Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $517,878 to it, the largest being Little Orchard Foundation ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $518k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What National Association of Conservation Districts does
Mission
See schedule othe goals of the organization are to: 1) represent districts as their national voice on conservation issues; 2) provide useful information to conservation districts and their state associations; 3) build partnerships with federal and state agencies and other organizations in order to carry out district priorities and programs; 4) analyze programs and policy issues that have an impact on local districts; 5) offer needed and cost-effective services to districts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Special projects - included pursuing research, developing and producing publications that address natural resource conservation and related issues, assisting state associations in securing financial and technical assistance in implementing landscape scale projects that address natural resource concerns.
$17,670,612 spentof which $12,144,335 as grants$375,552 earned by the program93% of program spendingMeeting - facilitated the exchange of information by providing a forum for conservation leaders to learn about, discuss, participate in, and influence the "power of conservation".
$427,404 spent$541,621 earned by the program2% of program spendingMembership services - provided information on conservation issues for the conservation districts to share with the public.
$643,895 spentof which $20,000 as grants3% of program spendingGovernment affairs - educate members of congress and staff about key conservation issues and priorities and help develop and review legislation such as the farm bill and the clean water act.
$241,878 spent1% of program spendingOther program service revenue includes reimbursement income.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,983,789.
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 2024 to 2025, from $7.3M to $4.5M (−38%).
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 62% · 2018 79% · 2019 83% · 2020 87% · 2021 92% · 2022 92% · 2023 87% · 2024 91% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS’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. 2 of the last 9 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
Jeremy Peters
CEO/alternate board member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $14k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kansas Association of Conservation Districts). These are real filings, and they are not money NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS raised.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS’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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 84% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS has grown faster than half of the 195 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 195 environment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $240.6M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$227.9M
- Department of Defense$9.6M
- Environmental Protection Agency$3.0M
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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS?
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $517,878 to it, the largest being Little Orchard Foundation ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $517,878 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS?
- Little Orchard Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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