· Public charity
The Trust for Public Land Action Fund
Nonprofit support of park and conservation funding.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $102k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NY FUND FOR CONSERVATION INC | $102,000 |
| PROTECT NASSAU NOW OR NEVER | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF WINDSOR OPEN SPACE | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
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.
The Planning and Conservaton League is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that serves as the lobbying arm of environmental community -- passing, enforcing, and protecting laws and initiatives that safeguard our environment and communities.
Ballot measure for Santa Cruz County in California aimed at safeguarding water quality, preserving clean ocean and beach areas, reducing wildfire risks, protecting forests, enhancing wildlife habitats, and improving community spaces.
The Santa Clara River Conservancy represents the diverse interests of the Santa Clara River, from the flood plain to the highest tributaries, and seeks to secure, sustain, and manage significant lands and waters that provide habitat for…
The Conservation Coalition of Oklahoma CCO is a nonpartisan 501c4 organization representing common-sense conservation policy in Oklahoma. Partnering with its 501c3 members, CCO advocates for science-based legislation protecting water,…
To reclaim, restore, and revitalize the creeks and rivers in the Santa Clara Valley watershed.
Local ballot issue political action committee located in the state of Ohio
To advance conservation governance through political will and to provide "on the ground" solutions to ensure sustained economic benefits while managing the earth's natural resource wealth for future generations.
Advocate for endangered wildlife and habitat protection on National Forest public lands in northern California.
CSERC protects water, wildlife, and wild places of the Northern Yosemite region.
Promote stewardship of natural resources and funding for conservation efforts in california.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COMMITTEE FOR CLEAN WATER NATURAL RESOURCES AND PARKS ↗
- Who funds Protect Connect and Restore the San Geronimo Valley 2020 ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK FUND FOR CONSERVATION INC CO The Nature Conservancy New York ↗
- Who funds WWRC ACTION FUND ↗
- Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF SEATTLE NORTHEAST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Coalition Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Fresno for Clean Safe Neighborhood Parks A Coalition of Parents ↗
- Who funds Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc ↗
- Who funds VOTE YES FOR CLEAN AIR CLEAN WATER ↗
- Who funds LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds PROTECT CT PUBLIC LANDS COALITION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Nature Conservancy
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Trust for Public Land Action Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trust for Public Land Action Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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