2026-05-12T13:20:13-05:00 2025-06-30 010463013 Purdy Powers & Company 130 Middle Street Portland ME 04101 990 2024-07-01 222714194 Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Inc BRUN 2077297694 179 Neptune Drive Ste 200 Brunswick ME 04011 John Berry Treasurer 2077297694 2026-05-12 1 0 Peter H Way CPA P03219061 2077753496 2026-05-12 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z John Berry 179 Neptune Drive Ste 200 Brunswick ME 04011 3523743 0 X www.btlt.org X 1986 ME Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust conserves and stewards vital natural areas, supports a vibrant local food system, and connects people with the natural world through inclusive education and recreation programs. Our goal is to protect our natural resources, cultivate care for the natural world, and in so doing, foster resilient, connected communities now and for generations to come. 19 19 23 290 0 0 2182178 2641525 183349 172145 77220 89057 316938 0 2759685 2902727 0 0 0 0 714457 761288 0 72500 365191 865035 792631 1579492 1626419 1180193 1276308 10102762 11426357 2465882 1441442 7636880 9984915 X Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust conserves and stewards vital natural areas, supports a vibrant local food system, and connects people with the natural world through inclusive education and recreation programs. Our goal is to protect our natural resources, cultivate care for the natural world, and in so doing, foster resilient, connected communities now and for generations to come. 0 0 155230 Land Conservation - BTLT conserves in perpetuity highly valued natural areas, working lands, and shorefront using all the tools of private land conservation. At the close of FY 2025, BTLT owns 1,207.58 acres outright, and held conservation easements on 1,929.5 acres. These lands include ecologically significant coastal estuaries, wetlands, important plant and wildlife habitat, agricultural fields used for local food production, and small parcels providing green space and public access to rivers and ocean. Landowners donate or sell land or an interest in their land (i.e. conservation easement) to the trust. The public benefits of this program, available to residents of and visitors to Midcoast Maine, include: scenic landscapes; outdoor recreation opportunities; local agriculture; habitat and resource protection; flood protection; and water access for fishing and commercial shellfish harvesting. 282712 54925 Land Stewardship - BTLT actively stewards its fee and easement properties to ensure that their conservation values are maintained. Every fee property is managed according to a site-specific management plan and every easement property is monitored annually to ensure the terms of the easement are being upheld. Other stewardship responsibilities include: managing property; defending easements; maintaining 24 miles of trails on properties that provide public access; building new trails; building and maintaining bridges, kiosks, and other amenities; providing appropriate signage; outreach and public education focused on conservation and natural resources. Stewardship activities are carried out on the 1,207.58 acres that BTLT owns outright and the 1,929.5 acres on which it holds easements. 320259 34455 Support for Local Agriculture - An important part of BTLT's mission is support for local agriculture. The trust supports agriculture in the following ways: protecting farm and pasture land for agriculture, including a 331-acre working farm; operating a farmers' market that provides a much-needed retail outlet for 40 local farmers and producers; providing a community garden that makes 80 individual garden plots available to community members and a 11,000 sq. ft. common good bed available to a local food bank to raise produce for its clients; and establishing the Merrymeeting Food Council in collaboration with other regional stakeholders. The purpose of the food council is to enhance the local food economy, raise awareness of the benefits of local food, and to increase the production and consumption of local healthy food in our region. 317835 82765 BTLT continued their community education, offering a total of around 76 parcels, 24 miles of protected public trails, workshops, and speakers this past year; their school-based programs served around 1060 elementary school students annually with experiential, nature-based science lessons; their summer camp provided a week of nature exploration and learning for 200 children, including 15 scholarship campers. 317835 82765 1076036 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 1 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X X X Jessica Nixon 2077297694 179 Neptune Drive Brunswick ME 04011 Elizabeth Armstrong Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Emily Swan Past President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Janvier Smith Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Keisha Payson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lloyd Van Lunen Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Margaret Wilson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Nick Whatley Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Richard Mersereau Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rick Wells Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rol Fessenden President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Sandy Stott Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Rae-Reeves Secretary 1.00 X X 0 0 0 John Berry Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Joan Carney Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 William Ferdinand Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Robert Frank Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Hanson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Peter Simmons Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Dana Totman Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Stephen Walker Executive Director 40.00 X 88130 0 2550 88130 0 2550 0 0 0 0 0 496190 -3305 2148640 525252 2641525 Camp Tuition 721210 72180 72180 Land stewardship prog 111000 54925 54925 Crystal Spring Farm 111000 34455 34455 Program Service Revenu 900099 10585 10585 172145 87937 87937 611997 610877 1120 1120 1120 10139 -3305 10139 0 2902727 172145 0 89057 88130 48025 17551 22554 608428 331554 121165 155709 6213 6213 2659 2659 55858 34469 5122 16267 1162 1162 635 635 72500 72500 15790 15790 134566 131118 3448 15461 5920 9541 48981 46869 2112 7528 7528 20342 17422 2920 105643 105643 40200 40200 17977 17977 Overhead/ Allocable 251805 169690 16692 65423 Community Project Expen 70462 70462 Property Taxes 38353 38353 Printing 16453 6174 0 10279 7273 2835 4438 1626419 1076036 185192 365191 10000 0 799896 1080247 213067 1097281 2826 0 20173 11332 7944993 796073 7094564 7148920 1925214 2047197 37022 41380 10102762 11426357 137305 129754 55474 51650 2000000 1000000 273103 260038 2465882 1441442 X 6825063 8523232 811817 1461683 7636880 9984915 10102762 11426357 1276308 147727 924000 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 673669 1115078 1840825 2182178 2641525 8453275 673669 1115078 1840825 2182178 2641525 8453275 1250742 7202533 14267 14971 40839 83213 87937 241227 52327 49980 51366 500287 172145 826105 9520607 0.75650 0.71010 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X 36 1955.00 7 0 1 1 342.00 10826 1925214 182367 60384 2047197 1721521 84968 164525 45800 1925214 769088 847392 138841 33800 1721521 874160 8809 -80081 33800 769088 731601 10000 155839 23280 874160 0.87625 0.09206 0.03169 0 0 6407328 6407328 1311448 713232 598216 38253 29473 8780 187964 53368 134596 7148920 Brunswick Food Shed 21788 Line of Credit 235250 Security Deposit 3000 260038 X 3048410 147727 13746 161473 2886937 15790 15790 2902727 1624375 13746 13746 1610629 15790 15790 1626419 Part II, Line 5: Current policy is to expense land easements when received. Part X, Line 2: The organization is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. No provision for income taxes is required. The organization does not believe they are subject to unrelated business income tax during current or previous years. The organization is no longer subject to U.S. federal and state income tax examinations for years before 2021. X 1 Bull Moose Group PO Box 225 Harpswell ME 04079 Building and managing comprehensive campaign 0 0 72500 -72500 72500 -72500 X 4 495842 X Miscellaneous 72 29410 FMV 0 1 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Two sets of board members are married to each other, Margaret Wilson & Lloyd Van Lunen, and Douglas & Ellen Bennett. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust is an organization of members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a The members of the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust elect the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b No interest of the Land Trust in any real estate may be transferred, exchanged, encumbered, or in any other way alienated unless authorized at a meeting of members duly held at which a quorum is present by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members represented at such meeting entitled to vote on the subject matter. The notice for any such meeting shall contain a description of the proposed transaction and the reasons therefore. Such membership approval, however, shall not be required to mortgage or sell a portion of real estate in connection with its acquisition for the purpose of financing said transaction. Nor shall such membership approval be required to transfer, exchange, encumber, or otherside alienate an interest in unrestricted land held exclusively for investment purposes, or for transfers, exchange, and sales involving public authorities or other conservation organization in good standing so long as the said property is encumbered by a permanent conservation easement or the equivalent. However, such sales or a mortgage of a portion of any large parcel acquired, and such alienation of interests in unrestricted land held exclusively for investment purposes shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total number of directors then in office. No such real estate, however, shall be transferred, exchanged, encumbered, or in any other way alienated in such manner that it fails to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and the regulation issued thereunder for a corporation qualifying as an exempt organization under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of said code and regulations as they now exist or may hereafter be amended. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The finance committee and the treasurer review the return prior to filing and present it to the board for review and acceptance. The treasurer has the responsibility for final approval and signing of the 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The Organization requires new board members to review the conflict of interest policy and sign a disclosure upon joining the board and annually thereafter. They list on the disclosure form any relevant associations and potential conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The executive committee conducts an annual performance review for the executive director to assess performance and recommends any salary increases to the finance committe and board of directors. The committee recommends salary increases based on the cost of living changes and periodic reviews of comparative compensation for executive directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements and selection of an independent accountant. There have been no changes in the process from the prior year.