Catskill Forest Association INC FY2020 filing

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Margaretville, NY501(c)(3)Since 1982EIN 22-2464884Revenue $601K in FY2020

On file with the IRScatskillforest.org42710 St-28, 12455-0000 · Margaretville, NYTax-exempt since Feb 1986Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of the Catskill Forest Association is to promote Forest stewardship in the Catskill region by Forest landowners, timber harvesters, foresters, and the general public. The Association advocates quality Forest management practices, for the purpose of improving the health of the Forest, preventing threats to the Forest ecosystem, and supporting conservation efforts.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$83K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$83K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$40K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$601K
Spent
$547K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$420K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$601K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$601K
FY2021$564K
FY2022$658K
FY2023$652K
FY2024$748K
FY2025$799K
Expenses
$547K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$547K
FY2021$567K
FY2022$656K
FY2023$765K
FY2024$742K
FY2025$732K
Net assets
$420K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$420K
FY2021$417K
FY2022$399K
FY2023$291K
FY2024$327K
FY2025$400K

From the FY2020 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 Feb 1986.

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

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $410K Management & general 25% · $136K Fundraising 0% · $368

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

13 people listed on the 990; $83K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$83,279Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ryan Trapani$91,732$92,476$86,311$91,749$83,279$83,279

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Promotes forest stewardship and quality management for healthier ecosystems and conservation.

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1 program · $410K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

The teaching of proper management of forests to landowners, foresters,timber harvesters, industry, and the general public, including the improvement of forests for wildlife, water quality, recreation, aesthetics and better growth of standing timber by selecting, trimming and harvesting trees.

$410Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$601K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$467K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$127K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$547K
Ln 25
Programscol B$410K
Managementcol C$136K
Fundraisingcol D$368
Owns and owesPt X
$420K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$80K
Total assetsLn 16$460K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$467K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$127K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$368
Total revenueLn 12$601K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4K
SavingsLn 2$76K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$80K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$200K
Other assetsLn 15$170K
Total assetsLn 16$460K
LiabilitiesLn 26$40K
Net assetsLn 32$420K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 641
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$62K$80K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$214K$200K
Total assetsLn 16$397K$460K
LiabilitiesLn 26$33K$40K
Net assetsLn 32$363K$420K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$83K$62K$21K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$168K$126K$42K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$70K$65K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$37K$15K$22K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$6K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$2K$753
TravelLn 17$17K$12K$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$2K$798
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$18K$13K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$10K$7K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$94K$71K$24K
All other expensesLn 24e$36K$27K$9K$368
Total functional expensesLn 25$547K$410K$136K$368

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $799K$732K$68K$400K 990 PDF
FY2024 $748K$742K$6K$327K 990 PDF
FY2023 $652K$765K−$113K$291K 990 PDF
FY2022 $658K$656K$2K$399K 990 PDF
FY2021 $564K$567K−$3K$417K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $601K$547K$54K$420K 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
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $600,888 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $373,346$467,247
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $100,421$126,814
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $17,647$4,611
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,981$2,216
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $494,395$600,888
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $360,783$359,012
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $160,396$187,745
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $521,179$546,757
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$26,784$54,131
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $600,888 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,110 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$64,834
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$402,413
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$467,247
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $126,814$126,814
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,979$4,979
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$368−$368
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,106$1,106
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $128,662 · Excluded from tax $4,979$600,888
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $546,757 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $62,459 · Management $20,820$83,279
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $126,253 · Management $42,084$168,337
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $65,096 · Management $5,150$70,246
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,451 · Management $21,699$37,150
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,639 · Management $1,880$7,519
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,258 · Management $753$3,011
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,405 · Management $4,135$16,540
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,394 · Management $798$3,192
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,164 · Management $4,388$17,552
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,290 · Management $2,430$9,720
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $70,598 · Management $23,532$94,130
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $27,062 · Management $8,651 · Fundraising $368$36,081
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $410,069 · Management $136,320 · Fundraising $368$546,757
Part X · Balance sheet $459,797 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,101$4,101
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $57,692$76,055
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,379$814
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,497$8,760
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $214,343$199,773
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $107,589$170,294
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $396,601$459,797
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$251
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $33,125$39,478
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $33,125$39,729
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $311,749$369,569
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $51,727$50,499
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $363,476$420,068
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $396,601$459,797
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $420,068 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$600,888
XI-2 Total expenses$546,757
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$54,131
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$363,476
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,461
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$420,068

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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