2025-03-24T21:32:17-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 262460667 MARIN OPEN SPACE TRUST MARI 4158842270 PO BOX 4133 SAN RAFAEL CA 94913 ANN THOMAS Treasurer 4159249559 2025-03-21 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X MOST William Long 88 Bonnie Brae Novato CA 94949 1442454 0 X www.marinopenspacetrust.org X 2008 CA Raise funds to acquire, restore, and protect open space and park lands in Marin County, California, and negotiate acquisitions of lands and conservation easements 6 6 0 6 0 0 333922 1418121 0 0 7136 24333 52684 0 393742 1442454 0 50000 0 0 0 0 0 1650 1650 862036 1506206 862036 1557856 -468294 -115402 765250 646311 3951 0 761299 646311 Raise funds to acquire, restore, and protect open space and park lands in Marin County, California, and negotiate acquisitions of lands and conservation easements 0 0 1221121 0 0 Completed purchase of 100 acre open space property in Fairfax Marin County California. Marin County and the California Coastal Conservancy and Towns of San Anselmo and Fairfax also participated in the purchase. The property has been earmarked for open space in the Fairfax general plan. 230231 0 0 Completed acquisition of a 9.4 acre undeveloped parcel in San Anselmo, California that is contiguous with the existing 22 acre San Anselmo Hawthorne Canyon Open Space Preserve so its addition created 45 acres of contiguous open space in the San Anselmo preserve. 25000 0 0 Contributed to the purchase of the 110 acre Easton Point open space property in Tiburon California. The purchase was executed by the Tiburon Open Space Committee and Trust for Public Land and the property will be owned by the Marin County Parks District. 17517 0 0 Monitoring costs for conservation easements and bookkeeping expense for previous acquisition 17517 0 0 1493869 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X Ann Thomas 4159249559 PO BOX 4133 SAN RAFAEL CA 94913 X Steve Petterle Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Joyce Applen Director 1 0 X 0 0 0 Don Dickenson Director 4 0 X 0 0 0 William Long Chair 12 0 X 0 0 0 Ann Thomas Secretary-Treasurer 6 0 X 0 0 0 Jonathan Braun Director 15 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1418121 0 1418121 0 24333 24333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1442454 24333 0 0 X 50000 50000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9000 9000 0 0 7581 7581 0 0 10000 10000 0 0 1650 1650 0 0 0 0 50274 50274 0 12448 6298 6150 0 2877 521 2356 0 242 0 242 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1700 0 1700 0 0 0 0 0 1889 1889 0 1410195 1360195 50000 1557856 1493869 62337 1650 264481 120796 496818 525515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3951 765250 646311 3951 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3951 0 X 663765 549902 97534 96409 761299 646311 765250 646311 X -115402 0 0 0 0 414 X 0 0 0 X 41284 63778 1237420 333571 1418722 3094775 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41284 63778 1237420 333571 1418722 3094775 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3094775 1 0 22 7136 24334 31493 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 7136 24334 31493 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275 52684 0 52959 41285 63778 1237717 393391 1443056 3179227 0.97344 0.96592 0.00991 0.00407 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 On 2022 return 275 dollars was the return of a title fee. On 2023 return there was 45,000 return of escrow for acquisition that was not successful along with 1849 returned title fee and 5834 parcel tax refund associated with the failed project. Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 for 2022 the 275 was a return of a title fee. for 2023 other expenses were 45000 return of escrow, 1849 returned title fee and 5835 return of parcel taxes for failed acquisition effort RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 1 10000 0 0 0 10000 0 Schedule C, Part I-A, Line 2 10,000 Schedule C, Part I-A, Line 3 Marin Open Space Trust provided 10,000 to the California Council of Land Trusts Action Fund (ID#1272719) to support passage of Proposition 4 on the 2024 California state ballot. Marin Open Space Trust did not contribute any volunteer time to this campaign. Schedule C, Part II-B, Line 1 Contributed 10,000 to the California Council of Land Trusts Action Fund a committee for Proposition 4 ID 1272719. Proposition 4 on the 2024 state ballot was to authorize bonds for safe drinking water wildfire prevention and protecting communities and natural lands from climate risks X X X 3 143 0 0 0 1 1 50 3094 1 Schedule D, Part II, Line 5 Schedule D. Part XIII. Marin Open Space Trust has policies regarding easement monitoring based on Land Trust Alliance recommendations. Policies regard monitoring and inspection, baseline preparation, maintaining stewardship records, amendments and procedures to amend, enforcement, stewardship funding, and hazardous materials. Schedule D, Part II, Line 9 Schedule D Part II Line 9. Marin Open Space Trust contracts with a vendor who monitors easements annually or semi annually and invoices for hours spent in the field and writing reports. A director sometimes accompanies the biologist who does the monitoring. The invoices are listed along with all other invoices and are considered program expenses, paid from operating accounts. One easement was purchased with funding from the State of California, and separate accounting for this easement is a requirement of the grant that funded the purchase. Marin Open Space Trust places no value on these easements s=as they have no associated monetary value. This is based on the purpose of the easements to preserve and protect conservation values of the properties as wildlife habitat and open space Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b. Draft copies of 2024 tax returns were provided to all board members for review for 2 weeks before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c. Board members will report any potential conflict when issue is on a board agenda. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19. All policies, tax returns, governing documents are available on request.Schedule B, Part 1. Marin Open Space Trust received two $5000 donations in 2024 that were given anonymously. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 All governing documents, policies and tax returns are available on request Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g 3093 for monitoring of three conservation easements 15180 to Miller Pacific for geotechnical property survey 4000 to EBA Engineering for environmental site assessment 28000 to Conservation Land Group for brokerage services for open space purchase Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e There are two expenses for this line. The first is 1,360,194 toward purchase of three open space properties. There was also a 50,000 expense which was reimbursement to a donor who had accidentally given a donation twice Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 2023 revenue included non cash donations which do not show up in the bank statements, in addition to rounding errors