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BOLTON LAND TRUST INC

BOLTON LAND TRUST INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,937 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$581k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$16k
Net assets
$3.4M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Bolton Land Trust Inc does

Mission

To maintain and improve the quality of life in bolton, ct by permanently preserving land in bolton and neighboring communities where appropriate. The trust seeks to balance growth and preservation by offering creative and cooperative market based solutions which honor personal, family and financial goals of donors and sellers.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Community outreach and education to 1) aid landowners in making decisions about their land that meets their needs and considers the overall beauty and health of the town, and 2) to involve the community as a whole through sponsorship of forums, workshops and walks, as well as the production of pamphlets, brochures, maps and signage. During the year, the land trust sponsored eight events to provide the opportunity for the public to learn about land conservation and view the land trust properties.

    $9,387 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,387.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($41k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 303 ($126k) Expenses 79 ($10k) Net assets 106 ($2.1M)2019 Revenue 611 ($253k) Expenses 87 ($11k) Net assets 120 ($2.3M)2020 Revenue 357 ($148k) Expenses 60 ($8k) Net assets 126 ($2.5M)2021 Revenue 204 ($85k) Expenses 117 ($15k) Net assets 131 ($2.5M)2022 Revenue 138 ($57k) Expenses 109 ($14k) Net assets 130 ($2.5M)2023 Revenue 656 ($272k) Expenses 630 ($83k) Net assets 142 ($2.8M)2024 Revenue 47 ($19k) Expenses 102 ($13k) Net assets 147 ($2.8M)2025 Revenue 1401 ($581k) Expenses 148 ($19k) Net assets 173 ($3.4M)
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Revenue (1401)Expenses (148)Net assets (173)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.8M to $3.4M (+18%).

$1.9M
$2.1M
$2.3M
$2.5M
$2.5M
$2.5M
$2.8M
$2.8M
$3.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 56% · 2022 17% · 2023 7% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of BOLTON LAND TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$28k
’17
$115k
’18
$242k
’19
$140k
’20
$69k
’21
$43k
’22
$190k
’23
$6k
’24
$561k
’25
129
months of
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.

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Listed141414141515151413
Joined·+3+2+0+1+0+0+2+1
No longer listed·32000032
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $309.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 BOLTON 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

BOLTON LAND TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

99% 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 BOLTON LAND TRUST INC.

94%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 55% — 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.

Where its funders are

99% of BOLTON LAND TRUST INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $210 that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 2 states.

NY
CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BOLTON LAND TRUST INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin97% · outside the comparable range
Months of reserve129.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)39% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding BOLTON LAND TRUST INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $83k on record.

Federal$83k
grants $83kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$83k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like BOLTON LAND TRUST INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

48% of spending goes to programs.

Program 48%Management 52%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

72%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOLTON LAND TRUST INC?
BOLTON LAND TRUST INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,937 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BOLTON LAND TRUST INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $15,937 in grants to BOLTON LAND TRUST INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOLTON LAND TRUST INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOLTON LAND TRUST INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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