Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
EARTH CONSERVANCY
EARTH CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,506 to it, the largest being PPL FOUNDATION ($40,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $38M
What Earth Conservancy does
Mission
Earth Conservancy is a nonprofit organization committed to the reclamation and return of over 16,000 acres of former coal company-owned land to the region. It collaborates with local communities, government agencies, education institutions, and the private sector to spearhead the creation and implementation of plans that restore the lands economic, recreational, residential, and ecological value.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Earth Conservancys primary work is reclamation of legacy mine lands. Ec believes that reclamation can bring about environmental restoration, as well as economic revitalization. In the last 24 years, ec has reclaimed nearly 2,000 acres of mine-scarred land. In total, over 10,000 acres of ec's original land holdings have been divested and are now in productive use.
$6,306 spent0% of program spendingEarth Conservancy operates a regional compost facility in newport twp. The compost facility accepts yard waste from residents, municipalities and businesses to be recycled and converted into compost material. This process allows biodegradable waste to be recycled without filling regional landfills. Earth Conservancy does not charge residents or local municipalities to deposit yard waste. Residents, municipalities and other not for profits can utilize compost material free of charge.
$337,025 spent8% of program spendingEarth Conservancy is committed to restoring waterways which have been negatively impacted from the effects of the coal mining industry. The most prevalent negative impact of these waterways has been the creation of acid mine drainage. This remediation is done primarily by restoring destroyed stream channels as well as treating existing streams to reduce the amount of amd which flows through these streams.
$3,080,534 spent72% of program spendingEarth Conservancy also provides recreational facilities for the community as well as a garden where residents can grow their own produce.
$869,503 spentof which $148,212 as grants20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,293,368.
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 2020 to 2021, from $25M to $36M (+44%).
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 9% · 2018 7% · 2019 65% · 2020 72% · 2021 15% · 2022 55% · 2023 50% · 2024 32% · 2025 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of EARTH CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Kelly M Ciravolo
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $36k → $16.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 EARTH CONSERVANCY’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
EARTH CONSERVANCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
98% of EARTH CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 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
EARTH CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 195 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding EARTH CONSERVANCY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.8M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$5.8M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$21k
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 EARTH CONSERVANCY
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARTH CONSERVANCY: 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 EARTH CONSERVANCY?
- EARTH CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,506 to it, the largest being PPL FOUNDATION ($40,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARTH CONSERVANCY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $61,506 in grants to EARTH CONSERVANCY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARTH CONSERVANCY?
- PPL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARTH CONSERVANCY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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