To protect the rural character of Lincoln, massachusetts by holding Conservation Land in Trust for the benefit of the residents of Lincoln.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 7 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $7K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
30 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 30.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $54K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$257K
-8% vs prior year
Spent
$299K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$2.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$257K
FY2025▼ -8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$175K
FY2021$200K
FY2022$184K
FY2023$213K
FY2024$279K
FY2025$257K
Expenses
$299K
FY2025▲ +31%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$140K
FY2021$303K
FY2022$214K
FY2023$165K
FY2024$229K
FY2025$299K
Net assets
$2.6M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.1M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1962.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $253K Management & general 8% · $23K Fundraising 8% · $23K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Former Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Geoff McGean’s $130K as Executive Director is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1990 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Preserves rural character by acquiring land, developing trails, and promoting conservation and enjoyment of natural areas.

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3 programs · $253K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Acquisition

A generous lincoln resident donated a 1.78 acre building lot on page road (parcel id 145 13 0) to LLCT in december 2025.

$121Kprogram expense
02

Education

LLCT educational events in 2025 included 32 in-person trail walks, workshops, or other outdoor land-based programming, five virtual or in-person lectures and six events for families and children.

$86Kprogram expense
03

Stewardship

LLCT staff worked with volunteers, fieldwork assistants, and town of lincoln conservation staff to manage and maintain deeded conservation land and over 80 miles of public trails. LLCT staff also monitored LLCT'S deeded conservation land and conservation restrictions, as well as conservation land and restrictions owned or held by the…

$46Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $260K · 2021–2025
City of CambridgeFY2024$50,000
Town of LincolnFY2024$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$257K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$189K
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Money outPt IX
$299K
Ln 25
Programscol B$253K
Managementcol C$23K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$749K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$189K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$32K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3K
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Other incomeLn 4–11$10K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$4
Total revenueLn 12$257K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$58K
SavingsLn 2$691K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$749K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$775K$749K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M$2.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$100K$100K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$129K$111K$1K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$9K$102$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$13K$13K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$8K$4K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$4K$30
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$621$1K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$1K$637
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22K$19K$3K$96
Total functional expensesLn 25$299K$253K$23K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $257K$299K−$42K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $279K$229K$51K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $213K$165K$48K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $184K$214K−$30K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $200K$303K−$102K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $175K$140K$35K$2.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $257,277 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $152,611$189,237
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,581$2,971
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $113,123$55,253
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $9,913$9,816
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $279,228$257,277
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $60,545$100,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $119,627$139,652
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $48,409$59,839
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $228,581$299,491
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $50,647−$42,214
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $257,277 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$141,177
VIII-1c Fundraising events$32,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$15,560
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,469
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$189,237
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,971$2,971
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $55,257$55,257
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$4−$4
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $9,816$9,816
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,971 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $65,069$257,277
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $299,491 across 9 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $100,000$100,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $110,559 · Management $1,300 · Fundraising $17,156$129,015
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $9,112 · Management $102 · Fundraising $1,423$10,637
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $12,545$12,545
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,253 · Management $4,245 · Fundraising $4,377$16,875
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,370 · Fundraising $30$4,400
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $621 · Management $1,004$1,625
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,477 · Management $637$2,114
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,737 · Management $3,447 · Fundraising $96$22,280
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $253,129 · Management $23,280 · Fundraising $23,082$299,491
Part X · Balance sheet $2,550,806 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $75,123$58,255
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $699,410$690,955
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $70$258
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,938$1,688
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,580,661$1,799,650
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,359,202$2,550,806
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,252,652$2,544,256
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $106,550$6,550
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,359,202$2,550,806
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,359,202$2,550,806
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,550,806 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$257,277
XI-2 Total expenses$299,491
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$42,214
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,359,202
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$233,818
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,550,806

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