2024-11-11T15:40:59-06:00 2023-12-31 232415973 HERBEIN COMPANY INC 2763 CENTURY BOULEVARD READING PA 19610 990 2023-01-01 236429095 FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC FREN 6109337577 4030 S WHITEHORSE ROAD DEVAULT PA 194329905 BILL GLADDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6109337577 2024-11-08 1 1 MARYBETH C OLREE CPA P01649853 6103781175 2024-11-08 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z BILL GLADDEN 4030 S WHITEHORSE ROAD DEVAULT PA 194329905 3301075 0 X WWW.FRENCHANDPICKERING.ORG X 1967 PA TO PRESERVE, STEWARD, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE LAND IN NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 20 20 10 200 0 0 4434688 2362568 75955 57149 -11677 93283 49223 68673 4548189 2581673 0 0 0 0 592371 650461 15338 0 40904 412744 300852 1020453 951313 3527736 1630360 86248994 88262780 181262 182158 86067732 88080622 X TO PRESERVE, STEWARD, AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE LAND IN NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE O.FRENCH & PICKERING IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN REGIONAL LAND CONSERVATION, THE ORGANIZATION IS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED BY THE LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION. THIS IMPORTANT DISTINCTION CONFIRMS THAT OUR OPERATIONS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN LAND CONSERVATION AND NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT. FRENCH & PICKERING HAS PROTECTED OVER 13,500 ACRES OF LANDS THROUGH PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, DONATIONS, AND PURCHASES OF FEE LANDS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. 0 0 789309 57149 FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST HAS WORKED WITH LANDOWNERS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS, TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY. SINCE 1967, FRENCH & PICKERING HAS HELPED PERMANENTLY PROTECT OVER 13,500 ACRES INCLUDING LANDS PURCHASED AND TRANSFERRED FOR STATE GAME LANDS, STATE PARKS, COUNTY PARKS AND MUNICIPAL PARKS. CURRENTLY FRENCH & PICKERING HOLDS APPROXIMATELY 193 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OVER 7,758 ACRES AND OWNS AND MANAGES 889 ACRES HELD IN FEE OWNERSHIP COMPRISED OF 29 PARCELS. ALL LANDS ARE MONITORED ANNUALLY BY FRENCH & PICKERING STAFF TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS WITH THEIR LAND MANAGEMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP. SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SCHEDULE OIN 2023 THE FOLLOWING 2 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND ONE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AMENDMENT WERE COMPLETED:1) A 7.5 ACRE VOLUNTARY AND PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION EASEMENT WAS COMPLTED WITH THE WHITE FAMILY IN NORTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP. THE PROPERTY IS VISIBLE FROM PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WELLS ROAD AND ST. PETERS ROAD. NORTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO COVER TRANSACTION COSTS AND THE WHITE FAMILY DONATED THE VALUE OF THE VOLUNTARY EASEMENT. LOCATED AT THE HEADWATERS OF PIGEON CREEK, THIS PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT FOR WATER QUALITY AND PROTECTS A CRITICAL WILDLIFE CORRIDOR. THIS PROJECT CONNECTS THE 700+ COVENTRY WOODS PRESERVE WITH NEARBY FRENCH CREEK STATE PARK AND IS HOME TO A LARGE VERNAL POOL WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF A SIGNIFICANT AMPHIBIAN MIGRATION EACH YEAR.2) A 37.5 ACRE VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EASEMSENT WAS COMPLETED WITH THE NESSPOR FAMILY TO PERMANENTLY PRESERVE THEIR PROPERTY LOCATED ON ELLIS WOODS ROAD IN EAST COVENTRY TOWNSHIP. AS A RESULT OF THIS EASEMENT, THE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN IN ACTIVE FARM USE. THIS VOLUNTARY PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION WAS COMPLETED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EAST COVENTRY TOWNSHIP AND CHESTER COUNTY. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES A LARGE BANK BARN, THE ORIGINAL STONE HOUSE HOMEPLACE, A STONE SPRINGHOUSE AND POND WITH A TRIBUTARY TO PIGEON CREEK. HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM EBELHARE AND ELLIS WOODS ROADS, THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY FOR PRESERVATION BASED ON ITS HIGH DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. ONLY ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING WILL BE PERMITTED ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES AS MAY BE NEEDED TO KEEP FARMING VIABLE INTO THE FUTURE. 3) A SUBSTANTIVE AND VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION EASEMENT AMENDMENT WAS COMPLETED ON TWO PARCELS OWNED BY MOOSE MEADOWS PROPERTIES, LLC FOR 138.2 ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM WARWICK FURNACE ROAD IN WARWICK TOWNSHIP. THE AMENDMENT PLACES 53 OF THOSE ACRES UNDER EASEMENT THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESERVED. THE PRE-EXISTING EASEMENT WAS RECORDED IN 1976. INCREASING THE LAND COVERED TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTIES AND UPDATING THE LANGUAGE IN THE EASEMENT TO MODERN STANDARDS WAS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN THIS RIPARIAN VALLEY ALONG WITH SOUTH BRANCH OF FRENCH CREEK WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF PERMANENTLY PRESERVED PROPERTIES. THE EASEMENT AMENDMENT PROHIBITS FUTURE SUBDIVISION AND ELIMINATES ALL FUTHER RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND ADDS CLARITY AND STRUCTURE TO THE PROPERTY'S EASEMENT.THE VOLUNTARY PERMANENT LAND PROTECTION PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2023 INVOLVED SIGNIFICANT DONATED LAND VALUE WHICH COUNTED AS REVENUE. THESE FUNDS REIMBURSED EXPENSES AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE AFOREMENTIONED TRANSACTIONS WHILE THE LANDOWNERS VOLUNTARY DONATION OF LAND VALUE (ALSO REFERRED TO AS A BARGAIN SALE) DID NOT RESULT IN CASH BEING RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZATION BUT IS ACCOUNTED FOR AS REVENUE AS FRENCH & PICKERING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PERMANENTLY HOLDING AND PROTECTING THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF THESE PROPERTIES. 789309 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 PA X X THE ORGANIZATION 6109337577 4030 S WHITEHORSE ROAD DEVAULT PA 194329905 JENNIFER TRACHTMAN PRESIDENT 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ELLEN KITTREDGE SCOTT VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY 4.00 X X 0 0 0 DAVID E RESNIK TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 GWEN KELLY KLEIN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 4.00 X X 0 0 0 LIZ ANDERSON DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY BARTLEY DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 TERRY BENTLEY DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT R BERRY DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 DONNA BRENNAN DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 KARA DOUGHERTY DIRECTOR AS OF MARCH 4.00 X 0 0 0 ANN DYER DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES R FISHER DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 PENNY HUNT DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 L STOCKTON ILLOWAY DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 CARY F LEPTUCK DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 SHAUN MANNIX DIRECTOR THRU DECEMBER 4.00 X 0 0 0 JIM MOORE DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN NASH DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 EDIE SHEAN-HAMMOND DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 ASHTON SIMMONS DIRECTOR THRU DECEMBER 4.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT C F WILLSON DIRECTOR 4.00 X 0 0 0 TYLER WREN DIRECTOR AS OF MARCH 4.00 X 0 0 0 BILL GLADDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 127290 0 19554 127290 0 19554 1 0 0 0 RIEHLS CONSTRUCTION 233 QUALITY CIRCLE NEW HOLLAND PA 17557 CONSTRUCTION 229535 1 128446 450000 1784122 1040600 2362568 FEES - EASEMENTS 531390 40481 40481 MEMBERSHIP DUES 531390 16668 16668 57149 82866 82866 653962 643545 10417 10417 10417 144202 128446 75857 68345 68345 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 328 328 328 2581673 57477 0 161628 146844 120189 21004 5651 395632 323815 56590 15227 9104 7452 1302 350 60600 49599 8668 2333 38281 31332 5476 1473 940 940 28994 19874 8186 934 19159 19159 49739 40340 8961 438 18531 8993 290 9248 18426 14110 2735 1581 3638 1998 556 1084 36475 31620 3783 1072 3975 3764 211 3440 3191 249 23540 23540 34109 30875 2515 719 PROJECT EXPENSE 41893 41893 EVENT EXPENSE 13003 13003 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 4990 3622 574 794 951313 789309 121100 40904 748703 392396 23484 8984 28356 20773 12925 89600 67200 27476 28622 697221 90451 308937 606770 2981180 3603931 82041258 83521179 86248994 88262780 91050 98494 43523 52351 46689 31313 181262 182158 X 4446662 4960949 81621070 83119673 86067732 88080622 86248994 88262780 X 1630360 377799 4731 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1910893 3041711 3830152 4434688 2362568 15580012 1910893 3041711 3830152 4434688 2362568 15580012 4718769 10861243 99692 28234 288971 63608 82866 563371 328 328 16143711 528156 0.67280 0.72000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X 195 7811.00 1 1 1 1206.00 87362 1 0 1 X 34998 4731 39729 42364 -7366 34998 37920 4444 42364 34621 3299 37920 30051 4570 34621 1.00000 0 0 624941 46610 578331 72280 43841 28439 606770 EASEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS HELD FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES 75044998 BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ENDOWMENT FUNDS 39729 LAND HOLDINGS 8215166 DEPOSIT ON LAND PRESERVATION PROJECT 190000 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET - OPERATING LEASE 28854 RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET - FINANCE LEASE 2432 83521179 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 28854 FINANCE LEASE LIABILITY 2459 31313 X 2945044 377799 4731 382530 2562514 19159 19159 2581673 932154 0 932154 19159 19159 951313 PART II, LINE 3: AMENDMENT 1 (MOOSE MEADOWS, LLC): AMENDING AND RESTATING THE EARLIER EASEMENT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS ON THE PROPERTY, REDUCED THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ON THE PROPERTY, ADDED ACREAGE TO THE EXISTING EASEMENT AREA AND SIGNIFICNATLY UPDATED THE LEGAL FOUNDATIONS WITH CURRENT LANGUAGE THAT REPLACED THE ORIGINAL EASEMENT WHICH WAS FORTY-EIGHT (48) YEARS OLD. THE EASEMENT IS LOCATED ON WARWICK FURNACE ROAD IN THE HEART OF A CONSTELLATION OF VOLUNTARILY AND PERMANENTLY PRESERVED PARCELS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH BRANCH OF FRENCH CREEK. . PART II, LINE 9: THE ORGANIZATION REPORTS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN ITS REVENUE AND EXPENSE STATEMENT AS PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED REVENUES AND NET ASSETS. PART IV, LINE 2B: THE ORGANIZATION IS THE CUSTODIAN OF FUNDS THAT ARE TO BE USED AT A SPECIFIC EASEMENT SITE. PART X, LINE 2: THE TRUST IS EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAXES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) AND, THUS, THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES IN THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, THE TRUST ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, IF ANY, AS REQUIRED. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: UNREALIZED GAIN ON BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ENDOWMENT FUNDS AUCTION 166773 67109 99664 52670 FRENCH CREEK IRON TOUR 105875 61337 44538 23187 272648 128446 144202 75857 75857 68345 X EASEMENTS 2 1040600 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 1 1 PART I, LINE 32B: THE ORGANIZATION USES A THIRD PARTY TO VALUE DONATED EASEMENTS AND TO SELL DONATED SECURITIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS ALL TAX RETURNS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF REFILE DISCLOSURE FORM ANNUALLY. OUR ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION AND, AS SUCH, SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 BASELINE COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY COMPARING THE ORGANIZATION TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL PEERS IN THE LAND TRUST COMMUNITY. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PERFORMS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND OFFERS PERFORMANCE-BASED MERIT RAISES WHEN APPROPRIATE DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 COPIES OF RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: UNREALIZED LOSS ON BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ENDOWMENT FUNDS 4,731. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.