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South Mountain Conservancy Inc.

990EZ • Fiscal year 2020 • EIN 56-2410919

Jan 01, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020 • Filed on Oct 26, 2021

Organization Profilewww.somocon.org
PO Box 273South Orange, NJ 07079

(844) 766-6266

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

76th percentile

0.05x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 76% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • NTEE N • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Liabilities / Revenue

79th percentile

0.08x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 79% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • NTEE N • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Net Margin

85th percentile

31%

Higher net margin than 85% of similar nonprofits.

2020 filings • NTEE N • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Top Officer Pay

87th percentile

$0

Higher top officer pay than 87% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

2020 filings • NTEE N • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2020

Asset Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.

Source year 2020

Revenue Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.

Source year 2020

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets76th percentile

Assets

Up

$105,138

Up $71,107 (+209%) from 2013

Net Assets

Up

$100,199

Up $66,168 (+194%) from 2013

Liabilities

Up

$4,939

Up $4,939 from 2013

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue79th percentileNet Margin85th percentile

Revenue

$58,167

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Expenses

Up

$40,390

Up $12,065 (+43%) from 2013

Net Income

$17,777

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset GrowthScore unavailable

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$200K$150K$100K$50K$0Assets 2011: $26,629Liabilities 2011: $0Net Assets 2011: $26,6292011Assets 2012: $21,460Liabilities 2012: $0Net Assets 2012: $21,4602012Assets 2013: $34,031Liabilities 2013: $0Net Assets 2013: $34,0312013Assets 2020: $105,138Liabilities 2020: $4,939Net Assets 2020: $100,1992020Assets 2021: $107,312Liabilities 2021: $2,120Net Assets 2021: $105,1922021Assets 2022: $145,600Liabilities 2022: $14,788Net Assets 2022: $130,8122022Assets 2023: $147,246Liabilities 2023: $6,6372023Assets 2024: $157,605Liabilities 2024: $1,925Net Assets 2024: $155,6802024

Highlighted filing

2020

Assets$105,138
Liabilities$4,939
Net Assets$100,199
Open 2020 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue GrowthScore unavailable

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$800K$600K$400K$200K$0-$200KExpenses 2011: $4,8182011Revenue 2012: $624,252Expenses 2012: $629,421Net Income 2012: -$5,1692012Expenses 2013: $28,3252013Revenue 2020: $58,167Expenses 2020: $40,390Net Income 2020: $17,7772020Revenue 2021: $54,393Expenses 2021: $49,439Net Income 2021: $4,9542021Revenue 2022: $83,712Expenses 2022: $58,092Net Income 2022: $25,6202022Revenue 2023: $77,061Expenses 2023: $67,266Net Income 2023: $9,7952023Revenue 2024: $90,063Expenses 2024: $75,040Net Income 2024: $15,0232024

Highlighted filing

2020

Revenue$58,167
Expenses$40,390
Net Income$17,777
Open 2020 Filing
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020
Signed
Oct 26, 2021
Return Version
2020v4.0
Gross Receipts
$61,822
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

The South Mountain Conservancy is a volunteer-driven, non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation founded in March 2000 dedicated to the stewardship and advocacy for, and public engagement with, the 2,110-acre South Mountain Reservation, a county park in Essex County, New Jersey. Through extensive volunteer activities and public programs, many in partnership with the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, the Conservancy strives to preserve, protect, and enhance the ecology, infrastructure and natural beauty of the reservation. It also seeks to foster public appreciation, involvement and support for this beloved, forested regional park situated in densely populated suburbs 15 miles west of lower Manhattan.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Wildflower Sculpture Park (WSP) -- Started in 2012, this program offers the public the opportunity to see an expanding set of innovative art pieces in a naturalistic setting. Located on a broad strip of land outside the Wildflower Sculpture Park (WSP) -- Started in 2012, this program offers the public the opportunity to see an expanding set of innovative art pieces in a naturalistic setting. Located on a broad strip of land outside the Wildflower and Forest Preserve, the WSP provides artists a chance to present their work to the public and expand on ideas in a much larger format. It transforms itself each spring when four new works are added to permanent pieces on exhibit that have been selected from prior shows. This year a new sculpture, Catamount, was purchased and added to our permanent exhibits. (Currently there are five pieces on loan and 13 permanent pieces.) In addition, the WSP curator and volunteers provide classes for community groups to better understand the art and the creative process.$0$12,500
Forest Regeneration -- Goals are to monitor, maintain and improve the ecology and infrastructure of the 14-acre Wildflower and Forest Preserve and many of the 41 smaller fenced regeneration sites distributed Forest Regeneration -- Goals are to monitor, maintain and improve the ecology and infrastructure of the 14-acre Wildflower and Forest Preserve and many of the 41 smaller fenced regeneration sites distributed throughout the Reservation, and select problem areas. Started in 2008, this long-term, ongoing program seeks to provide native seed sources for the Reservation at large at these regeneration sites in order to restore a balanced forest ecology. This is necessary as the forest's natural regeneration has been impaired by an expanding set of invasive plants and insects and the destruction of native plants by an overpopulation of white-tailed deer. The program enlists the efforts of some two dozen volunteers who meet multiple times each month throughout the year, supplemented by community groups and paid summer interns. The Conservancy also spends thousands of dollars each year on plants, herbicides, and materials to repair the fences at regeneration sites to ensure deer are kept out. Besides its ecological importance, the Wildflower and Forest Preserve serves as a destination to educate and engage people of all ages. With a simple trail system; informative signage regarding woodland, vernal pond, and meadow ecosystems; information on various trees and shrubs; and artwork from the nearby Wildflower Sculpture Park, the Preserve is a special destination in the park.$0$8,543
Other program services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Trail Maintenance and Construction. This stewardship area involves an enormous volunteer effort throughout the year through five coordinated Conservancy programs. Though collectively these generally require far fewer financial resources than our Forest Regeneration program, it has a more direct impact on the thousands of people who visit the Reservation each month.These programs are: *Trailkeepers* Two dozen volunteers who independently monitor, brush back vegetation and blaze our 50-plus miles of hiking trails and woods roads. *Chainsaw Gang* A dozen volunteers that remove fallen trees that block trails throughout the year. In 2020, in response to several windstorms, 359 trees had to be removed from our trails. *Trail Work Crew* This group of volunteers (supplemented at times with community groups) has constructed over six miles of new, sustainable hiking trails since its creation in 2007. It also works to improve drainage on wider woods roads and builds raised bog bridges and other infrastructure often with the assistance of Scouts BSA and other community groups.. *Trash Tacklers/Ploggers* This group and independent activities has been engaged with removing trash from trails and picnic areas through coordinated programs (even contests) several times during the year. During the pandemic, when trail use has been estimated by national organizations to have tripled, the amount of litter has increased substantially. *Fairy Trail/Fairy House Fixers and Makers* A focused effort to maintain and develop the nationally publicized, and extremely popular, Rahway Fairy Trail only started in 2020 but has been consuming increasing resources through the construction of a bridge over a creek and installing thousands of feet of rope and rebar fencing to protect the fragile vegetation and exhibits. -------------------------------------------------Public Programs. There are four major public programs run by the Conservancy. *Hiking* Our hiking program probably engages the largest number of participants each year. Open to the public and free of charge these guided hikes offer programs for people with a wide range of abilities, including special children's hikes. Our half-dozen, experienced hike leaders offer about 55 hikes annually, in every month of the year, and serve approximately 600 participants. (Hikes were temporary limited to members for a few months during the pandamic, to limit the number of precipitants). *Citizen Science* This program combines public involvement with monitoring and stewardship of the Reservation's fauna. Interested members of the public are trained in programs affiliated with Frogwatch USA and eBird. It also oversees the installation of bird nests throughout the Reservation and is planning programs on water ecology in conjunction with the Rahway River Watershed Association. In past years similar efforts were involved with the Conservancy's co-sponsorship of *Bio-Blitz* programs in conjunction with the County Parks Department in 2008 and 2019. These intensive 24-hour assessments of the park's flora and fauna engaged both local scientists and public volunteers. *SMR Family Campout* and *Mayapple Trail Run* programs were curtailed by the pandamic in 2020, but have resumed in2021.$0$6,661
Signage and Maps. The ongoing revision of our Reservation map to reflect trail and facility changes and installation of a way-finding system in the park continued this year. Large-sized kiosk displays for nine major Signage and Maps. The ongoing revision of our Reservation map to reflect trail and facility changes and installation of a way-finding system in the park continued this year. Large-sized kiosk displays for nine major access points were developed and installed, as well as the installation of some three-dozen small, 12"x12" "mini-maps" in custom metal frames at trail intersections (generally as part of Eagle Scout projects we oversee) and the creation of an Android app -- all in service to our mission of encouraging and enabling exploration of the park.$0$2,519
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay87th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Dennis PercherChairperson, Board Of TrusteesPT$0--
John VerzaniVice Chairperson; Trail Work Crew LeaderPT$0--
David BerryCoordinator Of Community Outreach;Trash Tacklers And Chainsaw Gang LeaderPT$0--
Richard InserroCoordinator Trailkeepers; WebsitePT$0--
Sarah Jane JelinSmc Secretary; Membership-$0--
Kim LevinskyCo-Coordinator Trash Tacklers-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
South Mountain Conservancy Inc
EIN
56-2410919
Phone
8447666266
Address
PO Box 273, South Orange, NJ 07079

Signing Officer

Name
Dennis Percher
Title
chair
Phone
9738686994
Signed
2021-10-26
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16

“Description;Amount^Bank and PayPal charges and fees;619|Art purchase and maintenance expense;12500|Supplies;4065|IT;639|Equiptment purchase and maintenance;1553|Meetings and events;652|Insurance;1004|Marketing;164^Total;21196^”

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24

“Inventory of merchandise to be sold.”

Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26

“Current Accounts payable - to be paid in January 2021.”

Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31)

“With regard to "number of persons befitted": Our activities are focused on improving South Mountain reservation, for the benefit of all who visit and use it. Since this is a large public park in a populous county, many thousands visit each year and benefit from our activities.”

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IRS990EZ/PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt0The South Mountain Conservancy is a volunteer-driven, non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation founded in March 2000 dedicated to the stewardship and advocacy for, and public engagement with, the 2,110-acre South Mountain Reservation, a county park in Essex County, New Jersey. Through extensive volunteer activities and public programs, many in partnership with the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, the Conservancy strives to preserve, protect, and enhance the ecology, infrastructure and natural beauty of the reservation. It also seeks to foster public appreciation, involvement and support for this beloved, forested regional park situated in densely populated suburbs 15 miles west of lower Manhattan.
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt2Current Accounts payable - to be paid in January 2021.
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt3With regard to "number of persons befitted": Our activities are focused on improving South Mountain reservation, for the benefit of all who visit and use it. Since this is a large public park in a populous county, many thousands visit each year and benefit from our activities.
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IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc1Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc2Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26
IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc3Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31)
ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt0Form 8868, Automatic Extension, was filled before due date.
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Filings

Displayed year

2020 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$105,138
Liabilities
$4,939
Net assets
$100,199
Revenue
$58,167
Expenses
$40,390
Net income
$17,777
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$1.58$0.02$1.56$0.90$0.75$0.15
2023Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$1.47$0.07$0.77$0.67$0.10
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.46$0.15$1.31$0.84$0.58$0.26
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$1.07$0.02$1.05$0.54$0.49$0.05
2020Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$1.05$0.05$1.00$0.58$0.40$0.18
2013Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.34$0.00$0.34$0.28
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$0.21$0.00$0.21$6.24$6.29$0.05
2011Facts available. Structured filing facts are available, but richer extracted sections are limited.$0.27$0.00$0.27$0.05
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