2025-07-01T11:30:37-07:00 2024-12-31 621835732 James B Hughes Jr CPA 1709 Wedgewood Dr Columbia TN 38401 990 2024-01-01 621533892 SWAN CONSERVATION TRUST SWAN 9319644402 PO BOX 162 SUMMERTOWN TN 38483 JAMES MOORE President 2025-07-01 true true James B Hughes Jr P00622621 9313818888 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PO BOX 162 SUMMERTOWN TN 384830162 97168 false X www.swantrust.org X 1992 TN Swan Trust has been a volunteer nonprofit with a totally independent, unpaid board that has preserved, protected, and restored native hardwood forests, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and water quality on the TN Western Highland Rim for the past 30 years. In 2022, Swan Trust purchased 141 acres, increasing our preserved land to 1,500 acres. Volunteers work to eliminate invasive species and monitor conservation easements. Volunteers provide public education to protect the environment through hikes, newsletters, bioblitz, and childrens programs on climate change, plant, animal and insect biodiversity. 10 10 0 36 0 40998 70607 0 5956 8800 12002 13069 58956 92476 0 0 0 0 3877 15492 27677 15492 27677 43464 64799 1661709 1726508 0 1661709 1726508 X To preserve, protect and restore native hardwood forests and scenic natural areas, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, and water quality on the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee. Each of its 3 programs are based on this mission statement. true false 12862 Swan Trusts Preservation Program includes land acquisitions, accepting gifts of land, and the preparation, filing, and monitoring of conservation easements. Swan Trust holds three conservation easements, which are monitored annually by volunteers. Volunteers perform all the work on grant proposals, easements, stewardship, and monitoring of the 1,500-acre Big Swan Headwaters Preserve and the 100-acre Highland Woods Preserve. The 25-acre Langford Branch State Natural Area is cooperatively managed with the State of Tennessee. In 2024, Swan Trust began work on the Nashville Highland Rim Forest project (NHRF). The NHRF project promotes conservation easements to link a 50,000-acre forest corridor between existing parks in Nashville, Tennessee to protect water and air quality in Nashville and promote wildlife conservation. This included promoting conservation easements with landowners, and preparing/funding conservation easements. 3367 Swan Trusts Protection Program includes educational outreach to promote protection of Tennessees Western Highland Rim through plant, bird, arthropod, and amphibian identification hikes, annual newsletters, and childrens environmental programs. It also includes scientific research by colleges and universities. In 2024, Tennessee State University graduate students began surveying creeks on Big Swan Headwaters Preserve for the State-endangered Hellbender Salamander. Swan Trust provided 8 events between April and September with experts in botany, biology, ecology, ornithology, and biodiversity for public education. A calendar of these events was printed and mailed to 600 residents of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama and posted on the website. Two additional events were held to pick up litter in order to keep it out of streams and the Langford Branch State Natural Area. In 2024, Swan Trusts volunteer biologist met with students in a local school on fifteen occasions to perform fall seed collections and spring seed planting, to explore a wetland, to sample creek macroinvertebrates, and to begin birdwatching skills. Swan Trust volunteers provided tubs of macroinvertebrates from Big Swan Creek at the Hohenwald October Heritage Festival to teach children about biodiversity and water quality. 1165 Swan Trusts Restoration Program includes elimination of invasive plant species and stewardship of all its properties. In 2024, volunteers worked on the Star Branch land purchased in 2022 to eliminate invasive plant species on August 8 and September 19, 2024. All labor and equipment were provided free of charge. 17394 true 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 false false false false true 0 0 false 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false false false false TN X X X ALANA ELLEN COOK 9319649955 179 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD SUMMERTOWN TN 38483 X JAMES MOORE President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CAROL NELSON Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL A LEE Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA ROHRBACH Trustee 35.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROSE CROCKETT Vice President 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ALANA ELLEN COOK Trustee 30.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 THERESA BROWN Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH BRECKENRIDGE Trustee 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 NATHAN LAFFERTY Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CINDY THOMAS Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 70607 70607 0 8800 8800 0 0 0 0 12461 4692 7769 0 0 HUNTING LEASE 900099 5300 5300 5300 92476 14100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1405 1405 0 0 0 75 75 1050 107 943 1227 592 635 664 564 100 0 868 651 217 0 0 872 768 104 0 0 0 4355 462 3893 Nashville Highland Rim Forest 10233 7247 373 2613 Land tax 4443 4443 Kiosks 1714 1714 Dues & Subscriptions 590 590 181 181 27677 17394 6406 3877 X 187138 251565 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1474571 1474571 1474571 0 0 0 0 372 1661709 1726508 0 0 X 1639733 1704532 21976 21976 1661709 1726508 1661709 1726508 64799 X false false false X 33402 57012 242505 40998 70607 444524 0 0 33402 57012 242505 40998 70607 444524 0 444524 1956 1201 1538 5956 8800 19451 0 0 463975 0.95810 0.97100 X X X 3 18 1 true false 1470846 1470846 3725 3725 1474571 Part II, Line 5: Summarized Policy THE POLICY REQUIREMENTS ARE REFLECTED IN EACH DIFFERENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT'S DOCUMENT. Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements. THE ORGANIZATION HAD NO EXPENSES FOR 2023 FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT MONITORING. MONITORING AND INSPECTION WAS PREFORMED BY VOLUNTEERS. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023, THE ORGANIZAION HAD A FUND OF $2850 THAT WAS RESTRICTED FOR CONSERVATION EASEMENT STEWARDSHIP AND DEFENSE. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 In 2024, Swan Trust began working on the Nashville Highland Rim Forest project (NHRF), promoting conservation easements to link a 50,000-acre forest corridor between existing parks in Nashville, Tennessee to protect water and air quality in Nashville and promote wildlife conservation. This included holding educational meetings with landowners, and preparing/funding conservation easements. This project is under Swan Trusts Preservation Program. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Sent to Trustees for their review Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c PROVIDING THE POLICY TO BOARD MEMBERS AND DISCUSSING THE POLICY WHEN RELEVANT Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 On the Tennessee Secretary of State's website, upon request and on Charity Navigator's website. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 FILED AS PART OF THE ANNUAL RENEWAL WITH THE TENNESSEE SECRETARY OF STATE AND PROVIDED IN THE ANNUAL NEWLETTER. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 2 IN 2022, SWAN TRUST PURCHASED 141 ACRES FOR ITS CONTIGUOUS PRESERVE. VOLUNTEER STAFF SPENT 5 HOURS ON 8/26/2022 AND 4 HOURS ON 9/24/2022 ELIMINATING INVASIVE SPECIES ON THIS LAND. ALL SUPPLIES, RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT AND TRAVEL EXPENSES WERE COVERED BY VOLUNTEERS. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11b THE 990 AND SCHEDULES ARE PROVIDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. A MINIMUM OF TWO TRUSTEES REVIEWS THE TAX RETURNS.