New York · Nonprofit
Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc
Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $720,789 to it, the largest being LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ($342,208). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $462k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $721k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc does
Mission
We protect the historic, agricultural and natural resources surrounding Cazenovia NY for the benefit of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Stewardship of easements and owned properties: annual easement monitoring; engagement with owners of easement properties; management activities on land trust owned (preserve) properties or other public-access properties, including maintenance of 14 miles of trails; invasive species management; aquatic and terrestrial habitat improvement; and the construction of a new trail entrance and parking area.
$77,552 spent49% of program spendingPublic outreach and programs: Outdoor fitness and recreational programming and events; educational programming related to natural history and the environment for children and adults; programs that engage the community with the arts in nature and/or conservation lands; and programs to foster volunteerism on trails and properties.
$48,225 spent31% of program spendingConservation planning, projects and acquisitions: Review and approval of new agricultural, forest land and historic preservation projects; grant writing and management to support projects and acquisitions; outreach to owners of strategic land conservation and trail connectivity properties; engagement with municipalities and other local, county, state and non-profit planning and conservation agencies and organizations; review of proposed renewable energy generation projects and potential impacts to natural and visual resources; and engagement in local land use planning.
$31,916 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $157,693.
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 2017 to 2018, from $758k to $1.6M (+116%).
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: 2021 32% · 2022 30% · 2023 22% · 2024 18% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 9 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
Jennifer Wong
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $44k → $125k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Cazenovia Preservation Foundation 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
Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 72% · 2019 97% · 2020 95% · 2021 50% · 2022 44% · 2023 58% — 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 Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
50% of Cazenovia Preservation Foundation 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 $359k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $362k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Cazenovia Preservation Foundation 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 Cazenovia Preservation Foundation 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 Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc?
- Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $720,789 to it, the largest being LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ($342,208). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $720,789 in grants to Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc?
- LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $342,208 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cazenovia Preservation Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 11 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