Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,317,621 to it, the largest being THE KEITH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC ($2,033,065). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $941k
What Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County does
Mission
To promote, support, and sustain the stewardship, education and conservation activities undertaken by the lancaster county conservation district.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Countywide action plan - pequea creek the pequea creek headwaters improvement project involves working with two plain sect farms in the upper pequea cr. Watershed for stream and pastureland improvements. These projects build upon previous work completed by the lancaster conservation district, salisbury township, team ag, chesapeake bay foundation, and lancaster farmland trust in this area. Project details involve 3500' linear ft. Of stream restoration, 4190' of streambank fencing, an average riparian buffer inside the fence of 35-50 ft. Or 5.5 acres of buffer, and 3 livestock/equipment crossings along indian spring run and the headwaters of the pequea creek.
$289,685 spent22% of program spendingNfwf crescendo of collaboration this program allows the partners to build on their ongoing success in helping to restore our local waterways, consistent with the vision to make lancaster county's streams clean and clear by 2040. The conservaiton district is supportive of expanding their capacity by adding a new technical director position to help promote implementation of their key priorities and strategies. The technical director will collaboratively work with the many partners in lancaster county to help facilitate delisting streams by supporting data collection, design, and installation of io to 15 best management practices(bmp's)in priority catchments.
$182,507 spent14% of program spendingCbt regional capacity to establish a sustainable network of cross-sector organizations by increasing coordination, collaboration, and communication among network partners advancing clean water and community plans. Additionally, to diversify, strengthen, and increase the power of your grassroots movement for sustained community, environmental, and clean water protections.
$125,968 spent9% of program spendingThe conservation foundation has put in place a steering committee, the lancaster county clean water consortium (lccwc). The mission of the consortium is to facilitate the development of proactive, efficient, and cohesive strategies to restore and maintain the waterways of lancaster county, ultimately resulting in compliance with federal and state regulations intended to reduce pollution and accelerate restoration of the chesapeake bay. Revenue sources for the lccwc are primarily through grants and membership dues. Also, seminars and workshop fees have been charged to generate income. Lancaster county clean water consortium(lccwc)stormwater mini-grants the mini-grant program is designed to assist and support lccwc members in their efforts to plan and implement programs that will help reduce nutrient and sediment loadings to the chesapeake bay. The funds are reserved for municipalities, watershed groups, non-profits, non-governmental agencies, and private property owners. The grant may be used for design, construction, materials, monitoring, education, and outreach. Pa adaptive toolbox - fishing creek the project's goal is to achieve 100% livestock stream exclusion, to seek greater…
$736,541 spentof which $57,494 as grants55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,334,701.
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 2021 to 2022, from $427k to $868k (+104%).
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: 2018 10% · 2019 37% · 2020 42% · 2021 75% · 2022 53% · 2023 24% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $140k → $508k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY’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
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 72% · 2020 62% · 2021 60% · 2022 49% · 2023 61% — 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
67% of CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% 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
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY is better cushioned than half of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lancaster County Conservation Dist · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY?
- CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,317,621 to it, the largest being THE KEITH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC ($2,033,065). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $4,317,621 in grants to CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY?
- THE KEITH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,033,065 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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