Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC
FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,401,607 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($602,875). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $90M
What French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc does
Mission
To preserve, steward, and connect people to the land in northern chester county pennsylvania. See additional information on schedule o.french & pickering is recognized as a leader in regional land conservation, the organization is nationally accredited by the land trust accreditation commission. This important distinction confirms that our operations are in accordance with the highest standards in land conservation and nonprofit management. French & pickering has protected over 13,600 acres of lands through public/private partnerships, donations, and purchases of fee lands and conservation easements.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
French and pickering creeks conservation trust has worked with landowners, public and private partners, to preserve the quality of life and the environment of northern chester county. Since 1967, french & pickering has helped permanently protect over 13,600 acres including lands purchased and transferred for state game lands, state parks, county parks and municipal parks. Currently french & pickering holds approximately 200 conservation easements over 7,892 acres and owns and manages 890 acres held in fee ownership comprised of 28 parcels including two signature preserves with extensive trails, free parking, and a variety of natural features and wildlife. All lands are monitored annually by french & pickering staff to assist landowners with their land management and natural resource stewardship. Continued on sch o.in 2024 over 3,000 native trees and shrubs were planted across warwick and east nantmeal townships and the following 6 conservation easement and one conservation easement amendment were completed:1) a 6.3 acre voluntary and permanent land protection easement was completed with greg and shannon nesspor in charlestown township. The property is visible from pickland and…
$981,738 spent$83,336 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $981,738.
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 2023 to 2024, from $88M to $92M (+4%).
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: 2021 5% · 2023 17% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $18k → $466k.
6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION 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
FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
37% 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 FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 69% · 2019 43% · 2020 32% · 2021 41% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% — 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 FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
69% of FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $467k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC?
- FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,401,607 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($602,875). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $2,401,607 in grants to FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $602,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRENCH AND PICKERING CREEKS CONSERVATION TRUST INC 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.
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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 27 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