New York · Nonprofit
NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC
NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,451,639 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($2,100,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Natural Areas Conservancy Inc does
Mission
The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. We increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze connections between people and nature, and strengthen the environmental workforce.working in partnership with the new york city department of parks and recreation (nyc parks), we seek to ensure the high-quality management of nyc's 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands. Driving the nac's work is the recognition that natural areas are increasingly vital to sustaining air quality, improving public health, providing new yorkers with access to nature, and strengthening our communities. Our work includes conducting scientific research, restoring natural habitats, developing tools to inform data-driven management, and increasing awareness and opportunities for the public to experience nyc's abundant nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Research & conservation: in 2024, the nac's forests in cities program grew to represent the work of 21 cities with the addition of two new city teams. We hosted a workshop in miami, fl, to share best practices and showcase innovation. We studied the capacity of forested natural areas to absorb stormwater and reduce runoff. Nac led a citywide effort, along with nyc department of parks and recreation staff scientists to collect ecological data on the health and extent of new york city's natural areas, last completed in 2014. The effort involved data collection in 77 parks across all 5 boroughs and will provide critical information to evaluate changes in nyc's environment over the last 10 years. (continued on schedule o) we assessed changes in the health of nyc's natural areas over the past 10 years. We launched a national research effort to map natural areas in 21 cities.
$1,087,045 spentof which $48,295 as grants$55,158 earned by the program44% of program spendingNyc public programs: in 2024, our workforce and internship program, hosted in partnership with the city university of new york (cuny), launched our new year-round urban nature, ecology, stewardship, and training (nest) effort. This fellowship provides over 800 hours of technical training, stewardship activities, and professional development to make our fellows competitive for early-career positions in natural resource management. Our cuny student interns supported staff scientists from the nac and the nyc parks & recreation department (nyc parks) on the 10-year re-collection of ecological assessment data in nyc forests and wetlands, as well as trail mapping in floyd bennett field and native seed propagation. (continued on schedule o)we also served 15 high school interns with our expanded student urban nature (sun) high school paid internship program, serving locations in both queens and staten island. Our high school interns presented their research projects on nyc forests and wetlands at a symposium at the american museum of natural history with nearly 300 other high school stem students. Additionally, the nac's trails team continued to increase access to new york city's 300…
$1,045,860 spent$86,818 earned by the program42% of program spendingCommunications & external affairs: 2024 marked a year of continued growth for the communications & external affairs team. The nac launched a new photo-rich and user-friendly website that has encouraged a sense of community among partners and practitioners and has resulted in more than a doubling of site visits and a significant decrease in bounce rates. We released a policy report on the challenges and opportunities surrounding wetlands mitigation banking in new york city, which the team presented at several professional conferences and webinars. We have also expanded our coalition work, playing a leadership role in the creation of the urban forest plan and in the policy and communication efforts of the play fair coalition. (continued on sch o)additionally, we created an impact video highlighting the mission and work of the nac, which contributed to a marked increase in individual donations during our annual night for nature gala. And we were accepted into a public service announcement (psa) accelerator program, where we developed a citywide psa campaign with volunteer advertising professionals to highlight nyc's 300 miles of nature trails. Finally, we released a comprehensive…
$351,984 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,484,889.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $4.4M to $5.7M (+30%).
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: 2019 2% · 2020 15% · 2021 27% · 2022 6% · 2023 2% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Andrew Wallach
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $15k → $2.5M.
14 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 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
NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 61% · 2019 28% · 2020 26% · 2021 26% · 2022 26% · 2023 20% — 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
55% of NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
90% of NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M 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
NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 35 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $694k on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$486k
- Department of Agriculture$208k
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 NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC?
- NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,451,639 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($2,100,000). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $11,451,639 in grants to NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC?
- FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 64 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing