California · Nonprofit
LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE
LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $501,000 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $249k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $501k
- Net assets
- $146k
What Lab to Land Institute does
Mission
The mission of Lab to Land Institute is to improve and promote the responsible planning and management of climate-resilient non-agricultural lands through grantmaking research and education.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Research: Lab to Land is developing new climate resilience solutions for California and the arid West using the power of genomic technology in conjunction with our partner UC labs - the IGI at UC Berkeley the Paleogenomics Lab at UCSC and the Indigenous Futures Institute at UCSD. We have prioritized four distinct research pilots - each of which poses unique socio-cultural political and scientific challenges - in order to inform key scientific governance + regulatory roadblocks. The selected research pathways include: a deep-rooted and drought-tolerant native California grasses b Sudden oak death c resilient healthy California soil microbial communities d adaptation of native salmon species for warmer watershed conditions. Research is already underway related to soil microbial communities and together these four technologies offer a unique near-term and well-rounded set of concrete examples of biotechnology for conservation and climate resilience. In addition we have on-boarded for Lab to Land Fellows post-doctoral candidates who are participating in our in-person gatherings collaborating on research and authoring peer-reviewed publications to explore specific challenges in…
$93,750 spent37% of program spendingFacilitation and Convenings: While researching and developing these technologies listed above is a critical component of Lab to Land's work equally important is our focus on convening optimal blends of multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure a healthy culture of societal engagement around these technologies and that these technologies deliver timely value for the land. In partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Lab to Land is hosting four focused forums now through February 2024. These convenings will help us to: - Discern any positive or negative unintended consequences when deploying these technologies - Determine the ideal metrics and evaluation tools from which we will stay accountable to ethical and effective deployment of these technologies - Discover any additional technologies that should be added to Lab to Land's research portfolio
$94,729 spent38% of program spendingIndustry Outreach and Network Growth: Lab to Land leadership is actively building the emerging ecosystem at the intersection of genomic technologies and climate resilience. We do this by: - Attending existing events and conferences like Aspen Ideas: Climate where Lab to Land's CEO hosted a roundtable discussion with roughly 40 attendees on the topic of Biotechnology for Resilience Keystone Policy Center's Gene Editing and Societal Engagement Workshop at the Innovative Genomics Institute Meridian Institute's Generation Climate Alliance gathering - Disseminating monthly newsletters sharing our up-to-date learnings acknowledging thought leaders in the field and inspiring folks to get involved interested in Lab to Land's work - Constant outreach to existing industry leaders resulting in more introductions and connections in the network
$62,501 spent25% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $250,980.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $346k to $146k (−58%).
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.
100% of LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE’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. 1 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Steve Schwartz
Director Board Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $430k → $71k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE’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
LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 58% · 2023 99% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $250k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE's revenue fell 48% between 2022 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,135 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE: 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 LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE?
- LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $501,000 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($250,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $501,000 in grants to LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE.
- Who is the largest funder of LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAB TO LAND INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 4 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