIAN YOUNG | VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 0.75 | $0 |
| SEL HEMMINGWAY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| CURTIS LEE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| DOUG NEWTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| THOMAS BRODIE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| BERRY COGGESHALL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| CHASE HOWARD | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| JOHN LONG | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
| KENT CAUDLE | BOARD MEMBER-PART YEAR Trustee or director | 0.2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 448 W CHEVES ST, FLORENCE, SC 29501-4447
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- WENDELL JONES, 448 W CHEVES STREET, FLORENCE, SC 29501
- Signed the 990
- WENDELL JONES, CHAIRMAN
- Phone
- (843) 667-3229
- Website
- WWW.PEEDEELANDTRUST.ORG
- Return prepared by
- WEBSTERROGERS LLP
Mission
TO PROTECT, AND TO PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES OF THE PEE DEE WATERSHED OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Program accomplishments
- IN 2024-2025, PEE DEE LAND TRUST MAINTAINED ITS MEMBERSHIP BASE AND OVERALL GIVING WAS SOLID. PDLT CONSERVED AN ADDITIONAL FIVE (5) PROPERTIES TOTALING 1,145 ACRES UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THE EASEMENTS CONSERVE RURAL OPEN SPACE VIEWS, WATER QUALITY AND NATURAL HABITATS IN THE PEE DEE RIVER BASINS, AND PRIME SOILS AND SOILS OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE FOR AGRICULTURE. MOST OF THE EASEMENTS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHER PROTECTED PROPERTIES. AS OF JUNE 30, 2025, PEE DEE LAND TRUST COMPLETED MONITORING OF 52% (OF 2025 CALENDAR YEAR MONITORING) OF ITS EASEMENTS. NO EASEMENTS HAVE BEEN AMENDED.Expenses $1,318,190 · grants $100 · revenue $73,057
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.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 57-1075947
- 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
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C34)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,774,965
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,969,929
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,969,929 | $1,661,498 | $5,774,965 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $3,618,727 | $3,575,551 | $5,304,760 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,478,942 | $1,586,755 | $4,666,980 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.
Questions about PEE DEE LAND TRUST
- What is the EIN of PEE DEE LAND TRUST?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PEE DEE LAND TRUST is 57-1075947.
- Is PEE DEE LAND TRUST tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to PEE DEE LAND TRUST tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PEE DEE 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 PEE DEE 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 PEE DEE 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 PEE DEE LAND TRUST?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names WENDELL JONES.
- Who are the officers and directors of PEE DEE LAND TRUST?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 23 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $104,088 (LYLES C LYLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does PEE DEE LAND TRUST have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,969,929, expenses of $1,661,498 and total assets of $5,774,965 at year end.
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