New York · Nonprofit
NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC
NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,360,560 to it, the largest being KENNETH AND LOIS LIPPMANN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($382,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $20M
What North Salem Open Land Foundation Inc does
Mission
NSOLF is dedicated to preserving the character and natural beauty of the town of North Salem, NY and the area around it by establishing land areas free from exploitation, development, and deterioration and by maintaining the environmental and ecological integrity of the area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Preservation, Maintenance and Awareness of Open Land:- Ownership of 29 parcels of land, totaling roughly 1030 acres, and holding 16 conservation easements over another 683 acres. These 1713 acres will remain preserved and undeveloped forever and most of this land is available to the public for walking, riding, cross-country skiing and other forms of passive recreation.- Education of land stewards through a hands-on trail maintenance workshop and development of a comprehensive Stewardship Manual to aid in the monitoring activities on NSOLF preserves.- Public programs focusing on land stewardship and habitat management.- Collaboration with the Hudson Valley Partnership for Invasive Species Management on research and control of invasive vegetation and pests.
$463,328 spentof which $1,150 as grants$1,731 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $463,328.
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 2017 to 2018, from $13M to $18M (+42%).
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: 2022 1% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION 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. 1 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.
Board chair
Pam Pooley
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $24k → $105k.
10 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
43% 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 NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 52% · 2019 31% · 2020 37% · 2021 55% · 2022 37% · 2023 48% — 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
47% of NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
80% of NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION 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. $560k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION 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
72% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC?
- NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,360,560 to it, the largest being KENNETH AND LOIS LIPPMANN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($382,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,360,560 in grants to NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION INC?
- KENNETH AND LOIS LIPPMANN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $382,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION 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.
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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 33 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