New Mexico · Nonprofit
NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT
NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT (New Mexico) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,212,676 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($649,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $971k
What Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project does
Mission
Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project's core mission is to ensure that historically and deliberately excluded communities have access to the outdoors and that our people, history and values are authentically reflected in public land and conservation management decision making.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Other program achievements include, 1) the david soules conservation memorial scholarship, 2) promotion of america the beautifil coalition that incorporates a diverse assembly of leaders committed to preserving us landscapes and advocating for justice, 3)protecting new mexico's cultural resources, wildlife, and public lands by actively participating in the bureau of land management's public meeting on the proposal of oil and gas leasing rules in new mexico to advocate for stricter regulations and 4) stewardship responsibilities of the la mancha wetland restoration project which aims to restore the ecological richness of the rio grande (river) and protect this space as a place where the public can come to gain an understanding and appreciation of the history of the river.
$226,072 spent47% of program spendingThe national monuments programs promotes monument campaigns that represent and honor lands and places sacred to the communities which they belong to. Through community-led advocacy, organizing, and storytelling, the national monuments programs support and furthers the creation of new national monuments that meet those principles. Nuestra tierra has successfully protected the castner range monument in 2023 and continues in the designation of future monuments, alongside standardizing inclusive and equitable practices across national monument campaigns in our nation.
$137,313 spent29% of program spendingThe outdoor f.u.t.u.r.e initiative (ofi) seeks to create a national equity fund that will ensure long-term investments in programs to serve all youth with opportunities to explore the great outdoors. Built on the heels of outdoor equity funds in new mexico, california and colorado, ofi seeks to introduce the outdoor f.u.t.u.r.e act. Ofi outdoor equity efforts are led by the people with lived experiences in racially and ethnically diverse communities across the country.
$114,512 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $477,897.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $270k to $803k (+197%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $35k → $516k.
2 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% 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 NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 39% · 2021 41% · 2022 36% · 2023 26% — 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
29% of NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT'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
NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT
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 Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT: 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 NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT?
- NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT (New Mexico) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,212,676 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($649,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,212,676 in grants to NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $649,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NUESTRA TIERRA CONSERVATION PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 25 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