Swan Valley Connections: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 81-0512368)

Lucas P Lamar’s $77K as Co-Executive Director is at the 11th 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Lucas P Lamar	$76,504	$68,500	—	—	—	—
Rebecca Ramsey	—	$19,494	$75,500	$67,967	$63,300	$60,000
Sarah P Lamar	$73,500	$63,500	—	—	—	—
William Tyler	$12,250	—	—	—	—	—

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

Programs and updates

Manages ecosystems and educates the public about them.

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3 programs · $571K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Stewardship and Restoration

Swan valley connections (SVC), working with the montana department of natural resources and conservation, provides forest health and stewardship assessments to private landowners in the swan valley.

$267Kprogram expense

02

Education

Swan valley connections' (SVC) education programs aim to strengthen the relationship between people and landscapes through placed-based experiences. SVC teaches ecological literacy to people of all ages and backgrounds, cultivating compassion and enthusiasm for the natural world in children, challenging young adults to understand the…

$186Kprogram expense

03

Public Information/Visitor Center

Swan valley connections (SVC) provides year-round visitor and community services monday friday between 9AM 4:30PM. SVC staffs a visitor center located at 6787 hwy 83 in condon that is the primary point of contact for visitors to the swan valley.

$119Kprogram 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

Seeley Lake Community FoundationFY2025$12K

Alliance for Green HeatFY2025$7K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$19K

Grants paid · 19 grants · $651K · 2020–2025

Unitemized GrantFY2025$99,428

Mt NC Land Company LLCFY2025$18,400

Euchre Mountain Logging INCFY2025$10,000

Crc Land ImprovementFY2025$8,000

Unitemized GrantFY2024$100,820

Mt NC Land Company LLCFY2024$50,400

West Swan Shores Road Association INCCA · FY2024$25,500

Snowflake Land Ventures LLCFY2024$6,400

Red Owl Mt LLCFY2023$96,125

Unitemized GrantFY2023$58,990

Crc Land ImprovementFY2023$8,050

Big Hawk HoaFY2023$5,400

Unitemized GrantFY2022$21,775

Crc Land ImprovementFY2022$11,900

1221 Anastasia LLCFY2022$7,020

Unitemized GrantFY2021$65,805

R&e Associates of Montana LLCFY2021$38,400

Heritage Ridge Holdings LPFY2021$7,700

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.6M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$192K

Other incomeLn 4–11$44K

Money outPt IX

$1.2M

Ln 25

Programscol B$858K

Managementcol C$269K

Fundraisingcol D$78K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.7M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$835K

Total assetsLn 16$1.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$185K

PeoplePt VI, VII

16

listed · VII A

PaidVII A3

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M

Government grantsLn 1e$400K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$6K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$192K

Investment incomeLn 3$34K

Other incomeLn 4–11$44K

Gains on assetsLn 7$9K

Total revenueLn 12$1.6M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$95K

SavingsLn 2$741K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$835K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$47K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$872K

Total assetsLn 16$1.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$185K

Net assetsLn 32$1.7M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 512

VolunteersI 6548

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$548K	$835K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$44K	$47K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$801K	$872K
Total assetsLn 16	$1.6M	$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$250K	$185K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.3M	$1.7M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$44K	$44K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$99K	$99K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$183K	$94K	$73K	$16K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$402K	$274K	$83K	$45K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$12K	$8K	$2K	$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$35K	$31K		$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$50K	$32K	$12K	$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$4K		$4K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$436		$436
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$120K	$116K	$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$307	$186	$121
Office expensesLn 13	$29K	$8K	$19K	$2K
Information technologyLn 14	$12K	$4K	$5K	$3K
OccupancyLn 16	$42K	$40K	$1K
TravelLn 17	$3K	$1K	$2K	$653
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$5K	$4K	$719
InterestLn 20	$1K		$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$19K		$19K
InsuranceLn 23	$25K	$2K	$24K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$100K	$90K	$9K	$713
All other expensesLn 24e	$20K	$10K	$9K	$496
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.2M	$858K	$269K	$78K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$1.6M	$1.2M	$386K	$1.7M	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.4M	$1.1M	$277K	$1.3M	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.1M	$1.1M	$280	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.6M	$1.5M	$45K	$1.0M	990 PDF
FY2021	$1.1M	$911K	$163K	$980K	990 PDF
FY2020	$752K	$655K	$97K	$818K	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

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Part I · Summary $1,591,406 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,206,143$1,322,078

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $147,874$191,809

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $26,266$33,775

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $45,781$43,744

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,426,064$1,591,406

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $187,620$143,228

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

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $670,280$681,478

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

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $291,610$380,250

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,149,510$1,204,956

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $276,554$386,450

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

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 $1,591,406 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $6,009 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$6,113

VIII-1e Government grants$400,433

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$915,532

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,322,078

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $191,809$191,809

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,972$24,972

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $40$40

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $8,803$8,803

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $14,878$14,878

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $22,817$22,817

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $220,500 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $48,828$1,591,406

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,204,956 across 21 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $43,800$43,800

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $99,428$99,428

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $93,900 · Management $73,239 · Fundraising $16,227$183,366

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $274,044 · Management $83,149 · Fundraising $44,677$401,870

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $8,221 · Management $2,226 · Fundraising $1,292$11,739

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $30,871 · Fundraising $3,820$34,691

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $31,912 · Management $12,441 · Fundraising $5,459$49,812

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,725$3,725

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $436$436

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $116,096 · Management $3,505$119,601

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $186 · Management $121$307

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,199 · Management $19,350 · Fundraising $1,864$29,413

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,552 · Management $5,063 · Fundraising $2,993$11,608

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $40,475 · Management $1,346$41,821

IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,015 · Management $1,599 · Fundraising $653$3,267

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,405 · Management $719$5,124

IX-20 InterestManagement $1,215$1,215

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $18,625$18,625

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,738 · Management $23,689$25,427

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $90,437 · Management $8,897 · Fundraising $713$100,047

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $9,703 · Management $9,435 · Fundraising $496$19,634

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $857,982 · Management $268,780 · Fundraising $78,194$1,204,956

Part X · Balance sheet $1,876,026 assets, 16 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $80,877$94,610

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $466,676$740,675

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $155,550$93,054

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $130$0

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $5,829$6,265

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $220$22,839

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $800,634$871,962

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $43,623$46,621

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,553,539$1,876,026

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $134,603$97,552

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $30,152$17,845

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $249,500$184,793

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,201,910$1,555,533

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $102,129$135,700

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,304,039$1,691,233

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,553,539$1,876,026

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,691,233 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,591,406

XI-2 Total expenses$1,204,956

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$386,450

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,304,039

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$744

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,691,233

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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