Missouri · Nonprofit
HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,511,788 to it, the largest being HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION ($582,787). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $932k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $716k
What Heartland Conservation Alliance does
Mission
The Heartland Conservation Alliance works with partners to protect, connect, and restore the blue river watershed and its urban greenspaces for the benefit and enjoyment of all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Land stewardship/easement monitoring: hca secured its first conservation easement (28.4 acres) from the city of kansas city, mo, at the municipal farm conservation site and became the official monitor. This is a significant new stewardship role. Blue river nature preserve acquisition: the organization successfully acquired 98 acres in the floodplain along the blue river to establish the blue river nature preserve, which dramatically increased the organization's land holdings and stewardship responsibilities.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Conservation and policy: Heartland Conservation Alliance (hca) achieved significant conservation milestones by securing land and ensuring long-term protection of natural areas.secured the organization's first conservation easement (28.4 acres) from the city of kansas city, mo, at the municipal farm conservation site in september 2024, ensuring its permanent protection. Hca now serves as the monitor for this easement.acquired 98 acres of land in the floodplain along the blue river, establishing the blue river nature preserve, to protect and restore vital wildlife habitat and water quality. This acquisition quadrupled hca's land holdings.advanced the update of the blue river report card by having six teams grade 14 watershed health indicators. The final report is expected in 2025.continued restoration efforts at the 40-acre heartland overlook preserve, removing invasive species and planting/seeding natives on 8.2 acres. This work informs hca's lead role in a future $5 million arpa riparian restoration grant.worked to secure a $2.7 million contract under a separate mdnr arpa stormwater grant awarded to the city of kcmo to restore 140 acres of the blue river riparian zone.
$213,397 spentof which $72,520 as grants49% of program spendingEducation and outreach: hca's education and outreach programs connected community members to the blue river and its green spaces through guided experiences and volunteer stewardship.the blue river nature guide (bring) program hosted 12 guided nature experiences (hiking, kayaking, yoga) at five locations, serving 289 participants.trained 11 green guard environmental stewards to help protect the watershed.the second annual blue river discovery days festival at minor park welcomed over 100 participants.hosted 28 volunteer workday events (invasive species removal, trash cleanup) that engaged 161 volunteers.153 people participated in mlk day nature walks.provided 31 conservation landscaping career training sessions to support cornerstones of care's build trybe conservation landscaping job training program.
$153,068 spentof which $48,755 as grants35% of program spendingAlliance services: hca coordinated partner efforts, managed communication, and facilitated collaboration to achieve regional conservation goals. As the epa blue river ambassador, hca convened six urban waters federal partnership us epa steering committee meetings with 102 participants, facilitating coordination among fifteen governmental and nonprofit partners.managed the "renew the blue" joint promotional campaign, which increased public awareness through 27 social media posts, web newsletters attracting 30,332 readers, and special event notices with 23,591 views.collaborated with partners on developing and submitting proposals for significant restoration funding, including supporting marc's application for a $200 million epa climate pollution reduction fund grant.
$67,599 spentof which $15,630 as grants16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $434,064.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $548k to $832k (+52%).
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: 2018 76% · 2019 26% · 2020 42% · 2021 58% · 2022 65% · 2023 91% · 2024 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Logan Heley
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $103k → $53k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE’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
HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 76% · 2019 39% · 2020 39% · 2021 84% · 2022 78% · 2023 71% — growing more concentrated.
“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
50% of HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $242k 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.
Against its field
HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin 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
Government funding HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $634k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$498k
- Department of Agriculture$136k
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 HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE?
- HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE (Missouri) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,511,788 to it, the largest being HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION ($582,787). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,511,788 in grants to HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE?
- HEALTH FORWARD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $582,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEARTLAND CONSERVATION ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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