Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 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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Calendar year
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 1,742,785 | 1,966,317 | 3,621,159 | 3,796,197 | 2,581,954 | 13,708,412 |
| 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 | 1,742,785 | 1,966,317 | 3,621,159 | 3,796,197 | 2,581,954 | 13,708,412 |
| 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) .. | 7,855,552 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 5,852,860 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in)
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 1,742,785 | 1,966,317 | 3,621,159 | 3,796,197 | 2,581,954 | 13,708,412 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 88,697 | 92,597 | 33,931 | 48,800 | 78,494 | 342,519 |
| 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.).. | 13,541 | 13,541 | ||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 14,187,909 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (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.) | ||||||
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(a) 2017 | (b) 2018 | (c) 2019 | (d) 2020 | (e) 2021 | (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 on 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 0.015 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 0.035 | 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 | 1 | |
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
2 | |
| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
8 | |
| 9 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2021 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2021 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2021 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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2
Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2021 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI). See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2021: | ||||
| a From 2016....... | ||||
| b From 2017....... | ||||
| c From 2018....... | ||||
| d From 2019....... | ||||
| e From 2020....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
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i
Carryover from 2016 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2021 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2021 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2021, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2021. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2022. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2017..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2018..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2019..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2021..... | ||||
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| FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION | OUR MISSION FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS HAS BEEN TO PROTECT "A FEW SPECIAL PLACES...IN TRUST FOR THE FUTURE." THE PLACES WE STRIVE TO PROTECT INCLUDE THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT - THE MAGNIFICENT "BLUE WALL," KEY UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA RIVERS, WATERFALLS AND RIPARIAN RESOURCES AND OTHER IMPORTANT NATURAL AREAS. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS, OTHER LAND TRUSTS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND FOUNDATIONS TO SECURE TITLE, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OR OTHER PROTECTED STATUS IN PERPETUITY FOR THESE IMPORTANT NATURAL LANDS AND RESOURCES. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A | THE FOLLOWING PARCELS WERE ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE OR RECEIVED AS A DONATION TO FURTHER THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. EXPENSES INCLUDE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICING OF THE ASSETS, BUT NOT THE ASSET COST. THE FOLLOWING PARCELS WERE PURCHASED: 1. ALTAMONT RIDGE, PARIS MOUNTAIN - PARIS MOUNTAIN OFFERS AN ICONIC VIEW TO EVERYONE RIDING ALONG THE SWAMP RABBIT TRAIL, SITTING ON FURMANS CAMPUS OR DRIVING DOWN THE POINSETT HIGHWAY. ALTAMONT RIDGE IMMEDIATELY ADJOINS THE PREVIOUSLY PROTECTED 58-ACRE FURMAN FACE PROJECT. THE 9.5 ACRES OF PROPERTY CONTAINS IMPRESSIVE MATURE TREES AND ALONG POPULAR GAME TRAILS ON THE PROPERTY ARE AMPLE SIGNS OF BEAR, TURKEY AND DEER. THE GOAL FOR PROJECTS IN THIS AREA IS TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH GREEN SPACE AS POSSIBLE, TO NOT ONLY PROTECT THE VIEWSHED OF GREATER GREENVILLE BUT TO ALSO SERVICE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO PARIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK EACH MONTH AND THOSE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY COME AS THE REGION CONTINUES TO GROW. 2. PINEY MOUNTAIN - THE 40.79 ACRES OF UNSPOILED VIEW OF TABLE ROCK STATE PARK SURROUNDED BY FOOTHILLS AND MATURE HARDWOOD CANOPY IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC LANDSCAPES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTH OF TABLE ROCK IS GREENVILLE COUNTY AND THE GREENVILLE WATERSHED. THE PINEY MOUNTAIN PROPERTY SITS ADJACENT TO THE WATERSHED AND ONE PARCEL AWAY FROM THE STATE PARK. THE HEADWATERS OF WEAVER CREEK BEGIN ON THE 40 ACRES AND FLOW SOUTHWARD BEFORE CONVERGING WITH THE OOLENOY RIVER. THIS PROPERTY WILL HELP FURTHER PROTECT THIS FAMOUS VIEWSHED, A MATURE HARDWOOD FOREST, HEADWATER STREAMS AND EXPAND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. BY PROTECTING PINEY MOUNTAIN, ONE MORE SCENIC PEAK WILL REMAIN UNDISTURBED AND WE WILL STRENGTHEN THE PROTECTION OF SOUTH CAROLINAS MOST ICONIC MOUNTAIN AND STATE PARK. 3. MEECE MILL ROAD - CALLED MILL SHOALS COMMUNITY FOREST, THIS 713-ACRE PRESERVE WAS FORMERLY OWNED BY THE NEWMAN FAMILY IN PICKENS. THEY CONTRIBUTED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE VALUE TO HELP PROTECT THIS PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY. 4. ROCKY BOTTOM - THIS 75-ACRE PROPERTY ADJOINS SCDNR'S JOCASSEE GORGES WILDERNESS AREA AND CONTAINS IMPORTANT HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES AND UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY. THE PROTECTION OF THIS TRACT IS ALSO CRITICAL FOR PROTECTING CULTURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF PREVIOUS USERS OF THE SITE. 5. ROUND MOUNTAIN - THIS 45-ACRE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE NATIONAL FOREST WILL HELP BUFFER THE FOREST. NT PLANS TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY TO USFS IN 2023. 6. RIVER FALLS - ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC DRIVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS RIVER FALLS ROAD, WHICH ASCENDS THE FOOTHILLS FOLLOWING THE MIDDLE SALUDA RIVER, PASSING SMALL FARMS WITH UNRIVALED VIEWS OF THE BLUE RIDGE UNTIL REACHING JONES GAP STATE PARK. FOR MANY WHO VISIT THE STATE PARK, THIS IS THE ROUTE THEY TAKE AFTER DEPARTING SCENIC HIGHWAY 11. NATURALAND TRUST HAS BEEN STEADFAST OVER THE YEARS TO ADD TO JONES GAP STATE PARK BECAUSE ITS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PARKS IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND ENCOMPASSES ONE OF THE MOST BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE AREAS OF THE UPCOUNTRY. BY BROADENING THE PARKS BOUNDARIES AND OFFERING DIVERSE WAYS TO ACCESS THE RIDGELINES, WATERFALLS AND RIVER, WE CAN EXPAND PUBLIC ACCESS TO INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE, SPREAD ACROSS A LARGER AREA. RIVER FALLS IS APPROXIMATELY 150 ACRES AND ADJOINS OTHER PROTECTED PROPERTY, WHICH CONNECTS TO JONES GAP. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS A STRIKING AND MATURE HARDWOOD FOREST, HEADWATER STREAMS, BOTTOMLAND, AND 750FT OF FRONTAGE ON THE MIDDLE SALUDAALL OF THE FACETS THAT INSPIRED AND LED TO THE PROTECTION OF JONES GAP STATE PARK. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY CONTAINS A MILE OF FRONTAGE ON RIVER FALLS ROAD. 7. GREEN CREEK ON SCENIC 11 - THE GREEN CREEK PROPERTY IS A 16-ACRE WOODED WEDGE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 11 AND OAK GROVE ROAD, ADJACENT TO THE CHESTNUT RIDGE HERITAGE PRESERVE AND OVER 200 ACRES THAT NATURALAND TRUST CONTINUES TO OWN AND MANAGE. THE PROPERTY PROTECTS OVER A THIRD OF A MILE ON HIGHWAY 11 AND CONTAINS THE HEADWATERS FOR GREEN CREEK, A MAJOR TRIBUTARY TO THE SOUTH PACOLET RIVER. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS PLANT SPECIES OF INTEREST TO SCDNRS BIOLOGISTS AND IS AN IMPORTANT THOROUGHFARE FOR WILDLIFE AS INDICATED BY WELL-WORN GAME TRAILS AND TRACKS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE FOREST. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, PROTECTING THIS TRACT COULD LEAD TO MORE CONSERVATION ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, WHICH IS GROWING IN POPULARITY FOR ESTATE-TYPE LOTS AND VIEWS OF THE MOUNTAINS. 8. CAP BRASSHIER - THIS 8-ACRE TRACT PROTECTS AN IMPORTANT POPULATION OF FEDERALLY ENDANGERED BUNCHED ARROWHEAD PLANTS. 9. SPENCE POND - THIS 29-ACRE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED TO PROTECT BUNCHED ARROWHEAD PLANTS AND WILL EVENTUALLY BE TRANSFERRED TO SCDNR FOR INCLUSION IN THE HERITAGE PRESERVE PROGRAM. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B | A COPY OF THE 2015 FORM 990 WAS NOT PROVIDED TO THE ENTIRE BOARD. AN APPROPRIATE OFFICER OF THE BOARD WAS DESIGNATED TO REVIEW THE 990 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C | THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IN PLACE. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 | THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORM 990 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ADDITIONALLY, RECENT FILINGS OF THE FORM CAN BE FOUND ON GUIDESTAR.ORG. |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | PROPERTY SALE COSTS 175,673 0 0 |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 | FORM 4797 BOOK TO TAX -897,562 |
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