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The Longleaf Alliance Inc

The mission of the longleaf alliance is the restoration of longleaf pine forests ecosystems across the range, emphasizing its economic and ecological values through research, education and outreach.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$670k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$13MAnimals$103kScience & Tech$49kCommunity Improvement$14kYouth Development$9k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.4M
$537,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$670,000
MILLIKEN ADVISORS INC$629,142
GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC$537,500
TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION AND LAND CONSERVANCY INC$514,000
RAVEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC$120,000
AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVANCY INC$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KOELEMAY ENTERPRISES LP: $31k → 8%Duncan Two Ltd: $51k → 16%Stoker Real Estate LP: $27k → 16%RAVEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC: $120k → 20%MCNAIR FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP: $29k → 9%Wildlife Investigations LLC: $103k → 12%ROCHELLE PLANTATION LLC: $40k → 15%NOKUSE PLANTATION: $54k → 11%Double W Farm Holdings LLC: $42k → 14%TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION AND LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $514k → 19%RMS Texas Timberland LP: $22k → 7%Longleaf Land and Timber LLC: $27k → 17%ALAWEST-AL LLC: $32k → 17%JRAW LLC: $23k → 10%JCT Land Investment LLC: $19k → 13%Creek Pine REIT: $32k → 13%The Orianne Society: $69k → 13%The Ridges Plantation Inc: $25k → 18%THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $670k → 27%YORK RIVER LLC: $23k → 28%ELGERBAR CORPORATION: $34k → 11%The Nature Conservancy: $36k → 7%GKDS LLC: $26k → 19%IRISH ACRES LLC: $24k → 11%AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVANCY INC: $20k → 15%Clarendon Farms LLC: $23k → 10%Scotswood LLC: $28k → 12%HORRY COUNTY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $34k → 13%MILLIKEN ADVISORS INC: $629k → 16%Land & Timber Investors LLC: $60k → 17%NOKUSE PLANTATION: $51k → 11%CSX TRANSPORTATION INC: $48k → 14%ForesTech Consulting Inc: $5.7M → 19%Palermo Timber LLC: $20k → 10%The Orianne Society: $54k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN TRUST FOR PARK & LAND INC: $38k → 14%Univ of Georgia Research Foundation: $56k → 27%Elgebar Corp: $20k → 11%The Nature Conservancy: $36k → 7%NALTY HANEMANN ENTERPRISE LLC: $39k → 15%ForesTech Consulting LLC: $1.6M → 19%University of GA Research Found: $49k → 27%ForesTech Consulting LLC: $26k → 19%Sand Hills Forestry Inc: $37k → 17%Georgia Dept of Natural Resources: $36k → 13%Flowing Well LLC: $29k → 12%GP Consumer Products Oper LP: $21k → 13%Lowcountry Land Trust Inc: $20k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
NJ
CT
KY
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 32 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
119

Total granted

$2.0M
$9.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+2%

Still filing today

13%
8%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • UO
    University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
    3× · 2019–2024 · $776k · revenue +79%
  • TO
    THE ORIANNE SOCIETY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $123k · revenue +146%
  • ST
    SOUTHEASTERN TRUST FOR PARKS & LAND INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $53k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • FC
    ForesTech Consulting Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $5.7M
  • FC
    ForesTech Consulting LLC
    one grant, 2019 · $1.6M
  • WI
    Wildlife Investigations LLC
    one grant, 2019 · $103k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation

The conservation fund is in the business of conservation, creating innovative solutions that drive nature-based action for climate protection, sustainable economies and vibrant communities.

Environment
2
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc

Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…

Environment
3
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.

Environment
4
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Tar River Land Conservancy

Tar river land conservancy preserves the natural and cultural resources of the tar river basin and surrounding areas by working in partnership with private landowners, public agencies and others to protect rural land, riparian corridors…

Environment
7
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
8
Naturaland Trust

Performing activities pursuant to the maintenance and preservation of natural areas for the benefit of the public

Environment
9
Wilderness Conservation Foundation
Environment
10
New River Land Trust

To conserve the rural, natural, and cultural heritage of the new river region, protecting farms, forests, open spaces, and historic places.

Environment
11
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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12
Big Thicket Natural Heritage Trust

We acquire properties to be donated to the National Park Service and state entities and advocate for protection of Big Thicket natural resources.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lowcountry Land Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tll Temple Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 157 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ForesTech Consulting Inc: $5,740,790 · OtherForesTech Consulting IncForesTech Consulting LLC: $1,593,511 · OtherForesTech Consulting LLCMILLIKEN ADVISORS INC: $629,142 · OtherMILLIKEN ADVISORS INC+141 more: $2,957,325 · Other+141 moreUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $775,567 · EducationTHE GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC: $537,500 · Crime & LegalTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $514,000 · Science & TechTHE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $123,412 · AnimalsAMPHIBIAN & REPTILE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · AnimalsSOUTHEASTERN TRUST FOR PARKS & LAND INC: $52,719 · EnvironmentLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST: $17,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $13,034 · EnvironmentNATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION INC: $10,175 · EnvironmentCAROLINA HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $9,289 · EnvironmentSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $6,535 · EnvironmentNC UNITED METHODIST CAMP & RETREAT MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 · Youth Development
Other$10,920,768Education$775,567Crime & Legal$537,500Science & Tech$514,000Animals$143,412Environment$128,752Youth Development$9,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $775,567 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC: $537,500 over 1y, 32% of budgetTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $514,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE ORIANNE SOCIETY: $123,412 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $105,011 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN TRUST FOR PARKS & LAND INC: $52,719 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMPHIBIAN & REPTILE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION FRED M SMITH CO-TRUSTEE: $18,888 over 1y, 10% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST: $17,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $13,034 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION INC: $10,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTLL TEMPLE FOUNDATION: $9,438 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $9,289 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNC UNITED METHODIST CAMP & RETREAT MINISTRIES INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WALTHOUR - MOSS FOUNDATION: $6,560 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $6,535 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHERN CONSERVATION TRUST: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ORIANNE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN TRUST FOR PARKS & LAND INC ↗

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.

National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC17.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc · The Nature Conservancy · National Audubon Society Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Longleaf Alliance Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Longleaf Alliance Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Tall Timbers Research Inc: 10% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 157 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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