Glacial Lakes Conservancy INC FY2024 filing

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Glacial Lakes Conservancy, as a land trust, is a nonprofit organization that, as part of its mission, actively works to conserve land by undertaking or assisting in land or conservation easement acquisitions.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$64K 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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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
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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$64K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $401K in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $401K in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$75K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% 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
$200K
-5% vs prior year
Spent
$267K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$200K
FY2024▼ -5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$101K
FY2021$342K
FY2022$301K
FY2023$211K
FY2024$200K
FY2025$508K
Expenses
$267K
FY2024▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$147K
FY2021$174K
FY2022$235K
FY2023$238K
FY2024$267K
FY2025$533K
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2024▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending September 2024) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1997.

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

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $185K Management & general 18% · $48K Fundraising 13% · $34K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $64K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$63,600Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Rutten’s $65K as Executive Director is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $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.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Jennifer Rutten$64,832$63,600$61,108$50,615

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

Conserves land through acquisitions and conservation easements.

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1 program · $185K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Land conservation and stewarship.

$185Kprogram expense

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$200K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$207K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$267K
Ln 25
Programscol B$185K
Managementcol C$48K
Fundraisingcol D$34K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$15K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$207K
Government grantsLn 1e$34K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$34K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$7K
Total revenueLn 12$200K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14K
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$15K
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$4K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$648
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$401K
Other assetsLn 15$917K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 650
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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$54K$15K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$349K$401K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K$14K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$75K$75K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$64K$41K$11K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$80K$52K$14K$14K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$3K$828$782
Payroll taxesLn 10$11K$7K$2K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$0$7K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$4K$0$4K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$6K$0$3K
Office expensesLn 13$9K$4K$4K$985
Information technologyLn 14$4K$2K$681$643
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$5K$3K$932$880
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K$3K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$8K$6K$971$917
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$55K$53K$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$267K$185K$48K$34K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jan 13, 2026 $508K$533K−$25K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 13, 2025 $200K$267K−$67K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 11, 2024 $211K$238K−$27K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 14, 2023 $301K$235K$66K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 6, 2022 $342K$174K$169K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 20, 2021 $101K$147K−$47K$1.1M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $200,064 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $190,793$207,021
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$5,434$5,416
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $25,632−$12,373
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $210,991$200,064
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $132,432$159,264
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $105,853$107,453
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $238,285$266,717
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$27,294−$66,653
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $200,064 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$18,628
VIII-1c Fundraising events$34,411
VIII-1e Government grants$33,919
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$120,063
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$207,021
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,593$12,593
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$7,177−$7,177
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$12,373−$12,373
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$6,957$200,064
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $266,717 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $41,340 · Management $11,448 · Fundraising $10,812$63,600
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $52,048 · Management $14,413 · Fundraising $13,613$80,074
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,990 · Management $828 · Fundraising $782$4,600
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $7,144 · Management $1,978 · Fundraising $1,868$10,990
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,561 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,561
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $7,414 · Fundraising $0$7,414
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $3,734 · Fundraising $0$3,734
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,919 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,715$8,634
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,767 · Management $4,265 · Fundraising $985$9,017
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,458 · Management $681 · Fundraising $643$3,782
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,367 · Management $932 · Fundraising $880$5,179
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,243 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,243
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,750 · Management $971 · Fundraising $917$7,638
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,053 · Management $1,130 · Fundraising $1,068$55,251
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $184,640 · Management $47,794 · Fundraising $34,283$266,717
Part X · Balance sheet $1,352,640 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $23,315$13,571
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $30,416$1,431
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$4,335
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $804$648
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $17,019$13,776
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $349,191$401,415
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $917,464$917,464
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,338,209$1,352,640
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,636$7,143
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $70,252$68,260
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $74,888$75,403
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $922,482$896,052
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $340,839$381,185
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,263,321$1,277,237
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,338,209$1,352,640
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,277,237 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$200,064
XI-2 Total expenses$266,717
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$66,653
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,263,321
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$80,569
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,277,237

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