Connecticut · Nonprofit
NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC
NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,826,110 to it, the largest being NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($516,338). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $844k
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $30M
What New Canaan Land Conservation Trust Inc does
Mission
The mission of the new canaan land trust is to foster a connection between the new canaan community and its natural resources through the conservation and sustainable stewardship of our open space.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Open space protection program: works to permanently conserves land and water resources in new canaan to protect wildlife habitat and open space. Made progress towards land protection objectives identified in 2020-2040 strategic conservation plan including engaging new landowners in potential conservation projects.land stewardship program: works to protect and, where appropriate, enhance the conservation values of the fee properties and easements in our portfolio. Accomplishments include construction of new trails, managing invasive species, restoring historic stone walls, and addressing encroachment issues.community engagement program: works to connect people with our mission through outings and events. Accomplishments include working with stewardship interns, hosting volunteer days, and offering a diverse set of educational programming.
$366,945 spentof which $8,400 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $366,945.
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.
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 $29M to $30M (+3%).
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 32% · 2020 1% · 2021 23% · 2022 5% · 2023 6% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $125k → $518k.
8 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 35% · 2019 29% · 2020 39% · 2021 32% · 2022 32% · 2023 68% — 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
56% of NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
59% of NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $756k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: 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 NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC?
- NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,826,110 to it, the largest being NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($516,338). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $1,826,110 in grants to NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC?
- NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $516,338 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW CANAAN LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 40 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