2025-05-20T16:36:25-05:00 2024-12-31 208149084 ANASTASI MOORE & MARTIN PLLC 9 S WASHINGTON ST STE 600 SPOKANE WA 99201 990 2024-01-01 911510539 INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST INLA 5093282939 35 W MAIN AVE 210 SPOKANE WA 99201 DAVID SCHAUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5093282939 2025-05-15 1 0 STEVEN R COLEMAN CPA P01854803 5093230272 2025-05-15 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z INLAND NORTHWEST LAND CONSERVANCY TONI PESSEMIER 35 W MAIN AVE 210 SPOKANE WA 99201 7413569 0 X WWW.INLANDNWLAND.ORG X 1991 WA CONSERVATION OF CLEAN WATER, WILDLIFE HABITAT, FORESTS AND FARMS. 13 13 0 0 0 0 6720354 3345990 0 0 94898 398672 4290 31890 6819542 3776552 0 0 0 0 692623 824841 0 0 407096 448654 791775 1141277 1616616 5678265 2159936 17346161 19330311 3635012 3111715 13711149 16218596 X TO CONSERVE, CARE FOR, AND CONNECT WITH THE LANDS AND WATERS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST. 0 0 OVER THE LAST 30+ YEARS, INLAND NORTHWEST LAND CONSERVANCY HAS WORKED TO CONSERVE, CARE FOR, AND CONNECT WITH LANDS AND WATERS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST. INLC ENVISIONS A FUTURE OF INTERCONNECTED NATURAL HABITATS THROUGHOUT THE INLAND NORTHWEST, SUPPORTING THRIVING POPULATIONS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE, RESPECTED, AND ENJOYED BY ALL WHO CALL THIS REGION HOME. THE CONSERVANCY HAS PROTECTED NEARLY 28,000 ACRES, INCLUDING 12,000 ACRES OF PARTNER PROJECTS, 1,000 ACRES OF PRESERVE LAND, 15,000 ACRES OF PRIVATE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, AND 50 MILES OF PROTECTED WATERWAYS.OUR PROJECTS ARE MOSTLY DONATED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WITH A FEW EASEMENT PURCHASES FUNDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SINCE WE WERE FIRST ACCREDITED, WE HAVE STARTED ACQUIRING CONSERVATION LAND AS BRIDGE OWNERS UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY CAN FIND FUNDING TO BUY IT FROM US. WE OWN AND MANAGE WAIKIKI SPRINGS NATURE PRESERVE AS A PUBLIC PRESERVE, WELCOMING OVER 20,000 VISITORS IN 2024.MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:PINEBLUFF EASEMENT: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INLAND NORTHWEST LAND CONSERVANCY, PEGGY CLEMONS AND MARY FOUTZ RECENTLY PRESERVED THEIR CHERISHED 60-ACRE PINE BLUFF PROPERTY AS OPEN SPACE IN PERPETUITY. BORDERING RIVERSIDE STATE PARK NEAR NINE MILE FALLS, THE LAND FEATURES STUNNING VIEWS, DIVERSE PLANT LIFE, AND CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT, INCLUDING MOOSE, DEER, AND RAPTORS. CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASING DEVELOPMENT AND SHRINKING HABITAT, CLEMONS AND FOUTZ PLACED A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY TO ENSURE ITS PROTECTION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. INLC WILL MONITOR THE LAND ANNUALLY, SAFEGUARDING THEIR VISION OF PRESERVED FOREST FOR WILDLIFE. "WE HOPE OTHERS ARE INSPIRED TO PRESERVE THEIR LAND," CLEMONS SHARED.SCHLEPP EASEMENT: ONCE HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH LEGACY MINING WASTES, THE SCHLEPP RANCH NOW HAS NEARLY 400 ACRES OF HEALTHY WETLANDS ALONG THE COEUR D'ALENE RIVER, FOREVER PROTECTED BY A CONSERVATION EASEMENT WITH INLC. THE USFWS AND EPA HANDLED THE REMEDIATION OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE FLOODPLAINS AND ENLISTED DUCKS UNLIMITED TO RESTORE VIBRANT WETLANDS FOR COUNTLESS MIGRATORY BIRDS, INCLUDING TUNDRA SWANS. THE AGENCIES SOUGHT OUT INLC TO BE THE PERMANENT HOLDER OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY, AND IN MARCH 2024 INLC TOOK ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY. THE INLC STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR, VISITS AND MONITORS THE PROPERTY AND THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ANNUALLY AND COMMUNICATES CLOSELY WITH THE SCHLEPPS AND THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.NATIVE PLANT NURSERY: IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, INLAND NORTHWEST LAND CONSERVANCY COMPLETED A NATIVE PLANT NURSERY AT THE GLEN TANA PROPERTY TO SUPPORT REGIONAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITH PARTNERS LIKE SPOKANE TRIBE AND WASHINGTON STATE AGENCIES. DESPITE SETBACKSINCLUDING CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND EQUIPMENT THEFTTHE PROJECT MOVED FORWARD THANKS TO COMMUNITY SUPPORT. PRESERVE MANAGER STEVEN EDDINGTON LED THE EFFORT, LEVELING THE SITE, BUILDING A HOOP HOUSE, INSTALLING IRRIGATION, AND CONSTRUCTING AN EXCLUSION FENCE TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM WILDLIFE. NOW HOME TO THOUSANDS OF NATIVE PLANTS, THE NURSERY WILL PROVIDE ESSENTIAL VEGETATION FOR RESTORATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE REGION. MANY OF THESE PLANTS WILL BE USED IN A NAWCA-FUNDED RESTORATION PROJECT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US FISH AND WILDLIFE AT THE WAIKIKI SPRINGS NATURE PRESERVE.CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: IN 2024, THE PHILANTHROPY TEAM MANAGED A $4M CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, "IT'S IN OUR NATURE," TO COMPLETE THE PROTECTION OF THE GLEN TANA CONSERVATION AREA ON THE LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER. THE CAMPAIGN, MEANT TO HELP COVER BRIDGE OWNERSHIP COSTS AND REPLENISH FUNDS THE CONSERVANCY INVESTED IN THE LAND, HAD RAISED OVER $3.8M BY THE END OF THE YEAR AND WILL CELEBRATE ITS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION IN JUNE OF 2025.2025-2030 STRATEGIC PLAN: SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE CONSERVANCY BOARD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEADERSHIP STAFF, WORKED WITH BERNUTH AND WILLIAMSON TO CRAFT A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE CONSERVATION WORK FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE PLAN INCLUDES BOLD GOALS, SUCH AS PROTECTING AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 ACRES BY THE END OF 2030, STANDING UP AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT TRAINS CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS FOR A FUTURE IN LAND TRUST (OR RELATED) WORK, AND CREATES A FRAMEWORK FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT AND VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL TRIBES, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING IN NEW DONORS. 1053441 1053441 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 X DAVE SCHAUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5093282939 35 W MAIN AVE SUITE 210 SPOKANE WA 99201 LEYNA BERNSTEIN PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TONI PESSEMIER VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BRAIN BEHLER TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SALLY PRITCHARD SECRETARY 1.00 X 0 0 0 LINDSAY CHUTAS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULIE JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBRA SCHULTZ DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANDY EMERSON DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVE SONNTAG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANN FENNESSY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KRIS RYAN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 TIM SWEET DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN TEETERS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 VANGE OCASIO HOCHHEIMER DIRECTOR (OUTGOING) 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SCHAUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 100000 0 11821 100000 0 11821 0 0 0 0 0 35149 3310841 243620 3345990 119032 119032 3916657 3637017 279640 279640 279640 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 31890 31890 31890 3776552 31890 0 398672 111821 48275 20473 43073 574328 413148 36644 124536 76044 53230 3393 19421 62648 42100 5262 15286 55119 4765 50354 40588 40588 32378 32378 141021 71566 6100 63355 29152 15552 13600 94157 76346 2738 15073 31412 17720 2904 10788 36497 22297 388 13812 5891 3567 1722 602 164119 164119 5310 4562 748 23341 21681 1660 LAND MANAGEMENT FEE 46010 46010 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 33909 25853 1081 6975 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 30221 30221 LAND CONSERVATION EXPEN 19547 19547 3103 3103 1616616 1053441 156079 407096 749023 1283537 916215 329464 125000 992565 7500 400 12196 11730 10700929 11112 10690994 10689817 4802796 5970824 42437 51974 17346161 19330311 96281 68851 3038731 3042864 500000 0 3635012 3111715 X 4160597 4249468 9550552 11969128 13711149 16218596 17346161 19330311 2159936 347511 0 X X 0 0 0 X 2054766 1105977 2002014 6720354 3345990 15229101 2054766 1105977 2002014 6720354 3345990 15229101 80000 50000 1027874 2117450 3275324 0 80000 50000 1027874 2117450 3275324 11953777 38885 97447 79701 262028 119032 597093 38885 97447 79701 262028 119032 597093 3920 10474 2951 4290 31890 53525 2097571 1213898 2084666 6986672 3496912 15879719 0.75280 0.73830 0.03760 0.03690 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 1605333 0 1605333 0 230267 0 57567 0 0 0 179514 140480 189128 230267 739389 1109084 6016 0 6016 44879 35120 47282 57567 184848 277272 X X X 76 15866.00 0 0 0 2 1 1900.00 84000 42437 22193 4601 604 68627 36700 193 6069 525 42437 37830 -1090 40 36700 47900 -10070 37830 57965 10397 20462 47900 1 0 10689817 10689817 11112 11112 0 10689817 STEWARDSHIP - DONOR RESTRICTED 2569583 F RBC - BOARD DESIGNATED 3401241 F 5970824 PART II, LINE 3: THE VALUE OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE NOT RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS THE ORGANIZATION DEEMS THESE TO HAVE NO FUTURE VALUE TO THE ORGANIZATION. X 5 243620 MARKET SALES X 4 ZERO VALUATION 0 1 0 SCHEDULE M, LINE 12 FIVE CONTRIBUTORS DONATED A TOTAL OF $243,620 IN PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES. SEE SCHEDULE B FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE STOCK DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION. SCHEDULE M, LINE 33 THE ORGANIZATIONS POLICY IS TO VALUE THEIR EASEMENTS AT ZERO. A TYPICAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROVIDES THE LAND TRUST WITH NO AFFIRMATIVE RIGHTS EXCEPT TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE THE EASEMENT. THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION HAVE NO MARKET VALUE IN THE HANDS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE NOT CONSIDERED SUPPORT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS ONE CLASS OF MEMBERS: REGULAR MEMBERS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY ESTABLISH OTHER MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES WITH DIFFERENT DUES REQUIREMENTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A THE BOARD OF DIERCTORS IS ELECTED BY THE REGULAR MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B NOT ALL COMMITTEES DOCUMENT THEIR MEETINGS HOWEVER THOSE COMMITTEES HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO ACT ON IMPORTANT OR SIGNIFICANT ITEMS WITHOUT THE GOVERNING BODY'S APPROVAL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE FINANCIAL STAFF, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A IN DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE ORGANIZATION USES A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING GROUP, SOLID GROUND CONSULTING. THEY WORK WITH NONPROFITS AND PUBLIC AGENCIES IN THE NORTHWEST AND LAND CONSERVATION GROUPS NATIONWIDE IN THE AREAS OF STRATEGY, PLANNING, LEADERSHIP SEARCH AND SUCCESSION PLANNING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: NO CHANGES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.