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Land conservation organizations

There are 2,355land conservation groups in the United States. Combined, these land conservation groupsemploy 11,704 people, earn more than $4 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $21 billion.
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Job trends for Land conservation groups

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
481
1-10
480
11-25
202
26-100
79
101 to 1,000
11
1,000+
1
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Sizes of land conservation groups

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
742
$250k to $1M
344
$1M to $5M
290
$5M to $25M
124
$25M to $100M
16
$100M+
4
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Directory of land conservation groups

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1-20 of 2,355

American Farmland Trust (AFT)

To save the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.
Revenue
$34.9m
Assets
$78.0m
Employees
156
EIN
52-1190211
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Land Trust Alliance Incorporated

Land Trust Alliance works to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America.
Revenue
$16.0m
Assets
$22.1m
Employees
82
EIN
04-2751357
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Trust for Public Land

Creates and protects land for healthy communities. Helped plan and fund parks, completed 47 conservation projects, and passed 78% of ballot measures for $662 million.
Revenue
$297.4m
Assets
$324.3m
Employees
411
EIN
23-7222333
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Post protects open space on the Peninsula and in the South Bay, creating a network of protected lands for people and nature.
Revenue
$24.8m
Assets
$337.0m
Employees
63
EIN
94-2392007
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wilderness Society

To protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. We contribute to better protection, stewardship and restoration of our public lands, preserving our rich natural legacy for current and future generations.
Revenue
$39.2m
Assets
$111.9m
Employees
210
EIN
53-0167933
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Conservation Fund

The Conservation Fund is the nation's top environmental nonprofit dedicated to protecting America's most important landscapes and waterways for future generations.
Revenue
$327.4m
Assets
$874.3m
Employees
244
EIN
52-1388917
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Parks Conservation Association

The National Parks Conservation Association helps preserve our National Parks by engaging the public, educating them, and empowering them to help protect the parks from threats.
Revenue
$35.1m
Assets
$71.1m
Employees
220
EIN
53-0225165
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New Jersey Conservation Foundation

The New Jersey Conservation Foundation (NJCF) is a nonprofit organization that has been working towards its goal of land preservation for over sixty years. Their program is based in Far Hills, NJ and comprises of statewide land acquisition.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$63.1m
Employees
40
EIN
22-6065456
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Natural Lands

Natural Lands is a non-profit organization that saves open space, cares for nature, and connects people to the outdoors in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.
Revenue
$25.5m
Assets
$306.0m
Employees
120
EIN
23-6272818
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Willistown Conservation Trust

The mission of the Willistown Conservation Trust is to preserve and manage the open land, rural character, scenic, recreational, historic, agricultural and natural resources of the Willistown area and nearby communities.
Revenue
$7.9m
Assets
$40.5m
Employees
41
EIN
23-2841453
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Conservation Foundation

The Conservation Foundation preserves and restores natural areas and open space, protect rivers and watersheds, and promote stewardship of our environment.
Revenue
$5.7m
Assets
$13.1m
Employees
53
EIN
23-7221206
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sempervirens Fund

Sempervirens Fund permanently preserves natural resources in the Santa Cruz Mountains through strategic land acquisitions and outreach efforts.
Revenue
$12.8m
Assets
$38.4m
Employees
19
EIN
94-2155097
IRS type
501(c)(3)

John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust

Protects open space, ranches, farms, and shoreline in Contra Costa County for environmental sustainability; promotes local environmental awareness through outreach.
Revenue
$31.1m
Assets
$54.0m
Employees
29
EIN
68-0194652
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wildlife Heritage Foundation

The Wildlife Heritage Foundation is dedicated to protecting, enhancing, and restoring wildlife habitat on lands conserved for the benefit of future generations. They provide outdoor educational and recreational events for all ages, with a particular ...
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$100.6m
Employees
12
EIN
94-3352965
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Colorado River Land Trust

Crlt works in partnership with landowners to conserve and protect Land and water resources. Clrt works in partnership with landowners to conserve and protect Land and water resources.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$2.0m
Employees
3
EIN
46-1481647
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Forterra NW

Forterra NW innovates and scales land-based solutions to address the climate crisis, conserve critical lands, and support equitable communities.
Revenue
$10.3m
Assets
$45.8m
Employees
97
EIN
94-3112461
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire (SELT)

To protect and sustain the significant lands in our communities for clean water, outdoor recreation, fresh food, wildlife, and healthy forests.
Revenue
$9.0m
Assets
$41.4m
Employees
23
EIN
02-0355374
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Land Bank Twin Cities

LBTC captures strategic real estate opportunities for low to moderate income individuals and lends to nonprofits, prioritizing people of color.
Revenue
$7.6m
Assets
$31.2m
Employees
6
EIN
61-1756962
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Peconic Land Trust

The Peconic Land Trust conserves Long Island's working farms, natural lands, and heritage for our communities now and in the future.
Revenue
$18.9m
Assets
$433.9m
Employees
47
EIN
11-2667021
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Volunteer non-profit protecting, managing, advocating for natural resources of 2,200 mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail through land conservation and disseminating trail information.
Revenue
$14.6m
Assets
$32.8m
Employees
115
EIN
52-6046689
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "C34: Land Resources Conservation" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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