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Washington DC land conservation groups

There are 46land conservation organizations in the greater Washington DCmetro area, including the cities of Washington DC, Bethesda, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Alexandria, Arlington, and Reston within the states of Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia. Combined, these Washington DC metro land conservation groupsemploy 1,084 people, earn more than $527 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Job trends for Washington DC land conservation groups

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
8
1-10
7
11-25
2
26-100
1
101 to 1,000
5
1,000+
0
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Sizes of land conservation groups in Washington DC

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
12
$250k to $1M
4
$1M to $5M
4
$5M to $25M
2
$25M to $100M
4
$100M+
1
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Directory of land conservation groups in Washington DC

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1-20 of 46

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)

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)

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)

Old Dominion Land Conservancy (ODLC)

ODLC protects land and water resources for their natural, scenic, recreational, historic, and agricultural values and seeks to educate the public on why land conservancy is so very important and so easily overlooked.
Revenue
$48.7m
Assets
$4.7m
Employees
2
EIN
54-1897302
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Northern Virginia Conservation Trust (NVCT)

The NVCT saves nearby nature by encouraging and assisting governments and private landowners to conserve and care for natural areas, trails, streams, parks and historic and cultural resources for the benefit of current and future generations.
Revenue
$2.4m
Assets
$4.4m
Employees
11
EIN
54-1724626
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Land Trust Accreditation Commission

Land Trust Accreditation Commission is an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance that builds and recognizes strong land trusts, fosters public confidence in land conservation, and helps ensure the long-term protection of America's lands.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$1.2m
Employees
9
EIN
20-4622209
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chesapeake Power Foundation

Land preservation funder, Chesapeake Power Foundation, gave one grant in Bethesda. Nonprofit type is private foundation, with Catoctin Land Trust Inc as a grantee.
Revenue
$819.4k
Assets
$556.7k
Employees
0
EIN
84-4091980
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust

Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust preserves and protects ecologically sensitive sites through land conservation, research, and environmental education in Southern Maryland.
Revenue
$963.4k
Assets
$5.2m
Employees
3
EIN
52-1910341
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Thomas Lovejoy Amazon Biodiversity Center

Washington-based center advancing Amazon rainforest preservation and conservation research, affiliated with the BDFFP, the world's largest study of forest fragmentation.
Revenue
$1.9m
Assets
$3.2m
Employees
2
EIN
83-0572780
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Willowsford Conservancy

Willowsford Conservancy integrates farming, recreation, conservation, and education to enhance the Willowsford community while protecting the land's long-term use.
Revenue
$1.8m
Assets
$8.2m
Employees
17
EIN
45-0609461
IRS type
501(c)(4)

Minnies Island Community Conservation

MICC preserves Minnie's Island legacy by maintaining/improving grounds & cabin for community, disadvantaged groups, and schools.
Revenue
$161.0k
Assets
$696.8k
Employees
0
EIN
86-3038195
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Capitol Hill Community Garden Land Trust

Capitol Hill Community Garden Land Trust is a land conservation organization in Washington, DC that was founded in 2000.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
52-2260469
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Georgetown Pike Rural Preservation Trust

Georgetown Pike Rural Preservation Trust is a land conservation organization in Great Falls, VA that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
87-3358726
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seneca Creek Forest Preserve

Seneca Creek Forest Preserve is a land conservation organization in Mclean, VA whose mission is: Provide charitable , educational & recreational activities including wilderness areas for scouts.
Revenue
$141.5k
Assets
$1.0m
Employees
0
EIN
52-2151020
IRS type
501(c)(4)

Mid-Maryland Land Trust Association

The Mid-Maryland Land Trust Association conserves private real estate through its natural resources conservation and protection organization type. It offers public outreach regarding conservation programs as part of its efforts.
Revenue
$0
Assets
$20.6k
Employees
N/A
EIN
52-2179158
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Global Cooling Network

Global Cooling Network is a land conservation organization in Alexandria, VA that was founded in 2009.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
26-0847016
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Neeld Estate Citizens Association

Neeld Estate Citizens Association is a land conservation organization in Huntingtown, MD that was founded in 2022.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
80-0675381
IRS type
501(c)(4)
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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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