California · Nonprofit
NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST
NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,706,254 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($12,350,988). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $156M
What Napa County Land Trust does
Mission
The mission of the land trust of napa county is to preserve the character of napa county by permanently protecting land. The organization's vision is the protection of unique natural resources, proactive preservation of the scenic beauty, (continued, schedule o) agricultural heritage, and biodiversity of napa county for future generations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Land acquisition and protection: in our 48-year history, ltnc has permanently protected more than 95,000 acres of land throughout napa county. We have completed over 270 real estate projects, worked with about 100 property owners, hold over 160 conservation easements and partnered with local, state and federal agencies on the protection and transfer of additional land for public and recreational use. In addition, we own preserves that total more than 22,000 acres in our preserve network, including pristine watersheds, old growth redwood stands and protected wildlife migration corridors. Our primary strategic objective is to increase the pace of land protection, focusing on priority areas chosen for their conservation values including agriculture, biodiversity (flora and fauna), wildlife and watershed protection, as well as preserving the unique character and scenic beauty of napa county.
$3,423,325 spentof which $2,101,150 as grants$33,000 earned by the program61% of program spendingStewardship and conservation easement monitoring programs: ltnc demonstrates exemplary stewardship of the lands we own in our preserve network to maintain the biodiverse, scenic, agricultural, and natural features that define the character of napa county. We do so through science-based management plans, implementing site-specific restoration projects such as prescribed burns for elimination of invasive species and fuels reduction, riparian restoration, wildlife indexing, botanical surveys, the protection of rare and endangered flora and fauna, the protection of watersheds and more. In addition, ltnc works with landowners who have donated a conservation easement to ensure their land protection objectives are achieved and annually monitors all properties to ensure compliance with the terms of the easement.
$2,072,428 spent37% of program spendingCommunity, communications and capacity building: ltnc offers a robust hiking program as a benefit to the community and engages hundreds of people annually through our topic specific hikes, field trips and outings. Our program connects people with the land ltnc protects and highlights the importance of land conservation. We participate in community outreach events to further educate the public about our mission and offer a variety of volunteer opportunities both in the field and in the office. Our communications strategy aims to reach new and inform existing supporters and includes print materials, website, social media, electronic newsletters, outreach activities, and events. Our communications goal is to cultivate new supporters and further the mission of the organization by raising funds, friends and awareness.
$85,444 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,581,197.
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 2022 to 2023, from $79M to $125M (+57%).
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: 2017 58% · 2018 11% · 2019 1% · 2020 51% · 2021 6% · 2022 5% · 2023 37% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Douglas Parker
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 16 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $280k → $6.0M.
15 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 80% · 2019 46% · 2020 89% · 2021 58% · 2022 68% · 2023 92% — 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.
How long its funders stay
45% of NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
96% of NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 329 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 329 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- Department of the Interior$40k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trust (2) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST: 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 NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST?
- NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,706,254 to it, the largest being GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION ($12,350,988). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $16,706,254 in grants to NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST?
- GORDON E AND BETTY I MOORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,350,988 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAPA COUNTY LAND TRUST 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.
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 39 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