Connecticut · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,228,624 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,151,620). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.6M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $77M
What Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc does
Mission
Northwest connecticut land conservancy, inc. Is a nonprofit land trust that benefits the general public through education and the conservation of natural areas, fish and wildlife, and working farmland throughout northwest connecticut.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Stewardship - the land trust's stewardship program ensures the conserved properties are protected and cared for in perpetuity. The land trust's staff perform annual inspections of each conservation property to confirm there are no encroachments or violations and the conservation values are protected. The land trust defends its conservation interests when necessary. In addition, the land trust maintains 23 public preserves and manages, leases, or protects through fee ownership and easement 42 working farms. Stewardship also entails invasive plant removal, building maintenance, active protection for rare and endangered species, land maintenance, such as mowing and hazard tree removal, and water quality testing and protection.
$753,160 spent35% of program spendingEducation and outreach - the land trust's conserved lands serve a resident population of 200,000 people. Each year, the land trust provides free educational and recreational programming to more than 2,000 people. These programs are designed to connect people to nature and help demonstrate benefits of natural and working lands. The land trust's programs include guided hikes, lectures, and other free public events. In addition, the land trust provides internship and volunteer opportunities which include education as a leading component. The land trust also works in partnership with local libraries, schools, and education-based non-profits to reach further into the communities served and create opportunities for discussions on environmental topics for all ages and physical abilities.
$936,889 spent$1,395 earned by the program44% of program spendingAquisitions - as connecticut's largest land trust and the 18th largest in the nation, the land trust protects 13,000 acres (and growing) of vast, connected natural areas in litchfield and northern fairfield counties. The land trust's conserved lands include 23 public hiking preserves, 49 working farms, over 3,000 acres of habitat for rare, threatened, and endangered species, and 45 miles of rivers, lakes, and streams. The land trust is connecticut's land acquisition leader, protecting more properties for conservation each year than any other organization statewide. Over the course of the land trust's history, it has conserved, on average, 9 properties a year.
$284,933 spent13% of program spendingThe land trust safeguards natural lands and waters, conserves working farmland, and creates healthy communities by connecting people to nature. In working to achieve its mission, the land trust invests in regional partnerships that foster conservation, support the work of partner land trusts, towns and government agencies, and provide conservation benefits to the communities served. Annually, the land trust provides hundreds of hours of staff support to its nonprofit and governmental partners for acquisitions, advocacy, education and trainings, events, grant writing, and stewardship. The land trust's staff serve in leadership positions with the connecticut land conservation council, land trust accreditation commission, litchfield hills greenprint collaborative, and working lands alliance. The land trust also convenes meet your greens, litchfield county's green drinks, a monthly gathering for environmental professionals and enthusiasts, andsmall area land trusts (salt), a bi-annual meeting of partner land trusts, conservation organizations, and agencies to discuss acquisition, stewardship, governance and outreach issues.
$163,029 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,138,011.
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 2019 to 2020, from $44M to $62M (+39%).
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 0% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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 14 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $158k → $1.1M.
14 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
61% 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 NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 53% · 2019 73% · 2020 69% · 2021 19% · 2022 25% · 2023 22% — 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
48% of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
56% of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND 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 $3.2M that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M 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.
Against its field
NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY 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
Government funding NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.7M on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$2.5M
- Appraisal Services$49k
- Management Consultant Services$40k
- State Aid Grants$39k
- Attorney Fees$19k
- Client Services-General$6k
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.
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Green Terra LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC?
- NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,228,624 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,151,620). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $7,228,624 in grants to NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,151,620 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 60 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