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Virginias United Land Trusts

Virginias United Land Trusts was founded to promote conservation statewide and to coordinate conservation planning and green infrastructure.

$168k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Environment$688kArts & Culture$30kCommunity Improvement$20k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $139,925, the rows itemized in this filing. The $168,175 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $92k
$10,800
Median grant
3
States reached
$303k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANC$15,000
PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCI$15,000
HISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSER$15,000
NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS$12,500
VALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL$12,500
LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA$11,500
AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST$10,800
VA EASTERN SHORE LAND TRUST$9,200
NEW RIVER LAND TRUST$8,550
POTOMAC CONSERVANCY$8,375
COASTAL VIRGINIA CONSERVANCY$7,500
CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVAN$7,000
LAND SAVERS UNITED$7,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST: $11k → 14%NEW RIVER CONSERVANCY: $19k → 14%OLD DOMINION LAND CONSERVANCY: $6k → 4%NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS: $20k → 6%THE CONSERVATION FUND: $9k → 7%HISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSER: $20k → 7%FRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATO: $14k → 11%NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANC: $26k → 16%THE LIVING RIVER TRUST: $18k → 19%VA EASTERN SHORE LAND TRUST: $10k → 19%BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST: $10k → 19%LAND SAVERS UNITED: $19k → 20%EVER GREEN TEAM: $15k → 21%CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVAN: $20k → 22%POTOMAC CONSERVANCY: $8k → 8%AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST: $11k → 14%NEW RIVER CONSERVANCY: $10k → 14%NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS: $18k → 6%HISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSER: $15k → 7%FRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATO: $9k → 11%NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANC: $19k → 16%COASTAL VIRGINIA CONSERVANCY: $13k → 19%VA EASTERN SHORE LAND TRUST: $9k → 19%BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST: $10k → 19%LAND SAVERS UNITED: $17k → 20%EVER GREEN TEAM: $10k → 21%CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVAN: $17k → 22%POTOMAC CONSERVANCY: $8k → 8%AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST: $9k → 14%NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS: $13k → 6%HISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSER: $14k → 7%NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANC: $15k → 16%THE LIVING RIVER TRUST: $10k → 19%VA EASTERN SHORE LAND TRUST: $7k → 19%LAND SAVERS UNITED: $9k → 20%CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVAN: $10k → 22%POTOMAC CONSERVANCY: $8k → 8%NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS: $10k → 6%NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANC: $6k → 16%COASTAL VIRGINIA CONSERVANCY: $8k → 19%LAND SAVERS UNITED: $7k → 20%CAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVAN: $7k → 22%POTOMAC CONSERVANCY: $6k → 8%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$680k · 16 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
6

Total granted

$680k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • NN
    NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $66k · revenue +98%
  • TP
    THE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $55k · revenue +85%
  • TL
    THE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $49k · revenue +214%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATTOX RIVER
    one grant, 2023 · $14k · revenue -64%
  • NV
    NORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Virginias United Land Trusts

Virginias United Land Trusts was founded to promote conservation statewide and to coordinate conservation planning and green infrastructure. The Organization offers training and educational programs, like our annual Virginia Land…

Environment
2
Montgomery County Lands Trust Inc

Land Conservation and Preservation.

Environment
3
West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation

To promote sustainable economic development by facilitating reuse of commercial, industrial, and mining sites and providing long-term management of key risks from legacy environmental concerns.

Community Improvement
4
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
5
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
6
Virginia Conservation Network

Vcn is a facilitator of strategic action, a resource for network partners statewide, and a constant preservation presence in richmond. playing a unique role in virginia's conservation community, vcn helps the community speak with one…

Environment
7
The West Virginia Land Trust Inc

The wvlt protects "special places" in wv, which include lands that give wv its distinctive character and exhibit significant conservation values. those values span a range of public benefits, including water quality protection,…

Environment
8
Lula Lake Land Trust

Lula Lake Land Trust is dedicated to the preservation of lands located within the Rock Creek watershed on Lookout Mountain. The mission of Lula Lake Land Trust is to preserve the natural and historic landscapes surrounding Rock Creek and…

Philanthropy
9
The Vermont River Conservancy Inc

Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.

Human Services
10
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
11
Conserving Carolina

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

Environment
12
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy inspires, motivates, and engages people to protect, preserve, and restore wildlife habitat in Loudoun County, Virginia.We accomplish our mission through our advocacy, education, citizen science, and habitat…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New River Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANCY: $66,319 · EnvironmentNORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANCYTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $55,000 · EnvironmentTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCILVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL: $54,325 · EnvironmentVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCILCAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $54,000 · EnvironmentCAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVANCY INCLAND SAVERS UNITED: $51,466 · EnvironmentLAND SAVERS UNITEDNorthern Virginia Conservation Trust: $50,000 · EnvironmentNorthern Virginia Conservation TrustTHE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC: $49,000 · EnvironmentTHE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INCHISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY: $49,000 · EnvironmentHISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCYNEW RIVER LAND TRUST: $43,800 · EnvironmentNEW RIVER LAND TRUSTTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $29,875 · EnvironmentNew River Conservancy: $28,750 · EnvironmentVIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE LAND TRUST: $26,243 · EnvironmentEver Green Team: $25,000 · Environment+2 more: $22,750 · EnvironmentTHE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST: $47,500 · Community ImprovementTHE LIVING…BLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK FAMI…American Battlefield Trust: $30,105 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN VA CONSERVATION TRUS: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATO: $9,250 · OtherOLD DOMINION LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 · Education
Environment$605,528Community Improvement$67,500Arts & Culture$30,105Other$29,250Education$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTHERN NECK LAND CONSERVANCY: $66,319 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetTHE PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL: $54,325 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetCAPITAL REGION LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $54,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLAND SAVERS UNITED: $51,466 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetNorthern Virginia Conservation Trust: $50,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST OF VIRGINIA INC: $49,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHISTORIC VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVANCY: $49,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LIVING RIVER RESTORATION TRUST: $47,500 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetNEW RIVER LAND TRUST: $43,800 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $30,105 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $29,875 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNew River Conservancy: $28,750 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetVIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE LAND TRUST: $26,243 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetEver Green Team: $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBLACK FAMILY LAND TRUST INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOWER APPOMATTOX RIVER: $14,250 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOMINION LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Virginia Environmenta…Land Trust Alliance I…The Nature ConservancyAppalachian Trail Con…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Virginia Environmental EndowmentVA32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Virginia Environmental Endowment · Land Trust Alliance Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Appalachian Trail Conservancy · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Virginias United Land Trusts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Virginias United Land Trusts. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to Virginias United Land Trusts?

    Find your warmest path to Virginias United Land Trusts through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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