Maryland · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC
AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC (Maryland) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,414,999 to it, the largest being 1988 IRREV COCHRANE MEMORIAL TR ($540,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $982k
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What American Chestnut Land Trust Inc does
Mission
We promote land conservation and preservation throughout southern maryland. We preserve and conserve the natural and cultural resources of the parkers creek and governors run watersheds for the benefit of this and future generations. We provide environmentally sustainable public access to managed properties for educational, scientific, recreational and cultural purposes
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Land management program: protected and managed the 3,449 acre parkers creek preserve's natural resources by: implementing forestry management plans, controlling nonnative invasive plant species; collecting quarterly surface water quality samples; instituting an agriculture supporting the community program; and conducting a white-tailed deer herd management program. Protected cultural resources by: stabilizing historic structures and maintaining a historic cemetery; maintained 26 miles of hiking trails to encourage public access to preserved lands for educational, scientific, recreational and cultural purposes; conducted guided canoe trips to provide environmental education to the public about the parkers creek watershed; managed the limited access warrior's rest sanctuary for environmental education and scientific research. Actively and regularly monitored 1,639 acres owned in fee simple by the american chestnut land trust; actively and regularly monitored 1,810 acres of land owned in fee simple by the state of maryland and leased by the american chestnut land trust; actively and regularly monitored 5 conservation easements totaling 374 acres.
$252,566 spent44% of program spendingMembership & outreach services: conducted outreach and stewardship events to bring in new members. Provided promotional materials to increase awareness of aclt and its mission in southern maryland. Operated an agriculture in support of the community program, raising and donating food for those in need. Shared information about aclt and its mission by holding numerous events, canoe trips and guided hikes as well as hosting several group visits to double oak farm. Also represented aclt at many off-site events held by other organizations. Conducted a welcoming program where volunteers greet visitors at the trailheads and share information about aclt. Maintained a robust public outreach program with regular email notices and social media posts. Over 130 volunteers totalled 7,776 hours of work for aclt.
$171,726 spent30% of program spendingLand preservation: worked to preserve additional acreage in the parkers creek and governors run watersheds. Worked with the sustainable calvert network to advocate for land conservation and preservation throughout calvert county. Implementing the five year plan which calls for promoting land conservation and preservation throughout southern maryland. Led the southern maryland conservation alliance.
$148,349 spent26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $572,641.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $7.0M to $8.0M (+14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Greg Bowen
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $142k → $200k.
10 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 44% · 2019 61% · 2020 67% · 2021 44% · 2022 36% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $525k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,135 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,135 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC?
- AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC (Maryland) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,414,999 to it, the largest being 1988 IRREV COCHRANE MEMORIAL TR ($540,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,414,999 in grants to AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC?
- 1988 IRREV COCHRANE MEMORIAL TR is the largest funder on record, with $540,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CHESTNUT LAND TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 23 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing