Massachusetts · Nonprofit
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,058 to it, the largest being THE A WOODNER FUND INC ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $95k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $792k
What Great Barrington Land Conservancy Inc does
Mission
The great barrington land conservancy, inc. Is dedicated to conservation and stewardship of the community's natural resources and special places, by working to protect and preserve important natural places, agricultural land and wildlife habitats within the town of great barrington, massachusetts and to enhance recreational opportunities for residents and visitors through the creation of trails, walking paths, and special programs. The organization has preserved several hundred acres of agricultural and natural properties through conservation restrictions. All of the organization's properties are open to the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Preservation and stewardship of natural areas:the preservation and stewardship of outdoor areas which are of important natural significance in the town of great barrington. This program is accomplished through grant-funding, donations of funds from local businesses and individuals, and the donation of volunteer hours by the community and board members. This has resulted in the preservation of natural habitats at all gblc properties. These projects are on-going, with additional riverbank reclamation projects, removal of invasive species and planting of native plant species at all our properties.
$19,052 spent34% of program spendingDevelopment of community trails and public access areas:gblc develops community trails and other amenities so that thousands of visitors can experience these special places. The housatonic river walk, the result of 30 years of volunteer effort, is now a national recreation trail which allows visitors to experience the riverside in its natural state. The boardwalk and viewing platform at the pfeiffer arboretum provides a walk through a unique habitat and access to birdwatching on long pond. The community trails through the lake mansfield conservation forest were developed by gblc. New trails are being planned for the riverfront area of town between bridge street and brookside road, and within the stockbridge road property as a connector to existing trail networks.
$22,357 spent40% of program spendingOutdoor education and collaboration:gblc programs are the basis for community education about the natural world and the ways to preserve it. More than 12,000 people visit housatonic river walk annually. Programs for school children, local business groups, and other organizations are an important part of our calendar. Programs in natural area stewardship, bird-watching and other topics are open to the public. Through the lake mansfield alliance and gb trails and greenways, gblc supports community groups that share our mission and our goals in the town and in berkshire county.
$15,055 spent27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $56,464.
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 2018 to 2019, from $685k to $762k (+11%).
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 13% · 2018 16% · 2019 49% · 2020 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 $8k → $17k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY 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
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY 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 GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 30% · 2021 36% · 2022 45% · 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
56% of GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,152 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC?
- GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,058 to it, the largest being THE A WOODNER FUND INC ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $199,058 in grants to GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC?
- THE A WOODNER FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 16 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