Newtown Forest Association INC

Tax-deductible

Newtown, CT501(c)(3)Since 1924EnvironmentEIN 06-6079549

The Newtown Forest Association is the oldest private land trust organization in Connecticut. It has been dedicated for one hundred years to securing for the residents of Newtown and for posterity generally the benefits derived from open space lands. Lands which include, but are not limited to, forest and agricultural land, wildlife and nature preserves and watersheds.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
51¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 30 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $210K a year · 57% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
51%
of spending
Worth a look: 51% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$79K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 88% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $622K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$23K
0.3% 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
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Revenue
$109K
-92% vs prior year
Spent
$229K
To programs
51%
Net assets
$8.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$109K
FY2024▼ -92%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$64K
FY2021$212K
FY2022$60K
FY2023$85K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2024$109K
Expenses
$229K
FY2024▼ -7%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$75K
FY2021$89K
FY2022$190K
FY2023$195K
FY2024$246K
FY2024$229K
Net assets
$8.8M
FY2024>-0.01%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.6M
FY2021$7.7M
FY2022$7.3M
FY2023$7.3M
FY2024$8.8M
FY2024$8.8M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1940.

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

Where the money goes

51 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 51% · $117K Management & general 29% · $67K Fundraising 20% · $45K

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

17 people listed on the 990; $79K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director (hired September 2021)
$78,886Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer Through 11/2023
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer Starting 11/2023
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary Through 11/2023
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director, Resigned 1/2025
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Trent McCann’s $79K as Executive Director (hired September 2021) is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1851 $1–10M 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.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Trent McCann$78,886$75,969$80,035$68,195$17,500

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Protects open spaces like forests, farms, and nature preserves for community benefit.

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1 program service account for $117K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Property stewardship, monitoring and maintenance

$117Kprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$109K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$108K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$229K
Ln 25
Programscol B$117K
Managementcol C$67K
Fundraisingcol D$45K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17K
Total assetsLn 16$8.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$108K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$10K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$109K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$17K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$17K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$44K
Other assetsLn 15$7.2M
Total assetsLn 16$8.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$23K
Net assetsLn 32$8.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 630
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$33K$17K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.5M$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30K$44K
Total assetsLn 16$8.8M$8.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19K$23K
Net assetsLn 32$8.8M$8.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$88K$22K$44K$22K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$9K$9K$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$1K$3K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$0$3K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11K$8K$3K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$2K$999$16K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$184$2K$91
Information technologyLn 14$9K$2K$2K$5K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$16K$14K$2K$310
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$196$4K$197
InterestLn 20$570$485$57$28
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$8K$928$464
InsuranceLn 23$16K$12K$4K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$35K$35K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$229K$117K$67K$45K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $1.4M$246K$1.2M$8.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $85K$195K−$110K$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $60K$190K−$130K$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $212K$89K$123K$7.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $64K$75K−$11K$7.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $109,387 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$11,879
VIII-1c Fundraising events$9,721
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$86,717
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$108,317
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1,070 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,070
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,070 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$109,387
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $229,071 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $22,093 · Management $44,186 · Fundraising $22,093$88,372
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $8,814 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,814
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,296 · Management $2,592 · Fundraising $1,296$5,184
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,310 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,310
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $2,645 · Fundraising $0$2,645
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,422 · Management $2,590 · Fundraising $0$11,012
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,603 · Management $999 · Fundraising $15,679$18,281
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $184 · Management $1,949 · Fundraising $91$2,224
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,087 · Management $2,087 · Fundraising $4,859$9,033
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $14,168 · Management $1,548 · Fundraising $310$16,026
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $196 · Management $3,550 · Fundraising $197$3,943
IX-20 InterestPrograms $485 · Management $57 · Fundraising $28$570
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $7,887 · Management $928 · Fundraising $464$9,279
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,271 · Management $3,567 · Fundraising $0$15,838
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $34,540 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$34,540
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $117,356 · Management $66,698 · Fundraising $45,017$229,071
Part X · Balance sheet $8,775,845 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $33,199$17,441
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,113$7,051
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $30,107$44,329
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,529,460$1,534,120
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,172,904$7,172,904
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,771,783$8,775,845
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,222$2,478
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $19,222$23,308
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,247,379$1,981,164
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,505,182$6,771,373
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,752,561$8,752,537
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,771,783$8,775,845
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,752,537 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$109,387
XI-2 Total expenses$229,071
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$119,684
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,752,561
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$119,660
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,752,537

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