California · Public charity
Sonoma Land Trust
Protect the scenic, natural, cultural, agricultural and open landscapes of sonoma county for the benefit of the community and future generations by developing long-term land protection strategies; (continued on schedule o) promoting private and public funding for land conservation; acquiring land and conservation easements; practicing…
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $831,357
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $75M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sonoma Land Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 7 | $1.9M | 57% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $145k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $388k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $364k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $990k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $173k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | $1,077,343 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Santa Rosa | $831,357 | 1 | n/a |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc | $601,553 | 5 | 4% |
| California State Parks | $379,679 | 3 | n/a |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Council of Land Trusts Action Fund | $200,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Redwood Coast Land Conservancy | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | $116,899 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco State University | $111,656 | 3 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $99,650 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County Regional Parks | $1,077,343 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Santa Rosa | $831,357 | 1 | n/a |
| Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc | $601,553 | 5 | 4% |
| California State Parks | $379,679 | 3 | n/a |
| Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Council of Land Trusts Action Fund | $200,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Redwood Coast Land Conservancy | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | $116,899 | 3 | 0% |
| San Francisco State University | $111,656 | 3 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $99,650 | 2 | 0% |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $71,691 | 3 | 0% |
| Sonoma Resource Conservation District | $62,196 | 5 | n/a |
| Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Point Reyes Bird Observatory | $32,692 | 2 | 0% |
| Graton Community Services District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wildlands Conservancy | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Petaluma River Park Foundation Inc | $19,426 | 1 | 3% |
| Gold Ridge Resource Conservation Distric | $12,073 | 1 | n/a |
| Napa County Land Trust | $10,660 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sonoma Land Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sonoma Land Trust
- How much does Sonoma Land Trust give?
- Sonoma Land Trust reported 7 itemized grants totaling $1,884,838, out of $1,924,696 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sonoma Land Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (69%), Housing & Shelter (21%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are Sonoma Land Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Sonoma County Regional Parks ($1.1M), City of Santa Rosa ($831k), Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc ($602k).
- Does Sonoma Land Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sonoma Land Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is Sonoma Land Trust based?
- Sonoma Land Trust is based in CA.
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