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CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST

CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,440 to it, the largest being SUSSER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,440). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$48k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$1.0M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve Trust does

Mission

Support for the foundation for the preservation of the caroline dormon nature preserve, inc. In perpetual maintenance and preservation of the nature preserve located in natchitoches parish, louisiana known as briarwood.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. This trust serves as an endowment fund and support organization for the caroline dorman nature preserve, inc., which is a non-profit charitable corporation organized to preserve natural forests and scenic beauty, particularly the 120 acres owned by noted louisiana naturalist caroline dormon during her lifetime, known as "briarwood". By means of this trust, the foundation is able toreceive expert assistance in the investment and management of funds donated to it, creating an endowment fund to provide income needed to maintain, preserve, and develop "briarwood", and particularly to employ a resident caretaker for the premises.

    $1,581 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,581.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($20k) Expenses 100 ($20k) Net assets 100 ($815k)2018 Revenue 79 ($16k) Expenses 66 ($13k) Net assets 96 ($784k)2019 Revenue 127 ($26k) Expenses 68 ($14k) Net assets 105 ($855k)2020 Revenue 127 ($26k) Expenses 66 ($13k) Net assets 114 ($928k)2021 Revenue 172 ($35k) Expenses 80 ($16k) Net assets 118 ($958k)2022 Revenue 117 ($24k) Expenses 73 ($14k) Net assets 105 ($854k)2023 Revenue 136 ($28k) Expenses 72 ($14k) Net assets 113 ($921k)2024 Revenue 201 ($41k) Expenses 77 ($15k) Net assets 119 ($971k)2025 Revenue 233 ($48k) Expenses 80 ($16k) Net assets 127 ($1.0M)
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Revenue (233)Expenses (80)Net assets (127)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $958k to $854k (−11%).

$815k
$784k
$855k
$928k
$958k
$854k
$921k
$971k
$1.0M
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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

Surplus & reserves

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

$625
’17
$3k
’18
$12k
’19
$13k
’20
$19k
’21
$10k
’22
$13k
’23
$26k
’24
$32k
’25
143
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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Listed181919202019251919
Joined·+2+0+2+0+4+6+1+0
No longer listed·10105070
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $360.

Funder
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'18
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST’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.

Where its funders are

CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.

TX

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

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’18
’22
’23
Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Organizations like CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST

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 Louisiana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

10% of spending goes to programs.

Program 10%Management 90%Fundraising 0%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Foundation for the Preservation of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve · exempt

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST: 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 CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST?
CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,440 to it, the largest being SUSSER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,440). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,440 in grants to CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST?
SUSSER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,440 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CAROLINE DORMON NATURE PRESERVE TRUST find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 1 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