Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any unusual grants.) .... | 234,954 | 473,805 | 460,394 | 297,851 | 301,924 | 1,768,928 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 234,954 | 473,805 | 460,394 | 297,851 | 301,924 | 1,768,928 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 215,850 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 1,553,078 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 234,954 | 473,805 | 460,394 | 297,851 | 301,924 | 1,768,928 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 4,570 | 4,814 | 7,244 | 19,351 | 20,331 | 56,310 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 4,376 | 6,891 | 6,437 | 6,553 | 6,419 | 30,676 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10. | 1,855,914 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2015 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2015 |
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Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 |
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2015 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015: | ||||
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| b | ||||
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| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2010 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2015 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2015, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2015. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2016. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| b | ||||
| c Excess from 2013....... | ||||
| d From 2014....... | ||||
| e From 2015....... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| PART II, LINE 10 | SPECIAL EVENTS GROSS INCOME 19,859 INVENTORY SALES GROSS INCOME 10,817 |
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Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION | CONSERVING LAND, WATER AND WILDLIFE HABITAT FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY. PROTECTING OUR LEGACY OF: ABUNDANT WILDLIFE HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY CLEAN WATER RURAL CHARACTER AND SCENIC BEAUTY WORKING FORESTS AND FARMS OUTDOOR RECREATION AND EDUCATION |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 4 | SUMMARY OF REVISIONS: ARTICLE INAME, PURPOSE, LOCATION ORGANIZATION REFERRED TO AS GPMCT, RATHER THAN TRUST OR CORPORATION. ARTICLE IITITLE CHANGED TO CONDUCT OF MEETINGS GENERALLY, INFORMAL PROCEDURE TO BE PREFERRED OVER FORMAL PROCEDURE. ROBERTS RULES TO PROVIDE GENERAL GUIDANCE DURING INFORMAL PROCEDURE. ARTICLE IIIMEMBERSHIP THIS ARTICLE COMPLETELY REWRITTEN. MEMBERSHIP IS DEFINED TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE THAT ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO CONTRIBUTES IS A MEMBER. A MEMBER MUST BE 15 YEARS-OLD TO VOTE. MEMBERSHIP REMOVAL AND WITHDRAWAL PROCESSES ARE SET FORTH AND MATTERS ON WHICH MEMBERS MAY VOTE, TO WIT: ELECTING BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS. ARTICLE IVMEMBERSHIP MEETINGS SECTION 2: IF A MEMBER MEETING OTHER THAN ANNUAL MEETING IS CALLED BY 10% OF MEMBERSHIP, MEMBERSHIP WILL NEED TO BE VERIFIED. SECTION 5: QUORUM INCREASED TO 20 MEMBERS SECTION 6: ADDED. SECRETARY TAKES MINUTES AT ANY MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND SUBMITS FOR APPROVAL AT NEXT MEETING. ARTICLE VBOARD OF DIRECTORS SECTION 3: VACANCYRE-WRITTEN TO CLARIFY RESIGNATION AND INTERIM DIRECTOR PROCESS SECTION 5: REMOVALRE-WRITTEN TO DEFINE A CLEAR PROCESS AND PROVIDE FOR FLEXIBILITY SECTION 8: REVISED TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR TASKS UN-RELATED TO BOARD DUTIES SECTION 9: REVISED TO ADD E-MAIL NOTICE SECTION 11: REVISED TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY AND SET TIME PARAMETER FOR OBJECTION SECTION 13: NEW EXECUTIVE SESSIONTRACKS MAINE LAW SECTION 14: NEW GUESTS AND MINUTESMEETING AND MINUTES NOT GENERALLY OPEN TO PUBLIC DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES. BOARD MAY INVITE GUESTS AND ALLOW ACCESS TO MINUTES UPON MEMBER REQUEST, SUBJECT TO CONFIDENTIALITY BEING MAINTAINED. ARTICLE VI OFFICERS SECTION 1: ELIGIBILITYREWRITTEN. OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED ANNUALLY FOR ONE YEAR TERM AND SERVE NO MORE THAN SIX YEARS, UNLESS POSITION IS EXEMPT FROM TERM LIMITS. SECTION 2: REMOVALRE-WRITTEN TO CLARIFY PROCESS. IF AN OFFICER ADJUDGED MENTALLY INCOMPETENT BY A COURT, REMOVAL IS AUTOMATIC. SECTION 3: DELETED REGISTERED AGENT AS OFFICER SECTION 7: TREASURERS DESCRIPTION RE-WRITTEN TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE. THE PARAGRAPH RELATING TO SURETY BOND UNCHANGED. SECTION 8: SECRETARY DESCRIPTION: RE-WRITTEN ARTICLE VII- COMMITTEES AND ADVISORS SECTION 1: ADDEDTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL SPECIFY THE AUTHORITY OF EACH COMMITTEE TO MAKE DECISIONS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY SPECIFY THAT ANY COMMITTEE, EXCEPT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, HAS NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE FINAL DECISIONS, BUT ONLY THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SECTION 2: ADDEDEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DECISIONS TO BE RATIFIED BY BOARD. SECTION 3: CHANGED 3 MONTHS PRIOR TO ANNUAL MEETING TO REASONABLE TIME TO CONVENE NOMINATING COMMITTEE SECTION 4: ADVISORSNEW TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL AFFAIRS SECTION 3: BROADENED TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICE. SECTION 4: DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN CONTRACT AND NOTES FOR REQUIRED SIGNATURES SECTION 5: CONFLICT OF INTERESTADDED REFERENCE TO USE OF PERSONAL INFLUENCE SECTION 6: REWRITTEN TO ADDRESS DELEGATION AND SCOPE OF AUTHORITY TO ED REGARDING EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS SECTION 7: EXECUTIVE DIRECTORNEW. ED IS NON-VOTING MEMBER OF ALL COMMITTEES, SERVES AT PLEASURE OF BOARD AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING POLICIES OF GPMCT. ARTICLE IX LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS & OFFICERS SECTION 1: RE-WRITTEN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH MAINE LAW ARTICLE XTRANSFER OF HOLDINGS. REWRITTEN TO REQUIRE MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL BY 2/3 OF MEMBERS PRESENT AND ENTITLED TO VOTE, FOR THE TRANSFER OF ANY INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY, UNLESS IT FALLS WITHIN THE FOUR EXCEPTIONS DEFINED IN ARTICLE X. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 | ANY PERSON WHO CONTRIBUTES ANNUALLY SHALL BE A MEMBER. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A | MEMBERS ELECT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B | CHANGES TO BY-LAWS MUST BE RATIFIED BY THE MEMBERS. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B | A DRAFT FORM 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW, THE DRAFT 990 WILL BE REVIEWED BY MEMBERS OF THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IF FOUND ACCEPTABLE, AUTHORIZE AN APPROPRIATE BOARD MEMBER OR OFFICER TO SIGN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE FORM. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C | POLICIES DEALING WITH POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE EXPLAINED TO NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS. EVERY BOARD AND STAFF MEMBER AND COMMITTEE CHAIR RECEIVES A COPY, AND SIGNS THE POLICY. THE POLICY IS THEN RE-READ AND SIGNED ANNUALLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE POLICY IS POSTED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS COMPARABLE SALARIES FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE STATE OF MAINE. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS COMPARABLE SALARIES FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE STATE OF MAINE. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 | PROVIDED AS REQUESTED; CERTAIN DOCUMENTS ARE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE |
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