New York · Nonprofit
NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC
NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 215 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,704,057 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,086,812). 107 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 215
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $20M
What New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc does
Mission
The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. By doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The conservancy's sacred sites program -helps congregations throughout new york maintain, repair, and restore their historic buildings with referrals, grants, workshops, and publications. Since its launch in 1986, the program has given 1,695 grants to over 867 congregations. It is one of the only statewide programs in the nation responding to the preservation needs of historic religious properties.
$1,389,599 spentof which $649,250 as grants43% of program spendingThe conservancy's public policy program -the conservancy's advocacy protects and celebrates the buildings, streetscapes and neighborhoods that define new york. We support landmark designations, speak out on proposals that affect landmarked buildings and engage in campaigns to improve the regulations and processes that govern how our city grows and evolves.
$645,229 spent$77,195 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe conservancy's new york city historic properties fund -established in 1982, the new york city historic properties fund is the conservancy's main financing vehicle for restoration work throughout new york city. With almost $10 million in assets, it is one of the largest revolving loan funds for historic preservation in the nation. Since its inception, the fund has made over $33 million in investments.
$503,494 spentof which $89,972 as grants15% of program spendingThe conservancy's emergency preservation grants program largely funded by the new york community trust, provides funding to nonprofit organizations to address immediate repair needs and/or professional services to remedy dangerous exterior conditions (falling masonry, spot water leakage, etc.) and/or deteriorated interior structural elements of buildings. Most grants range between $10,000 and $20,000 and are accompanied by project management assistance from conservancy staff. 2024 marks a milestone accomplishment since the program's inception with over $1,000,000 in project funding to assist nonprofits with unanticipated repairs to their historic buildings. .
$254,245 spentof which $61,700 as grants8% of program spendingThe conservancy's technical services department provides countless hours of one-on-one advice and technical assistance to building owners throughout the city. From site visits to referrals, we offer practical recommendations that address a wide variety of questions and issues. We also help owners navigate the city's landmarks regulatory process.
$223,693 spentof which $14,875 as grants7% of program spendingThe nonprofit technical assistance grant (ntag) program, generously supported by the altman and hearst foundations, seeks to empower nonprofit property owners by supporting them with the financial and technical assistance they need to maintain and restore their buildings. Ntag provides grants of up to $30,000 to enhance the character of landmarked and non-landmarked but architecturally significant buildings. All ntag grants are accompanied by the project management services of conservancy staff, consulting architects, and engineers. Many nonprofit organizations own and/or are stewards of hundreds of properties that provide essential neighborhood services. Since 1986, the program has invested over $1.7 million into 82 buildings in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods across the city. The ntag program creates an important link between preservation and community development in new york city and gives the conservancy an opportunity to partner with nonprofit organizations to increase the scope and range of its work.
$95,348 spentof which $20,000 as grants3% of program spendingThe conservancy's endangered building fund was established in 1984 to safeguard significant buildings in imminent danger of destruction. When landmarks are endangered, the conservancy is there to help with financial, either grants or loans and technical assistance.
$84,948 spentof which $28,000 as grants$453 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe conservancy's preservation easements fund holds a total of 46 preservation easements. An easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a property owner and a nonprofit organization that restricts future changes to the property and requires cyclical inspections by the nonprofit. The easement stays with the property even if sold; this assures that the historic properties are well maintained. Property owners who give easements received a one-time federal tax. All the properties are listed on the national register of historic places.
$60,980 spent2% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,257,536.
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 2021 to 2022, from $20M to $23M (+14%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 11% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 51 funders to 72 funders, grant income rose $469k → $2.0M.
14 of 215 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 215 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 YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
66% 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 YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 25% · 2019 31% · 2020 61% · 2021 60% · 2022 53% · 2023 54% — 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
35% of NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
65% of NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY 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 $4.4M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M 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.
Organizations like NEW YORK LANDMARKS 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC?
- NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC (New York) receives grants from 215 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,704,057 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,086,812). 107 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 215 organizations giving $12,704,057 in grants to NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC, 107 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,086,812 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK LANDMARKS 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 215 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