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LAND IN COMMON INC

LAND IN COMMON INC (Maine) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,059,600 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($288,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$889k
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$1.6M
8/19 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 86%
01What it does

What Land in Common Inc does

Mission

Land in Common removes land from speculative markets and places it into a member-run trust, to be cared for over the long-term by its residents. We are creating a multi-generational land base for sustainable livelihoods that supports communities working for just, cooperative, and resilient futures.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Wabanaki SolidarityIn recognition that the land on which we do our work is occupied, unceeded Wabanaki homeland, our conservation work centers the return of land and power to Wabanaki people and Nations. In 2023, we returned 185 acres of land we formerly held to Wabanaki stewardship through Bomazeen Land Trust. THROUGH OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH THE CONSERVATION DELEGATION TO THE WABANAKI COMMISSION ON LAND AND STEWARDSHIP, WE PARTICIPATED IN RAISING $1.5 MILLION TO SEED THE FUND WOLANKEYUTOMONE KISI APACIYEWIK (LET US TAKE GOOD CARE OF WHAT HAS RETURNED"), A FUND HELD BY AND FOR WABANAKI PEOPLE TO SUPPORT LAND RETURN AND REMATRIATION.

    $211,456 spent$10,000 earned by the program
    46% of program spending
  2. OtherThe remainder of our work entailed caring for the land we hold, developing a model for grassroots, affordable housing construction, educating the public about land justice, and conducting a community-based research project to map the land access needs of farmers of color in the Lewiston-Auburn region.

    $136,588 spent$12,122 earned by the program
    30% of program spending
  3. JO opWe fiscally sponsor Journey ONEderland, a Black and brown-led nature-based education organization. In 2023, Journey ONEderland was a project of Land in Common, and we supported them in all of the steps necessary to incorporate as their own organization, and build out their internal infrastructure to sustain themselves. OVER THE COURSE OF 2023, JOURNEY ONEDERLAND OFFERED NATURE-BASED EDUCATION AND HEALING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING HANDS-ON ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR YOUTH, SAILING TRIPS, AND OUTDOOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS TO DEEPEN NATURE CONNECTION FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO LAND ACCESS.

    $60,606 spent
    13% of program spending
  4. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OtherThe remainder of our work entailed caring for the land we hold, developing a model for grassroots, affordable housing construction, educating the public about land justice, and conducting a community-based research project to map the land access needs of farmers of color in the Lewiston-Auburn region.

    $51,553 spent
    11% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $460,203.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($147k) Expenses 100 ($18k) Net assets 100 ($591k)2021 Revenue 310 ($456k) Expenses 543 ($100k) Net assets 160 ($946k)2022 Revenue 402 ($589k) Expenses 1135 ($208k) Net assets 222 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 264 ($387k) Expenses 2815 ($516k) Net assets 200 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 606 ($889k) Expenses 2479 ($455k) Net assets 274 ($1.6M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (606)Expenses (2479)Net assets (274)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 2023 to 2024, from $1.2M to $2.0M (+58%).

$687k
$1.0M
$1.4M
$1.2M
$2.0M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of LAND IN COMMON INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$128k
’20
$356k
’21
$381k
’22
−$129k
’23
$435k
’24
13
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed88358
Joined·+0+0+2+3
No longer listed·0500
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $20k → $332k.

6 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 LAND IN COMMON 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

LAND IN COMMON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

59% 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 LAND IN COMMON INC.

27%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 48% · 2022 34% · 2023 45% — 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

50% of LAND IN COMMON INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

81% of LAND IN COMMON INC's grant income comes from Maine funders.

ME
VT
NY
CT
KY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Maine out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $498k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LAND IN COMMON INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin49% · top quartile
Months of reserve13.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)57% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 9%Fundraising 8%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAND IN COMMON INC?
LAND IN COMMON INC (Maine) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,059,600 to it, the largest being Elmina B Sewall Foundation ($288,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LAND IN COMMON INC have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,059,600 in grants to LAND IN COMMON INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LAND IN COMMON INC?
Elmina B Sewall Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $288,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAND IN COMMON INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 19 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