Tenngreen Land Conservancy: FY2023 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 62-1557574)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$2.4M
FY2021	$11.7M
FY2022	$971K
FY2023	$1.9M
FY2024	$1.6M
FY2025	$3.3M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$1.4M
FY2021	$1.1M
FY2022	$1.4M
FY2023	$1.3M
FY2024	$1.7M
FY2025	$2.1M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$9.6M
FY2021	$19.6M
FY2022	$19.8M
FY2023	$20.6M
FY2024	$20.9M
FY2025	$22.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1994.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

80%

12%

Program services 80% · $1.1M Management & general 12% · $165K Fundraising 7% · $97K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $81K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII

Alice Hudson Pell

Executive Director

$81,089Pt VII · Sec A

Marcya Carter-Sheats

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ryan Bailey

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Charles Askew

West TN Vice Pres

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Matthew J McClanahan

East TN Vice Pres

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anne Davis

Middle TN Vice Pres

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Green Fairclost

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

John Fenderson

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alice Hudson Pell’s $106K as Executive Director is at the 37th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1842 $1–10M recreation & sports 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Alice Hudson Pell	$105,819	$99,977	$81,089	—	—	—
Steve Law	—	—	—	$102,000	$98,156	$87,875
Alice Hudson	—	—	—	$74,135	—	—

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 land to create parks, wildlife corridors, and enhance recreation.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2022

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The organization works to preserve tennessee scenic beauty by creating an interconnected system of parks, greenways, and wildlife areas.

$1.1Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025

The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$100K

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INCFY2025$12K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$112K

Grants paid · 5 grants · $372K · 2019–2022

Big River Park ConservancyTN · FY2022$35,000

Friends of Fall Creek Falls State ParkTN · FY2021$100,000

Big River Park ConservancyTN · FY2021$53,972

The Trust for Public LandCA · FY2021$20,935

The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit CorporationVA · FY2019$161,858

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.9M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Investment incomeLn 3$108K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K

Money outPt IX

$1.3M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.1M

Managementcol C$165K

Fundraisingcol D$97K

Owns and owesPt X

$20.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.8M

Total assetsLn 16$21.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$836K

PeoplePt VI, VII

23

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a21

IndependentVI 1b20

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.8M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$252K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$261K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K

Investment incomeLn 3$108K

Gains on assetsLn 7$19K

Total revenueLn 12$1.9M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2.6M

SavingsLn 2$3.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.5M

Other assetsLn 15$1.2M

Total assetsLn 16$21.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$836K

Net assetsLn 32$20.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 514

VolunteersI 6150

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

Line	Start FY23	End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$5.2M	$5.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$14.3M	$14.5M
Total assetsLn 16	$20.6M	$21.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$769K	$836K
Net assetsLn 32	$19.8M	$20.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$35K	$35K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$90K	$70K	$14K	$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$665K	$518K	$100K	$47K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$17K	$14K	$3K	$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$49K	$38K	$7K	$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$58K	$45K	$9K	$4K
Legal feesLn 11b	$5K	$4K	$146	$292
Accounting feesLn 11c	$32K	$29K	$956	$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$61K	$55K	$2K	$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$15K	$15K
Office expensesLn 13	$89K	$70K	$8K	$10K
Information technologyLn 14	$35K	$28K	$5K	$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$34K	$27K	$3K	$4K
TravelLn 17	$16K	$13K	$439	$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$16K	$7K	$4K	$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$43K	$35K	$6K	$3K
InsuranceLn 23	$26K	$22K	$3K	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$36K	$34K	$552	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.3M	$1.1M	$165K	$97K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$3.3M	$2.1M	$1.2M	$22.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.6M	$1.7M	−$38K	$20.9M	990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing	$1.9M	$1.3M	$585K	$20.6M	990 PDF
FY2022	$971K	$1.4M	−$462K	$19.8M	990 PDF
FY2021	$11.7M	$1.1M	$10.6M	$19.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$2.4M	$1.4M	$971K	$9.6M	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 I · Summary $1,906,402 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,235,602$1,756,895

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$57,651

I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$247,357$108,074

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$17,729−$16,218

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $970,516$1,906,402

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $174,907$35,000

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $876,404$878,604

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $381,417$407,856

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,432,728$1,321,460

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$462,212$584,942

Part VI · Governance 20 of 21 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21

VI-1b Independent voting members20

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 $1,906,402 across 10 lines filed

VIII-1b Membership dues$908,284

VIII-1c Fundraising events$260,997

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$587,614

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$251,902

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,756,895

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $57,651$57,651

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $88,827$88,827

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $5,359 · Excluded from tax $13,888$19,247

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$16,218−$16,218

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $63,010 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $86,497$1,906,402

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,321,460 across 18 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $35,000$35,000

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $70,261 · Management $13,512 · Fundraising $6,305$90,078

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $518,316 · Management $99,676 · Fundraising $46,516$664,508

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $13,615 · Management $2,618 · Fundraising $1,222$17,455

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $38,202 · Management $7,347 · Fundraising $3,428$48,977

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,917 · Management $8,638 · Fundraising $4,031$57,586

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,430 · Management $146 · Fundraising $292$4,868

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $28,987 · Management $956 · Fundraising $1,911$31,854

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $55,374 · Management $1,826 · Fundraising $3,651$60,851

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,244$15,244

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $70,378 · Management $8,500 · Fundraising $10,368$89,246

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $28,101 · Management $4,566 · Fundraising $2,459$35,126

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $26,501 · Management $3,355 · Fundraising $3,690$33,546

IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,803 · Management $439 · Fundraising $2,504$15,746

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,829 · Management $4,405 · Fundraising $4,478$15,712

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,646 · Management $5,630 · Fundraising $3,032$43,308

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $22,325 · Management $2,565 · Fundraising $1,399$26,289

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $33,683 · Management $552 · Fundraising $1,831$36,066

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,059,612 · Management $164,731 · Fundraising $97,117$1,321,460

Part X · Balance sheet $21,456,711 assets, 15 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,667,927$2,569,539

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,510,423$3,240,344

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,500$6,000

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,285,250$14,475,354

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,134,751$1,165,474

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,599,851$21,456,711

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $45,897$58,253

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$72,893

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $320,000$320,000

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $403,491$384,868

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $769,388$836,014

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $18,751,191$19,009,694

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,079,272$1,611,003

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,830,463$20,620,697

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,599,851$21,456,711

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $20,620,697 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,906,402

XI-2 Total expenses$1,321,460

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$584,942

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,830,463

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$205,292

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$20,620,697

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Tenngreen Land Conservancy FY2023 filing

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Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Tenngreen Land Conservancy

Funders

Grants

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV