Nonprofit · EIN 23-2827874
LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY
Tax-exempt · GETTYSBURG, PA 17325
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,234,441 | $1,092,325 | $142,116 | $2,886,943 | $19,421 | $2,867,522 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,033,455 | $851,432 | $182,023 | $2,636,160 | $40,878 | $2,595,282 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,683,561 | $2,575,492 | $108,069 | $2,329,153 | $27,328 | $2,301,825 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,047,365
- of which government grants
- $717,316
- Membership dues
- $28,440
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $205,019
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$17,943
- Other revenue
- -$17,943
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $100,832
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $120,566
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $25,436
- Accounting fees
- $8,750
- Travel
- $1,679
- Program services (functional)
- $1,039,856
- Management and general (functional)
- $42,845
- Fundraising (functional)
- $9,624
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $2,636,160
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,886,943
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $19,421
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,867,522
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $22,400
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,558,910
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $689,586
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $2,177,936
- Gross receipts
- $1,268,531
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1995
- State of legal domicile
- PA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID SALISBURY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BETSY MEYER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ERICA DUFFY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NORMA CALHOUN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| KELLY ALSEDEK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WILLIAM GILMARTIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAYCEE KEMPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW LAWRENCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CURTIS MUSSELMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RANDY PHIEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATTHEW SHEADS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA SIEFKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD THRASHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID SALISBURY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BETSY MEYER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| ERICA DUFFY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NORMA CALHOUN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| KELLY ALSEDEK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBORAH KAMMERER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAYCEE KEMPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW LAWRENCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CURTIS MUSSELMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RANDY PHIEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATTHEW SHEADS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA SIEFKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD THRASHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID SALISBURY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BETSY MEYER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 7 | $0 |
| ERICA DUFFY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NORMA CALHOUN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| DEBORAH KAMMERER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KAYCEE KEMPER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JESSICA KNOUSE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID KUHN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREW LAWRENCE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CURTIS MUSSELMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RANDY PHIEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MATTHEW SHEADS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEBRA SIEFKEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD THRASHER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 4584, GETTYSBURG, PA 17325-4584
- In care of
- % NORMA L CALHOUN
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- ANDREW LAWRENCE, 721 THIRD STREET, HANOVER, PA 17331
- Signed the 990
- ANDREW LAWRENCE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (717) 334-2828
- Website
- WWW.PRESERVEADAMS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- NORMA L CALHOUN CPA
Mission
TO PRESERVE AREAS OF SCENIC, NATURAL, GEOLOGICAL, BIOLOGICAL OR HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, THROUGH ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON IMPORTANT OPEN SPACE LANDS.
Program accomplishments
- ACQUIRED 5 QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 304 ACRES OF CONSERVATION PROPERTY IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.Expenses $915,113
- PURSUED 21 ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 1,715 ACRES OF CONSERVATION PROPERTY IN ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING DRAFTING EASEMENTS, LEGAL REVIEW, APPRAISALS, SURVEYS, TITLE SEARCHES AND DOCUMENTATION OF CONSERVATION VALUES. THESE EASEMENTS WERE WORKS IN PROGRESS ON DECEMBER 31, 2025.Expenses $57,215
- MONITORED, INSPECTED AND ENFORCED 200 CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON 13,980 ACRES OF QUALIFIED CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROPERTY AND 1 FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY. AMENDED 1 EASEMENT.Expenses $27,313
- EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO MEMBERS AND THE ADAMS COUNTY, PA, COMMUNITY AT LARGE. MAINTAINED AND PLANNED AN EXTENSION OF A PUBLIC HIKING TRAIL ON A PRESERVED PROPERTY.Expenses $40,215
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-2827874
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1996
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C340)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,886,943
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,268,531
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,234,441 | $1,092,325 | $2,886,943 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,033,455 | $851,432 | $2,636,160 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,683,561 | $2,575,492 | $2,329,153 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $551,226 | $309,935 | $2,063,064 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-2827874).
Questions about LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY
- What is the EIN of LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY is 23-2827874.
- Is LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1996.
- Are donations to LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names ANDREW LAWRENCE.
- Who are the officers and directors of LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does LAND CONSERVANCY OF ADAMS COUNTY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,234,441, expenses of $1,092,325 and total assets of $2,886,943 at year end.
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