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CONSERVATION BURIAL INC

CONSERVATION BURIAL INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Swart Family Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$445k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$1.4M
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Conservation Burial Inc does

Mission

The mission of Conservation Burial Inc. (CBI) is to provide a natural burial choice that conserves land and reunites people with the earth. CBI staff regularly host free presentations and workshops designed to help people with end-of-life planning and share details about their available choices. Staff also provide additional educational presentations to hospice and medical organizations, schools, service organization, religious institutions and funeral homes to increase community awareness of all the choices available to them. An important aspect of CBI's values is its goal of keeping their burial fees as affordable as possible. By doing this, CBI helps people and the planet by making what arguably is the most environmentally friendly choice of body disposition, an affordable option to as many folks as possible.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Cemetery operations: CBI continues to operate Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (PCCC), one of less than 30 certified conservation burial grounds in the United States. Conservation Burial grounds provide the choice for a totally natural burial (no vault, no embalming and only biodegradable containers) combined with the legacy of forever protecting and managing the associated land by way of a conservation easement. In 2025 CBI/PCCC helped families perform 108 natural body burials, 52 burials of cremated remains and 10 burials of human companion(pet) remains. Community volunteers supporting the organization's mission contributed over 2202 hours of service. Land restoration: As a part of managing the 93 acres of PCCC, CBI actively pursues a land stewardship plan developed in conjunction with its land trust partner, Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT). This includes removing secondary hardwoods and replanting with an ecologically diverse set of species. The stewardship plan also includes the creation and management of a native wildflower and pollinator meadow feature in the cemetery. Advocacy: CBI staff regularly host free workshops on the subject of end-of-life planning (advance…

    $343,271 spent$259,276 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $343,271.

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 ($161k) Expenses 100 ($139k) Net assets 100 ($216k)2019 Revenue 112 ($181k) Expenses 101 ($141k) Net assets 121 ($261k)2020 Revenue 154 ($248k) Expenses 118 ($164k) Net assets 173 ($374k)2021 Revenue 277 ($446k) Expenses 124 ($172k) Net assets 324 ($699k)2022 Revenue 254 ($408k) Expenses 157 ($219k) Net assets 370 ($799k)2023 Revenue 282 ($454k) Expenses 167 ($233k) Net assets 525 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 277 ($445k) Expenses 210 ($293k) Net assets 636 ($1.4M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (277)Expenses (210)Net assets (636)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 2022 to 2023, from $801k to $1.1M (+42%).

$219k
$262k
$377k
$702k
$801k
$1.1M
$1.4M
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

38% of CONSERVATION BURIAL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,023 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.

$22k
’18
$41k
’19
$84k
’20
$274k
’21
$189k
’22
$221k
’23
$153k
’24
4.6
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

Heather Grove

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed1315151516
Joined·+7+7+0+2
No longer listed·5701
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of CONSERVATION BURIAL 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.

Where its funders are

100% of CONSERVATION BURIAL INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.

FL

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

Against its field

CONSERVATION BURIAL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,872 membership benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin34% · above the median
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,872 membership benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds CONSERVATION BURIAL INC?
CONSERVATION BURIAL INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Swart Family Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CONSERVATION BURIAL INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to CONSERVATION BURIAL INC.
Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATION BURIAL INC?
Swart Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CONSERVATION BURIAL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 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