Illinois · Nonprofit
GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC
GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,465,192 to it, the largest being THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ($1,465,192). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $539k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Great Rivers Land Preservation Association Inc does
Mission
Protection of property for conservation purposes through easements and acquisition
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Great rivers land trust preserves land and waters through property acquisitions, easements, and conservation projects. To date, great rivers protects over 4,000 acres of land in illinois and missouri through various tools used by land trusts throughout the nation. In connection with the properties owned, great rivers provides stewardship maintenance of the properties including mowing, controlling invasive species and upkeep of buildings. Other activities of great rivers have included tree planting, stream buffers, timber stand improvement and prairie plantings. Great rivers has partnered with numerous organizations and entities.
$210,755 spent$110,886 earned by the program89% of program spendingThe piasa creek watershed program is a unique, twenty-year partnership with great rivers and illinois-american water company, which has met and exceeded all of its goals. The project was featured as a leading innovative model at the national "water quality trading forum" in washington d.c. The effort continues to receive national attention as a watershed model. The piasa creek watershed project reduces sedimentation in the 78,000 acre watershed located in portions of jersey, madison, and macoupin counties in ilinois. Positive effects of the project include stormwater control, reduction of flash flooding, enhanced fish and wildlife habitat, and protection of sensitive ecosystems. The project has met and exceeded all of its goals to date. Interest and participation of the project has been embraced on a local, regional, and national scale.
$26,807 spent11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $237,562.
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 $14M to $15M (+9%).
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 1% · 2018 11% · 2019 7% · 2020 7% · 2021 9% · 2022 2% · 2023 7% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION 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. 2 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.2M → $280k.
From the IRS filings of GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION 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.
Where its funders are
GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: 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 GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,465,192 to it, the largest being THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ($1,465,192). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,465,192 in grants to GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,465,192 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREAT RIVERS LAND PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 1 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