Lincoln Land Conservation Trust

What it reported doing in 2025

Stewardship: llct staff worked with volunteers, fieldwork assistants, and town of lincoln conservation staff to manage and maintain deeded conservation land and over 80 miles of public trails. Llct staff also monitored llct's deeded conservation land and conservation restrictions, as well as conservation land and restrictions owned or held by the town of lincoln.trail maintenance included removing downed trees blocking trails, pruning vegetation, and repairing duckboards and bridges. In addition, new duckboards and bridges were constructed where needed, including at the beaver pond and farrington conservation properties. A new boat launch was constructed at beaver pond, and new water bars were installed in an area of flint's pond to prevent erosion.llct worked with volunteers, summer staff and town of lincoln conservation staff to remove and control invasive plants, including garlic mustard, water chestnut, buckthorn, burning bush and japanese knotweed. Throughout the spring and summer, llct staff and volunteers monitored activity at bluebird boxes in chapman pasture, the pollinator meadow, and stony brook south.work also continued on the pollinator action plan. Llct staff, seasonal field assistants and volunteers added more than 200 additional plants to llct's existing pollinator gardens around lincoln and expanded the footprint of the planted areas at the pollinator meadow and chapman pasture. At the pollinator meadow, staff supervised camp groups and an after-school group in laying more mulched paths through the meadow and weeding around new plants.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
• Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -16.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.52; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings