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Appalachian Trail Conservancy

To help protect the 2,200 mile appalachian national scenic trail and 370,000 acres of land in the appalachian trail (a.t.

$780k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Environment$14MRecreation & Sports$1.0MCommunity Improvement$466kArts & Culture$145kEducation$74kPhilanthropy$54kYouth Development$40kFood & Nutrition$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 5 grants below total $116,082 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $779,568 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $663,486 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$13,428
Median grant
3
States reached
$55M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POTOMAC APPAL TRAIL CLUB$59,262
GATC$31,302
CAROLINA MOUNTAIN CLUB$13,428
NANTAHALA HIKING CLUB$6,245
ROANOKE APPAL TRAIL CLUB$5,845
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 23% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMC - BUSINESS OFFICE: $100k → 16%WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $80k → 11%OUTDOOR AFRO: $59k → 10%COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $54k → 10%HUDSON HIGHLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $66k → 6%GROUNDWORK USA: $48k → 9%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $85k → 12%GATC: $31k → 9%GATC DOUG HAAS: $56k → 13%FRIENDS OF MONROE INC: $43k → 15%NYNJ TRAIL CONFERENCE: $75k → 7%POTOMAC APPALACHIAN TRAIL CLUB: $59k → 6%THE CONSERVATION FUND: $5.8M → 7%GILES COUNTY: $300k → 12%NDPONICS: $75k → 12%BLACKSBURG CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $40k → 21%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $85k → 9%SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS: $50k → 7%HIGH PEAKS ALLIANCE: $40k → 14%FOREST SOCIETY OF MAINE: $115k → 15%APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB: $75k → 16%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $83k → 12%GEORGIA APPALACHIAN TRAIL CLUB: $36k → 9%GATC DOUG HAAS: $50k → 13%POTOMAC APPAL TRAIL CLUB: $59k → 6%THE CONSERVATION FUND: $3.3M → 7%GILES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: $97k → 12%NDPONICS: $45k → 12%THE HUMBLE HUSTLE COMPANY INC: $40k → 20%NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $60k → 9%UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $100k → 10%FOREST SOCIETY OF MAINE: $75k → 15%GREENAGERS INC: $50k → 12%SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY: $67k → 12%GATC DOUG HAAS: $45k → 13%POTOMAC APPAL TRAIL CLUB: $32k → 6%THE CONSERVATION FUND: $1.3M → 7%THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $50k → 9%UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $80k → 10%CORNWALL CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $50k → 9%GEORGIA APPALACHIAN TRAIL CLUB: $42k → 13%POTOMAC APPAL TRAIL CLUB: $31k → 6%NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $35k → 9%CENTRAL PA CONSERVANCY INC: $41k → 8%POTOMAC APPAL TRAIL CLUB: $30k → 6%CENTRAL PA CONSERVANCY INC: $34k → 8%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100k → 7%THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $39k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 35 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +27% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
55

Total granted

$14M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+27%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $11M · revenue +49%
  • GA
    Georgia Appalachian Trail Club
    9× · 2017–2025 · $327k · revenue +33% · 51% of their budget
  • Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
    9× · 2017–2025 · $312k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WEST VIRGINIA LAND TRUST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $222k · revenue +87%
  • WC
    WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $80k · revenue -56%
  • OA
    OUTDOOR AFROgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $59k · revenue +211%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lakes Region Conservation Trust

The mission of the Organization is the conservation of the natural resources of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the preservation of wildlife habitat, the stewardship of lands that define the character of the region and its quality of…

Environment
2
Catawba Lands Conservancy

As a nationally accredited land trust, we conserve and manage land for public benefit in North Carolinas Southern Piedmont. We have conserved 235 properties, totaling 17,786 acres of land. We also facilitate the creation of a 1600 mile…

Environment
3
Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia Inc

To promote permanent conservation of the natural resources and scenic beauty of the mountains and foothills of north georgia through land protection, collaborative partnerships and education.

Environment
4
Conserving Carolina

To protect, restore, and inspire appreciation of the natural world.

Environment
5
Midcoast Conservancy

The mission of Midcoast Conservancy is to protect vital lands and waters on a scale that matters and to inspire wonder and action on behalf of all species and the Earth.

Environment
6
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
7
Woodstock Land Conservancy Inc

Acquire land and easements to preserve and enhance the open lands, forests, water resources, scenic areas and historical sights of the Woodstock, NY area. Steward protected lands and offer educational programs and events regarding nature…

Environment
8
Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust

Conservation and preservation of land.

Environment
9
Natural Lands Trust Inc

Saves open space, cares for nature, and connects people to the outdoors. (See schedule O)

Environment
10
Royal River Conservation Trust

The royal river conservation trust (rrct) is a regional land trust working primarily in seven maine municipalities. the trust owns,cares for, and stewards land and conservation easements to protect land and water resources for the general…

Environment
11
Appalachian Trail Conservancy

To help protect the 2,200 mile appalachian national scenic trail and 370,000 acres of land in the appalachian trail (a.t. or the trail) corridor; advocate for the trail; compile and disseminate educational information; and cooperatively…

Recreation & Sports
12
Westmoreland Land Trust

To conserve and steward lands and waters of Westmoreland County that harbor ecological, cultural or recreational qualities to offer a healthier and more sustainable future for all.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ndponics. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Local Food System Organizat…Local History MuseumsCommunity FoundationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%8%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr14%23%20–35yr15%39%35–55yr15%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr14%5%20–35yr15%86%35–55yr15%6%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/91
the rest of the field
13%
6,446/50,377

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

70 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 70 of the 91 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/70
Grantees still filing
50/70
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $10,566,100 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION+38 more — $2,562,834 · Environment+38 moreGILES COUNTY — $396,611 · OtherGILES COUNTYGeorgia Appalachian Trail Club — $326,943 · OtherGeorgia Appal…Potomac Appalachian Trail Club — $312,102 · OtherPotomac Appal…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $125,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CO…+31 more — $646,310 · Other+31 moreNew York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc — $114,527 · Recreation & SportsHIGH PEAKS ALLIANCE — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsNANTAHALA HIKING CLUB INC — $27,902 · Recreation & SportsKEYSTONE TRAILS ASSOCIATION — $10,800 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $5,100 · Recreation & SportsNDPONICS — $120,000 · Food & NutritionGREENAGERS INC — $50,000 · Food & NutritionADAMS COUNTY FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION INC — $13,608 · Food & NutritionTHE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INC — $55,000 · Arts & CultureBLACKSBURG CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $40,000 · Arts & CultureAPPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM INC — $20,500 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $15,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC GETTYSBURG ADAMS COUNTY INC — $10,800 · Arts & CultureGROUNDWORK USA INC — $47,878 · Community ImprovementNORTHEAST TENNESSEE REGIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION AND — $15,000 · Community ImprovementCUMBERLAND AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $5,600 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $54,378 · Philanthropy
Environment$13,128,934Other$1,806,966Recreation & Sports$208,329Food & Nutrition$183,608Arts & Culture$141,300Community Improvement$68,478Philanthropy$54,378

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $10,566,100 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetGeorgia Appalachian Trail Club — $326,943 over 9y, 51% of budgetPotomac Appalachian Trail Club — $312,102 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy — $282,959 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club — $243,787 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WEST VIRGINIA LAND TRUST INC — $222,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetForest Society of Maine — $215,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC — $180,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNEW RIVER LAND TRUST — $128,860 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNDPONICS — $120,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetHudson Highlands Land Trust Inc — $115,100 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNew York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc — $114,527 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION — $105,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMaine Appalachian Trail Land Trust — $85,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY INC — $82,950 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC — $80,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FORESTS — $70,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOUTDOOR AFRO — $59,378 over 1y, 10% of budgetCarolina Mountain Club Incorporated — $57,844 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetTHE SALISBURY ASSOCIATION INC — $55,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $54,378 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATOCTIN LAND TRUST INC — $53,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetHIGH PEAKS ALLIANCE — $50,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCornwall Conservation Trust Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGREENAGERS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetGROUNDWORK USA INC — $47,878 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBLACKSBURG CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $40,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC — $39,478 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMainspring Conservation Trust Inc — $36,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLAND SAVERS UNITED — $36,500 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetWARREN LAND TRUST INC — $30,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND HAMILTON LIBRARY ASSOC — $24,327 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MAYAPPLE SCHOOL — $23,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetHIGHSTEAD FOUNDATION INC — $22,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSouthern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards — $22,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL MUSEUM INC — $20,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBERKS NATURE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SHEFFIELD LAND TRUST INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC — $16,980 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL — $15,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetNORTHEAST TENNESSEE REGIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION AND — $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Nature ConservancyLand Trust Alliance I…National Fish and Wil…The Conservation Fund…Open Space Institute …Fields Pond Foundatio…Ibm International Fou…Berkshire Taconic Com…Davis Conservation Fo…PatagoniaorgThe John T and Jane a…The Wilderness Society
The Nature ConservancyVA42.9× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nature Conservancy · Land Trust Alliance Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc · Fields Pond Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Davis Conservation Foundation · Patagoniaorg · The John T and Jane a Wiederhold Foundation · The Wilderness Society

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Appalachian Trail Conservancy funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • The Salisbury Association Inc — 54% of income from government
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc — 42% of income from government
  • Housatonic Valley Association Inc — 38% of income from government
  • Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Greenagers Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation — 2% of income from government
  • Berkshire Natural Resources Council Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club — 1% of income from government
  • Ridge and Valley Conservancy Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 91 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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