West Virginia · Public charity
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 manage the a.t.
- $780k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $116k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,428
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $59,262
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $55M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Appalachian Trail Conservancy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $116k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $209k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $444k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $4.4M | 47% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $6.9M | 45% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $879k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $646k | 71% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $10,566,100 | 5 | 2% |
| Giles County | $396,611 | 2 | n/a |
| Georgia Appalachian Trail Club | $326,943 | 9 | 51% |
| Potomac Appalachian Trail Club | $312,102 | 9 | 4% |
| Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy | $282,959 | 8 | 1% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $243,787 | 7 | 0% |
| The West Virginia Land Trust Inc | $222,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $220,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Forest Society of Maine | $215,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Upper Valley Land Trust Inc | $180,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 90 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Appalachian Trail Conservancy supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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
How this is measured
About Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- How much does Appalachian Trail Conservancy give?
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy reported 5 itemized grants totaling $116,082, out of $779,568 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Appalachian Trail Conservancy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (88%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Community Improvement (3%).
- Who are Appalachian Trail Conservancy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation ($11M), Giles County ($397k), Georgia Appalachian Trail Club ($327k).
- Does Appalachian Trail Conservancy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Appalachian Trail Conservancy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Nature Conservancy, Land Trust Alliance Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is Appalachian Trail Conservancy based?
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy is based in WV.
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