Massachusetts · Nonprofit
KESTREL LAND TRUST INC
KESTREL LAND TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,821,151 to it, the largest being THE FALCON FUND FOUNDATION ($550,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Kestrel Land Trust Inc does
Mission
Kestrel Land Trust Inc. Conserves and cares for forests, farms, and riverways in the connecticut river valley of western massachusetts, while nurturing an enduring love of the land
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization works with landowners, governmental agencies, citizen groups, and other nonprofits to conserve farmland, woodlands, wildlife habitat, water resources, and scenic vistas in the heart of the connecticut river valley of western massachusetts. The organization creates and sponsors educational programs about nature and conservation for the general public.
$2,346,238 spent$23,613 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,346,238.
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 2022 to 2023, from $8.6M to $10M (+20%).
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 2% · 2023 8% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of KESTREL LAND TRUST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 5 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
Kristin Deboer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $24k → $253k.
5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 KESTREL 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
KESTREL LAND TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 86% · 2019 92% · 2020 58% · 2021 65% · 2022 29% · 2023 40% — 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
33% of KESTREL LAND TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
KESTREL LAND TRUST INC draws 70% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $204k 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
KESTREL LAND TRUST INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like KESTREL LAND TRUST 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KESTREL LAND TRUST 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 KESTREL LAND TRUST INC?
- KESTREL LAND TRUST INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,821,151 to it, the largest being THE FALCON FUND FOUNDATION ($550,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KESTREL LAND TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,821,151 in grants to KESTREL LAND TRUST INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KESTREL LAND TRUST INC?
- THE FALCON FUND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KESTREL LAND TRUST 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 2021–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing