Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION
LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,828,201 to it, the largest being LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ($1,828,201). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $853k
What Land Trust Accreditation Commission does
Mission
The mission of the Land Trust Accreditation Commission is to inspire excellence, promote public trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality standards and that strive for continuous improvement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024 the Land Trust Accreditation Commission awarded accreditation to 13 first-time applicants and awarded renewed accreditation to 111 land trusts. The year ended with 470 accredited land trusts in 46 states and two territories, representing more than 84% of all the land and conservation easements held by land trusts to protect farmland, ranchland, forests, wildlife habitat, open spaces, and important water supplies. Volunteer commissioners participated in 161 conference calls as part of the accreditation application review process. In 2024 the commission awarded an extended length accreditation term to the first land trusts achieving a fourth consecutive term. The commission continued outreach to land trusts to support them with the accreditation process and requirements and completed over 440 direct connections with land trusts via phone or email over the year. The commission upheld the integrity of the accreditation seal by confirming compliance of nine accredited land trusts, triggered by major organizational change or public comment.
$1,355,931 spent$1,230,650 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,355,931.
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.
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 $1.7M to $2.7M (+56%).
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.
16% of LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 4 of the last 8 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
Melissa Kalvestrand
Executive director
Board chair
Catherine Rawson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $345k → $245k.
From the IRS filings of LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION’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 LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION is better cushioned than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Land Trust Alliance Inc · exempt
- Alliance Risk Management Services LLC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION: 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 LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION?
- LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,828,201 to it, the largest being LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ($1,828,201). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,828,201 in grants to LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION?
- LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,828,201 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAND TRUST ACCREDITATION COMMISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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