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Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,104,312 to it, the largest being TW MARIAN W OTTLEY-WATERTOWN ($425,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$13M
15/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc does

Mission

Flanders' mission is to provide opportunities to appreciate nature's wonders and preserve land, inspiring lifelong learning about our natural world. Flanders' vision is to be a leading resource and destination of choice for environmental and outdoor education, research, land preservation and stewardship, farm experiences and arts activities, reflecting the needs of our changing and inclusive communities and evolving partnerships.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education: Flanders is a destination of choice for nature,farm, and art activities, as well as next generation science standard aligned classes. In 2023, Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust provided year-round childrens science classes and educational workshops, including popular summer camps and academies. Over 500 children participated in summer and vacation programs. Thousands more participated in school day programs -either in-person field trips, Flanders at-your-school programs, or part of our new Live-Virtual programs. Flanders adult education and family offerings around the themes of art, farm, nature and conservation continued to grow.

    $577,337 spent$496,310 earned by the program
    73% of program spending
  2. Land Stewardship: Flanders serves as the steward of 50 plus open space properties, totaling 2,423 acres in Woodbury, Middlebury, Bethlehem, and Southbury. We are dedicated stewards of the land and manage each property to retain its ecological habitat and ensure that the open space is protected for future generations to enjoy. In its role as steward, Flanders manages and monitors the properties each year while preserving their natural beauty and caring for the eco-system as a whole. These open spaces provide the community with wonderful places for quiet contemplation and low impact recreation including a number of terrific hiking preserves. Flanders maintains the health of its open spaces and nature preserves, so that the woodlands, wetlands and trails remain open for everyone to appreciate and respect, use and enjoy.

    $120,667 spent
    15% of program spending
  3. Land Acquisition: Flanders continues to manage easement and fee holdings of 2,423 acres. Since 1973, through its land trust activities, Flanders works to retain the rural character, ecological integrity and quality of life in the greater Waterbury area.

    $96,703 spent
    12% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $794,707.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($558k) Expenses 100 ($523k) Net assets 100 ($9.7M)2018 Revenue 113 ($631k) Expenses 110 ($575k) Net assets 98 ($9.5M)2019 Revenue 219 ($1.2M) Expenses 122 ($640k) Net assets 107 ($10M)2020 Revenue 263 ($1.5M) Expenses 133 ($694k) Net assets 116 ($11M)2021 Revenue 208 ($1.2M) Expenses 159 ($833k) Net assets 123 ($12M)2022 Revenue 226 ($1.3M) Expenses 187 ($980k) Net assets 118 ($11M)2023 Revenue 234 ($1.3M) Expenses 203 ($1.1M) Net assets 125 ($12M)2024 Revenue 306 ($1.7M) Expenses 226 ($1.2M) Net assets 132 ($13M)
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Revenue (306)Expenses (226)Net assets (132)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 2019 to 2020, from $10M to $11M (+9%).

$9.7M
$9.5M
$10M
$11M
$12M
$12M
$12M
$13M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

48% of Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$35k
’17
$56k
’18
$581k
’19
$773k
’20
$328k
’21
$282k
’22
$247k
’23
$524k
’24
1.0
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.

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Listed1516181719192020
Joined·+2+3+2+3+3+3+2
No longer listed·1131322
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $107k → $93k.

7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust 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.

How concentrated its funding is

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

35% 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 Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc.

38%
largest funder
77%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 70% · 2019 57% · 2020 59% · 2021 33% · 2022 53% · 2023 32% — 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

45% of Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 7 states in all.

NH
PA
CT
MO
VA
DE
TX

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

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $338k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin31% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · above the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 22%Fundraising 10%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

88%

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 Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc?
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,104,312 to it, the largest being TW MARIAN W OTTLEY-WATERTOWN ($425,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,104,312 in grants to Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc?
TW MARIAN W OTTLEY-WATERTOWN is the largest funder on record, with $425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust 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.

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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 25 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