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Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc

Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,300,153 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND CARMEN LUCIA BUCK FOUNDATION INC ($3,635,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.7M
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$4.3M
Net assets
$3.7M
8/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 57%
01What it does

What Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc does

Mission

Connecticut Land Conservation Council, Inc.s mission is to elevate and strengthen land conservation in Connecticut.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Land conservation, stewardship, and funding, and works to ensure the long-term strength and viability of the land conservation community.

    $533,210 spentof which $153,749 as grants$34,834 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $533,210.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($428k) Expenses 100 ($255k) Net assets 100 ($193k)2019 Revenue 120 ($515k) Expenses 109 ($278k) Net assets 223 ($430k)2020 Revenue 116 ($498k) Expenses 133 ($340k) Net assets 304 ($587k)2021 Revenue 152 ($651k) Expenses 139 ($356k) Net assets 457 ($882k)2022 Revenue 142 ($609k) Expenses 216 ($552k) Net assets 487 ($939k)2023 Revenue 226 ($969k) Expenses 324 ($828k) Net assets 560 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 857 ($3.7M) Expenses 405 ($1.0M) Net assets 1938 ($3.7M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (857)Expenses (405)Net assets (1938)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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $4.4M (+194%).

$215k
$438k
$638k
$883k
$1.0M
$1.5M
$4.4M
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2023 6% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$173k
’18
$237k
’19
$157k
’20
$295k
’21
$57k
’22
$141k
’23
$2.6M
’24
3.9
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.

Chief executive

Amy Blaymore Paterson

Executive Director

Board chair

Gwen Marrion

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed981010101212
Joined·+1+3+0+2+3+0
No longer listed·210210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $16k → $464k.

6 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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

Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

85%
largest funder
91%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 39% · 2020 52% · 2021 67% · 2022 72% · 2023 86% — 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

27% of Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 6 states in all.

MI
NY
CT
CA
MO
DE

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $414k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin72% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)43% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $817k on record — $30k federal, $787k state.

Federal$30k
grants $30kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Agriculture$30k
State$787k
23
24
25
26
Top programs
  • Pass thru Grant Non-State$775k
  • State Aid Grants$5k
  • sponsorship$4k
  • Management Consultant Services$2k
  • Fellowships & Stipends$400

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 Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc

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In Connecticut

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 22%Fundraising 5%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

41%

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 Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc?
Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,300,153 to it, the largest being THE PETER AND CARMEN LUCIA BUCK FOUNDATION INC ($3,635,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $4,300,153 in grants to Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc?
THE PETER AND CARMEN LUCIA BUCK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,635,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Connecticut Land Conservation Council 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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