2026-05-15T09:26:06-04:00 2025-12-31 300003878 BENNING GROUP LLC 6815 WEAVER RD STE 300 ROCKFORD IL 611148060 990 2025-01-01 362478025 NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE NATU 8159646666 320 SOUTH THIRD STREET ROCKFORD IL 61104 NANCY HOLM TREASURER 8159646666 2026-05-07 CURTIS D KLECKLER P00641247 8153162375 2026-05-07 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z NANCY HOLM 320 SOUTH THIRD STREET ROCKFORD IL 61104 8711941 false X WWW.NATURALLAND.ORG X 1958 IL TO CREATE AN ENDURING LEGACY OF NATURAL LAND IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR PEOPLE, PLANTS AND ANIMALS 19 19 8 265 0 2416065 2981820 46658 42616 422136 1148788 64772 63962 2949631 4237186 0 0 458289 499230 0 17913 408972 426927 867261 926157 2082370 3311029 22540756 26091074 146127 136634 22394629 25954440 X TO CREATE AN ENDURING LEGACY OF NATURAL LAND IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR PEOPLE, PLANTS AND ANIMALS false false 115402 4449 LAND PRESERVATION - PROTECT NATURAL AREAS THROUGH ACQUISITION OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS (SEE SCHEDULE O) 199251 1480 NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE - RESTORATION OF 721-ACRE PRESERVE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ROCK AND PECATONICA RIVERS (SEE SCHEDULE O) 292810 11786 RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVES (SEE SCHEDULE O) 223934 24901 SEE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION FOR 4D 223934 24901 831397 true true false false false false true false true true true false false true false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 8 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 19 19 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false IL X X JILL KENNAY 8159646666 320 SOUTH THIRD STREET ROCKFORD IL 61104 MARK LUTHIN PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JUDY BARNARD VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN COOK VICE PRESIDE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ASHLEY SARVER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NANCY HOLM TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 TREY AMBROSE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 APRIL BIESCHKE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT CLARK TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK CORMIER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RAY FERGUSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ADAM GUARINO TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAMIE JOHANNSEN TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RUSS JOHANSSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 HOWARD KNODLE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA NORMOYLE TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SCHROEPHER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 TODD TUCKER TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY WILLIAMSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 PATRICK YARBROUGH TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN BRANHAGEN EXECUTIVE DI 40.00 X 106705 0 11260 106705 11260 1 false false false 263665 20544 2697611 1279800 2981820 LAND HOLDING & MANAGEMENT 541610 40981 40981 PROGRAM FEES 611600 1635 1635 42616 203882 203882 39541 39541 39541 39541 5383125 4438219 944906 944906 944906 56378 36536 19842 OTHER INCOME 900099 4579 4579 4579 4237186 86736 1148788 X 117965 98417 15724 3824 315120 262898 42005 10217 34119 28466 4547 1106 32026 26721 4267 1038 95393 95393 16072 16072 50022 43255 5039 1728 10893 10893 1980 1980 49774 49774 49616 48107 1509 LAND TRANSACTIONS 41843 41843 PLANTS AND SEEDS 40107 40107 FIELD SUPPLIES 39809 39809 VEHICLE & EQUIP. REPAIR 20958 20958 10460 6704 3756 926157 831397 76847 17913 569460 507241 423804 622532 25700 41031 43383 1913792 454056 1480982 1459736 8116264 9847182 349831 381216 11533684 13229784 22540756 26091074 137763 126625 8364 10009 146127 136634 X 15952209 17955168 6442420 7999272 22394629 25954440 22540756 26091074 X 3311029 248782 X false true X true false X 3443687 1051899 1231735 2416065 2981820 11125206 3443687 1051899 1231735 2416065 2981820 11125206 3472895 7652311 100054 156834 224176 255907 243423 980394 1193 464 4579 6236 12111836 860307 0.63180 0.71350 X PART II, LINE 10 OTHER INCOME 6,236 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X 53 4629.98 1 true 255.00 9218 false true X 4347446 86519 781251 248243 4966973 3908165 275825 380831 217375 4347446 3449611 28300 556477 126223 3908165 4117358 45555 -556335 156967 3449611 3713798 67177 459433 123050 4117358 0.33450 0.66550 true false 1254868 1254868 83446 56803 26643 575478 397253 178225 1459736 LAND HELD FOR PRESERVATION 13229784 13229784 X 4485968 248782 248782 4237186 4237186 926157 926157 926157 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 5 NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE VISITS THE LAND ONCE A YEAR TO DETERMINE THAT THE LAND USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EASEMENT'S RESTRICTIONS. IF A VIOLATION IS FOUND THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION, LEGAL IF NECESSARY, TO STOP FURTHER DAMAGE AND CORRECT ANY PROBLEM. IF/WHEN THERE ARE NEW LANDOWNERS, THE STAFF WILL SPEND TIME WITH THEM TO ENSURE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE EASEMENT. MONEY IS SET ASIDE IN A STEWARDSHIP FUND TO COVER AND LEGAL ENFORCEMENT COSTS THAT MAY ARISE. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 1, PART II, LINE 9 PURCHASED EASEMENTS ARE RECORDED AT ACTUAL COST AS AN ASSET ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. DONATED EASEMENTS ARE NOT ASSIGNED A VALUE AND ARE NOT RECORDED ON THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OR ON THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART IV, LINE 2B THE ORGANIZATION WAS ASKED TO SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR KISHWAUKEE RIVER ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP TO ADMINISTER TWO GRANTS THE PARTNERSHIP RECEIVED AND OTHER REVENUES. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4 TO ASSURE THE ONGOING VIABILITY OF THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ESTABLISHED THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ENDOWMENT FUND. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE AS IT CARRIES OUT ITS MISSION TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE NATURAL LANDS IN THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS REGION. THE FUND SERVES AS A REPOSITORY INTO WHICH DONORS OR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CAN DEPOSIT FUNDS TO BE USED IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS PROGRAMS AS A LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OR AS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY SUCH DONOR OR BOARD. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED THE GORDON G. EGGERS FUND, AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE AN ENDOWMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF NLI'S LARGEST PRESERVE, THE 721-ACRE NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THIS FUND SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM RESTORATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT OF THE NYGREN WETLAND. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C) (3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, EXCEPT ON NET INCOME DERIVED FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION IS CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC CHARITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM ILLINOIS TAXING JURISDICTION. FUNDRAISERS 56378 56378 36536 56378 56378 36536 36536 19842 X 1 1279800 80ACRE FARMLAND APPRAISED false false false FORM 990, PART III 4A: LAND PRESERVATION - PROTECT NATURAL AREAS THROUGH ACQUISITION OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS: BLAIR ROAD WOODLANDS PROTECTED: A VERY UNIQUE PATCH OF OLD GROWTH WOODLANDS WAS ACQUIRED BY THE NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. THE PROPERTY, COMPRISED OF FOUR PARCELS, WAS PURCHASED FROM THE ARNETA REINING TRUST AFTER HAVING BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE FAMILY SINCE 1947. THE PROPERTY IS ACROSS BLAIR AND BEST ROADS FROM THE PECATONICA WETLANDS FOREST PRESERVE AND ADDS TO FOREST COVER PROTECTED BY THE TWO PRESERVES. THE SECTION OF BLAIR ROAD ADJACENT TO THE NEW PRESERVE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT FORMS A TUNNEL THROUGH THE TREES. MANY BIRDERS AND NATURE LOVERS STOP AT THE PULL OFF TO LOOK OVER THE BIG SPRING AND WETLAND OF THE FOREST PRESERVE AND NOW THAT NLI OWNS THE WOODLANDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT WILL ENSURE THE WILD CHARACTER OF THIS STRETCH OF ROAD. THE CORE OF THE WOODLANDS CONTAINS SOME MAGNIFICENT NORTHERN RED OAKS, A FEW LARGE SHAGBARK AND BITTERNUT HICKORY, AND A VERY FEW BLACK OAK. UNDERSTORY SHRUBS ARE DENSER AROUND THE WOODLANDS EDGES ALONG THE ROADS AND ALONG THE POWERLINES ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY. THE BULK OF THE WOODLANDS WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS DRY-MESIC AND CONTAIN A GROUND LAYER THAT IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS SPRING WILDFLOWERS. - LAND GIFT DONATION OF 80-ACRES: NLI RECEIVED A GIFT OF 80 ACRES OF FARMLAND IN BUREA COUNTY. THE DONORS WISH TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND NLI ALWAYS HONORS THAT. THIS LAND WAS PRIME FARMLAND WITHOUT ANY NATURAL LAND OR LINKAGE TO NATURAL LANDS SO DID NOT SCORE VERY WELL ON NLIS LAND RATING SYSTEM WHICH KEEPS THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON ITS MISSION, EVEN WHEN CONSIDERING WORKING FARMLAND. THE DONORS AGREED TO GIVE THE LAND FOR NLI TO SELL, AS LONG AS THE PROCEEDS WERE USED TO PROTECT LANDS THAT NLI WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO PROTECT. IN KEEPING WITH THE WORKING LANDS THEME OF THE GIFT, NLI THOUGHT THESE FUNDS WOULD BE GREAT IN ACQUIRING THE FARMLAND SURROUNDING BEACH CEMETERY NATURE PRESERVE WHICH NEEDED MORE BUFFER FOR ITS LONG-TERM CONSERVATION 85% OF THE ADJACENT FARM IS IN AGRICULTURE. THE BUFFER LAND ALSO CONTAINS A RELIC PRAIRIE, ABANDONED RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER GRAVELLY GRASSLANDS THAT MAKE SENSE TO RESTORE WHILE MUCH OF THE FARM COULD BE MAINTAINED AS WORKING LANDS. - ANDERSON CONSERVATION EASEMENT: NLI CLOSED ON THE 40-ACRE JAMES AND MARILYN ANDERSON CONSERVATION EASEMENT IN CARROLL COUNTY ON JULY 29, 2025. THIS PRIVATELY PROTECTED PROPERTY LIES IN NLIS MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUFFLANDS PRIORITY CONSERVATION AREA AND JUST 1.5 MILES DOWN EAST JOHNSON CREEK FROM NLIS BANES CONSERVATION EASEMENT. THE PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF OLD GROWTH TIMBER: ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OAK SAVANNA, AND THE REMAINDER OAK-HICKORY WOODLAND WITH A WETLAND SEEP IN THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT. THE EASEMENT LEGALLY PROTECTS IN PERPETUITY THE SITES WOODLAND, SAVANNA AND WETLANDS, PRESERVING THE OPEN AND NATURAL CHARACTER OF THE SITE INCLUDING ITS SCENIC VALUE TO PASSERS-BY. THE NATURAL LAND PROTECTS THE WATER QUALITY OF EAST JOHNSON CREEK AND HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE AND PLANTS. 4B: NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE - RESTORATION OF 721-ACRE PRESERVE AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE ROCK AND PECATONICA RIVERS: NYGREN IS A BIRDING HOTSPOT SUPPORTED BY CORNELL LABORATORY OF ORNITHOLOGYS E-BIRD DATA. IF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK, JOIN OUR BIRDERS OF NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE TO SEE DAILY IMAGES FROM VISITORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE SITE WHO GENEROUSLY SHARE A WEALTH OF IMAGES OF WHAT THEY ENCOUNTER. - WANDER AT THE WETLAND: FULL MOON SNOWSHOE & HIKE WAS HELD ON JAN. 13 AT NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE TO SHOWCASE THE WINTER LANDSCAPE. - WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER AFTERNOON TO HOST WINE & BREW AT THE WETLAND ON JULY 12H AT NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE IN ROCKTON. GUESTS WERE TREATED TO A STUNNING VIEW OF THE MIDSUMMER WILDFLOWERS, GREAT MUSIC BY THREE GOOD MEN AND TASTY TIDBITS BY GREENFIRE. - FALL PRAIRIE HARVEST DAY, A SEED COLLECTION EVENT, WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 25 AT NYGREN WETLAND. - FAMILY NATURE ADVENTURES WAS HELD AT NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE IN ROCKTON ON JUNE 28. INVITING FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS GAVE THEM A CHANCE TO DISCOVER NATURE IN A PERSONAL WAY AS THEY EXAMINED THINGS LIKE ACORNS AND LEAVES AT THE WOODLANDS STATION, BIRCH BASKETS (AND LEARNED HOW NATIVE AMERICANS USED THEM), CRAYFISH AND WATER BUGS AT THE WETLANDS STATION, OR PETTED A COYOTE PELT AT THE MAMMALS STATION, LEARNED HOW TO DRAW BIRDS AND HOW TO WRITE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL WHILE EXPLORING OUTSIDE. OTHER EXPERIENCES BROUGHT JOY TO THE FACES OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED FAMILY NATURE EVENT. FAMILY NATURE ADVENTURES INSPIRES THE NEXT GENERATION TO PROTECT THE NATURAL WORLD. LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND NATURE AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH IT WILL LEAD TO WANTING TO PROTECT IT. - HONONEGAH HIGH SCHOOL BROUGHT NEARLY 300 FRESHMEN BIOLOGY STUDENTS TO NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE ON SEPT. 24 AND 25 TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD STUDY. 4C: RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRESERVES: LAND STEWARDSHIP STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MANAGED PRESERVES BY REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES IN PRAIRIES, WETLANDS AND WOODLANDS, CONDUCTED PRESCRIBED BURNS, PLANTED TREES AND NATIVE WILDFLOWERS AND GRASSES, AND MONITORED WILDLIFE SUCH AS DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES, TURTLES, MUSSELS, AND BIRDS. VOLUNTEER LAND STEWARDSHIP WORKDAYS WERE HELD AT LOST FLORA FEN ON RACCOON CREEK, LIND-MCGEACHIE PRESERVE, SILVER CREEK WOODS PRESERVE, WILLIAM & GAYLE KEEFER NATURE RESERVE, AND NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. 4D: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: NLI HELD ITS ANNUAL DINNER AND PRESENTATION OF THE GEORGE AND BARBARA FELL AWARD ON MARCH 20 AT THE RADISSON IN ROCKFORD. THE GUEST SPEAKER WAS DR. BRITA LORENTZEN, A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND DIRECTOR OF THE TREE-RINGS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL WOOD ANALYSIS LAB AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (ATHENS). THE 2025 GEORGE AND BARBARA FELL AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO ED COLLINS. ED HAS DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO DEVELOPING A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE WOODLANDS, PRAIRIES AND WETLANDS OF MCHENRY COUNTY. HE RETIRED AS DIRECTOR OF LAND PRESERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE MCHENRY COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AFTER SERVING THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS WITH THE AGENCY. THERE, HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF 25,000 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. ED PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE RE-MEANDERING OF NIPPERSINK CREEK IN GLACIAL PARK, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE SPATIAL MAPPING OF OAK LOSS IN THE REGION, AND IN THE CREATION OF THE HACKMATACK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. - COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT: NLI WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. ALAN BRANHAGEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR), JILL KENNAY (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) AND KIM JOHNSEN (DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & MEMBERSHIP) GAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS TO SCHOOL STUDENTS, CHURCH, GARDEN AND EMPLOYEE GROUPS. WE HOSTED AN INFORMATION TABLE AT THE CHICAGO REGIONAL WILD THINGS CONFERENCE, AND LOCALLY AT THE RETIRED SENIORS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM VOLUNTEER FAIR, COUNTRY ROAD GREENHOUSES SPRING NATIVE PLANT SALE, AND COLLINS AEROSPACE HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIR. IN ADDITION TO AN INFORMATION TABLE WE PROVIDED A CHILDRENS ACTIVITY AT WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD FAIR, POLLINATOR PALOOZA, GARDEN FAIR, SOUTH MAIN MERCADO, ROCKFORD CITY MARKET, AND DOMINGOS EN EL PARQUE. WE HOSTED OPEN HOUSES TO INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY TO TWO OF OUR NEW PRESERVES: OXBOW SPRINGS AND BUSSE PRAIRIE PRESERVE. NLI PARTNERED WITH SEVERSON DELLS NATURE CENTER TO PRESENT THE WILDFLOWER WALKABOUT SERIES IN THE SPRING, TAKING PEOPLE ON A GUIDED HIKE AT 10 DIFFERENT PRESERVES IN BOONE, OGLE, AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES. NLIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS HOSTED AN OBSERVATION WALK AT LOST FLORA FEN AS PART OF THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE: ROCK RIVER VALLEY (LED BY SEVERSON DELLS NATURE CENTER), TO RECORD ON THE INATURALIST APP WHAT SPECIES WERE SEEN DURING THE WALK. WE PARTNERED WITH FOREST PRESERVES OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY FOR ALAN TO LEAD HIKES AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS, KIESELBURG AND DEER RUN FOREST PRESERVES. NLI WORKED WITH JR FINALLY ART STUDIO & GALLERY, SINNISSIPPI AUDUBON SOCIETY AND THE VILLAGE OF ROCKTON TO PLAN AND PRESENT ROCKTON PELICAN FEST IN DOWNTOWN ROCKTON AND AT NYGREN WETLAND PRESERVE. NLI STAFF LED AN OAKTOBER HIKE AT COLMAN DELLS NATURE PRESERVE ON OCTOBER 25. - NLIS LEGACY TREE PROGRAM: NLIS LEGACY TREE PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH A SUITE OF 12 TREES OF SIGNIFICANCE, ONE FEATURED EACH MONTH: 6 IN ROCKFORD, 2 IN FREEPORT, 2 IN CHERRY VALLEY AND ONE EACH IN OGLE COUNTY AND ROCKTON. THE PROGRAM HAS DISCOVERED MANY VERY SPECIAL TREES THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA. IN OCTOBER, JUSTIN VOZZO, EXTENSION SPECIALIST IN FORESTRY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN CHAMPAGNE, VISITED TO CONFIRM MEASUREMENTS OF SEVERAL OF NLI LEGACY TREES WHOSE MEASUREMENTS INDICATED THEY MAY BE NEW STATE CHAMPION TREES. 5 OF THE TREES WERE NEW STATE CHAMPIONS AND 3 OF THEM PENDING. - CONSERVATION@HOME: THE CONSERVATION@HOME PROGRAM IS A WAY TO RECOGNIZE HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION PRACTICES IN THEIR OWN YARD AND GARDEN. FIVE HOMEOWNERS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR T FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D SEE PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION FOR 4D FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B CIRCULATED DURING THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AFTER COMPLETING, POSTED ON NLI WEBSITE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING ALL OFFICERS, TRUSTEES, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SIGN AN ANNUAL STATEMENT AGREEING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED AND READ THE POLICY AND WILL COMPLY WITH THE TERMS. ANY PERSON WITH A PERCEIVED OR ACTUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST SHALL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF, AND THE VOTE ON, THE TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT INVOLVING THE POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A COMPENSATION IS COMPARED WITH LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND THE NATIONAL LAND TRUST ALLIANCE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B COMPENSATION IS COMPARED WITH LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND THE NATIONAL LAND TRUST ALLIANCE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE MAKES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THEIR WEBSITE. IT PROVIDES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONTRACTUAL SERVICES 95,393 0 0 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 ROUNDING 0