Montana · Nonprofit
CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION (Montana) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,302,545 to it, the largest being THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION ($3,000,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation does
Mission
We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United states connectivity conservation program - connectivity conservation is the most effective strategy to conserve nature on a large scale, supporting climate adaptation and wildlife movement in our fragmented natural world. Last year, cllc advanced this effort by providing science-based guidance to decision makers to inform policies and projects. We continue to foster collaboration with partners at the federal, state, regional, and county levels to improve policies related to connectivity and corridors, and provide technical assistance to help plan and secure funding for wildlife crossing structure projects. See schedule o.
$852,331 spent$23,424 earned by the program30% of program spendingBuilding conservation networks program - cllc holds leadership roles for the network for landscape conservation (nlc) and the united states biosphere network (usbn), serving as their host and fiscal sponsor. Through these networks, we support thousands of scientists, policymakers, and community leaders by sharing experience and expertise and facilitating regional and international collaborations. Cllc also provides strategic counsel, infrastructure, and organizational management, allowing network staff and members to focus on engaging and empowering landscape conservation practitioners globally. See schedule o.
$682,837 spentof which $388,180 as grants24% of program spendingInternational connectivity conservation program - the international connectivity program works collaboratively with global partners in key biodiversity areas to protect landscapes from fragmentation by implementing connectivity conservation policy and practice, leading to long-term conservation outcomes. We believe that protected areas function best when they are connected at the landscape scale, ensuring wildlife movement and thriving ecological processes. Through our leadership of the iucn connectivity conservation specialist group (ccsg), we are operating several international working groups of professionals-such as the asian elephant transport working group and the marine connectivity working group-developing mechanisms to protect linkage areas that maintain ecological connectivity around the world.
$685,641 spentof which $26,000 as grants$70,275 earned by the program24% of program spendingAdvancing conservation science - in fy24, cllc continued its conservation work in the pacha region of south america-encompassing the pantanal and the gran chaco ecosystems-which faces fragmentation from agriculture, industry, and increasing wildfires. The richly biodiverse region covers parts of four countries: bolivia, paraguay, brazil, and argentina. Collaborating with wwf and regional experts, cllc advanced the wildlife connect initiative, identifying ecological networks of habitat for jaguars to guide conservation and protect connectivity for multiple species. In an earlier project phase, the team mapped jaguar movement corridors and set up systems to track how connectivity changes over time. In a second phase of the project, a workshop in bolivia prioritized the highest key corridors, ensuring strategic resource allocation for conservation and preserving ecological connectivity and biodiversity into the future. As an international expert in ecological connectivity science, cllc was tapped in fy24 to lead the "enhancing climate resilience of biodiversity hotspots in jordan" initiative. This project supports jordan's national strategy to expand its protected area network, which…
$630,980 spentof which $148,249 as grants$97,308 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,851,789.
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 2018 to 2019, from $993k to $3.5M (+257%).
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: 2017 18% · 2018 1% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 15% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 4% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $318k → $2.8M.
12 of 78 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 funders by total. 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
CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
32% 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 CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 26% · 2019 35% · 2020 32% · 2021 29% · 2022 29% · 2023 17% — 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
43% of CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $713k 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
CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION has grown faster than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $628k on record.
- National Science Foundation$424k
- Department of the Interior$180k
- Department of Agriculture$24k
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 CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION
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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION?
- CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION (Montana) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,302,545 to it, the largest being THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION ($3,000,000). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $15,302,545 in grants to CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION?
- THE VOLGENAU FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 78 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing