2025-10-28T09:43:47-04:00 2024-12-31 593188484 BEASLEY BRYANT & COMPANY CPA'S PA 4940 SOUTHFORK DR LAKELAND FL 338132042 990 2024-01-01 471365766 FLORIDA CONSERVATION GROUP INC FLOR 9412347201 609 POINCIANA RD NOKOMIS FL 34275 JULIE K MORRIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9412347201 2025-10-20 true true THOMAS J BRYANT P00119555 8636461373 2025-10-28 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JULIE K MORRIS 609 POINCIANA ROAD NOLOMIS FL 34275 1072776 false X FLORIDACONSERVE.ORG X FL MISSION IS TO SEEK PROTECTION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES THROUGH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION; AND CONDUCTING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON THE ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL LANDS. WE PROTECT LAND FROM DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECT AND RESTORE WATER RESOURCES. 4 4 4 0 532268 546083 695673 526693 0 0 1227941 1072776 0 0 82850 343717 0 966 1111378 796726 1194228 1140443 33713 -67667 56061 20226 47192 56061 -26966 X MISSION IS TO SEEK PROTECTION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES THROUGH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION; AND CONDUCTING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON THE ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL LANDS. WE PROTECT LAND FROM DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECT AND RESTORE WATER RESOURCES. false false 368563 258240 LAND PROTECTION WE WORK TO PROTECT THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS FOR WATER AND WILDLIFE, WITH A FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA OF FLORIDA. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS REPRESENTING OVER 20,000 ACRES OF LAND WITH THE STATE'S FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM. THIS ENTAILED: SUBMITTING DETAILED APPLICATIONS, CONDUCTING ECOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR THE PROPERTIES IN FRONT OF DECISION MAKING BODIES, FLORIDA FOREVER IS OUR STATE LAND PROTECTION PROGRAM AND IS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR SCIENCE-BASED LAND PROTECTION; THE FOCUS IS ON PROTECTING OUR MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCES. THE PROPERTIES WE SUBMITTED ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING TO ENSURE THEIR PERMANENT PROTECTION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR PROTECTION. WE WORK WITH MANY STATE, FEDERAL AND REGIONAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT THESE LANDS. WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY ENSURED THE PERMANENT PROTECTION OF 8 PROPERTIES TOTALING OVER 15,000 ACRES. 36082 13703 ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH: WE CONTINUED WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION PLANS FOR THEIR PROPERTIES. WE ARE ACTIVE THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL FLORIDA. THERE ARE MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT STATE AND FEDERAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE; THE CHALLENGE IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE BEST FIT FOR EACH LANDOWNER AND PROPERTY, AS WELL AS TO SECURE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR EACH PROPERTY. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE MET WITH 60 DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS, TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND THE VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PROTECT AND MANAGE PRIVATE LAND FOR CONSERVATION. WE CONDUCTED ONE-ON ONE OUTREACH WITH LANDOWNERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH VARIOUS LANDOWNERS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING AND ADVOCATE THE PROTECTION OF THEIR LANDS. WE ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL SMALLER GROUP MEETINGS WITH LANDOWNERS TO DISCUSS CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR LANDOWNER MEETINGS WERE CENTERED AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE STATE'S RURAL AND FAMILY LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM - THE STATE'S AGRICULTURAL EASEMENT PROGRAM. THE NEW APPLICATION CYCLE OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2024. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM TO REACH OUT TO LANDOWNERS ON THE NEW EVERGLADES TO GULF CONSERVATION AREA. THE NEW CONSERVATION AREA WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH OF 2024; IT ENCOMPASSES 4 MILLION ACRES AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY AREA, WHERE LANDOWNERS CAN SELL THEIR LANDS TO USFWS FOR CONSERVATION. WE HELPED LEAD THE EDUCATION EFFORTS FOR THIS NEW AREA. 91500 254750 SCIENCE: THE EVERGLADES TO GULF CONSERVATION AREA WE PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S CENTER FOR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION PLANNING AND THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) TO PROVIDE THE SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE USFWS' EFFORT TO ESTABLISH AN EVERGLADES TO GULF CONSERVATION AREA. WITH OUR HELP, CONSERVATION AREA WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN MARCH OF 2024. WITHIN THIS PROPOSED 4-MILLION-ACRE CONSERVATION AREA IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA, THE USFWS WOULD WORK WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO PURSUE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR FEE TITLE ACQUISITIONS. LAND PROTECTION IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THIS AREA IS HOME TO OVER 70 FEDERALLY OR STATE-LISTED THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES INCLUDING THE FLORIDA PANTHER, FLORIDA SCRUB JAY, AND CRESTED CARACARA. HOWEVER, THIS ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE AREA FACES THREATS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, AND LAND USE INTENSIFICATION. PROTECTED LANDS, INCLUDING THOSE WITHIN THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR, WOULD IMPROVE SPECIES' RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF THESE THREATS. LAND PROTECTION ALSO SUPPORTS FAMILY FARMS AND RANCHES AND IMPROVES WATER QUALITY." 216060 515783 LANDOWNER ASSISTANCE FLORIDA CONSERVATION GROUP (FCG) AND OUR PARTNER COMMON GROUND ECOLOGY (CGE) ASSISTED FLORIDA NRCS AT THE STATE, AREA, AND FIELD OFFICE LEVELS BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMATIC CONSULTATION TO STATE CONSERVATIONISTS, GUIDANCE TO DISTRICT CONSERVATIONISTS AND FIELD OFFICE STAFF ON GRAZING PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND PROCESS, AND PRESCRIBED GRAZING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO LOCAL RANCHERS ENROLLED IN NRSC COST-SHARE PROGRAMS. THIS ASSISTANCE INCLUDED THE EVALUATION OF LAND FOR IMPROVED GRAZING MANAGEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINAL PRESCRIBED GRAZING PLANS. GRAZING PLANS WERE PROVIDED TO PRODUCERS TO IMPLEMENT, IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SURFACE WATER BY PROMOTING NATIVE AND DESIRED SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DECREASING SOIL COMPACTION AND NUTRIENT RUN-OFF. 216060 515783 712205 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 7 0 false 4 false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true false false false X JULIE K MORRIS 9412347201 609 POINCIANA ROAD NOLOMIS FL 34275 X DAVID DURANDO CHAIRMAN 10.00 X 0 0 0 JULIE K MORRIS EXECUTIVE DI 20.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES STRICKLAND VC 10.00 X X 0 0 0 MARK MIZELL SECRETARY 10.00 X 0 0 0 DONALD QUINCEY TREASURER 10.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 515783 30300 546083 LAND PROTECTION 258240 258240 SCIENCE 254750 254750 ADVOCACY & OUTREACH 13703 13703 526693 1072776 526693 X 290527 290527 2569 2569 29646 29646 20975 20975 5218 5218 18997 18997 598748 597156 1592 966 966 28800 28800 12275 12275 19686 19686 8683 8683 6400 6400 16673 16673 UF COLLEGE OF DISIGN 80280 80280 1140443 712205 427272 966 55151 9986 910 32000 21760 10240 56061 20226 22000 25192 0 47192 X 56061 -26966 56061 -26966 56061 20226 X -67667 -15360 X false false false X 158315 152795 198498 532268 546083 1587959 230135 695673 526693 1452501 158315 152795 428633 1227941 1072776 3040460 3040460 158315 152795 428633 1227941 1072776 3040460 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 32000 21760 10240 10240 OTHER LIABILITIES 25192 25192 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION MISSION IS TO SEEK PROTECTION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES THROUGH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION; AND CONDUCTING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON THE ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL LANDS. WE PROTECT LAND FROM DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECT AND RESTORE WATER RESOURCES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A LAND PROTECTION WE WORK TO PROTECT THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS FOR WATER AND WILDLIFE, WITH A FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA OF FLORIDA. OVER THE PAST YEAR WE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS REPRESENTING OVER 20,000 ACRES OF LAND WITH THE STATE'S FLORIDA FOREVER PROGRAM. THIS ENTAILED: SUBMITTING DETAILED APPLICATIONS, CONDUCTING ECOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS AND ADVOCATING FOR THE PROPERTIES IN FRONT OF DECISION MAKING BODIES, FLORIDA FOREVER IS OUR STATE LAND PROTECTION PROGRAM AND IS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR SCIENCE-BASED LAND PROTECTION; THE FOCUS IS ON PROTECTING OUR MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCES. THE PROPERTIES WE SUBMITTED ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING TO ENSURE THEIR PERMANENT PROTECTION AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR PROTECTION. WE WORK WITH MANY STATE, FEDERAL AND REGIONAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS LANDOWNERS TO PROTECT THESE LANDS. WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY ENSURED THE PERMANENT PROTECTION OF 8 PROPERTIES TOTALING OVER 15,000 ACRES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH: WE CONTINUED WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION PLANS FOR THEIR PROPERTIES. WE ARE ACTIVE THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL FLORIDA. THERE ARE MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT STATE AND FEDERAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE; THE CHALLENGE IS TO BRING TOGETHER THE BEST FIT FOR EACH LANDOWNER AND PROPERTY, AS WELL AS TO SECURE THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR EACH PROPERTY. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE MET WITH 60 DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS, TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND THE VARIOUS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PROTECT AND MANAGE PRIVATE LAND FOR CONSERVATION. WE CONDUCTED ONE-ON ONE OUTREACH WITH LANDOWNERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH VARIOUS LANDOWNERS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING AND ADVOCATE THE PROTECTION OF THEIR LANDS. WE ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL SMALLER GROUP MEETINGS WITH LANDOWNERS TO DISCUSS CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR LANDOWNER MEETINGS WERE CENTERED AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE STATE'S RURAL AND FAMILY LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM - THE STATE'S AGRICULTURAL EASEMENT PROGRAM. THE NEW APPLICATION CYCLE OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2024. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM TO REACH OUT TO LANDOWNERS ON THE NEW EVERGLADES TO GULF CONSERVATION AREA. THE NEW CONSERVATION AREA WAS ESTABLISHED IN MARCH OF 2024; IT ENCOMPASSES 4 MILLION ACRES AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY AREA, WHERE LANDOWNERS CAN SELL THEIR LANDS TO USFWS FOR CONSERVATION. WE HELPED LEAD THE EDUCATION EFFORTS FOR THIS NEW AREA. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C SCIENCE: THE EVERGLADES TO GULF CONSERVATION AREA WE PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S CENTER FOR LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION PLANNING AND THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) TO PROVIDE THE SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR THE USFWS' EFFORT TO ESTABLISH AN EVERGLADES TO GULF CONSERVATION AREA. WITH OUR HELP, CONSERVATION AREA WAS FORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN MARCH OF 2024. WITHIN THIS PROPOSED 4-MILLION-ACRE CONSERVATION AREA IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA, THE USFWS WOULD WORK WITH WILLING LANDOWNERS TO PURSUE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR FEE TITLE ACQUISITIONS. LAND PROTECTION IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THIS AREA IS HOME TO OVER 70 FEDERALLY OR STATE-LISTED THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES INCLUDING THE FLORIDA PANTHER, FLORIDA SCRUB JAY, AND CRESTED CARACARA. HOWEVER, THIS ECOLOGICALLY DIVERSE AREA FACES THREATS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, AND LAND USE INTENSIFICATION. PROTECTED LANDS, INCLUDING THOSE WITHIN THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR, WOULD IMPROVE SPECIES' RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF THESE THREATS. LAND PROTECTION ALSO SUPPORTS FAMILY FARMS AND RANCHES AND IMPROVES WATER QUALITY." FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D LANDOWNER ASSISTANCE FLORIDA CONSERVATION GROUP (FCG) AND OUR PARTNER COMMON GROUND ECOLOGY (CGE) ASSISTED FLORIDA NRCS AT THE STATE, AREA, AND FIELD OFFICE LEVELS BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMATIC CONSULTATION TO STATE CONSERVATIONISTS, GUIDANCE TO DISTRICT CONSERVATIONISTS AND FIELD OFFICE STAFF ON GRAZING PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND PROCESS, AND PRESCRIBED GRAZING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO LOCAL RANCHERS ENROLLED IN NRSC COST-SHARE PROGRAMS. THIS ASSISTANCE INCLUDED THE EVALUATION OF LAND FOR IMPROVED GRAZING MANAGEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINAL PRESCRIBED GRAZING PLANS. GRAZING PLANS WERE PROVIDED TO PRODUCERS TO IMPLEMENT, IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SURFACE WATER BY PROMOTING NATIVE AND DESIRED SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DECREASING SOIL COMPACTION AND NUTRIENT RUN-OFF. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B A COPY OF 990 IS MAILED TO EACH BOARD MEMBER. EACH MEMBER REVIEWS THE TAX RETURN FOR ACCUARCY, WITH NOTIFICATION BACK TO THE CHAIRMAN FOR EXECUTION AND PROCESSING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ANNUALY THE BOARD REVIEWS ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF ANY BOARD MEMBER AND ANY RELATED FINANCIAL DEALINGS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 ANY WRITTEN REQUEST WILL BE COMPLIED WITH WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS AT NO CHARGE FOR COPYING, PROCESSING OR MAILING RESPONSE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES-ADVOCACY 7,713 0 0 PROFESSIONAL FEES-LAND PROTEC 138,350 0 0 PROFESSIONAL -ECOLOGICAL EVAL 91,500 0 0 PROFESSIONAL-LANDOWNER ASSIST 209,660 0 0 ADMINISTATIVE ASSISTANCE 42,161 0 0 SOCIAL MEIDA COPYWRITING 107,772 0 0 ADP PAYROLL SERVICE 0 1,592 0 TOTAL 597,156 1,592 0 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE -15,360