TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC

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)

520 S DUKE ST, DURHAM, NC 27701-3116

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

SANDRA SWEITZER, 520 SOUTH DUKE STREET, DURHAM, NC 27701

Signed the 990

SANDRA SWEITZER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(919) 908-8809

Website

WWW.TRIANGLELAND.ORG

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DEAN DORTON ALLEN FORD PLLC

Mission

TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY (TLC) STRIVES TO CREATE A HEALTHIER AND MORE VIBRANT TRIANGLE REGION BY SAFEGUARDING CLEAN WATER, PROTECTING NATURAL HABITATS, SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMS, AND CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE THROUGH LAND PROTECTION AND (CONT. ON SCHED. O) STEWARDSHIP, CATALYZING COMMUNITY ACTION, AND COLLABORATION. SINCE 1983, TLC HAS PROTECTED OVER 25,195 ACRES, INCLUDING 170 MILES OF STREAMS, THROUGH ACQUISITIONS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN CHATHAM, DURHAM, JOHNSTON, LEE, ORANGE, AND WAKE COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. TLC OWNS AND MANAGES 8 PRESERVES WITH 54 MILES OF TRAIL ACROSS THE REGION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY.

Program accomplishments

• FOUNDED IN 1983, TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY (TLC) IS AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST THAT CONSERVES LAND IN THE SIX-COUNTY TRIANGLE REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH LAND PURCHASES, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. IN 2018, TLC SET A GOAL TO STRATEGICALLY AND PERMANENTLY PROTECT AND STEWARD 25,000 ACRES OF LAND ACROSS THE TRIANGLE BY 2025, WHICH IMPLIED DOUBLING THE PACE OF OUR CONSERVATION WORK. WE EXCEEDED THIS GOAL A YEAR EARLY AND TLC HAS NOW PROTECTED 26,557 ACRES. DESPITE LAND BECOMING MORE EXPENSIVE AND DISAPPEARING QUICKLY, WE ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN OUR WORK TO CONSERVE AND CARE FOR LAND. AS THE NORTH CAROLINA POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW, TLC WILL CONTINUE TO CONSERVE THE ECONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL BENEFITS THAT OUR OPEN SPACES AND NATURAL LANDS PROVIDE. TLC IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THE NETWORK OF ACCREDITED LAND TRUSTS ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WORK TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT LAND AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT. CONSERVATION STRATEGIES:IN FY 2025, TLC PROTECTED 1,447 ACRES OF PRIORITY CONSERVATION LAND, BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO 26,557 ACRES, SURPASSING OUR 2025 GOAL BY 1,557 ACRES. TLC NOW STEWARDS OVER 7,800 ACRES ACROSS 96 OWNED PROPERTIES AND PROTECTS 11,170 ACRES THROUGH 193 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. EACH OF THESE CONSERVATION PROPERTIES SUPPORT AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOUR BENEFITS THAT TLC PRIORITIZES: SAFEGUARDING CLEAN WATER, LOCAL FARMS AND FOODS, NATURAL HABITAT, AND CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE LEGAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN A LANDOWNER AND A LAND TRUST THAT LIMIT USES OF THE LAND IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITS CONSERVATION VALUES IN PERPETUITY. SPECIFIC TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL EASEMENTS VARY, BUT IN GENERAL THEY LIMIT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IN FY25 TLC CLOSED 13 EASEMENTS THAT PROTECT 631 ACRES, INCLUDING SIX AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WHICH PROTECT A MIX OF TRADITIONAL ROW CROPS, PRODUCE PRODUCTION AND SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS. TLC CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THE GOOD GROUND INITIATIVE (GGI) PROGRAM THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IS WORKING TO TRANSFER PROPERTIES IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
  Expenses $1,614,957 · revenue $118,616
• STEWARDSHIP: AS TLC PROTECTS MORE LAND, OUR STEWARDSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. AS OF FY25 TLC HOLDS 193 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 11,170 ACRES AND OWNS 7,873 ACRES OF LAND. AS AN ACCREDITED LAND TRUST, ALL 19,043 ACRES MUST BE MONITORED AND STEWARDED BY TLC STAFF ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THAT THE EASEMENT TERMS ARE NOT VIOLATED AND THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF OWNED PROPERTIES ARE BEING MAINTAINED. IN ADDITION TO OVER 240 HOURS OF STAFF TIME SPENT MONITORING, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ENLISTED AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP TO MONITOR PROPERTIES. AFTER COMPLETING A TRAINING PROGRAM, VOLUNTEERS USE A MONITORING AND MAPPING APP AND GO ON AT LEAST ONE MONITORING VISIT WITH A TLC STAFF MEMBER BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE TO MONITOR EASEMENTS ON THEIR OWN. IN FY25 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 223 HOURS TO MONITOR 53 OF TLCS EASEMENTS. TLC CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN 54 MILES OF TRAIL (28 FOR HIKING AND 26 MULTI-USE TRAILS) AT OUR PUBLIC NATURE PRESERVES, WHICH WERE USED BY ROUGHLY 120,000 PEOPLE IN FY25. BRUMLEY AND WILLIAMSON PRESERVES CONTINUED TO SEE INCREASED USAGE, WITH AROUND 75,000 AND 30,000 ANNUAL VISITORS, RESPECTIVELY. TLC'S STEWARDSHIP STAFF ALSO WORK TO MAINTAIN, RESTORE AND IMPROVE HABITAT ON TLC LAND BY REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES, PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS, AND CONDUCTING PRESCRIBED BURNS. IN FY25 TLC CARRIED OUT THREE PRESCRIBED BURNS, AND CONTINUED TO WORK WITH A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN TRAILS AND REMOVE INVASIVE PLANTS, AS WELL AS HELP WITH STORM CLEANUP FOLLOWING A SET OF DAMAGING SUMMER STORMS INCLUDING TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL. TLC CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FARM PLAN AT WILLIAMSON PRESERVE AND HOSTS FIVE FARM PARTNERS, WHO USE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT PERENNIAL AND ANNUAL CROPS, LIVESTOCK, AND A NATIVE TREE NURSERY. IN FY25, THE KAREN COMMUNITY FARM, WHO TLC HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH FOR THREE YEARS AS PART OF A REFUGEE AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM GRANT, BEGAN TRANSITIONING THEIR OPERATIONS TO WILLIAMSON.
  Expenses $1,442,582 · grants $73,094 · revenue $59,454
• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: STARTED AS A VOLUNTEER-LED ORGANIZATION, TLC PRIDES ITSELF ON CONTINUING TO WORK WITH VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP WITH ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. THESE VOLUNTEERS LEVERAGE STAFF EFFORTS AND HELP US REACH OUR GOALS TO CONSERVE WILD AND WORKING LANDS, AND WORKING WITH THEM ALSO ALLOWS US TO ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE OUTDOORS. IN FY25, WE LOGGED 553 VOLUNTEERS WHO DEDICATED 4,461 HOURS TO HELP US MAINTAIN OUR TRAILS, LEAD AND ASSIST WITH EVENTS AND TRAIL HIKES; THEY SERVED ON OUR BOARD AND MULTIPLE COMMITTEES, PULLED INVASIVE PLANTS, HELPED REPAIR BRIDGES, AND SO MUCH MORE!TLC HELD 91 EVENTS IN FY25, ENGAGING 2,683 PEOPLE. IN ADDITION TO GUIDED TRAIL HIKES AND THEMED HIKES (BIRDING, PLANT ID, ETC), THESE INCLUDED EVENTS HELD IN TANDEM WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE OUR "FRIDAY UNDER THE STARS AND "MOTH NIGHT" SERIES HELD AT TLC PRESERVES WITH THE RALEIGH ASTRONOMY CLUB AND BACKYARD BUTTERFLIES, RESPECTIVELY. IN FY25 WE ALSO HELD A WILD IDEAS EVENT AT THE NC BOTANIC GARDEN, WITH "HABITATS: OUR HOME" AS THE THEME. THE WILD IDEAS SERIES PROVIDES AN ENGAGING VENUE FOR EXPERTS AND THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION BY SAFEGUARDING CLEAN WATER, PROTECTING WILDLIFE HABITAT, SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMS AND FOOD, AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE.IN FY25, TLC'S PATHWAYS INTO NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SCIENCE (PINES) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM COMPLETED ITS FOURTH SUCCESSFUL YEAR, WELCOMING A COHORT OF 11 FIRST-TIME AND RETURNING STUDENTS FROM KNIGHTDALE HIGH SCHOOL TO LEARN ABOUT AND EXPLORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE OUTDOORS. TO DATE, 22 STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PINES FELLOWSHIP, AND ALL 14 WHO HAVE FINISHED THE PROGRAM HAVE ALSO GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GONE ON TO PURSUE STEM STUDIES. IN FY25 WE CONTINUED LAST YEAR'S SUCCESSFUL STEWARDSHIP INTERN PROGRAM FOR TWO PINES GRADUATES WHO WORKED WITH TLC STAFF OVER THE SUMMER AT OUR PRESERVES.
  Expenses $579,189

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

58-1514406

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

1983

Accounting year ends

June

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Environment (C340)

Assets (IRS master file)

$219,415,767

Income (IRS master file)

$29,107,257

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 58-1514406).

Questions about TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC

What is the EIN of TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC is 58-1514406.

Is TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.

Are donations to TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC tax-deductible?

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

Which annual return does TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC 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 TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC 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 TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC 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 TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names SANDRA SWEITZER.

Who are the officers and directors of TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC?

The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 18 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $138,859 (SANDRA SWEITZER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $26,081,648, expenses of $5,379,262 and total assets of $219,415,767 at year end.

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