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LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY

LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLARY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$168k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$1.8M
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 65%
01What it does

What Lackawanna Valley Conservancy does

Mission

The conservancy is organized to protect, preserve and acquire natural resources in the lackawanna valley for the benefit of the general public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Conservation and land preservation.

    $43,538 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $43,538.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($241k) Expenses 100 ($59k) Net assets 100 ($802k)2018 Revenue 77 ($185k) Expenses 38 ($22k) Net assets 120 ($965k)2019 Revenue 2 ($5k) Expenses 74 ($44k) Net assets 116 ($927k)2020 Revenue 65 ($155k) Expenses 79 ($46k) Net assets 129 ($1.0M)2021 Revenue 16 ($38k) Expenses 32 ($19k) Net assets 132 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 9 ($22k) Expenses 39 ($23k) Net assets 131 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 264 ($634k) Expenses 75 ($44k) Net assets 205 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 70 ($168k) Expenses 59 ($35k) Net assets 222 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (70)Expenses (59)Net assets (222)Peer revenue range

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 $1.1M to $1.7M (+57%).

$804k
$965k
$927k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.7M
$1.8M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 87% · 2021 4% · 2022 95% · 2023 49% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$182k
’17
$163k
’18
−$38k
’19
$109k
’20
$20k
’21
−$851
’22
$590k
’23
$133k
’24
77
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1824222211141115
Joined·+8+1+5+1+3+6+7
No longer listed·23512093
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY’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

100% of LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin79% · top quartile
Months of reserve76.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY

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 Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY: 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 LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY?
LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE WILLARY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY.
Who is the largest funder of LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY?
THE WILLARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LACKAWANNA VALLEY CONSERVANCY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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