2025-11-14T16:17:39-08:00 2024-12-31 770460195 McGilloway Ray Brown & Kaufman 2511 Garden Road Suite A-180 Monterey CA 93940 990 2024-01-01 770347417 Sequoia Riverlands Trust SEQU 5597380211 427 S Garden Street Visalia CA 93277 Logan Robertson Executive Dir. 2025-11-14 true true Patricia M Kaufman CPA P00312047 8313733337 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Logan Robertson 427 S Garden Street Visalia CA 93277 16925065 false X www.sequoiariverlands.org X 1993 CA SRT engages landowners, farmers, conservationists, business partners, and governmental agencies in the counties of Tulare, Fresno, Kern and Kings to collaborate on land conservation throughout California's South Central Valley heartland. 15 15 34 224 0 701481 1903448 320596 725616 706839 1470063 15945 -1004 1744861 4098123 20874 7161 0 1704828 1831224 0 415513 991202 1309874 2716904 3148259 -972043 949864 41173701 49376293 702406 6329911 40471295 43046382 X We conserve the lands and waters of California's heartland. false false 1121381 2985 556442 SRT provides Mitigation services to find and acquire either land or easements to offset development sites. SRT now holds over 42,000 acres in protected lands. SRT's Conservation Stewardship manages and monitors wildlife habitat, protects open spaces, guards against misuse of land, and promotes healthy environmental practices. Not only does Stewardship manage easements, it manages its own preserves totaling 11,328 acres. 390922 4176 109389 Education and volunteer programs: field trips, seminars, walking tours and SRT's own EARTH Academy provide educational opportunities to youth, families and the general public to learn about the natural history of our area, the biological diversity, and the importance of preserving our open spaces and natural resources. Volunteers help restore and maintain the health of our nature preserves and educate our community amount sustainability. 118959 SRT's Policy Department coordinates with stakeholders ranging from farmers and ranchers to business leaders, public health experts and representatives of under served communities to be sure that when key decisions are made, there is a voice for conservation at the table. By reaching out to others and finding common ground, we help to inform land use and transportation planning, water policy and decisions about conservation funding. Thanks in part to in-depth reports researched and authored by our Director of Planning and Policy, SRT is a leading voice on policy solutions to support the protection of habitat and agricultural land. 32627 13841 Nursery (growing and selling native plants). Offers the public a chance to adopt and grow native plants that often are more drought resistant and preserves native species. 45944 Grazing & Bee Income: Contracts with ranchers to allow livestock to graze on SRT preserves. Grazing offers a great educational opportunity to demonstrate how good grazing management leads to a more productive mix of plants and increases the regenerative capacity of the land. Investments & Partnerships develops messaging to help tell our story to the broadest audience possible in order to inspire, educate, and inform the public about our increasingly crucial conservation mission. Communications generates content for the SRT website, e-newsletter, blog, and social media sites. 32627 59785 1663889 true true false true false false true false false true true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 28 0 true 34 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Karen Vang 5597380211 427 S Garden Street Visalia CA 93277 Philip Daubenspeck Chief Investmen 40.00 0.00 X 128965 0 3610 Logan Robertson Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 107942 0 3477 Karen Vang Finance Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 31048 0 0 Dennis Tristao Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Larry Saslaw Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Frame Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kel Mitchel Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Herb Simmons Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Miguel Ramirez Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Westall Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dave Richards Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marc Schuil Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Rutherford Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mike Olmos Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Brian Grant Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Larsen Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Scott Spear Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stacie Ann Silva Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 267955 7087 2 false false false 0 589115 1314333 1903448 Education 611710 109389 109389 Grazing Income 110000 45944 45944 Merchandise Sales 453220 13841 13841 Service Fees 561520 556442 556442 725616 595222 595222 0 0 0 13653985 12605 12776038 15711 877947 -3106 874841 874841 34164 35193 -1029 0 0 Misc Income 900099 25 25 25 4098123 725616 1470088 X 7161 7161 0 0 0 275044 144282 86476 44286 0 1174211 703265 259657 211289 28182 111 28071 230146 118116 93116 18914 123641 72629 29258 21754 0 48259 46361 1898 19470 19470 0 0 205588 205588 372371 265634 92554 14183 45974 2697 30 43247 48202 5363 31692 11147 31972 5559 11436 14977 0 0 99834 92388 1095 6351 0 20755 4359 7362 9034 8186 8186 0 86936 86936 67765 12513 55252 Repairs & maintenance 73565 58949 11136 3480 Supplies 64360 46671 3322 14367 Tax, License, & Fees 61569 57407 2571 1591 Utilities 48375 19929 28445 1 6693 495 5306 892 3148259 1663889 1068857 415513 158201 144959 852059 856229 151822 833218 54692 601535 0 0 0 0 60828 75622 11263085 1216112 10019124 10046973 29876975 36817757 0 0 0 0 41173701 49376293 158752 107595 436368 5922515 107286 299801 702406 6329911 X 6768078 7857915 33703217 35188467 40471295 43046382 41173701 49376293 949864 1625223 X false true X true false X 2096217 1548579 1595725 701408 1903448 7845377 0 0 2096217 1548579 1595725 701408 1903448 7845377 0 7845377 697956 817778 772363 662265 595222 3545584 15531 15945 25 31501 0 11422462 2426106 0.68680 0.79580 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false 266726 266726 400089 66682 66682 100023 X X 83 29 1 true false 29143487 5525151 4278518 674654 662986 37609516 25632082 46679 3976866 512140 29143487 30689118 411021 -4997989 470068 25632082 27831092 385648 2874560 402182 30689118 23532535 1887819 2712142 311404 27821092 false false false 9212439 9212439 327919 186313 141606 1488295 873815 614480 223365 144917 78448 11067 11067 10046973 X 4098123 4098123 4098123 3148259 3148259 3148259 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy To prepare a baseline documentation report for each conservation easement to provide a basis for monitoring landowner compliance with permitted and prohibited uses and to monitor each conservation easement at least once per year. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. Contributed conservation easements received are recorded as in-kind contributions based on the estimated value given up by the land owner by restricting the use of the property with an easement.Contributed conservation easements and conservation easements purchased with restricted donations bear no future benefit to the Trust, and are therefore expensed in the year they are acquired. The Trust capitalized the cost of purchased easements only when they are expected to be sold or otherwise result in some future financial benefit to the Trust. Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. SRT maintains both perpetually restricted and temporarily restricted for land conservation and wildlife habitat. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization is a tax-exempt corporation under IRS Code Section 501(C)(3) and under Section 23701(D) of the California Revenue Taxation Code. The Organization is exempt from taxes on income other than unrelated business income for the year ended December 31, 2024, the Organization paid no unrelated business income tax. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Organization to report information regarding its exposure to various tax positions taken by the Organization. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that the Organization has adequately addressed all relevant tax positions and that there are no unrecorded liabilities. The Organization is current on tax filings, which are subject to examination under statutory provisions and the statute of limitations. false Evening under the Oaks 15495 15495 8276 900 11006 Breakfast on the Bluff 14527 14527 6719 500 7638 30022 30022 14995 1400 18644 35039 -5017 false Misc Grants 427 S Garden St Visalia CA 93277 7161 0 0 1 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is reviewed in detail by Finance Director and Board Treasurer, prior to being presented to audit committee. Audit Committee then meets to review and approve. Final results are then distributed to entire Board before 990 is filed and made to the public. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Signed statements are obtained from all board members annually. At each board meeting, members are also asked if there are any new conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Board reviewed the Executive Directors performance. The Board discussed and reached a consensus of Executive Directors compensation at the time in a closed session. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b In 2022 the Executive Director worked with a compensation analyst to assist in determining fair compensation for all SRT paid positions. After discussing with other Directors and Supervisors, the recommended increases for staff were incorporated into the budget, which was then approved by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990 is posted on the organizations website and Financial Statements, policies and such are made available upon request.